As Jeff was in the hospital's waiting room, he couldn't help but feel as
if he had let Maria down. He had promised her that he would always be there
for her, and he failed to keep his word. He had never felt so miserable in his
life. Jeff was so into his thoughts that he didn't even hear his friends
arrive at the hospital a half hour later.

"Jeff, How's Maria doing?" The former sixteen time World Champion asked
the former Intercontinental Champion. Ric Flair couldn't believe what had
happened when he heard the news. Maria had always been like a daughter to him.

"The doctors say that the smoke inhalation she received has put her in a
coma. They... They don't know if she'll make it." The younger Hardy
brother whispered. Everyone looked shocked.

"Maria's going to be alright, Jeff. She'll pull through." A very
teary Mickie James whispered as she tried to hold back the tears.

"Why was she there anyway?" Shawn asked the question that was on Jeff's
mind ever since he seen her unconscious a few hours ago.

"Well," The Legend Killer began, "Maria was worried about you. So I
insisted on her paying you a visit." Randy explained quietly. Without
warning, Jeff lept from his chair and pushed the WWE Champion up against a
wall, holding him by the throat.

"DO YOU RELIZE WHAT YOU'VE DONE, RANDY! DO YOU RELIZE YOU MAY HAVE SENT
HER TO HER DEATH BED! HOW COULD YOUHAT RANDY?!" Jeff shouted, all the anger
coming out of him from the past few hours.

"Jeff! Randy has nothing to do with what happened! It wasn't his fault!
He'd never do anything to hurt anyone!" Mickie pleaded out loud.

"She's right. Randy may be twisted in the head, but he's not that
twisted." Ric tried to calm the younger Hardy down.

"THAT DOESN'T MATTER!" Jeff shouted, ignoring the Nature Boy's plea,
"SHE'S IN THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE I WASN'T HOME! IF ORTON HADN'T SENT HER
HERE THIS WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED! FOR ALL WE KNOW, BECAUSE OF HIM, SHE
COULD... COULD..." Jeff couldn't finish his thought as he could already
feel the tears coming. He released the champion from his grip as he put his
hands in his face and sobbed.

"Jeff, this isn't your fault. Maria's going to get through this.
Mickie's right. I would never do anything to hurt Maria. She's like a
sister to me. I could never hurt her." Randy explained to Jeff calmly,
knowing he was in no situation to argue back.

"Randy's right, Jeff. Think of it this way, Maria wouldn't want you to
blame yourself for this. If it was the other way around, would you want Maria
to be the one that blamed herself?" Ric spoke up, looking Jeff in the eye.

"Ric's got a point. Besides if you don't cheer up, John and I will sing
our theme songs. It helped Maria." Randy teased.

"I'll Join!" Hunter and Shawn shouted in unison.

"What do you want to sing? Our DX theme or our singles themes?" Shawn
asked curiously.

"I think DX would be fun." Hunter said

"Okay, guys. I won't blame myself anymore, alright? But could you guys
give me a minute. I need to speak to Ric alone..." The younger Hardy asked,
shaking his head.

"Sure, John and I were about to go rehearse." Randy commented as he and
John got up from their chairs.

"We'll join you." Hunter and Shawn said at the same time once again. A
moment later, Ric and Jeff were alone. Jeff had always thought of the Nature
Boy as a
father figure. He could tell the man absolutely anything.

"So, Jeff. What did you need to talk about?" Ric asked with concern in
his voice.

"Ric, what would you do if you lost everything. Everything that was
important to you?" Jeff asked seriously. After a moment of silence, Ric
answered with a stern voice.

"Jeff, you aren't going to lose Maria. She's going to come out of
this." The Nature Boy said in a still serious tone. The two sat in silence
until horrible singing was heard down the hall.

"Nothing you can say. Nothing's gonna change what you've done to me.
Now it's time to shine, now I'm gonna take what's mine!"

"You can't see me my time is now!"

"Degenerate in something cool--"

"Shawn, how many times do I have to tell you, its 'fool', not 'cool'!"

"WOULD YOU SHUT UP!!" Someone shouted above them all. Both Ric and Jeff
laughed at this. It was the fist time he had smiled since he brought Maria to
the hospital.

"Jeff, all I got to say is, you got to belive. If you don't, who knows
what's going to happen. Jeff, you just got to believe." Ric was right.
There was no point in blaming himself, or Randy.

"You're right, Ric. I just don't know what I would do if... if..." Jeff
once again couldn't finish and he finally let the tears fall. He just had to
believe that Maria was going to be alright.