I used to have to watch clips of Dante and Lulu for me to fall asleep when I had trouble. Now it has become Nathan and Maxie clips and since the internet can't want to connect, I started to write this chapter along with chapters 10 and 11.

General Hospital's Nathan and Maxie story

The Shot: True Love Comes Once in a Lifetime

Chapter 12: The Start: pt 2

Liz was checking the monitors and his vitals as she talks to Nathan.

"Hi. Nathan. How are you? My name is Liz and I'm your nurse for the day. Everything is..."

Where am I?_ as his eyes move to see where he was _

"Well, hi there, Nathan. You are in the hospital."

Hospital?

"Yea, you were injured..."

Hurt_

I'm going to ask you some questions and what I need for you to do is answer them by blinking your eyes. Blink once for 'yes' amd twice for 'no'. Do you understand?

blink

Okay thats good. Do you know where you are?

blink

thats good. Do you remember your name?

blink_blink

Okay. Don't worry about that. We'll come back to that question later.

But_

Next question. Are you in any pain?

blink_ blink

Okay. Thats it for now, rest and I'll come back later to check on you.

Wait_ Don't_

Liz left and was greeted out the door of Nathan's by Maxie, Lulu and her parents.

"How is he, Liz?" Maxie asked.

"He is doing good. He woke up and answered some questions, but he fell back to sleep."

"Can I go in and sit with him?"

"Sure, talk to him, hold his hand but if he wakes up again, you call me immediately."

"Okay but why is he sleeping so much? Shouldn't he be awake more?" Maxie inquired

"No. because he just came out of a coma after 3 months and still healing from brain surgery. His body is trying to catch up and so he will be awake one minutes and sleeping the next. It will be like that for another week before he will be awak more than being asleep. Its going to take time and patience on your and his part. I got to go and check on other patients," Liz explains. "I'll let you know when the doctor does his rounds and he can answer any questions that you might have. Go on."

"Thanks Liz" and Maxie goes in and sits quietly by his side, listening to the sounds of the monitors and the swooshing sound of the ventilator.

Three hour later, she couldn't keep quiet any more so she talked to him like he could hear her and she just pour out what was in her heart.

He slowly opens his eyes not wanting whoever was in here with him to know that he was awake...

Her_she_beautiful voice_why_stop

Hi there. I see that you are awake. My name is Maxie...

Oh, its_u

I have been waiting forever to see those gorgeous blue-green eyes of yours.

How long_

It's been over three months since I last saw them. You and your partner were going to transport a criminal when you were shot.

Partner_ where_I_

It was touch and go for awhile but now things are looking up for us

Us? There_no_us. First time_met_u

I babble alot but you always enjoy it when I did. You have said that you wouldn't change a thing about it and thats how you fell so in love with me.

Love_me_u_ in your dreams

I can tell by the look in your eyes, you are probably thinking, "Love you, in your dreams'

How_not possible_ Mind reader_

You are probably thinking that I'm a 'mind reader'. I will tell you why, I used to work for a lady that thought I could read what she wanted in her magazine so I had learn to reading what she wanted and soon it became natural to me. She started putting me in charge of small things and went on to become the head editor so thats how I learned to read other people's expressions and thoughts.

Night_

Maxie looks to Nathan, "Oh rats, he asleep again."I will let you rest for now but doesn't mean you are going to get rid of me that easy, if you think that, then you are sadly mistaken I always get what I want. I can't wait until he was awake more than sleeping. She missed his smile, laughter, and especially his eyes. They were the sexist eyes she ever seen, they were blue one time and the next they were green.

She stayed by his side until a nurse came in and asks her to leave because she needed to once again update his chart and clean him.

Maxie decided to go to the cafe and get some food. Her phone rings, "Yes. Lulu I'm at the cafe. They had to update the chart among other personal things. Yea. Just got here."

Lulu, Rocco, and Maxie had a wonderful lunch and they headed up to see Nathan again. They got there just as they were leaving his room, "Can we go in?"

"Yea, but not too long, visiting hours are almost done." replies ICU nurse

"Lulu," as Maxie takes him from his mother, "Why don't you visit while this little cutie stays with his auntie."

"Are you sure?" Lulu questions her

"Yes, I'm sure. Go on. I got him." counters back to her friend

"I know you are probably wondering who all these strangers are coming in and out and talking to you," Lulu pauses to see if he was awake. "yea? I will tell you, we are friends. We meet you early this year when you transferred to the Port Charles police department. You were here to find the guy who 'killed' you sis but later you found out that she was alive, but that part is for a later date. You became my husband's partner and later became friends. You sublit an apartment from a girl that went to find herself. When she came back, you continued to rent and she stay in the other room. You became friends and things happened between you and this girl, but, again, this is a story for another time. Well, the nurse is telling me its time to leave so I'll let you have some peace and quiet."

"How does he look?" Maxie asks Lulu

"His color is coming back and he is looking better than he did a couple days ago." she tells her friend

"I just wish he would stay awake longer than he is. I try to talk to him and he falls asleep in a middle of what I'm saying. It is frustrating." Maxie explains

"Maxie,"Lulu puts her hand on her friend's arm, "You have to remember that he was in coma for more than four months and just regain consciousness and slowly coming around. He isn't going to be in any shape for companying until he has the chance to heal a little more. You just have to be patience. He will get better in his time not ours."

"I know, its just hard to wait patiently." Maxie mumbles

"Why don't you go in while you have some time left and Rocco and I will wait for you." replies Lulu

"Thanks, Lu. You're the best!"

"I know. Go on." she replies back

Maxie lends over and kisses his forehead before taking his hand and sat. She watched him and didn't say a word. She was so memorized by him that she didn't notice him staring at her.

A/N: I'll try to get the next chapter up later todate or early morning Jan. 30.