A/N: Sorry for the long delay, but now that I am back to work, I got my writing mojo back. Please enjoy.

Summary/Disclaimer: See Chapter 1

Colleen awoke fuzzy and she felt heavy. Looking towards her leg, she saw it in traction, as well as bandages all over her hands. She moved her right hand a fraction of an inch to brush against Carson's forehead where he was laying. He stirred a bit and lifted his head and saw her blue eyes starring back at him through half opened lids.

"Hey!" He said with a shy smile. "How are you feeling?"

"Heavy, bandages weigh a lot." She liked her lips and squinted in pain as she tried to adjust her self.

"Take it easy now. You took quite the beating."

"How long have I been out?"

"Three days." He said rubbing her upper arm and looking at her with a worried look.

"That explains the beard." Colleen smiled and looked at him lovingly. "How bad am I?"

"You broke your leg in three places. Dr. Keller had to insert a rod to stabilize it. There are burns on your hands and arms, mostly 1st and 2nd degree, 3rd in a few places those are all healing nicely. The biggest problem was your concussion. You had us worried there for a while."

"Doesn't sound so bad."

"Compared to the alternative its actually very good."

"How is Major Lorne."

"He's fine, a few cuts and a 2nd degree sprain on his ankle. He'll be off his feet for a few weeks, but he's recovering nicely."

"Why the bad sprain?"

"He carried you back to the gate after he sprained it, he essentially made it worse by walking on it."

"Remind me to thank him."

"I've already done that." He could see fear in her eyes like there was something else she was worried about. "I'll get Dr. Keller so she can give you the once over."

"OK!"

Colleen placed her hand on her stomach and gently rubbed it once Carson had walked away. Her biggest concern was for the child she had yet to tell Carson about.

Carson appeared a few minutes later with Jennifer who looked like she had had better days.

"You're awake. How are you feeling?"

"Not so bad, hurts a lot in my leg."

"I expect that, might need to up your epidural a bit to help with the pain." Jennifer walked to Colleen's IV and checked the levels and adjusted the amount of medicine the epidural gave out. "Carson, if you could give us a few minutes. I just want to check some things."

"Aye!" He leaned over and gently kissed Colleen. With a smile he said "I shall return. Take care of her please Jennifer."

"I will."

As soon as Carson had gone through the doors to the hallway, Colleen looked at Jennifer with anticipation and worry. Knowing full well what Colleen was worried about she began telling her.

"The baby is fine. I've been monitoring them while Carson was asleep so he wouldn't know. I used an epidural in surgery and since so there would be less chance of a miscarriage. I'm not going to lie the risk is still there, especially if you develop any complications."

"But as for right now the baby is fine?"

"The baby is fine. See for yourself." Jennifer turned the screen on the ultrasound so Colleen could see the baby. "Doing good, strong heartbeat, looks like everything is right on track for a 10 week pregnancy."

"10 weeks?"

"Yep."

"Wow. Thank you Jennifer."

"You are welcome. I'm just glad that you are alright."

Jennifer put away the ultrasound before Carson returned then began to change the bandages on Colleen's arms. Once done Jennifer removed her gloves and crossed her arms; Colleen instantly noticed the single princess solitaire on a white gold band nestled on Jennifer's left index finger.

"Is there something you wish to share?" Colleen said as she gestured towards the ring?

"Rodney proposed."

"When?"

"The night of the explosion. He had just brought Carson a cup of coffee which I had put a sedative in and I guess that it just hit him. Rodney watched Carson just sitting there looking at you with such love and affection and I think he realized we can't control anything. He came up and proposed, not totally romantic but its Rodney so I didn't expect moonlight and roses."

"Well, congratulations."

"Thank you!" Jennifer noticed that Colleen was starting to have a difficult time breathing. "Are you feeling alright?"

"It hurts to breathe."

Jennifer pulled her these scope from around her neck and began to listen to Colleen's lungs and heart. After a minute she stopped a nurse and told her to set up the OR for a procedure.

"What's going on?"

"I believe you are developing a Pulmonary Embolism, I need to thread a catheter to remove it."

Colleen started to nod and then began gasping for her breaths. Instantly Jennifer knew that this was going from bad to worse.

"I need a chest tube over here." Quickly working to insert the tube, Jennifer was able to get Colleen the air she needed. Listening for equal and responsive sounds Jennifer had the answer she needed and was able to get to the next problem. "She's stable, lets go now."

Jennifer and her team went to work, wheeling Colleen into the OR so they could remove the embolus and prevent it from causing anymore damage.

20 minutes later when Carson came back to the infirmary, Rodney in tow he noticed both Colleen and Jennifer were no where to be seen. Fear crept into the back of his spine as he stopped one of the nurses for information about Colleen.

"She developed a complication, Dr. Keller inserted a chest tube and she's in surgery now."

"Thank you." Carson went white as his head filled with all the ideas that could be possibly going wrong that would require an emergency surgery. Rodney knew his friend really needed him right now.

"She'll be ok Carson. Jennifer is good, you know that."

"Aye, but will I be ok if she's not?"