A/N: So, here it is; Chapter Four . I know I left the last one on a terrible cliffhanger. Sorry about that :D

Thanks to: Sonib89, Christina89 and Tenshi no Koneko for reviewing the last chapter. Much appreciated as always!

"Mr Jacobs, please. If you continue to raise your voice at my nurses, I will have to ask you to leave. Now, if you'd like to follow me, I think it's best that we go somewhere a little quieter." The doctor had a bracing voice and seemed completely un-intimidated by Glenn's size. He motioned with his arm and then led the way into a small side waiting room. He requested that Glenn sit, but he refused. The doctor seemed to understand that other man's agitation, "The blow to the back of Miss Cauldwell's head has caused a build up of fluid on her brain stem and swelling in her brain. We believe that this is what's effecting her sight and her hearing. We're doing everything we can to reduce that pressure, but we wont know for a while if there has been any permanent damage."

Glenn did sit now. He sank down onto one of the chairs and rubbed his hands down his face and over his head. It could have been worse, he had to keep reminding himself of that. The damage was reversible, at least partially. The doctor watched him with a sympathetic gaze. Tahni had been in assessment for almost five hours, it was late and yet this man had refused to leave. He'd sat here the whole time, patiently waiting to find out what was happening. "We're doing everything we can for her."

Glenn lifted his head and looked at him, then nodded and sighed, standing up and holding out his hand. "Thank you, Doctor." The doctor smiled and shook his hand, before leaving the room and letting Glenn be alone with his thoughts. The silence didn't last long however, as the door flew open, banging loudly against the wall and Ted and Cody appeared, both trying to fit through the door at once and becoming stuck. Glenn just stared at them for a moment, before grabbing them both and forcing them through the door. They both fell onto their faces and looked up at him. Ted grimaced and rubbed his ribs, "Thanks."

They picked themselves up and faced the large man who was staring at them, looking un-amused. Ted seemed to be the bolder of the two, "How is she?" Glenn shrugged and moved away to sit down again. He explained to them what the doctor had told him and watched as both men's faces fell. Cody looked around, spotting the coffee machine in one corner, he took charge of getting them all a cup, needing to be doing something. Ted stood in place, looking lost, before Glenn motioned for him to sit. The three of them did not usually come into very close contact. Tahni was the uniting factor and now they would sit together and wait to learn what would happen to her.

Noticeable by his absence, was Randy. Glenn could not contain the need to know where he was and why he wasn't there with them. Ted seemed to read his mind and sighed, shaking his head. "He wont talk to anyone. He went back to his hotel room and locked himself inside." Cody handed Glenn and Ted their coffees, a dark expression on his face, "I know they've been having a rough time lately, but he should be here." The other two murmured their agreement.

They were silent for a while, before Glenn stood up, moving slowly and feeling the weight of tiredness in his body, "I'm gonna go call Tahni's parents again and see if they managed to get a flight." Cody and Ted watched him go, before looking at one another. Ted was the first to speak, "You think maybe Randy has a point?" Cody rolled his eyes and shook his head, staring into his coffee, "I think that Randy isn't around enough right now to have any right to comment on Tahni's friendships. One thing I'm sure of though; Tahni wouldn't cheat. It's not who she is."

Ted nodded in agreement and then they ran out of things to say and just stared into space. When Glenn returned, he just stared at them. They were now sat on the floor and Cody appeared to be demonstrating a magic trick, which involved three paper cups and a quarter. Glenn lifted his eyebrows as Ted stared in amazement at the empty space beneath the cup he had lifted. Cody grinned smugly and folded his arms. Ted narrowed his eyes and smacked Cody across the side of the head, causing the quarter to fall out from behind his ear. "Ow! Ted!"

"That wasn't magic, that was deception! That's against the law!" Ted scowled at him and then slipped the quarter into his pocket. Cody just rubbed his head and then they both seemed to notice Glenn stood watching them and looked at him sheepishly. They worried for a moment that they were about to be yelled at for their behaviour and for a moment, Glenn thought he was going to yell at them, but instead, he found himself sat on the floor with them, pulling out a matchbook and showing them a trick that Tahni had taught him.

"Okay…this is weird." Tahni looked around, pretty sure at this point that she was dreaming. She was in a hospital room, which was normal enough in itself, but it was huge, stretching on forever into expanses of just whiteness. She looked down at herself and saw that she was wearing a hospital gown and apparently nothing else. Slowly, she pulled herself out of her bed, pulling the tubes from her arms and around her face and letting them drop. She didn't say anything as she just looked around, trying to figure out what was going on. It was cold and she rubbed her arms to try and stave off the chill, before noticing a thin, cotton robe slung over the end of her bed, which she quickly pulled on.

This was bizarre. Dreaming or not, it was pretty strange. As she tried to get to grips with the strange surroundings, she suddenly experienced a blinding pain in her head, which drove her to her knees. She gripped at her hair, gasping. The pain was so sharp, so severe that it took her voice and her breath. She couldn't make a sound as the pain drove itself through her brain and up and down her neck. She felt like she should have been screaming, but it hurt too much to scream. It hurt too much to do anything except lay on the floor, clutching her head, wishing it would stop.

"Is it sore?" Tahni jerked as the voice invaded her consciousness and lifted her head, squinting through the pain at the hazy figure that had appeared before her. It had to be a child. It sounded like a child and was only small. "Yes, it's sore." She managed to croak out. She forced herself to sit up, still holding her head in one hand. She closed her eyes and took several deep breaths. Then she felt the shock of a tiny, cold hand touching her face and her eyes flew open. She found herself staring into a set of enormous emerald eyes which perfect mirrored her own. "Me too."

The little girl sat down in front of her, tucking her long, black hair behind her ears and crossing her legs. She looked up at Tahni as if expecting something. Tahni frowned, forgetting the pain in her head for a moment. She reached out tentatively and poked the child on the shoulder, causing her to rock back a little, giggling. The child reached forward and poked her back. Tahni felt herself smiling. There was something familiar about this girl, in her long white nightgown, with her fresh peaches and cream complexion and a face that looked as though it smiled easily.

"So, let me see if I can figure this out. You're meant to be my conscience, right?" Tahni lifted her eyebrows. She knew dreams. She knew the kind of ridiculous thing that the mind created. The little girl giggled and shook her head, "That'd be a little too simple. Don't you think?" Tahni rolled her eyes and folded her arms, looking petulant, "Well, who are you, then?" The girl shook her head wisely, smiling gently at her, "Can't tell."

"Well, why not?"

"Secret." The girl seemed to delight in Tahni annoyance at this. She slowly stood up, fiddling absently with her nightdress, before eyeing their surroundings. She suddenly stopped and gasped. Tahni frowned, looking up at her, "What is it?"

"Listen!" The child looked at her fearfully. Tahni listened, but there was no sound, until suddenly the sound of high pitched beeping, regular and deafeningly loud exploded into the air. Tahni yanked herself to her feet, looking around frantically for the source of the noise. She felt her companion suddenly gripping her hand tightly and she gripped back, pulling the child into her side, "I remember…I remember what happened." Tahni looked down at the girl, who was looking up at her with wide, frightened eyes, "Are we dying?"

The question sent a dart of fear through Tahni. Was she dying? She remembered being kicked in the head, she remembered suddenly not knowing where she was or what was happening. She remembered Randy's voice, so close and then it was gone and she remembered Glenn. She knew he would have stayed with her, even after she couldn't hear him any more. She was absolutely certain of that, if nothing else. As she thought of all the things she remembered and all the things she knew, she felt certain that she wasn't dying. She had always thought that when a person died, all memories and understanding began to fade, began to become difficult to grasp, slipping away like smoke through a keyhole.

"No. We're not dying. Here, come and sit up here with me." Tahni lifted the girl onto the hospital bed and then sat beside her, wrapping her arms tightly around her, "We're not dying. I think…I think we might be waking up." The girl began to tremble slightly and shook her head, before suddenly grasping Tahni's face and looking at her intensely, "Don't forget me. Please." Tahni frowned and gripped the child's arms, as if to reassure her, but as she did the limbs turned to nothing more substantial than dust. The bed vanished, but she didn't fall, instead she felt herself floating and then air rushing past her, faster and faster. So fast that she couldn't breathe. She tried to fill her lungs, but she couldn't. She felt as if hands were gripping her, holding her arms. She fancied she could hear a voice and then she felt something release and as if surfacing from a long time under water, she gasped in a great lungful of air.

"It's okay. It's okay. Take it easy."

"Randy?" She croaked, feeling it hurt her throat to do so, still breathing raggedly as she tried to bring the world around her into focus. "Yeah, it's me." Gradually his shape came into view, but she couldn't focus on him and that made her panic, "What's wrong with my eyes?" She lifted her hands to rub at them, but Randy grabbed her hands gently, "They said that your vision would be blurry for a while."

"What happened?" She frowned, still trying to get her eyes to focus without success. Frustration began to colour her tone. She heard Randy sigh gently, "Natalya kicked you. Don't you remember?" Tahni shook her head, but something stirred in her mind. The dream which had been fresh only moments ago had all but faded now, though she was certain there was something important about it that she needed to cling to. Her mind turned to the match. She didn't remember the kick, the last thing she remembered was just the usual rush of being in a match and the quiet knowledge that Natalya was being extremely brutal with her, as an expression of her off-screen dislike.

She remembered a feeling of panic, voices fading in and out and a total, impenetrable darkness. She tried to shake off the residual feeling, but still being unable to see clearly was effecting her ability to do that. "Where's Glenn?" The question rolled out automatically. Glenn always made her feel safe. She didn't think that it might have implications. She couldn't see the wince that crossed Randy's face and the sadness in his gaze. "He's in the waiting room with Ted and Cody. I'll get them for you." She may not have been able to see, but she could certainly hear in his tone that all was not well. She reached out blindly, grasping in the direction she guessed his hand was. He saw what she was doing and clasped her small fingers in his own larger ones. She let out a small noise of relief and shook her head, "Stay. Please, I want you here. I can talk to the others later."

"I should at least call the nurse." His heart wasn't in it. He was too pleased that she wanted only him for the moment to really wish there were anyone else there. Tahni shook her head and a small smile appeared on her face, "I'm not about to expire, I'm quite certain of that. Just…talk to me."

"What do you want me to say?"

"Well, I figure talking to someone about serious stuff is easier when they can't see you, so maybe you should tell me what's really bothering you."

"I don't know what you mean." Randy tried to pull his hand away, but she kept a firm grip on it, a frown once more furrowing her brow, as her eyes looked half-blind in his direction, "Randy, please. Don't treat me like an idiot. How can I help if you wont talk to me?"

There was a long, pregnant silence, in which Randy considered her request. She was right, it would be easier when he knew she couldn't see him, but still he was reluctant. It seemed so foolish in many ways and he didn't want her to think badly of him. He sighed and bowed his head, drawing her hand up to his mouth and kissing her knuckles gently, "I love you."

Tahni smiled briefly and slowly lifted her other hand, feeling her way until she found his face and rested her palm against his cheek, "I know. That has never been the issue, has it? Tell me."

"I've been jealous."

"Jealous?" Tahni's hazy eyes widened with shock, "Jealous of what?" Randy rubbed his free hand over his head, feeling his neck and face growing a little hot, "Your…friendship with Glenn. It's not normal, Tahni. You're together all the time and you have all these little in jokes. You're closer to him than me and it bothers me. I look at you together and think that sometimes you'd be better off with him."

Tahni spluttered a little as he first began to speak, but quickly grew quiet again. She closed her eyes and rested back against the pillows, letting her hand slip from his face. Randy would have thought that she'd fallen asleep if it weren't for the steady pressure on his hand from hers. He thought she might never speak, he supposed it was a lot to take in. It wasn't that he didn't trust her, it was just that he wanted to be as close to her as Glenn was, he wanted to be able to understand her like he did.

"Come here." Tahni beckoned him closer, her eyes opening again. He leant forward a little, but she motioned him closer until his face was only inches from her and then without warning she smacked him across the back of the head as hard as her limited strength could manage. He yelped and jerked back, staring at her, "What was that for?"

"Being so stupid!"

"Stupid? You can't deny that I'm right!"

"Right? Glenn is my best friend and yes, we spend a lot of time together, but how can you say he's closer to me than you? Ask Glenn how old my brother is. Ask him what my favourite childhood memory is, or where I went to school. Ask him what films make me cry and how I like to be kissed. Ask him who I talk about almost every second of the time I spend with him!" As Tahni's voice had grown louder and more irate, Randy had felt the guilt growing inside of himself. Tahni let out a heavy sigh and grasped his hand in both of hers, "Randy, I love you and I love Glenn, but in totally different ways. I can be serious with you. I can tell you everything that really matters to me, everything that hurts me and I know you'll make it better. Glenn lets me hide from that. Being around him is easy, it's lighter and less intense. He's my best friend because he doesn't question me, because there are no difficult questions with him and sometimes I need that. How could you ever think I'd be better with him than you?"

"I'm sorry."

"You should be."

"I am."

"Well, good."

"How can I make it up to you?"

"Um…could you call a nurse? My head is really hurting." Randy immediately jumped up, having completely forgotten about her delicate state and how the agitation might have effected her. He left the room quickly and returned a few moments later with a nurse in tow.

"Ted!"

"What?"

"I'm not totally blind, y'know. I can still see what you're doing." Ted immediately stopped gyrating in front of her and froze. He glanced over at Cody and Glenn, who rolled their eyes at him, "They said you couldn't see!"

"I can only see a bit. I can see shapes."

"You lied to me!" He pointed dramatically to Glenn and Cody, both of whom shrugged and grinned at him. They were all sat around in Tahni's hospital room. She had been moved to the very end of the hall due to the abnormal amount of visitors and how late they always stayed. The staff had tried to get them to leave, but the three of them and Randy seemed to have decided that she needed to be watched twenty-four hours a day and didn't necessarily trust the hospital staff to do that. It was completely ridiculous, of course, but it was difficult to argue with four burly wrestlers, one of whom was the size of a small house.

Tahni laughed lightly at Ted's outrage and turned her head in Glenn and Cody's direction. "Did you bring me a new book?"

"Yeah, Glenn picked one out for you."

"It's Cody's turn to read, though." Glenn piped up and Tahni could hear the smug grin on his face and she titled her head curiously.

"I'm not reading it!"

"Oh, yes you are." Glenn's tone had turned threatening and Tahni chuckled, shaking her head, "Is it that bad?"

"It's called; Passionate Rea and the Lord of Loose Trousers." Glenn answered, which set Tahni and Ted into fits of giggling. A stony silence came from Cody. Eventually they quieted and Tahni looked in Cody's direction, "Well, come on then. I'm looking forward to this."

"I am not reading it." He answered stubbornly and Tahni pouted at him, looking as sad as she possibly could, "But Cody, I can't read. I can't even see. Will you deny me my literary pleasure? Would you do that to me? I almost died."

"Alright! Alright! Enough with the guilt trip." Cody grumbled. Ted sat down on the end of Tahni's bed and once they were all settled, the sound of rustling paper filtered into the air, before Cody reluctantly began to read, "Of all the beauties in the land, there were none more stunning than the passionate princess, Rea. Sadly, for all her beauty, she was neglecting by her husband, the known philanderer, Lord Michael. It was said that he kept his trousers loose at all times so that he could drop them at a moments notice to pursue and amaze young ladies with his magnificent manhood.

Despite it and his impressiveness, the marriage between Rea and Michael had never been consummated and the young woman grew restless, wanting her body to be used for it's purpose. She had been blessed with luscious blonde locks, which curled steadily over her shoulders and back and eyes that were such a blue that no words had been invented to describe them adequately.. She wore tight corsets and low-cut bodices to enhanced her sizeable bosom within the fine encasings of her expensive dresses. She did all she could to entice her wandering husband, but to no avail and so she was forced to look outside of her marriage to find the release that her loins so desperately needed."

Tahni, Ted and Glenn all suddenly looked towards Cody, who had a sick look on his face. Tahni frowned, "Why did you stop?"

"I am not reading this garbage."

"Keep reading!" Ted's voice piped up this time and it was extremely enthusiastic as well, which caused the attention to now turn in his direction. He coughed a little and huddled down slightly, trying to avoid their gazes. Cody rolled his eyes and sighed heavily, before he continued reading.

He'd been reading for several hours, to an apparently rapt audience, when the door opened. Tahni immediately looked around and smiled, "Randy."

"How'd you know? Are your eyes better?"

"No. You overuse your aftershave. I could smell you coming down the hall." Tahni smirked in his direction and he made a face, though he knew she couldn't see him. He looked around at the others. His eyes lingered for a moment on Glenn and the two men looked at each other in a manner that was decidedly unfriendly, before he broke contact and focused on the book in Cody's hands, "New book?"

Cody held it up and Randy snickered at the title, before moving to lay on the bed beside Tahni, laying an arm over her shoulders. She wriggled down a little to rest her head on his chest, blissfully unaware of the daggers Randy and Glenn were once again sending each other. All she heard was Randy's voice as he addressed Cody again, "Don't mind me. I'm all for quality literature. Continue."

Cody looked at him sulkily, before beginning to read once more.