A/N: Laura asked for another chapter and I decided to do it…

Hodgins carefully got himself out of bed and looked over at Angela, thankfully she was still asleep. He'd had taken a shower the night before so not to wake her up. Hodgins got dressed and wheeled to Michael Vincent's room. He wheeled to the side of the bed and shook the sleeping boy's shoulder, "Michael Vincent it's time to get up."

"No." Michael Vincent pulled the covers up and moved away from Hodgins.

"Yes. Come on, you don't have time to mess around. Brennan and Booth are taking you to school this morning. You're going to Booth and Brennan's after school too. Michelle is going to babysit you and Christine tonight at their house."

"Why?"

"Because mom and I have stuff to do today and then tonight Booth and Brennan are going to have dinner with me and mom. Be quiet when you get up, mom is still sleeping." Michael Vincent started to get up. Twenty minutes later he was eating a bowl of cereal. "Do you want turkey, ham or PBJ for lunch?"

"Turkey and ham…"

"Okay, cheese?"

"Yeah. Hodgins went to the refrigerator and got everything he needed to make Michael Vincent's lunch. Fifteen minutes later with Michael Vincent headed to school with Christine, Hodgins filled two travel mugs with coffee and headed upstairs. Hodgins wheeled up to Angela's side of the bed and leaned over and kissed her cheek. Angela stirred and opened her eyes, she smiled at Hodgins, "hi."

"Good morning, Angie." Angela pushed herself up, Hodgins handed her a mug of coffee.

Angela smiled at the travel mug, "thanks."

"You're welcome. The travel mugs were the only way I could get coffee upstairs without spilling it."

Angela nodded and glanced at the clock, "Hodgins! Michael Vincent needs to be at school in twenty minutes!" Angela started to get up, Hodgins put his hand on her arm. "Relax, Booth and Dr. B picked him up already."

"Why?"

"Angie, what is today?"

"February 21st … a year since the accident…"

"…yeah and I don't know about you, but I don't feel like being at work today… besides I have that doctor's appointment at noon…" Angela grabbed Hodgins' hand. "I'm fine Angie. I don't know why I have to go to the doctor, nothing has changed since my appointment six months ago…"

"…Maybe something has…."

"…Maybe… I still have the tingling in my feet, but nothing else…"

"…Hodgins…"

"I'm making French toast… you want yours stuffed with strawberries and cream cheese?"

"Sure…" Angela drank a little more coffee before getting up and heading for the shower. Thirty minutes later she and Hodgins were eating, "do you want to do anything before your appointment?"

"No. Tonight Brennan, Booth, Aubrey, Jessica, Cam, and Arastoo are coming over for dinner. Brennan's is cooking. We're off duty until tomorrow. Michelle is home on break and is babysitting Christine and Michael Vincent at Booth and Brennan's."

"I see you've been planning this…"

"Yeah, taking today off and having Booth and Dr. B take Michael Vincent to school was my idea. Dinner with everyone was Booth's. Brennan insisted on cooking and bringing it here, and you know it's best to let Dr. B. do as she pleases…"

"Yeah, but it does sound nice though."

"It does… Cam volunteered Michelle for babysitting duty, she needs extra cash." Angela laughed and started clearing the table.

At noon Hodgins and Angela were sitting in the cramped exam room waiting on the doctor to come back with Hodgins' new x-rays.

"Jack, everything looks great. You've healed really well, the swelling has gone down substantially from your last visit. Any new sensation anywhere?"

"No, just the tingling that I've had for the last 10 months…"

The doctor nodded, "I don't mean to give up hope, but the farther out you get from the injury the less likely that you'll be able to regain full function… that's not to say that a year or two from now it could happen…"

"I know…"

"Have you been keeping up with your physical therapy?"

"Yes and working out like I did before the accident."

"Good. How are your muscle spasms?"

"I still have them, but they're not as frequent or intense as they were. I get an occasional intense one, but I can control it with the medication. "

"That's great, I'll get you a new script for it before you leave. Are you still seeing Dr. Harris?"

"Yes, but only monthly, in less I need to see her for something."

"Excellent. I'm very pleased with your progress. Continue with your therapy. I don't need to see you for another year in less something changes before then." The doctor scribbled a few things on Hodgins' chart and wrote out a new prescription and handed it to him.

"Thanks, Doctor."

"You're welcome." Ten minutes later Hodgins and Angela were leaving the parking lot. "Angie, take a left instead of going home." Angela nodded and wordlessly drove thirty minutes later she pulled into a parking lot. Hodgins looked over at her, "How'd you know?"

"Just a guess… Do you want to get out?"

"Yeah…" once he was out of the van Hodgins wheeled to a spot. "This is where Aubrey and I ended up. When it was over I moved a little to get him off of me, I knew he was hurt, bad you could smell it… I was sore, but I didn't think it was bad. Aubrey is a big guy…" Hodgins laughed "…Cam made me go to the ER to be safe…" Hodgins stared at the blacktop."…Maybe if stayed home and rested or went to back to the ER when I had more pain… they said I'd be sore for a while from the impact... I wouldn't be here like this… "

"No Hodgins don't do this to yourself. The only thing I remember after you fell was the Doctor coming into the waiting room and saying something that I didn't understand. Then Brennan took your MRI results from the doctor and looked at them while the doctor was saying something about you taking aspirin caused your blood to thin and cause a hematoma and it was pressing on your spinal cord…. Or something like that…. I knew what it probably all meant, but I didn't want to believe it. Two days before the same doctor said you were fine, just very sore. Then Brennan turned to me with this scared, worried look in her eyes that she gets when Booth gets hurt, only a thousand times worse, and told me you were paralyzed. For once in her life she didn't get squinty, she just said,' Hodgins is paralyzed, Ange.' I remember grabbing on to her because I felt like I was going to pass out…. Then after a few minutes I remember her and Booth walking me to your room and sitting me in a chair in case I did pass out-"

"I don't remember you coming in…"

"You were heavily sedated for the first twenty four hours, they didn't want to risk you moving and making it worse. After a while Booth came back to get me, Brennan was at our house with Michael Vincent, he was upset neither one of us was there. I tried to tell him, but I couldn't say the words. Brennan picked him up and sat on the couch with him. Once he was comfortable she asked him if he remembered the night before when we came home from the ER and told him you were hurt, he did. Brennan told him that you were hurt worse than the doctors thought at first. Then she said that when you got hit in the explosion and Aubrey was over you your back got hurt, you sort of got a bruise on the inside of your back and all the blood that made the bruise made a clot and it was pressing on your spine, making it so you couldn't walk anymore… Michael Vincent asked Brennan if you'd be able to walk after the bruise went away…. She looked him straight in the eye and said she didn't know yet, that nobody did, but she hoped you would be able to in time. If you were never able to walk again, it'd be okay because you were still you and you could still do things with him once you came home from the hospital. Then Michael Vincent started crying and Brennan just held him until he cried himself to sleep. I was glad Brennan was there because I wasn't able to comfort him, I was on auto pilot. I don't remember going home to be honest… I had Brennan put him in our bed and I laid down with him. I didn't really sleep, Michael Vincent woke me up at 6 in the morning crying. Once I got him settled down again I wondered into the kitchen to find Brennan making coffee, she didn't say anything."

"Angie…" Hodgins took Angela's hands and pulled her to him. Angela smiled, "I'm fine, Hodgins. I don't know why I told you all of that standing in a parking lot. "

Hodgins laughed a little, "I'm glad you did. Let's go home and relax…"

"Okay, but we're stopping at the bakery on the way home, I need cake…"

Hodgins laughed and kissed Angela, "whatever you want, Angie."

Later that night everyone was gathered in Angela and Hodgins' dining room. Everyone was somber remembering that night that changed all of their lives forever. Hodgins cleared his throat, everyone looked up at him. "I know this has been a hard year for everyone to get through and today was a hard day, but the important thing is we all made it through and we're all together. I had a checkup with my doctor today, she's pleased with my progress. Nothing has changed much, the swelling has gone down some, but I don't have any more sensation than I had six months ago. The farther I get from the injury, the less likely I am to recover function, but there is a slim chance it will return someday…" everyone looked at their plates.

"Guy's, don't be sad or upset for me, I'm not. I've gotten used to the chair, I'm still here and thankful every day that this isn't worse. I'm in better shape than I was before the accident… And for some reason I don't quite understand Angela is still with me after all the crap I put her though in the beginning…. Let's just enjoy the dinner that Brennan made for us and talk and laugh like old times…" everyone nodded and Angela kissed Hodgins.

A/N2: This really is the end I hope everyone enjoyed it…