"How she doing?" Came Steve's question to the nurse as he returned early the following morning with a bag of stuff for Sam. The hospital had point blank refused to let him stay the night with her and after arguing with most of the staff about it, he did as he was told and headed home, returning as early as possible.

Looking to Steve, the nurse offered a smile as she then looked to the room Sam was in where Sam was stood looking aimlessly out the window. "She's good. She managed to drop off to sleep about three this morning after the ringing had stopped and she stopped giving me a lecture about not letting you stay. She has a few broken ribs so she's finding it hard to get comfy at the moment, probably why she's stood up. She's a tough cookie."

Steve nodded slightly as he looked to Sam before he then looked to nurse. "And the baby?"

The nurse smiled. "Baby is completely fine. A sonographer popped down an hour ago. She should be discharged later this afternoon. Doctor just wants to check the smoke in her lungs is clearing up." She informed him with a smile.

Steve nodded slightly. "Am I okay to go in?" He asked looking to the nurse.

The nurse nodded and smiled. "Sure. I'll let you know when the doctor gives the okay for her to go home."

Steve smiled a little and nodded as he headed into Sam's room. Going in quietly, he shut the door before he popped Sam's bag on the bed before he moved over to her, standing behind her he gently moved his arms around her waist, resting his chin on her shoulder. "You should be resting."

Leaning into him as she felt his arms around her she smiled a little. "I know but I can't get comfy. Seems pretty pointless."

"Nurse said you have a few broken ribs."

"Five to be precise." Sam mumbled keeping her eyes locked on the window.

"She also said that you're a tough cookie and the baby is fine."

Sam sighed. "For now."

Steve frowned as he looked down to her. "What do you mean for now?"

"It doesn't matter." She mumbled as she moved away from Steve and back over to the bed and gently climbed back in.

"It does matter Sam." Steve commented as he watched her go back over to the bed. Sitting on the edge of the bed he looked to her. "You do want this baby don't you?" He asked with a frown.

Sam frowned to him. "Of course I do."

"Then why are you always thinking that something is going to go wrong? Your mom said that you were paranoid before you went in for your scan that something would be wrong…" He sighed. "Come on Sam talk to me…"

Sam sighed as she looked to him before she rubbed her forehead a little. "It's hard to explain…"

"Then try…" Steve begged looking to her. "Why do you think that there's going to always be something wrong?"

"Because I never thought I'd be able to have children." She told him before sighing. "With everything that happened with Nate, the amount of beating I took of him, amount of blows to the stomach I took…I never thought I'd be able to get pregnant let alone carry, then when I was sick all the time at the beginning…" She trailed off and sighed. "Each time I have a scan I just have this awful feeling that they're just going to turn around and say there's no heartbeat. That I failed."

Listening to her he couldn't help but sigh as he took her hand and gave it a squeeze. "I know you had it rough with Nate…but there was never any evidence that what he did could affect your chances of having kids could it?"

Sam sighed and shook her head a little as she looked down to their hands. "No…it was just what I let myself believe. For so long he would tell me how worthless and useless I am…guess I thought I'd be useless at doing the most natural thing a woman should be able to do."

"You're far from useless or worthless." He told her looking to him. "Sam you are the most incredible person I've ever met. Look at everything you've accomplished. You made Detective in the police force, you are a doctor and specialise in paediatrics….not many people can say that they've accomplished that. No matter what the creep said…none of it was ever true. You're amazing and it's one of the many reasons why I love you."

Sam smiled a little hearing him and sighed. "I just don't want to let you down…or this baby…"

"You're not going to let us down." He told her looking to her, squeezing her hand once more. "We are in this together Sam. I know I let you down when I arrived at the scan late…but it'll never happen again. We are going to have this baby and it's going to be perfectly healthy and you are going to be the best mom."

"Hopefully." She mumbled looking to him, keeping a tight hold of his hand.

"I don't need to hope I know." He smiled to her before he leant in and pressed kiss to her cheek.

Sam smiled a little as he kissed her cheek. "I'm sorry. You must think I'm an idiot."

Steve looked to her. "No I don't. But no more bottling things up okay? Just tell me how you are feeling, even if it seems stupid to you…I want to know."

Sam gave a slight nod to him before looking to the clock. "I wanna go home."

"Soon." He promised. "Nurse said doctor just needs to check your lungs are clearing then you can go home…"

Sam nodded before looking to him. "Have you spoken to my mom?"

"I have. She'll be visiting later, but I'm hoping to get you home by then. It's quite a drive."

"Well we are like on the other side of the island…" Sam commented with a chuckle as she looked to him, resting her head back on the pillow, keeping a hold of his hand. "Thank you."

"For what?" Steve asked, softly stroking her hand with his thumb.

"Everything." She whispered. "I seriously don't know what I'd do without you."

Steve smiled as he leant in and pressed a kiss to her lips. "You don't need to thank me." He whispered to her before kissing her again.

Sam smiled as she happily kissed him back, her hand resting on his cheek before she broke the kiss and rested her forehead against his. "I can't wait to get out of here…"

"Won't be long." He promised to her as he kissed her forehead.

"Do you know who bombed the hospital?" She asked looking to him.

"The guys are working on it." He told her softly. "The bomb was designed to scare if anything, not injure."

"Tell that to my five broken ribs…" Sam commented with a roll of her eyes.

"I know but it could have been a lot worse Sam…I could have lost you."

Sam looked to him. "Like the nurse said. I'm a tough cookie."

"A very lucky cookie." He told her before looking up as the door opened and a Doctor came in, getting up and standing next to Sam's bed.

"Hello I'm Doctor Bellamy." He introduced with a smile to Steve before looking to Sam. "How you feeling?"

"Like I'm ready to go home." She told him with a smile.

Doctor Bellamy smiled. "Well I'm just going to listen to your chest and we shall see." He told her as walked over to her and popped his stethoscope on and moved it onto Sam's chest. "Okay Sam can you try and take deep breaths for me? I know it's hard with your ribs but just try best you can."

Sam nodded a little as she started to take a few deep breaths, wincing slightly as each deep breath caused her discomfort.

"And sit slightly forward for me…" The doctor instructed softly before moving the stethoscope to Sam's back. "And some more deep breaths for me."

Clinging onto the bed slightly as she took deep breaths, Sam did as she was told before she then relaxed back as the doctor finished.

"Okay Sam. Your lungs are showing signs of improvement and I can see you are itching to get home. So I will allow you to go home but I am going to prescribe you an asthma pump, now this is simply for the purpose that if you start to struggle to catch your breath and it should help. It's not a long term thing but with your ribs broken you are going to find it difficult to get around without getting out of breath."

Sam gave a slight nod. "I guess going back to work is out of the question then?" She mused with a smile to him.

"Defiantly." He replied with a chuckle. "If you were on any other department other than the emergency department I would suggest light duties but as it is I highly recommend not going to work until some of your ribs have healed. Besides from what I've heard the hospital is going to be shut until they've fixed the third floor so you're okay for a couple of weeks." He smiled. "Now I'm going to pop this prescription in so give it an hour and it should be ready. I'll get the pharmacist to pop up with it okay? Then you'll be able to go home."

Steve smiled to him. "Thank you Doctor."

Doctor Bellamy smiled to the couple and nodded as he left them to it.

Watching the doctor go, Steve then looked down to Sam and smiled as he lent down and pressed a kiss to her head. "Be home in no time."

Sam smiled tiredly to him. "You do know my mom is going to be a pain in the ass right? She's going to treat me like I'm twelve."

Steve smiled to her. "Maybe so but at least I know you'll be looked after when I'm in work."

"I do not need a babysitter." Sam commented with a frown.

"I know you don't but I'd feel a bit more at ease knowing that she's going to be there to watch you."

"She's going to fatten me up."

"Winter is coming?" Steve suggested.

Sam laughed a little as she looked to him. "Yeah and it's still going to be like twenty five degrees."

Steve chuckled before he gave a slight shrug. "Maybe so but still. It's not going to be a bad thing. You are eating for two after all."

Sam laughed and rolled her eyes slightly before she relaxed back on the bed once more a small yawn passing her lips.

"Why don't you sleep until we can go? You look exhausted."

Sam yawned once more before sighing. "Have you ever actually slept in a hospital bed? I'd rather sleep on the floor."

Steve pouted a little before he then smiled. "Budge up slightly…"

Sam frowned a little but nodded as she moved over slightly.

Steve kicked off his shoes before he then climbed into the bed with her. Moving his arm around her he gently pulled Sam to him so her head was resting on his chest as he pressed a soft kiss to her head. "Now I'm sure this is much more comfy for you."

Watching him Sam couldn't help but smile as she snuggled into him and gave a slight nod as she heard him. "Much." She whispered as she closed her eyes and happily drifted off to sleep in his arms. She had certainly missed this. Even though she had only spent the night here it had felt much longer. She hated being away from him.

Watching as she drifted off to sleep, Steve smiled to himself as he let his own eyes fall to a shut. He couldn't wait to get her home. Get her back onto the road to recovery and now he knew how she was feeling he was going to be keeping an eye on her. He didn't want her to be scared or worried anything bad was going to happen. He just wanted to be there for her. Things were going to get better. They just had to.

So sorry about the delay in this story guys! EVerything has been so manic the last couple of weeks!

I'm off work this week so hopefully get a lot of chapter up for you in the next couple of days! :D

Much Love

K xx