A/N: So this is the next to last chapter, which I hope to post on Monday. Enjoy.

God it's HOT! Shawn tried to open his eyes so he could glare at the person who had turn the heat on but his lids refused to come unglued. Screw it I tell them anyways. Shawn tried to open his mouth but something was blocking and that something was in his throat. Oh god! Get it out! He was sure he had tried to move his arms to pull it out but it seemed like he failed, seeing as the thing was in his throat still. Now his head was starting to buzz. What the hell is wrong?

"DOCTOR! He's seizing!"

Darkness.

Then…voices.

People he didn't know were talking all around him but none to him.

"Doctor we're ready."

Ready for what?

COLD! So VERY Cold! Have to get away…..get away. Shawn tried to arch his back to get away but whoever had pulled him into this torture of cold water pulled him in close in a giant bear hug.

"We….we must be a sight."

Whoever own that voice Shawn was going punch later but…..

"It's ok we have you. You're going to be just fine. You should see it outside tonight the stars are so clear…."

Whoever owned that one was going to get a kiss. The woman kept talking quietly into his ear, he felt his body relaxing and when the owner of the gentle voice began to stroke his head he felt himself drift.

Darkness.

Then light.

Then more voices. These he knew, these he loved.

"Damn kid needs to stay outta the ocean."

You have no idea dad.

"I just hope he wins this."

Me too buddy, whatever I'm fighting.

"He will Gus, Shawn's a fighter."

Oh Jules I'll be fine. I promise.

He heard the people leave and someone come close to his bed. "Make O'Hara cry, Spencer and I will kill you myself."

Oh Lassie, I knew you cared in your own crazy way.

Then he heard the footsteps walk away. He drifted again.

Darkness.

Then hot again.

Rushed voices and people grouping and prodding and moving.

Darkness.

"It's Ok Shawn. You'll be Ok. You've got to be Ok." If Shawn could have smiled he would have as Juliet whispered in his ear and combing her fingers through his hair. "I'm so sorry I left you. I am so sorry."

Oh Jules I could never be mad at you. In fact, I think….I think I love you. WOW! That was hard to even say in my head.

Darkness.

Light.

More voices, this time clearer.

"He's been threatening to wake up for hours. Damn kid will just keep this up just to torture us."

Yep. Dad you pegged it. It's not like I have a tube down my throat or anything. And it's not like I'm sick enough to be in the hospital. I'm just doing this to torture you.

Darkness.

Light.

"You better wake up today Shawn, you should see your dad and Gus I had to kick them out so they could get some sleep. I know you're not doing this on purpose but you've been threatening to wake up for going on two days. They say you're so much better so you need to wake up."

Ok Jules for you I'll wake up. For you.

Shawn fought his eyelids. He cussed them, pled with them, and bargained with them. Then he won, slowly.

Eyes fluttering and vision un-blurring he saw the most beautiful angel in the world.

Jules!

Her eyes were watering. "Hey Shawn 'bout time."

Shawn tried to raise his hand to wipe the lone tear on her cheek away but his limbs were heavy and he settled for what he hoped was a sympathetic look.

"I'll get the nurse and I have so many people to call."

Juliet left the room hurriedly and then his room was filled with medical personnel.

"Hey Shawn, you had a rough few days there. Would you like that tube out?"

Shawn nodded.

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Three hours later all the doctors and nurses had left and the room was filled with friends and family.

"Can…can anyone tell me exactly what happened?" He was met with the shocked faces of Gus and his dad, the sympathetic of Karen and Juliet and the glare of Lassiter. Buzz was unreadable as he stood in the corner fielding phone calls from his wife and other officers about his condition.

"You were stung by a jellyfish, kid."

"Seriously?"

"Yeah something called an Irukandji, it's tiny but made you awfully sick."

Shawn scoffed. "Not the first time."

Henry sighed. "No, the doctor told us that too."

"How long?"

"Four days but the worst is over."

"Except…."

Gus chimed in. "You're going to need your valve replaced."

Shawn groaned and dropped his head back against the pillow. "Man!"

Juliet slid her hand under the cooling blanket and grasped his still warm, but no longer hot, hand and squeezed it. "We'll all be here for you." She motioned with her other hand. "All of us." She gave Carlton a pointed glare and he cringed a bit.

"Yeah Spencer, we'll make sure you stay the hell out of the ocean."

Shawn smiled at the clearly uncomfortable detective. Then he looked confused. "How long was I out?"

Buzz hung up the phone, Carlton left the room, Juliet looked like she might cry, and Gus and Henry shared a look. "What kid?"

"How long was I out?"

"Four days. I told you that already."

Shawn laughed. "Funny dad but you didn't. You told me that I was stung by a jellyfish and I need my heart valve replaced but you didn't tell me how long I was out."

Before Henry could open his mouth Carlton returned with the doctor and a nurse. "Hello Shawn, I'm Dr. Morris and I'm going to take a look at you Ok?"

Shawn nodded and soon the doctor was listening to his lungs and heart. "Shawn I need you to remember three words for me. Can you do that?"

"Yeah."

"Ok. They are cat, orange, and pen."

"Weird but Ok." The doctor kept looking over him while the nurse changed the IV and checked his temperature.

"Ninety-nine and steady." Shawn looked over at the blonde headed nurse and felt his mouth crack into a smile.

"I remember you." She looked up. "Yeah, you were telling me about the weather and Grey's Anatomy." Her smile matched his. "Thank you?"

"Beth and yeah that was me."

The doctor got his attention. "Shawn, can you tell me those words I asked you to remember earlier?"

Shawn closed his eyes and thought deeply, deeper than he should have. "Um…pen…cat….and." Shawn squinted hard and try as he might he couldn't remember the last one. "I got nothing."

Matt nodded and smiled. "Well you had two pretty severe seizures because of a high temperature and sometimes there is damage."

Juliet's hand tightened its grip and Shawn could see how worried the others were. "Is it permanent?"

Shawn met the doctor's gaze. "It's too soon to tell." He sighed. "And I hate to do this but we need to schedule your surgery to replace your damaged valve."

Shawn closed his eyes and nodded. "Talk to my dad, he'll handle it."

Juliet stayed by his side as the others left the room. Through the glass of the door he could see his dad and Gus talking with the doctor, Carlton pacing trying not to look worried, and Buzz was being, well, Buzz by making phone calls and shooting worried glances into Shawn's room.

"You'll be Ok, Shawn. Everything will be Ok."

Shawn was feeling suddenly tired and all he wanted to do was sleep and in eight hours to wake up from this nightmare. He closed his eyes and leaned into her touch as she stroked his hairline. Normally he wouldn't allow for anyone to mess with is hair, but this was Jules. "Thank you for being there, for being here. You know I remember you doing this while I was out."

Juliet gasped and was quickly smiling. Shawn drifted off to sleep as she stroked his hairline and whispered into his ear. "You're going to be fine. You'll be just fine."

I hope so, Jules. I hope so.

I want to thank all the reviewers and people who have added this for alerts, you blew my phone up. I love it!