Chapter 35

Slater was sitting next to Jesse in the recovery room. She was hooked up to a lot of machines and there was even one breathing for her. Slater could feel the tears flowing out of his eyes and down his cheeks as he stared at his unconscious wife. The doctors had told him she was in pretty bad shape but it seemed like she was a fighter and was hanging on. They weren't sure how long she would have to remain in the medical induced coma so that her body could heal but they would stop keeping her unconscious when they felt her body had healed enough.

"Hey how is she?" Kelly asked and then her eyes went wide at the sight of Jesse hooked up to all the machines and she felt horrible. "How long is she going to be like this?"

"Don't know, they said until her body has healed enough." Slater answered as he looked at all his friends who stood in the room.

"Do they have a time frame for that?" Screech asked feeling a little awkward staring at the smart Jesse with a tube down her throat. "Did he finally do it?" He whispered.

"Do what?" Lisa asked angrily. "Jesse is a fighter and no one is going to take her away from us. This stupid idiot is not going to win, there is no way Jesse is going to leave Slater not when they just got married and she is finally happy. She wants to have kids with him."

"How do you know all this?" Zack asked his jaw dropped to the ground.

"She told me. She told me all of this before they even got back together. She told me she regretted not telling him the truth and how she felt horrible being with someone like Stephen when she had someone as wonderful as Slater before. She wanted to be with him but figured she never would get the chance again." Lisa said with a sigh. "She finally gets what she really deserves and her stupid decision causes this. I swear the two of you are going to give me a heart attack."

"Sorry but we do the things we think are right and we aren't always right but it's what we think." Slater said before a machine started beeping next to him causing him to jump. He looked at it and saw that Jesse's heart rate had suddenly sped up. Slater hit the nurse call button and got out of his seat trying to calm her down. "Jesse it's okay, your okay Jesse." He whispered to her while stroking her hair.

The nurse came rushing in and pushed him out of the way as the doctor came in as well. The two of them studied her and then gave her some medicine. "It looks to me like she is fighting the drugs we gave her to let her sleep. We are going to have to wake her or else her heart will tire out and we will lose her." The doctor said shaking his head. "I think this is only the second time in my career I have seen this happen."

"Jesse is a rare one at times. She is as smart as can be and even has her medical degree and is getting ready for medical school." Lisa said with a smile and then as she saw the shocked looks around her gave a shrug of her shoulder.

"No one told me that." Slater said knowing his wife was smart but he didn't think she wanted to be a doctor.

"Yeah well Jesse put a lot of things on hold because of Stephen and it's your job to convince her to finish school now Slater. She is your wife and that makes her your responsibility." Lisa said with a scowl.

Jesse's eyes popped open and she tried to talk but with a tube down her throat it was impossible. She knew better than to make sudden movements or attempt to pull it out on her own because of the medical knowledge she already had. Jesse looked at the doctor expectantly but was shocked when he shook his head and handed her a pad of paper and a pen.

"Your lungs were damaged and in no shape to work on their own. You are going to have to deal with the tube for your body's sake for a few days I am afraid. It's why we wanted to keep you unconscious but you must have really wanted to see these people because you fought that medicine like mad. You had us all really worried Mrs. Slater." The doctor said using her married name for the first time. Jesse attempted a smile when she heard it and out of the corner of her eyes she saw the rest of gang smiling at the mention of her married name.

"Thank you doctor, we will make sure that she only uses that pad and pen to communicate. No shaking or nodding your head either Jesse." Kelly said with a pointed glare. She was still a little angry that Jesse had done this by going out without telling them or taking someone with her.

After the doctor left Jesse wrote something on the paper and handed it to Slater. He looked at her and smiled, kissing her forehead.

"Jesse said she is sorry to have worried us but she had to do this for herself. She needed to try and build herself back up and she knew she screwed up the moment she faced him alone but she feels stronger and better." Slater said with a smile at the others. "I think she has suffered enough there is no reason to be mad at her for something that is already done and over with."

Jesse wrote something else down and reached it out towards Kelly who walked over and took the pad of paper from her.

After Kelly read it she sighed and smiled a little. "You're right I am a little mad but only because I don't want to lose you. We are supposed to have kids together so that they can grow up at the same time. We are supposed to be pregnant at the same time and how are we gonna do that if you constantly put yourself in danger?"