The next morning found Will holding Grace close on the couch, stroking her hair and reassuring her whenever she woke up. Checking his watch he cursed under his breath, he had a deposition that he could lose his job over if he missed and he needed to be at his office just a half hour later. How could he leave her in that state? The answer, he knew, was he couldn't. Whether she wanted to talk about it or not, he had to figure out what had happened and/or get her to a hospital. She had a large bruise across half of her face, eye to chin, and before he could try to determine if she had any other injuries aside from the cut on her head, she woke up again.
"Will?" she asked groggily. "What happened?"
"You tell me." He replied, helping her sit up. She was slightly off balance as she stood up and with a swift lunge Will grabbed her up before she hit the ground. "Grace, I really think we need to get you to a hospital now."
"No, no, Will I have to go to work… I have clients." Grace mumbled as she sat back into the couch once again. She gasped as she remembered the deposition Will had scheduled for that morning, "You have to go to work! Will, your deposition! You have to go!"
"Grace you are more important then some deposition, okay?" he said, finding the coat that he'd hung over the fireplace to dry out. Putting the coat around Grace's shoulders he pulled her hair back and out of the way and sat next to her explaining, "I know you, and if we don't do this now you're never going to do it… or you're going to hold it over my head for the rest of your life, so just cut me a break and let's go."
Grace shook her head and, grabbing her purse, pushed herself off the couch, slightly more steady then she had been previously but it was no real improvement. She spoke in a deep and hushed tone, "I'll be fine Will, and I don't want to talk about it. You have to go to your deposition and I have to go make sure Karen hasn't drowned in her breakfast."
Will smiled and gave her a kiss on the forehead, there was no changing her mind. "You call me if you need me sweetie."
"I will…" she lied as she walked out the front door to his apartment in almost the same stunned fashion as she'd walked in.