A few hours had passed since that frightening moment and Leanne had been in and out of Ethan's room every thirty minutes since, checking to make sure that he was still breathing. That he was still alive. She couldn't remember a time in her life where she had ever been more terrified. Maybe not since her accident. Maybe not even then.

Ethan had yet to wake up, and while they had returned his breathing to normal, none of them quite knew what was causing his issues. Other than his fever, which had spiked to 103 a little over an hour ago. But every test that they ran came back fine. He was dehydrated, and his oxygen was low, but other than that. He was fine. No one had an explanation for why he collapsed. No one had an explanation for why he stopped breathing. No one knew anything.

After finally giving up on getting anything done, her mind constantly going back to her sleeping best-friend down the hall, Leanne had turned in for the night. Dropping her stuff in her locker and retreating quietly out the back door of the hospital. She had just started her car when her phone buzzed with a text from Jesse, telling her that Ethan was awake. She shut the engine off immediately and practically ran back inside. When she got to his doorway she stopped, eying him softly as she leaned against the door frame.

"Hi." She whispered quietly, her arms going to wrap around herself as she moved into the room, closing the door behind her.

"Hey." He had a soft smile on his face as he spoke. "What happened?"

"We don't know." She shrugged her shoulders as she stepped into the room a little further, offering him a small smile as she reached out to check his pulse. She knew that the monitors said that he was fine, but she wanted to feel it for herself. "You have a high fever, and you're dehydrated, but other than that, we can't find a source."

She shifted her eyes to Jesse who was checking his IV, ensuring that he was getting plenty of fluids and pain meds. She wondered if the head nurse thought she was crazy for her behavior earlier today. If he thought so, he surely didn't speak up about it.

"Oh." Was all he said in return. He closed his eyes as he laid his head back against the pillow, a soft sigh leaving his lips when she placed her hand in his. "Sorry if I scared you."

"It's okay." She whispered, squeezing his hand tightly. "I'm just glad you're breathing on your own again."

"Hmm…" She saw his mouth twist into a small smile as he opened his eyes and focused his gaze on her. She wondered what in the world could have possibly gotten into him. "So I didn't imagine you on top of me, giving me CPR?"

"Nope." Her hand loosened it's grip around his when she remembered his comment about dreaming about that moment. She swallowed to try and hide her embarrassment. Jesse let out a snort that did little to help the situation.

"Totally not how I imagined you on top of me." He said softly, offering her a wink.

She choked on the air she was breathing and her hand dropped to the bed beside his. She shot Jesse a glance that said if he spoke up she'd kill him. He obviously didn't care.

"You've imagined daddy on top of you?" He let out a low whistle when Ethan's eyes shifted in his direction. She guessed that maybe he had forgotten that Jesse was there. "Now that's an image."

Ethan looked like he was going to freak out for a second but then he let out a soft chuckle and shook his head back and forth, his eyes closing for a brief second before he opened them and locked them with hers. "More times than you can imagine Mama."

Jesse let out another whistle and all of a sudden the room felt very, very small, and very, very warm.

"Normally there's a lot less clothing involved though." His words caused Jesse to let out a strangled sound as he shook his head back and forth.

"Ethan please." She growled out, her arms going around herself protectively. "Just stop."

"Hey Jesse asked…" He waved an unsteady hand at Jesse as he spoke and Leanne watched as the head nurse just patted his shoulder with a smile.

"You're not exactly in your right mind Ethan." She said softly, reaching out to brush some of the hair from his forehead, his skin still burning against her palm. "You're not thinking straight."

"My mind is perfectly right I'll have you know." His words started to slur and Leanne wondered for a second how much medicine Jesse had given him. She ran her hand gently down his face, stopping against his cheek as he winked at her. "And so are… other parts of me…"

The goofy grin that came over his face sent Jesse into a fit of laughter and Leanne couldn't help it as her cheeks turned bright red. She was going to get him for this. She couldn't believe he was being so obnoxious. Damn medicine. She got ready to respond when Jesse spoke up, his hands resting gently against her shaking shoulders as he spoke.

"Come on Daddy." He said softly. "Let's let Casanova here get some sleep."

And with that he steered her body away from Ethan's bedside and quietly out the door. He walked her all the way to her car and deposited her in the front seat. Declaring that he would see her in an hour at her place, he was bringing dinner of course, and they were going to discuss what exactly was going on between her and the good Colonel. She wanted to object, but then he had told her that there was no point. That he would see her soon. And then he was gone. It took her another ten minutes to get her head clear enough to drive home.

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