Chapter 11

Hours seemed to go by as Mrs. Jefferson, Joanne and Maureen waited for any news on Mr. Jefferson, and Maureen held Joanne's hand the entire time. They all would make small talk every once in a while, but other then that, the waiting room was silent.

"Anyone here for a Robert Jefferson?" A doctor called out.

All three girls shot up, and quickly ran over to the doctor.

"Is he all right!?" Mrs. Jefferson demanded.

The doctor nodded with a smile. "Yeah, he had minor heart surgery, but he should be fine. We are going to keep him here for a couple of days, make sure everything is one hundred percent okay. But all in all, he should be ready to go home by the end of the week, with a new eating diet of course."

Mrs. Jefferson nodded with a knowing smile.

"Can we see him?" Joanne eagerly asked.

"Sure, right this way." The doctor said and pointed them down the hall. "Just around that corner third door on your left. He's sleeping now, but he should be up in a couple of hours."

All three nodded and headed down the hall and into the room where Mr. Jefferson was sleeping with tubs in his mouth and an IV in his arm. Mrs. Jefferson was right by his side, while Joanne took the other spot, and Maureen sort of stood back and let the two have their time with him.

About an hour later he woke up, and smiled at his daughter and wife.

"Oh Robert…I'm so happy you're okay." Mrs. Jefferson smiled.

"You think a heart attack is going to bring me down?" Mr. Jefferson smirked.

Joanne couldn't help but let tears stream down her face.

"Kitten…I'm alright, you don't have to cry."

Joanne sniffled. "I know…I just…" She didn't finish her sentence as more tears spilled from her eyes, so she buried her face on her fathers shoulder.

Mr. Jefferson looked up, his eyes landing on Maureen, surprised to see her there. "Maureen."

"Hi Mr. Jefferson." Maureen smirked with a little wave. "I'm happy you're okay. Even though I knew you would be to stubborn to let anything totally harmful happen to yourself."

Everyone seemed to let out a small laugh, happy someone brighten up the mood.

"I'm happy you know me…these two on the other hand." He gestured to his crying wife and daughter. "Are going to flood the room."

Maureen giggled. "Uh Joanne I'm going to go call everyone. I'll be back. Does anyone want anything?"

"No sweetie we're fine." Mrs. Jefferson smiled.

"Okay." Maureen said, and then left the room knowing she should give the family some time alone.

"So are you two back together?" Mrs. Jefferson asked with hopeful eyes, Maureen was the only one who seemed to make her daughter happy.

Joanne shook her head. "No…she just happened to be over when you called, and she wanted to come to make sure dad was okay."

Mr. Jefferson smiled. "She probably wanted to make sure you were all right too."

Mrs. Jefferson nodded along. "They were holding hands ever since they had arrived."

"So how are you feeling dad?" Joanne asked so she could change the subject.

"Tired." He answered.

"Go back to sleep Robert, we will be quiet." Mrs. Jefferson said she then looked towards Joanne. "And now that you know he is okay, why don't you go home and get some rest too, you can come back tomorrow."

"But I-"

"No Joanne, I'll stay here with him now you go home."

"Listen to your mother Jo." Mr. Jefferson said in a sleepy voice.

"Fine…" Joanne sighed. "But I'll be back here first thing in the morning."

"Okay I'll see you tomorrow then." Mr. Jefferson smiled with his eyes closed. "And tell Maureen I said thank you for coming."

"Okay bye." Joanne said before giving her father a kiss on the cheek, and then hugging her mom. She then left the room and went to find Maureen so they could go home.

Joanne and Maureen arrived back at her apartment around ten. They couldn't believe they were at the hospital that long.

"So are you hungry?" Joanne asked. "We didn't eat all day. I can order a pizza if you want."

"Sure." Maureen said with a smirk. "Aren't you going to call Kitty and let her know what happened?"

Joanne stopped and smiled, she didn't want to play games anymore. "She's fake Maureen. She was one of Mimi's friends who pretended to be my girlfriend so I could make you jealous." She blurted and Maureen froze.

"Oh…" Were the only words Maureen could produce. "So how about that pizza?'

"Coming right up." Joanne said while she picked up the phone and began to dial.

Forty five minutes later the two sat on the couch eating pizza.

"So…you had a rough month." Maureen said.

"Tell me about." Joanne nodded.

"I was in jail…" Maureen said trying to lighten up the mood. "Just for a couple hours."

Joanne giggled. "For what?"

"I was drunk…and then it went downhill from there." Maureen said and then her lips curved into a smile. "And my ex-girlfriend cheated on me…so I guess we both had a pretty rough month. But I would say you win for the worse month of the year."

Joanne nodded and smiled. "So you're making jokes now? Does that mean you're over the whole cheating thing?"

Maureen shrugged. "Not entirely, it hurt me big time, but I guess I'm close to forgiving you."

They chatted a little more, until they both declared they were full. Maureen helped Joanne clean up and then she pulled on her coat.

"Where are you going?" Joanne asked with a frown.

"Home." Maureen said. "You're tired Jo, you need some sleep you had a rough day. I don't want to keep you up."

"Please stay." Joanne said. "We can watch a movie or something." Her eyes became teary. "Please I don't want to be alone."

Maureen studied Joanne's face, the poor lawyer had been through so much, and so she shrugged off her coat, and hung it on the back of a chair.

"What movie do you want to watch?"

Joanne couldn't help but smile, and the two headed into the living room. Joanne put on a movie, and then sat on the couch next to Maureen.

Sometime during the movie, Joanne managed to lay on the couch, with her legs resting on Maureen's thighs.

"Well if you're going to lie down, then so am I." The diva smirked and laid down behind Joanne, so she was spooning her.

Joanne was grinning from ear to ear as she felt Maureen's body mold into hers. She then felt an arm wrap around her waist, and the two laid comfortably together and watched the rest of the movie. When it was done, Joanne shut everything off, and the two stayed cuddled in the darkness.

Joanne felt chills run through her body as sudden lips kissed up her neck. She let Maureen carry on, before turning her head to face her.

"Maureen…" She whispered.

Maureen didn't say anything; instead she captured Joanne's lips and kissed her softly. Joanne kissed her back, she then brought her hand up and placed it on the back of Maureen's' head so she couldn't pull away.

Finally they had to pull away for air.

"I miss this." Joanne said.

Maureen shifted her body so she was hovering over Joanne. "I miss you."