"I hope he gets here in time." Said Stacy.
"If not he'll be here when you get out." Said Don. "At least I hope." Whispered Don to Sarah.
"What was that?" Asked Stacy.
"Nothing, dear." Said Don.
"He is going to be here isn't he?" Asked Stacy.
"Yeah, He will be here." Said Don with a concerning look on his face.
"Why did you have that look on your face when you said that?" Asked Stacy.
"What look are you talking about?" Asked Don.
"Oh never mind." Said Stacy disgusted.
"We're going to go grab something to eat." Said Don.
"Alright, but promise that you're going to be back in time for my surgery." Said Stacy.
"We promise." Said Sarah.
"Alright, love you." said Stacy.
An Hour Before The Surgery…….
"Hey, How you doing?" Asked Sarah.
"I got some butterflies in my stomach, but that's just because I'm nervous." Answered Stacy.
"Don't worry baby, everybody gets them when they go in for surgery." Said Sarah trying to cheer up Stacy.
"Did you see Cody by a chance?" Asked Stacy. "Cause I really wanted to see him before I go in." Said Stacy.
"Miss. Matthews are you ready, the doctor needs to get you prepared for your surgery." Said The Nurse.
"Wait, daddy don't you have to go in at the same time, since you're the donor for me?" Asked Stacy.
"Yeah, I'll be right behind you, they just need to get your in there first, to run some final minute test, to make sure everything is going as planned." Answered Don.
"We'll have him go in, in about 15 minutes or so." Said The Nurse.
"Alright, I'll talk to you after the surgery." Said Stacy.
"I'll be right here, waiting for you to get out, I promise I won't go anywhere until you get out of that surgery room." Said Sarah.
"Alright, Love you." Said Stacy.
"Love you." Said Don and Sarah.
"Do you think we're making the right choice?" Asked Sarah.
"Yeah, it was his idea, and he's the one that wanted to go through with it." Said Don.
"Alright." Said Sarah.
A Couple Hours After The Surgery………..
"Hey sweetie, are you awake." Whispered Sarah into Stacy's ear.
"Mom, is that you?" Gently Whispered Stacy.
"Yeah, baby it's us, me and your dad." Gently answered Sarah.
"Where is Cody?" Asked Stacy.
"He's not here right now." Answered Don.
"Where is he?" Asked Stacy.
"He's fine." Said Don.
"What do you mean he's fine?" Asked Stacy.
"We'll explain, when you're more conscious." Said Don.
"Alright." As Stacy passed back out from the Anesthesia.
"Let's just let her rest." Said Don.
"Should we tell her about Cody?" Asked Sarah.
"Yeah, we will when she wakes up out of her sleep." Said Don.
A Couple Hours………..
"Hey, you're awake." Said Don.
"Yeah, I am." Said Stacy. " How long have I been out of it?" Asked Stacy.
"Oh, say about 3 hours or so." Answered Don.
"Where is Cody?" Asked Stacy.
"Should we tell her now?" Asked Sarah.
"Tell me what?" Asked Stacy, what are you talking about?" Asked Stacy.
"Well, Honey, you may have not notice that I'm not in a bed recovering from the surgery." Said Don.
"Yeah, Why is that?" Asked Stacy.
"Well, cause I didn't do the surgery." Said Don.
"Well then how did I get my liver?" Asked Stacy.
"Well, you may not notice but Cody isn't here." Said Don.
"Oh, no he didn't, he couldn't of have." Stuttered Stacy while trying to process the unbelievable news. "But how, why?" Asked Stacy.
"Well, the reason he was gone yesterday for those certain hours was because he was getting test done to see if he could, it was completely up to him, I actually tried to talk him out of it, but he said it was his fault that you got shot." Said Don.
"Well, Where is he then, is he ok?" Asked Stacy. "When can I see him?" Asked Stacy.
A Really sad look took over Sarah's and Don's faces.
"He is ok, isn't he?" Asked Stacy.
"Well, just say the surgery didn't go as planned." Mumbled Don.
"What do you mean, didn't go as plan." Asked Stacy. " He is ok, isn't he?" Asked Stacy trying to stay calm.
"Well, when they took his liver out to give to you, the doctor mistakenly cut Cody's main vein and well kind of blood-" said Don.
"He's alright isn't he?" Asked Stacy angered.
"Well he kind of didn't make it, he passed away, he blood to death." Said Don.
"What!" Yelled Stacy while starting to cry.
"It's alright baby." Said Don, trying to comfort Stacy. "At least he died trying to save someone's life that he loved and cared for, why do you think he wanted to do it, cause when I asked him why he wanted to do it so bad his first explanation was that he thought it was his fault and two because he loved you dearly." Said Don.
"Are being serious, he really said that?" Asked Stacy.
"Yes, I promise you that." Said Don.
"Miss Matthews, you are able to leave if you want to, you'll just have to go to the front desk and sign out." Said the Nurse.
"Alright, are you ready to leave?" Asked Don.
" Yes, I want out of this place." Said Stacy trying to hold back her tears.
"Let's go home." Said Don.
"I'm just glad you made it through safely, and I promise that I will never get mad at you again, if you're going to run off like that, you scared the shit out of me, when Cody had to call me and tell me to rush to the hospital, cause you were in bad condition." Said Don.
"Enough talk about all of that I'm done." Said Stacy.
"Let's go." Said Sarah.
The family went home and Don never got mad at Stacy again and Sarah moved back in with Don and Stacy and became a happy family again, and the family visited Cody's grave every day thinking how that could have been Stacy, If Cody didn't give his life for someone that he loved dearly.