Patrick came running in as Liz pushed everybody out, Kristina fought to stay in there but it was no use. She could not get the buzzing and Ethan on the bed out of her mind. They had rushed Ethan into emergency surgery so Kristina called Dante so he could tell Lulu and she just sat in the waiting room, her head on her mom's shoulder and cried "what if he doesn't come out of this Mom?" she sobbed to Alexis "I thought it was ok and he was getting better, what if he doesn't make it?" and she continued to sob "oh honey, he is strong and a fighter, he will make it thru this, you will see" she said as she stroked her hair. "Mom is right" Molly chimed in "and he has something to fight for now" "what is that?" Kristina sniffled "you, you said yes, you are going to marry him" Molly said back to her as she knelt down in front of Kristina. Kristina had actually forgotten for a moment about that, she was so concerned with Ethan being alive "your right, I did" she said softly "and has he ever let you down before?" Alexis asked her "no, never" she said back "well then he is going to make it thru this now" Alexis said to her matter of factly "your right Mom and Molly, thank you" Kristina said, still sniffly but calming down a little "he will get thru this" "oh but how are we going to get thru this" Molly said hastily as she looked toward the hallway, Kristina looked around and saw Sonny coming "well now is as good time as any Kristina to tell him" Alexis said to her.
"how is Ethan doing?" Sonny asked Kristina as he came up and hugged her."he has not come out of surgery again, it was so scary Dad" she said. Sonny sat down in the chair and Kristina sat down beside of him. Alexis and Molly were sitting across from them looking tense. "I know this is scary honey, but he is going to be ok" Sonny told her "thanks Dad" she said with a smile and then took a breath and continued "Dad, there is something I have to tell you, I am not sure if you are going to like it but I need you to promise to not make a scene in here, do you promise?" Sonny got this look on his face "do not tell me your pregnant" he said in a roar "no Dad, no, I am not pregnant" she said "now please promise" Sonny looked at her, then Alexis and Molly and said "ok, you have my attention, I promise I will not make a scene" Kristina took another breath and began "Dad, before Ethan relapsed he asked me something, he asked if I would marry him and I said yes" she stopped and just waited. She saw Sonny look at Alexis and then back at her "are you ok with this?" he asked Alexis rather solomely "Yes, I am ok with this" Alexis said "Ethan has been amazing for Kristina and I think she has been amazing for him as well. He will always love and protect her, I think he has proven that again and again and I think we owe it to our daughter to be there for her and support her thru this" she said as she moved over beside of Kristina and put her arm around her. "she is smart and brave Sonny and you know she would not have said yes if she did not love him" Sonny just sat there for a few minutes, Kristina took his hand "Dad, please support us" Sonny looked at her and hugged her and said "ok, I approve, I just don't know about giving up my little girl" "thank you Dad" she said still hugging him.
A few minutes later Patrick walked into the waiting area. Kristina rushed up to him "is he ok?" Patrick looked at her "yes, he is fine. He had some internal bleeding where the surgery had been done and that made his blood pressure drop, but he is ok now and awake. He is asking for you" Kristina kissed Patrick on the cheek, said thank you and ran off. She flew to Ethan's room and ran in. "Hi Love!" he said when he saw her. She ran to his bed and kissed him "ouch" he said "oh I am so sorry honey" she exclaimed back, "I won't do that again" and she started to pull back "don't you dare" he said and kissed her again. "so were you serious?" he asked her "serious about what?" she said coyly, knowing what he was going to say."were you serious about marrying me?" Kristina looked down at the ground, Ethan thought he saw a tear fall down her cheek "yes, I was serious" she said softly "Kristina, why are you crying" he asked her as he tried to pull her closer, damn wound he thought. "I thought you were going to die on me twice in just a couple of days, I cannot lose you Ethan, I can't" she started getting hysterical. He grabbed her hand "Kristina, I am not going anywhere, I am right here and I will always be by your side" she looked back at him, man he hated to see her cry "you promise?" she said to him "i promise, I am not going anywhere" and with that she kissed him "your going to be my husband" she said sweetly to him and a smile came across his face. "well you did say you were going to marry me someday" he said as he kissed her again "and I always get my way" she replied back and the kisses continued. They were interrupted by a knock on the door, and in came Sonny. "I would like to have a chat with my future son-in-law" he said. Kristina jumped up, "only if you will be nice to him, he just came out of surgery, no fighting Dad" "Kristina, it will be ok" Ethan said to her "give us a few minutes" as he kissed her hand where her ring would be one day. She left giving Sonny a stare down. "So, what did you want to talk about Sonny? The weather? Sports? or how I am not good enough for Kristina or how I can never give her what she deserves" Ethan said to him...