A/N: Thank you again for the love you have shown to this story. I'm glad that its making ya'll emotional along with both Dean and Roman. That is my goal. To make ya'll feel what they are feeling. Again, another intense chapter, but don't worry, there will be a light at the end of the tunnel, just hang in there!

The next day, Roman finally woke up from his accident. Even though he squeezed his mother's hand and said those four words, he went back to sleep again. But Roman's mother smiled as the tears flowed down her face. She knew that deep down inside, he heard both Dean and her. Hopefully he remembers what they both said to him. It is just a matter of time.

"Glad to see your eyes Roman," Jericho replied as he checked his pupils with the small flashlight. "We were kinda wondering if we would see you awake again."

Roman, who was sitting up with the neck brace still on, smiles weakly as his mother holds his hand. "Well," he said hoarsely," I didn't think I would wake up again. Thank you."

"Open as wide as you can please," Jericho chuckles as he now check the back of Roman's throat. "You're welcome, but it wasn't just me though." He said as he finishes up the checkup. "We have a pretty good staff here so…"

Jericho looks at Roman's mother, who nods and smiles herself, to see if its okay to mention Dean. "You also had a someone who was here with you for the first three days until your mother got here. In fact, that person contacted your mother to let her know about you. He is also the main reason you are still alive Roman. He is the one that deserves a thank you, even from me."

Roman looks at both Jericho and his mother in confusion. He clears his throat to speak up, "Who?" he asked as his mother squeezes his hand.

"I will let your mother tell you. Not my place to say at the moment," he said as he finishes writing on his chart before hanging it on the front of the bed. "But for now, I will leave you two alone while I make my other rounds. I will be back in a hour to check and make sure you are still improving, okay?"

Roman nods slowly as Jericho nods back and heads out the room, leaving both Roman and his mother alone.

"Tell me mom…" he says while still trying to find his voice. The neck brace makes it hard to talk, but he will make it work somehow.

"Baby, before I do, I just want you to know that I am so happy you are still here with me. I couldn't have bared losing you after losing your father two years ago. It was touch and go there for a few days." She said as he brings up Roman's hand and gently kisses the top of it before putting it to her face.

Roman fought tears that his mother gently wiped away before sitting back down, still holding on to his hand.

"As for the person who saved you and stayed by you was Dean…."

Roman's eyes grew wide and his breathing started going heavily, "No, not it was not him mom. Tell me you are lying!" he said as he started to raise his voice. His mother was trying to calm him down before the machines went off and doctors and nurses rushed in there.

"Roman, calm down, please…slow your breathing down some…I don't want people thinking you are having another seizure again, please…" she begged as Roman struggles to slow his breathing down a bit.

"Tell me you are lying mother," he gritted out. Dean. The man he gave his love and heart to. The man who cheated on him. The man who broke his heart. Than man that damn near killed him inside. "Please, tell me it wasn't him that was here." He begged as he struggles to keep from losing it.

"I wish I was baby, but he was the one that saved you that night too…."

"No…no…NO!" he yelled.."He did NOT save me mother, don't act like he did-"

"ROMAN JOSEPH REIGNS!" his mother yelled as he looked at her wide eyed. She rarely used his full name unless he was trouble. And he knew he was in trouble.

"Mom…" he whispered as he tried to find his voice again.

"No Roman, you listen to me and listen to me right now," she said in her 'I am not the one' voice, the tone he hated but knew she meant business. "If it wasn't for Dean, you wouldn't be here! He is the one that made sure you survived! He made sure you got the right meds because they almost gave you the one that would have killed you! He was the one that stayed with you the first 72 hours because it was a crucial time for you! He made sure that he called me to tell me that my only son damn near died! He made sure that he was there for you so you weren't alone until I came up! So don't you DARE say he didn't save you!"

Roman could see that his mother was fighting hard for tears to not fall as his did down his face. He closed his eyes cause he didn't want his mother to think the worse of him. He hated that Dean was the one that saved him. He loved that Dean was the one that saved him. He was so confused.

"Baby…" He mother finally said softly as she caressed his face, making his open his red eyes from the tears that were falling over and over again. "I know it was a shock that it was Dean. Trust me, I went off on him myself when he first called me, but baby, he and you have both carried this hurt for over 15 years. Don't you think it is time to let that hurt go? He has been suffering from his mistake for years. I can see it in his eyes now. He carries that burden everyday. You have been carrying that hate in your heart for a long time. Please, let that hate go…" She smiles weakly as she tries to smooth this over. "You even said you still loved him yesterday…"

He gulps down hard as he tries hard not to lose it. Despite everything, he did still loved Dean, deep down, he still loved him, but his heart is so afraid of letting him feel that again. "I…I don't remember saying that mom…" he said as he tries to wipe his face as he sniffles. "But I still hurt so much that I don't know if I can let it go. Dean was the one person in this world outside you and dad that I literally gave my heart to. That I trusted completely. That I loved wholeheartly. That I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. That completely shattered my heart when I caught him with Sami. That made me put this wall up around anyone that I came in contact with."

"I know but Roman, you have been closed off for so long. You have denied yourself the happiness you deserve. You became this person that I did not know but still loved because you are my son. Maybe Dean saving your life is a sign of a second chance to be happy."

Roman closes his eyes and opens them again to look at his mom. His heart feeling heavy again. The feeling he hadn't felt in a long time.

"Dean and I got into it when he called me about you," his mother said. "I told him he had no right to you anymore, boy, did he let me have it. He stood up to me in a way I hadn't known for him to do. He told me that no matter what, he was gonna stay by your side until I got here. And he did too. He made sure you weren't alone when I wasn't here. He talked to you every chance he got." She continued as Roman listen carefully. "He's a doctor now, has his own practice and he owes that all to you."

"What? Dean is a doctor?" he asked in surprised. The last he knew, he was talking about it, but didn't know he actually persued it.

"Yeah, he is, and a very good one. You changed him Roman, no matter what you think, you changed him when you two broke up, with a good reason I might add, but I think that was the part in his life he knew he had to fix. So him finding you that night was a blessing."

"Wow…who knew Dean had that in him?" he said out loud but more to himself.

"Yeah, and you became a lawyer to hurt people Roman, and that isn't you."

"I know, I mean, I still wanted to be a lawyer, but more to help people, not to hurt." He said in shame knowing his mother was right. This wasn't him. But Dean changed him inside, he just doesn't know if he can be the guy he once was.

"I know you did, but you blamed Dean for so long for that too. Honestly, my hatred for him was right there. But after seeing him this past week with you, I can tell that no matter what happened, he still loves you and only you. And as your mother, even I can have a change of heart, slowly, but its starting."

"Mom…please don't-"

His mother held her other hand up and cut him off. "Roman, listen to me, yes, Dean screwed up, he knows that, he has to live with that for the rest of his life. But at the same time, you are punishing him still for something that you two never talked about. You always told me that if you would have just went back the next day after things cooled down, things would have been different. Now, here is your chance. Talk to him, yell at him, tell him you love him, tell him you hate him, something, but don't let this chance pass you by. Tell him how you feel. Something, but just don't ignore what you feel for him regardless of what it is. But just tell him."

Roman sighs as he tries to swallow, but his throat was hurting. "Water please?" he asked quietly.

His mother put the cup to his mouth and he started to sip drink some water to help his scratchy throat. After he swallows some, she puts the cup down, "Thanks mom, feels better."

"Well, that is what mom's do, take care of their children." She smiles as he clears his throat a bit more. "Now, Jericho is gonna be here in a few, I am gonna go get something to eat so I will be back in a little bit, you going to be okay?"

"Yeah, I should be.."

"Good, I'll be back in about an hour, so rest until then, okay?" Roman nods and she gets up and leans over and places a gentle kiss on his forehead. "And if you see Dean, please talk to him?"

Roman looks up at his mother's pleading eyes, he sighs and smiles, "I can't promise anything, but I will try to talk to him. But don't get mad if it isn't what you think it will be."

"That's all I ask Roman, just hear him out, then let him hear you out. Talk to each other, ya'll have been running from this for too long and it's time to stop and let things heal."

"Okay.." was all he could say.

Roman's mother smiles and then turns and heads out the room, leaving Roman alone for the first time since he's been awake, leaving him with things he needed to think about regarding Dean. She is right, he needed to talk to him and let him know how he felt. He just hopes he doesn't completely loses it when he sees him.

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"So everything is running smoothly for Roman Dean. He seems to be responding to simple tests at the moment. Hopefully, if he keeps improving day by day, he should be able to go home in a couple of weeks. I still need to keep an eye on his neck and head to make sure everything continues to heal the way it should, but so far, so good." Jericho had just got done checking on Roman for the second time that day. He was responding quite well to the simple mobile movements as well as eye movements. Next week he will check his neck to make sure the rod is still in place, but everything else is healing as it should.

"Thanks Chris, for everything. I owe you for this." He said as he looks at Roman's chart for the update Chris was talking about.

"You don't owe me anything, it's my job to make sure they live, not die on me. And besides, what good would it have done me if you did all the saving and I took the credit? DUH!" he says as he laughs out loud.

"Jerk!" Dean said as he playfully hits Chris on the shoulder.

"But seriously Dean, don't mention it, I am just glad he made it though. It was touch and go there for a bit."

Dean smiles as he hands the chart back over to Chris. "Think I should see him?"

"Wouldn't hurt, besides, his mother told me that she will be back later on, she wanted to let you two talk, so this is a good time." He said as he puts the chart up on Roman's door. "I am heading out to dinner for a bit, so call me if you need me, okay?"

Dean nods as Chris pats his back before heading out.

Dean then looks through Roman's door and see him sitting up with his eyes closed. He takes a deep breath and opens the door.

Roman hears the door open and opens his eyes, there, stood the man who he didn't think he'd see again after breaking his heart.

"Hi…" Dean said uncomfortably as he shuts the door behind him, but not moving.

"Hi" Roman says in his dead serious lawyer tone.

A/N: ANNNNNNNNNNNNNND we leave this here. Let me know what you think! Next chapter will be the most emotional chapter yet. Hope you are still on for the ride!