Thank you to all of the faithful readers who have been so patient as to wait for this chapter. Wow! Life has been busy. I just finished up a rough draft of a young adult novel and am about to start another one with NaNoWriMo. However, I do have a file that has a couple of fanfics prepared for such a time as this! I have been collecting and am now going to aim to do at least one a week. In December I'd like to do a "Twelve Days of Christmas" posting schedule as a thank you to my readers. If you would be interested, please leave a review! Right now I'm looking for suggestions for the first story. In the comments please name your favourite character. I will be taking the first three characters and creating a story about them. So, if you've been wanting a story about a specific character, please comment!

Now I hope that this does not seem too dry. I've been out of this story for a bit, so adjusting back into it is difficult. I plan to finish it up this month and then move on to a longer story which will eventually lead to some romance.

I think that by now I'm just rambling, so I'll shut up and let you all enjoy! God bless!

Bobby ended up sleeping through much of the day, but when he woke he was pleasantly surprised to see D and Jack next to his bed.

"Hey," he muttered.

"You okay?" D asked, standing.

"Yep. Sore, but I slept through most of the day, so doing better."

Wait, they haven't heard the news yet!

I haven't heard about Myles yet!

Bobby struggled to sit up.

"Woah, what's your hurry?" Jack questioned, motioning for him to lie back down.

"Myles, is he okay?"

Better check on how he is going first.

"He's doing well. Still sore and cranky, but that's normal," Jack laughed.

"I have news."

Jack quirked an eyebrow and D asked, "What news could you have from lying in a hospital bed?"

"Are Sue and Lucy here?"

"Yes, they're just outside. They didn't want to overwhelm you, and the doctors are in with Myles right now, so they should be seated in the family room. Want me to get them?"

"Yeah. I think the sheilas would like to hear this."

When Sue and Lucy entered the room, Bobby noticed that they wore twin looks of concern. He smiled. His team was like a family - one of them hurt, all of them hurt.

"Hi, Bobby. Are you feeling any better?" Sue asked, always concerned.

"You bet!" He propped himself against the pillows. He tried to position himself more comfortably. Lucy rushed forward and gave him a hand.
"Thanks, Lucy," he said, finally in a position to look at all of his team - present team - comfortably.

"So, what's the big news?" D questioned.

Bobby grinned, turning to the nightstand and pulling out the Bible. He carefully lifted it to show to the others who all recognized the leather-bound book immediately. He watched their expressions as he announced, "I got saved today."

There was no way that he could have been prepared for the reaction his announcement received.

Lucy squealed excitedly, Sue clapped her hands as her brightest smile lit up her face, D gave his best pleased expression, and Jack clapped him on the shoulder - before Bobby's violent wince reminded him that the Aussie was still suffering from some fairly significant bruising.

"Oh, Bobby, that's wonderful! You don't know how long we've been wanting to hear you say those words!" Sue exclaimed.

"Wait until Donna hears this. She will be over the moon," D said.

"We're brothers in the Lord now," Jack said enthusiastically, this time refraining from clapping Bobby on the shoulder. Jack motioned to Bobby's shoulder. "Hey, sorry about that," he referred to his earlier, too-enthusiastic response.

"That's fine, mate," Bobby said. "I'm awful excited too." D grinned.

"For good reason. This is the best choice that you will ever make, man. I can promise that to you."

"I figured. I've fought this for so long. I can't exactly tell why. But today, with me almost losing it all at that shoot out - I guess all the excuses seemed pretty feeble. And when I picked up the Bible and read that 'Roman's Road' thing written inside, it just all made sense. Hey, D, think that I could go to church with you and Donna and the kids this Sunday?"

"If you're out of the hospital."

"Oh, I will be by then."

"I wouldn't go making claims unless you suddenly became an M.D. since I last saw you, sprawled out on the grass."

"Funny, mate, real funny," Bobby said sarcastically, before wincing again and leaning back into his pillow with a groan.

"Speaking of which, we'll leave you to rest," Lucy said, motioning the others to the door. "We'll be by to talk more later when you're feeling a bit better."

The team left, but although there was quiet, Bobby could not go back to sleep right away. He felt concern for Myles. Did the Harvard graduate know about the Roman's Road and salvation? What if he had lost his life today? Where would he be? And Tara. The thought flashed into Bobby's mind like lightning. Tara. What about the sheila?….

...

"At the tone, please record your message."

"Hey, Sheila, seeing you're still being stubborn and not responding to our messages. You've got to stop doing that. We just want to know that you're safe and okay. You should probably text Jack or D again just to let them know not to put out an Amber alert of some sort on you.

"On a different subject, I got saved today, and Tara, it is the best thing that I've ever done. It was only about an hour ago, but I can already tell. Now I know what will happen to me when I die. I almost died today, Tara, and I would not have been going to heaven. I know that. What about you? Where will you go?"I'm almost out of time on this message, so I'll say bye. Please call back soon. Be safe, sheila."

Beep!