This story is AU.
~*~o~*~
I had taken Marty back to my dorm room. Fortunately, my roommate was no where in sight. "Where's the booze?" Marty asked as she sat down on my bed.
"What would you like?" I questioned.
"Beer, Vodka... I'll take anything."
"Look, Marty. I didn't invite you back here to drink..."
"You didn't? Well, what do you want then? Sex?" she demanded.
"No... uhhhh... I wanted to talk to you."
"About what?" she asked. "You said you were gonna get me some alcohol. You lied."
"Yeah, I know. And I am sorry about that. I just thought if we had some time alone together, we could talk."
"Talk about what? You don't even know me. You want sex, don't you?" Marty spoke with rising anger. "All guys want sex. I should know. They get me drunk, then they wanna have sex."
"What if I said... I don't just want to have sex? What if I said... I'd like to date you?"
Marty laughed at me. "Date me? Marty the Party Girl? Don't think I don't know what they call me behind my back!"
"I don't care what they call you," I replied. "I still want to go out with you. Whattya say?"
Marty stared at me in disbelief. Apparantly no guy had ever just asked her out before and wanted to get to know her; they had all wanted one thing which was sex. Marty was known to be the queen of one-night-stands. But truly she had longed for something more- that one thing she wanted most of all, to love and be loved.
Staring into my eyes, Marty agreed to go out on a date with me. "Okay, we'll go out tomorrow night. I'll take you home now," I responded with a smile.
~*~o~*~
Marty Saybrooke had arrived at Llanview Hospital wearing a disguise. She had heard that Todd had been shot saving Cole's life. When she inquired about his condition, she learned that Todd was in a coma, and he was not expected to live.
"Mom, you made it," Cole said as he hugged her in the hallway outside Todd's room.
"How do you like my disguise?" she asked him.
"The black wig is definitely you," Cole teased.
Starr came forward and also gave Marty a hug. "I'm glad you are here," she said.
"How's your dad?" Marty asked.
"He's still hanging on," Starr said sadly. "But the doctors say- they say they don't expect him to ... recover."
"I'm so sorry, Starr. You've always meant the world to him," Marty said gently. "And I know he would wake up right now, if he could..."
"He saved my life, Mom," Cole told his mother.
"I know. I need to see him. Please take me to his room," Marty requested. If Todd was taking his last breaths, Marty wanted to make her peace with him. He couldn't go until she made it clear that she had forgiven him.