Shawn slowly made his way into the hospital room. He placed the teddy bear on the table beside Mimi and took her hand in his. She just stared at him with her big hazel eyes that seemed to change colour all the time.
"Why Shawn?" Were the two words that escaped Mimi's lips.
"Why what Mimi?"
"Why do you suddenly pretend to care about me? You say that you wanna take me home and take care of me but what home? I don't have one anymore and you don't want me in yours!" Tears trickled down her cheeks but she continued to talk.
I can't go through this again I won't go through this again, my heart can't take it!" She pulled her hand away from his but he wouldn't let go.
"Mimi I know I made so many mistakes and I know I was awful but I was soo hurt and confused. It took almost losing you for me to understand that I was the one to blame. I was the one who hurt you time and time again and even though I told you that I loved you and only you my actions spoke otherwise. I wasn't the man you needed and I'm so sorry, so sorry." He kissed her on the top of her forehead walked out. They both needed time to think he would go back in a little while.
Mimi took the teddy bear off the table and found a small card inside it. It read, Mimi I know I screwed up but please let me take care of you and fix it!
Love Shawn.

Shawn made his way into he waiting room for coffee. He ran his fingers through his hair and began to wonder what was gonna happen between Mimi and him. His thoughts were interrupted Belle.
"Shawn Claire wants her dad to come and read her a night time story. She moved closer and put her arms around his shoulders.
"Belle I'm a little bust right now and I have a lot to think about."
"Shawn you've been at the hospital all day and Claire and I missed you. I think you could probably use some sleep and a hot shower and meal. Mimi doesn't need you hear twenty-four/ seven she'll be fine.

"I can't leave her before I know whether she's gonna let me take care of her until she gets better at the very least. I need to be here Belle please try and understand."
"Your family needs you too and you wanna take care of her now? Claire needs her dad to and you can't just neglect her when something comes up! Your family comes first!" An angry Belle said sharply.
"Belle, Mimi is family and she needs me! I would never neglect Claire but I need to do this right now! OK." Shawn walked out and back into Mimi's room.

She saw him walk back in and beckoned him closer. "OK." was all Mimi. Shawn looked at her confused, "ok?"
"Ok, since the doctor won't let me released to anyone but you I'll go but only cause I have to and this doesn't mean anything for our marriage."

"Ok, Mimi I'll take what I can get." He squeezed her hand before leaving the hospital room. He made his way over to Mimi's house to get her things.
Shawn thought to himself, "Mimi is coming home where so belongs and I know I can get her to stay!"

Shawn made his way to Mimi's apartment. When he finally got there he immediately got this sick feeling in his stomach. "How could I have been so blind with hatred that I left Mimi my childhood friend, my wife, my rock live in this dump all alone?" She himself even felt a little uneasy as he climbed the stairs to her apartment. His hands shook as he fettled with the key to get into the apartment. Every time he heard footsteps he could feel his heart beat quicken and sweat begin to collect on his brow.
Shawn was beginning to become overwhelmed with gilt. His wife was in a place that he himself didn't feel comfortable in. He sighed a sight of relief, as he finally was able to open the door and enter the apartment.
He couldn't believe it! Mimi was amazing she even made this dump look like a real home inside. It seemed to still have that warm inviting glow. He got to work. He started in the bathroom by collecting all of her toiletries and laughed to himself cause he found them in the same places where they had been in their home. Then he moved on to the closet picking out clothes he knew she liked and thought she would be comfortable in and he threw them all into a duffle bag. He was almost finished when something caught his eye on the floor of her bedroom. It looked like a photo album. From how it was positioned it looked like someone had hurled it across the room. Shawn slowly bent down, picked it up, and sat down on the bed. When he opened it he couldn't believe it.
Inside were the words our first anniversary and below it was their wedding picture. As Shawn continued looking through the photo album his couldn't help but smile. She had scrap booked tons of pictures of them during the time they dated and when they were married. He found himself laughing as he looked through the photos. She had done a beautiful job. It was filled with keepsakes that he couldn't believe she kept. On one page he found a dried rose with the caption, (you gave me this flower when I tried to cook dinner) another pic was of them in high school. The very last page had a letter inside, it was on pink stationary and it read:

Dear Shawn,

I can't believe that we have been married one year today. It seems like only yesterday that we were going bowling or that you were trying to help me out of your grandmother's wedding dress and we were toasting that our friendship was going to last forever. I can't believe that I was so lucky to find you at a time in my life when I couldn't even see one foot in front of me much less the light at the end of the tunnel until you came along and took my hand and led me to the light. I will never forget what a wonderful friend you are and have been through out my life. It seems like all my dreams are finally coming true and most importantly not only are they coming true but also I have someone to share my dreams with.
You have been so sweet, caring, and wonderful this past year. I know we have had our obstacles and trials to get through but we did it together and I know that we will always face our problems together. I love you and can't imagine life without you.
Through out my life I always knew that I could count on you. Even when we were in high school you were always there to talk to or to help me out of mess that I got myself into. I know that I can always count on you to help me through my problems and to be the first one to pick me up when I fall which knowing me will happen a time or two.
But most of all I'm so glad that I am lucky enough to have fallen for my best friend. I get to spend the rest of my life with the one person I love more than anything. I get to look forward to having a family with you, sharing my hopes, dreams, and fears with you, but most of all I get to spend the rest of m life with my one best friends who I know will see my through anything and will always love me like I will always love them!

I love you Shawn and can't wait to continue my life with you.

Your Wife Mimi
XOXOXOXO

Shawn could barley finish the letter. His hands began to shake and he collapsed on the bed and began to sob uncontrollably. All the emotion from the last few days came out and he couldn't stop it. He couldn't believe how barley he had failed her.
"She trusted me, loved me and I failed her!" Shawn took the book and pulled it close to him. He couldn't believe how badly he had messed up and he knew that he had to make it right.

Mimi lay in her hospital bed thinking about everything she had gone through the past year and a half. It seemed as though she was finally getting her wish. Shawn realized his mistakes and wanted to be with her again. After all the time she spent in hoping and wishing that he would come back to her now that she was faced with her dream and finally able to get back what she had lost she wasn't sure if she still wanted it. Or at the very least she wasn't sure if she could trust it. How could she be so sure that Shawn really wanted to be with her and not Belle and his daughter? He had a family now with the women he had always truly loved. Why would he give it all up for her?
"Even when they were married Shawn on some level was still in love with Belle." Mimi thought back to the night in the hospital when Shawn had told his dad that he had lost the love of his life.
"I'm not the love of his life. I'm just the one he was willing to settle for." Mimi could feel the tears welling up in her eyes. Shawn needs to be with his family and I'm not a part of that family anymore. She thought to herself. She couldn't hold the tears in anymore and they began to spill over onto her cheeks. She didn't bother wiping them away instead she just allowed herself to grieve over her loss.

Shawn made his way back to Mimi's hospital room. It was late by the time her got there; he had to beg one of the nurses to let him go visit her. As he neared her room stopped dead in his tracks right outside the door. Knowing what he knew know made it hard for him to go into her room but he forced himself to turn the doorknob. Quietly as he could he crept into her room and took a seat on the chair beside her bed. As he looked down at her peaceful sleeping body he felt an overwhelming feeling of love for her. He wasn't sure exactly when that feeling had started. Sure he had always loved her but it wasn't the same kind of love he felt for her now. To be honest Shawn had never experienced this feeling with anyone before. Sure he had been in love and even thought that he had met his soul mate but he realized now that that love was nothing compared to the love her had for Mimi.
How could I have been so blind to it before? Shawn kept asking himself this question then he realized the answer. He hadn't been blind to it before he had just been afraid of it. He had been afraid to love anyone as much as he loved Belle because than that meant that they weren't meant to be together and that scared him so much cause then everything he had ever known and thought about love was a lie and everything he had dreamed about or wanted in his life when it came to love was no longer true. He had been afraid to love Mimi because he was scared of letting his first love go.
But he wasn't afraid anymore. Shawn caressed Mimi's cheek, and then he leaned over and whispered something in her ear. "Mimi, I don't care how long I have to wait for you to believe that I love you. I'm not going anywhere and I'm not giving up on us." He kissed the top of her forehead and headed home. Tomorrow was a big day and he had to get everything ready for Mimi's homecoming.

The next days Mimi was released from the hospital. Shawn came early that morning to help Mimi get ready to leave.
"So, you ready?" Shawn asked Mimi as he drove her wheelchair down to his car.
"Yes I'm ready to get our of the hospital and be able to eat real food again."
When they arrived home Shawn looked over to find her asleep against the window of the car. He smiled to himself as he leaned over and gently rubbed her arm. Immediately her eyes fluttered open. Shawn walked around to the other side of the car and opened to door for her. "Do you need help getting out of the car?" He reached his hand out but Mimi just stood there looking up at him.
"You know you didn't have to do this. I could have gone home with Patrick and I'm sure the doctor would have agreed to it. I mean you have a family to look after no thanks to me and I just think that we should stop playing games." She turned away from him.
"How's playing games not me." Shawn reached over and squeezed her shoulder with his hand.
"Mimi, I know I didn't have to do this but I want to. I want to be there for you in anyway I can because I care about you ok." He moved his hand from her should up to her cheek and gently turned her head so she was looking at him.
"Mimi I know I screwed up but I wanna make it up to you. So please just let me do this for you." He dropped his down and once again reached out to her hand.
This time she took his head.

Mimi took Shawn's hand to get out of the car. Her whole body ached at this moment. As she got up out of the car she lost her Balance and felt forward. Shawn reached out and caught her, then pulled her into his chest. Mimi pulled away as soon as she regained her balance.
Shawn rolled his eyes. "This is gonna take longer than I thought!" He shut the car door and rushed to Mimi's side. She moved away from him, but he could tell she was in complete pain and in no condition to walk on her own "Come on Mimi don't be so stubborn, you're gonna hurt yourself please let me help you! I know you hate me right now but you're gonna hate me more if I have to take you back to the hospital!"
"Fine but just so I can make it up the apartment." She leaned on him and they made their long trek up to the apartment. When they had finally made it up to the apartment they found Belle Black waiting inside. "Shawn do you know what time it is? I've been calling your cell for hours. Couldn't you have been so kind to let the mother of your child know how long you were gonna be?"
"Sorry Belle but we had to pick up Mimi's pain meds and there was a huge line." Shawn was still holding Mimi in his arms.
"Well next time call. Claire and I have been waiting and waiting. We missed you today, wanna come over and watch a movie with us?" Belle used the most seductive tone she could pull off.
"Can't I need to help Mimi with is meds and get her some dinner." Shawn helped Mimi over to the couch and kissed the top of her forehead before going into the other room to find the take out menu.
As soon as he was gone Belle walked over to Mimi and began to whisper, "You won't get away with this! You think that you can come between Shawn and me with this pathetic injured victim crap well you're wrong! I'm the mother of this child and he will never leave us!" With that Belle stormed out of the apartment leaving Shawn and Mimi alone.

Shawn came back with the menu orders and they decided on the Chinese food they always got when they were married. Shawn came and sat down beside her on the couch. "Meems, no offence but you look exhausted. Why don't you let me run you a bath and I'll call you when the food is here." Mimi only nodded before moving to get up. As soon as she tried too her ribs began to ache and she fell back down on the couch. Shawn reached over and helped her up by picking her up. "Shawn put me down now!" "Meems it's just way easier if I carry you. It takes less time and it doesn't hurt you at all k. He carried her to the bathroom and set her down and the toilet seat while he ran the bath. He pulled out some of the bubble bath he had grabber from her apartment and poured it in. Mimi smiled at him. She had forgotten how kind and sweet he was. No, Mimi the little voice in her head screamed! He left you do not do this to yourself again!" Her smiled faded as she fought to control the little voice in her head.

"Earth to Mimi, your bath is ready and I'm sure you know where the towels and stuff are. Do you need my help undressing?" Shawn asked hesitantly .
Mimi knew she needed the help but didn't want him to do it. "Maybe you could go over and ask Belle if she would help me!"
"Mimi, it's not like I've never seen you naked before." Shawn cocked his eyebrow. "But if you want I'll go ask her." Shawn left the room and went across the room to go ask Belle.
"Hey belle do you think that you could go across the hall and help Mimi?"
"Why can't you do it?" Belle said while walking toward him.
"She wants to take a bath but she needs a little help getting undressed."
"Oh, of course I'll go help her. Watch Claire I'll be right back." Belle made her way to the apartment. Knocking on the door before entering. "Mimi it's Belle can I come in?"
"Sure." Belle came in and helped Mimi but she stopped when she saw all the bruises. "Oh Mimi, I had no idea it was this bad." The purple and blue bruises covered her stomach. Belle gently hugger her best friend. "Tears began to form in Mimi's eyes. "Oh, Belle is hurts soo much." Belle Pulled her best friend into a hug suddenly ashamed of what she had done earlier. It was clear she needed Shawn and He now and Belle wasn't about to desert her best friend like she had this week ever again!