A/N: Omg okay I had sort of a emotional breakdown after the AVPSY announcement….So there's not much Lauren in this one…I'm sorry. For the ones who don't know, Lauren is like my OTP…And I actually didn't think right when writing this story. I really like to write though so don't worry :D
Joe slowly opened his eyes. He looked around to find himself in his familiar hospital bed next to Lauren's. He was with her all the tie. He got up and dressed up in silence. Today, Lauren was going home. The last 4 weeks she had been tested, and she could now move her arms and head. The doctors had told her that she would get all the feeling in her body back someday. She had do go to a rehabilitation center, but she could sleep at home and only needed to go there for appointments. She was so different. She still smiled and made jokes, but her eyes, her beautiful brown eyes we're cold and sad. Joe was worried about what the paralysis had done to her mentally. He looked at his watch to see that it was pretty early, and that Lauren probably wasn't up yet. He decided to go to the store and buy some christmas presents for her. He put on his jacket and looked at Lauren before leaving the room. She was sleeping silently, her chest moving up and down slowly. Her expression was happy. She looked so innocent and happy now, almost back to her normal self. Suddenly she frowned and moaned his name. Joe freezed. Did she remember? He turned around and looked at her beautiful face. The scar of her headwound was almost gone, and her wound on her hip was also fully healed. But the paralysis bothered her so much. She didn't like at all to be helped, she wanted to do all the things herself. It had been the worst the first 2 days when she could only move her head. She refused all the help. Now she luckily accepted her fate, bus she still didn't like it. He became lost is his thoughts, he remembered her soft lips and her warm body. He shook his head and quickly paced out of the room. He got outside and looked for his car. It didn't feel good to leave her, but she was asleep and he had to go outside sometime. He started the car and heard the familiar roaming of the engine. He put on the radio and heard christmas songs. He frowned. The time was going so fast, it was already mid-December. Lauren loved christmas, and she luckily got to spend it with all of them. He still was so glad she was at least alive, he couldn't believe he had almost lost her. He drove while humming get back up absent-mindly, and drumming on his steering wheel. He was going to buy as many presents as possible, and he smiled when he thought of the surprise party they we're having for Lauren. Everyone was coming. Even Darren had asked for a day off. He drove to the city and walked into a store with all kinds of stuff. He got to the dvd department and flipped through the dvd's. Lauren loved movies. He walked to the family dvd department and smiled when he saw the Disney movies. He knew Lauren loved them, and she had almost every dvd. She only missed a couple of them, that we're really rare. He looked between them and his eyes widened when he found 'Tangled' and 'Bambi'. He knew she both wanted them but never got the time to buy them. He picked them up, found some more movies and placed them all in his basket. Then he walked towards the stuffed animals department. He decided to get a big ass unicorn, and a small pug plushie. Lauren loved unicorns (who doesn't) and totally adored pugs. He remembered the conversations they had on Twitter with the fans. That all seemed so long ago. He smiled when he thought of what the cashier would think when a full grown man bought a couple of disney and some stuffed animals. He didn't care. He didn't care either that Lauren was older than him and still wanted those things, that's what made her special. He paid and smiled at the weird look of the cashier, then he walked over to a food store. Lauren wasn't eating well since the accident and he wanted to get her favorite snacks. He bought some gluten free candy she loved and some other snacks in a biological gluten-free store. He looked at his full bags and smiled. She would love this, he was sure. He put the stuff in his trunk and drove to his home. He left the stuff hidden on the attic, knowing Lauren would not go there…because she couldn't herself, he rembered sadly. He drove back to the hospital in silence and almost ran to Lauren's room. She was excactly in the same position as when he left her, so she hadn't missed him. He smiled and sat down on the chair next to her bed. He looked at her small body. She was getting thinner and thinner, for how far that was possible. He stroked his face, and knew he would never leave her. Even if she didn't return the feelings he had, he knew she was 'the one' for him. And he would do everything to make her the happiest girl on earth, and do his best to make her fall in love with him.