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First of all, you are all stars, thank you so much for reviewing my last chapter! it gave me such a push to write, and I am so happy to know that nearly a year into this fic I think, people still want to read it :)

Hope you like this chapter,

As Marissa walked up through the hospital, all of her dreadful thoughts, about Ryan not making it through this, suddenly reappeared stronger than in her mind than before. She has anxiously sat on the plane back to LA, safely to say it was the longest hour of her life. Knowing that in that time her and Seth were in the air, something could happen to Ryan, and none of them would know until it was too late.

Seth had told her to expect the worst, but the worst was ether she lose Ryan forever, or Ryan lose her from his memory, both of which she didn't know if she could handle. Right now, as she wandered through the hospital, all she could think about, was how important he was to her life. How much she needed him, and how she couldn't lose him, she had never been religious but they say in times of desperation, you would do anything to save the person you love.

She turned a corner and saw Sandy sitting outside Ryan's room. As soon as she saw the man that acted more of a father in her life than her own, she ran straight into his big comforting arms, and shed new salty tears. Seth stood back helplessly, he had been a saint on the plane ride, telling her it would all be ok, and how Ryan would come out of this completely unscathed.

"Hey Kiddo, come on, don't start all of these tears now, its not good for you or the baby" Sandy looked up at her knowingly, silently asking him how he knew, he only nodded with a huge smile on his face.

"Congratulations," She smiled through her pained tears, and tried to dry her eyes.

"Can I?" Marissa asked, ushering to Ryan's door.

"He's just being checked over by the nurses, at the minute they asked me to wait outside"

"How is he Sandy?" Marissa asked woefully as she sat on some plastic chairs next to her future father in law. She had totally forgotten that her and Ryan had gotten engaged, she nervously twisted the rock on her engagement finger, and it took the notice of Sandy's watchful eye.

"Me and Kirsten cant wait you know, to have you as a daughter, to be grandparents for a 3rd and now 4th time," Marissa tried to smile, but her heart to much, if Ryan didn't make it, how would she ever cope with 2 children alone.

"Could you please get Ottilie to LA Sandy" Marissa asked him

"Are you sure you can cope with her-"

"I will cope, I want my baby with me" Marissa said firmly, while Sandy nodded, and Seth went off to make the calls to get her niece back to the city.

The door opened and Marissa's tearstained face whipped round immediately. The doctor came out, wrote a few things on his clipboard, and looked up, initially for Sandy.

"Excuse me doctor, can I go and see him now?" Marissa asked the man as she stood up to shake his hand.

"You're his fiancée I presume?" The doctor said looking up from his notes, Marissa just nodded, doing whatever she could to get to Ryan the quickest,

"I will let you see Mr Atwood first, then if you press the call button, I will be in to explain everything, it may seem scarier than it is, I take it you have been filled in on the fact that Mr Atwood is in a temporary coma, this sounds more serious than it is, so please do not be alarmed" Its funny, when someone says not to worry, how you panic a thousand times more, how could a coma be seen as not serious?

Marissa nodded, and walked into Ryan's room, as quiet as a mouse. Shaking her head to herself, its not as if he would be waking up any time soon. She was taken aback, and felt sick from the look of Ryan so helpless in his hospital bed, he was completely covered with cuts, he had a support around his chest and was balanced up on some pillows, she immediately rushed over to the bathroom located on the other side of his room, and threw up in the toilet, gagging and crying. She tried to regain her strength so she would be able to stand up, but felt dizzy from the sudden movements, as she splashed some water over her face, she worked up the courage to go and see him again., and as she moved out to sit at her bed side, it her a again, she couldn't bare to see him laying there, so weak and so helpless, Ryan was always there to save her, selfishly she never thought as herself as the one that wanted to be saved. She cautiously moved to his bedside, where she took hold of his cut hand, the beeps on his machine were steady and monotonous, although they were greeting, the steady lull was also very reassuring. She didn't know how long she sat there for, just watching him, crying, clutching her stomach, but as day turned into night, the doctor re-entered the room again, and called her to his office.

She sat down in the seat, and the doctor poured her some water, Marissa drank her quickly, forgetting that she couldn't actually remember the last time she ate or drank.

"Miss Cooper, I believe that you have been informed over Mr Atwood's condition, by his family" Marissa nodded slightly

"Well we should tell you, that Mr Atwood is improving, from our results we can see that his body is starting to react well, and we may well expect him to make a recovery quickly." Marissa's face brightened slightly at this information

"However, that's if, he is on life support at the minute, but we believe soon he will be able to cope by himself, but without a doubt there will be some side effects" Marissa frowned again at the doctors words and held her stomach for reassurance.

"Such as"

"Well, Mr Atwood suffered a severe blow to the head, so he may get migraines often, but whenever there is a blow to the head, we always have to deal with the fact that memory loss may be an option here." Marissa nodded as more tears came out,

"What if he doesn't wake up?" Marissa asked him quietly, trying to avoid his gaze

"You wont do yourself any good thinking like that Miss Cooper" The elder man told her,

"I take it from the rock on your left finger, that things are supposed to be serious?" Marissa tried to smile and nodded at him

"Well then its best for you, if you not think of the worse, I know you may want to be with him right now, but I strongly recommend that you go home and get some rest, and come back to him first thing in the morning" Marissa nodded, thanked him stood up to shake his hand,

"Can I just go and say good night to him?" Marissa asked hopefully, the doctor nodded and Marissa left the room, when she entered Ryan's room, she took in the sombre mood and decided she needed to bring in some things that would cheer him up later, she moved over to his bed, and took his hand before kissing his fingers lightly, as she re-laid them on the bed again, she shed a tear and placed a kiss on a finger then transferring it to his cheek, and that's when she heard it. The most terrifying sound she had ever heard. A loud piercing beep screamed through the air, and she jumped at the sudden noise, quickly looking to see what was going on. She thought she was going to be sick when she saw Ryan's body shake and shudder quickly, after that it was a blur, she knew she was crying and she knew she was screaming but it was as if it didn't register, she was shoved by doctors, who quickly saw to the man she loved, looking into his eyes with a torch, whilst another wheeled over a machine. Marissa stood helplessly screaming at them to do something, Sandy tried to move her away, but she wouldn't have it. She watched scared, as they placed the two parts of the machine on his chest, she loudly heard them shout, when it became to much. After that, all she saw was darkness.

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