I haven't forgotten about this, I just had a little writers block together with lack of time. Last chapter coming up soon.

Thanks to Believer123 for beta reading and all the help! Please read and review.


Beep. Beep. What is this? Alicia thought. Beep. Beep. Where the hell is this coming from? Beep. Beep. Oh my God, the phone! Beep. Beep. Alicia jumped out of the sofa startled, having been woken up by her cell phone, which she couldn't find under the cushions. Beep. Beep. She was finally able to locate it.

"Hello?"

"Ms. Cavanaugh, this is Robert Parks."

"Yes, Your Honor. Did something happen?" She asked trying to remember which case she had in front of him. She was sleepy and nothing came to mind.

"Will pulled his back during the game tonight and was unable to move and in a lot of pain, so they took him to the hospital." Her sleepiness vanished, leaving her wide awake and worried.

"Where did they take him?"

"To Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Will asked me to call you to let you know. He also asked me to tell you not to worry, that he's fine and will be home soon."

"What? He's kidding, right? I'm going over there, right now!" Before hanging up and rushing through the door, Alicia had the decency to let a 'thank you, your Honor' slide.

It was a Wednesday evening and Will had gone to one of his weekly basketball games – some would have thought that after the Grand Jury they would have cancelled those. Alicia was on the couch watching a crappy movie, waiting for him. That's when she must have fallen asleep.

Rushing through the hospital corridors, she finally got where she was told his room was.

"Hi, where is room 317?" She asked a nurse.

"Oh, right there, Mrs. Gardner. I just came from there and he's sleeping because of the painkillers."

"Actually, we're not…" Alicia was about to correct the woman, but stopped, realizing she would get more information and access if she was considered family.

"Thank you. And how is he doing?"

"He came in in a lot of pain. We gave him strong painkillers for now, but he just pulled a muscle badly. He is going to be fine. Once he's discharged he'll only have to take it easy for the next couple of days. And no sports for the next few weeks. When I told him that, he was reluctant to accept it." She answered with a smile.

"I'll make sure he will be fine." Alicia replied and tried to return the smile. She entered the room with worry, but some of that worry turned into relief to see Will sleeping peacefully – not in any sign of pain. It was stupid, everyone had reassured her that he was fine, that it had been nothing major, but she had been still worried until she saw him.

There was only one thing to do: she sat on the chair beside him and held his hand until sleep claimed her once again.

…..

As the morphine started wearing off, Will opened his eyes, but he was still a little groggy.

"Hey. Can I get you anything?" Seeing him awake made Alicia smile brightly.

"Water?" He whispered weakly.

"How are you feeling?"

"No pain. Just high from the painkillers." He smiled goofily.

Will began to drift on and off to sleep, still under the effect of the painkillers. Alicia was really tired, but unable to sleep, so she only sat by his bed to make sure nothing happened. She almost fell from the chair, scared, when suddenly, Will burst:

"Let's go to Germany when I get out of here!"

"Will! We can't do that. We have to work; the firm is a chaos as it is with the bankruptcy threat. We can't leave, we have to work."

"I want to get away from it, forget everything. You said you wanted to go to Germany, right? Because Paris is overrated?" He said referring to her confession in his apartment.

"I said I wanted a honeymoon in Germany." She said laughing, placing a hand on his cheek, trying to divert Will from that idea.

"We could make it our honeymoon." He said like he was having a great idea.

"Sure, we can go right after we elope in Vegas." Alicia mocked him, not even pretending to take him seriously. Crap, her failed attempt to distract him had given him even more crazy thoughts.

"I'm serious! Life is too short." He paused, like he was thinking this through. "There's no reason we shouldn't do it. I love you." Although she knew that, it was the first time he had actually said it since they had gotten together again. He was probably scared of her reaction to commitment, especially one as big as this, because after what happened last time, during the affair. This time she wasn't scared, though, she just wished he wasn't drugged as he was when he asked, "Alicia, will you marry me?"

"Will, you are full of morphine. You won't even remember this after you wake up." He was already getting sleepy again.

"Maybe, but that doesn't mean that I don't mean it." Those were his last words before he drifted off to sleep. OK, now that was scary. Why couldn't they take things slowly? Maybe because they had been doing just that for the past 20 years. Will's proposal startled her because it was so sudden. It was not unwelcome. When she did think on it afterward, she realized she did want to be with him; he really did make her feel happy and loved. So she decided to sleep on it and maybe when Will felt better and things had settled down, he would ask again and she would say yes. For now, they both needed rest.