Author Note : Thanks to everyone for their reviews. You have know idea how much they help, when I'm writing. As a reward for all your kind words (and the fact that I'm not mean, so don't want to keep you waiting for the next chapter), here is chapter 3. At the moment it's the last chapter of Switching Places, but who knows, the little plot bunnies may re-appear and I may add another ones :-P.

Chapter 3

Still holding Hals hand, Maggie sat back in the chair. There was nothing else she could do now except wait for Hal to wake up. She'd tried, but it was up to him now, all she could do was be there for when he finally decided to come back to her. After a while, Maggie felt her eyes getting heavy. She wasn't sure how long she'd been sat by Hal's side, but it felt like hours. Before she knew it, Maggie's eyes began to close, as much as she wanted to stay awake, in case something happened. She was sure, she hadn't been asleep for long, when she felt Hal's hand move. As she woke up, she saw Hal's hand move again. Moving further towards the bed, Maggie noticed Hal's eyes slowly flickering, before finally opening. Seeing Hal awake, there was a sense of relief that came over her, he was back. Hal tried to speak but no words came out. 'Water?' asked Maggie, all Hal could do was nod. She picked up the cup on the side table and Hal lifted himself enough to take a sip. 'Better?' she asked, 'Yeah much' replied a groggy Hal. 'How you feeling?' asked Maggie. 'Sore, tired' said an exhausted Hal. Maggie sighed 'Well I'm glad you're awake, you had us all worried for a while there' Maggie stated looking towards Matt. Hal followed Maggie's look seeing his baby brother curled up at the end of his bed. 'He's not moved since your dad brought him in to see you' Maggie told her partner. Hal smiled, typical Matty he thought. Maggie just looked at Hal, she was just glad he was awake and talking. There was something about hearing his voice and seeing that smile that cheered her up. But something was still bugging her.

Hal looked at Maggie, he could tell something was wrong he just wasn't sure what. As he sat there he began remembering everything that had happened that day, the kiss, the fight, her telling him that they couldn't be, even him coming off his bike in the mech attack. He remembered Maggie coming back for him and him yelling at her but he didn't remember getting back to camp. But they weren't at base camp now, where were they? He thought, although there was something about the place that looked familiar, he'd been here before. Maggie sensed something was wrong with Hal 'What's up? You ok? You want me to get Dr Glass?' she asked. 'Yeah I'm ok, it's just where are we?' Hal asked. Maggie smiled, trust Hal to realise that they weren't at base camp, once a solider always a soldier she thought. 'As we got you back to camp, Weaver had made the decision to move, which we did while you were out. I'm not sure entirely on the whole story yet, something about our friends the skitters, but we are at the hospital from this mornings scout. It was the only place I could think of that we'd all be safe' Maggie explained. 'Oh right' said Hal. Maggie noticed how tired he looked so stood up to leave, even though she found herself not wanting to leave Hal's side. Before she had a chance to say anything, Hal called after her 'Maggie were you yelling at me earlier?' he asked. Maggie was shocked, how could he remember, he was out cold. 'At the attack site yes I was yelling at you' replied Maggie. 'No not then' Hal answered back 'I remember that' he said with a smile, 'I remember your voice later on, you were ranting about me having to wake up, that people needed me' he continued. Dam it thought Maggie, trust him to have heard that, he couldn't have heard me reading Harry Potter could he, not he had to hear me ranting that I needed him. Although the fact that he had heard her voice and had actually remembered made her slightly glad. Hal laughed he knew she was thinking things through because she had that pensive look on her face. 'Well yeah I was shouting at you' Maggie finally admitted 'you were being stubborn and not waking up' she told him.

Hal couldn't help but laugh, trust Maggie to get annoyed at him for being unconscious, but he knew it was because she cared. He'd first realised it ages ago, when he had decided to join the younger kids when they were being sent to what was meant to be a sanctuary. She knew why he had decided to go, he'd explained his reasons for it to her, but that didn't stop her. When Dai and Ben had come back to gather a group of fighters to be waiting for Tom and the kids to return after their supposed capture, she was on her bike and down the road before the others had even gotten on their bikes. Once the kidnappers had been captured, Maggie had stormed over to Hal yelling and punching him in the chest for being an idiot and a jerk for letting Ben go on his own to get help, but also for putting himself in a position where he had no back up. Maggie knew he'd gone to protect his brothers and had ended up in a leadership position once Mike had been killed, but that didn't stop her from worrying about him and yelling at him. She only really stopped shouting at him, when he grabbed her and pulled her into a hug, telling her he was ok. It was her way of showing emotion and Hal knew that. It was what made her Maggie and a part of her that drew Hal towards her.

'Me stubborn?' said Hal with a hint of sarcasm, 'I don't know what you mean' he teased. Maggie couldn't help but laugh, this was classic Hal. 'Yes you! Hal you scared me. Don't do it again' Maggie told him. Hal was shocked at Maggie's admittance, looking at her with a questioning look. Maggie knew she shouldn't have said anything but it was too late now, there was no going back. 'Don't look at me like that Hal, yes you scared me. You got hit, you told me to leave you. When will you get it though to your thick head that that is never going to happen? I've got your back, just as you've got mine. I was never going to leave you there, you mean too much to me' Maggie told him. There she'd said it, 'Your family might need you but I need you too' she finally told him. Hal couldn't help but smile 'But you said we couldn't happen. In fact I remember you telling me to stop thinking about it' he responded. Maggie knew he would hit back with that and he was right. 'Well I changed my mind' she hit back, 'I made myself a promise and I'm going to stick to it now that you are awake. 'You changed your mind?' Hal stated, 'Just like that? What promise?'

Maggie laughed trust Hal to try and get all the details he could out of her and he knew how to get it, all he had to do was look at her tilting his head, with those puppy dog eyes. 'Maggie...' Hal said quietly. 'Dam you Mason' Maggie said raising her voice slightly, 'I made a promise that if you woke up I'd give 'us' a shot. Seeing you like that made me realise that you mean more to me than I thought and that maybe I was being stupid before'. Hal laughed, confusing Maggie even more, 'If I'd known it would take me getting hurt and being unconscious for you to finally admit that there was something between us, I'd have gotten injured earlier' he laughed. Maggie couldn't help but laugh 'Just don't do it again or else' she threatened him. Smiling 'I'll try not too' Hal replied, 'Now get over here and keep me company' Hal requested. Maggie smiled, she had no intension on going anywhere, so moved over and laid on the bed next to Hal, after which Hal pulled Maggie towards him and kissed her on the top of her head, before they both fell asleep. For once, they both felt as if there was nothing that could touch them, as long as they were together. Even though the world outside was crazy, inside that hospital room, in that moment, they were happy.

When Matt woke up the next morning, he smiled to himself at what he saw. When he'd fallen asleep, Hal was still unconscious and Maggie was no where to be seen, probably pacing outside or something worrying about Hal. But now he looked towards his eldest brother and saw Maggie lying next to Hal, with Hal's arm around her. Hal had clearly woken up while he'd been asleep and something had happened between him and one of Matt's favourite people in camp. Looking at them, they both look so peaceful but he couldn't help but smile to himself, after all Hal and Maggie always spent their time looking after everyone else, it was nice that they had each other. All he ever wanted was his brother to be happy and Matt was glad it was with Maggie. He liked her, not only was she always there if he wanted to talk, but she was the one person who made Hal laugh. For once in this crazy world, everything seemed right to Matt and with that he left the room, leaving Hal and Maggie in peace.