Chapter 49…

Ashley had just come home from the hospital,found cathy sitting in the kitchen and saw the bandage around her roommate's hand;"What happened to your hand?"

"It's nothing,ash,don't worry."answered cathy quickly and pulled her hand away when her roommate wanted to look at it;"I had a little accident at the club and jay already had Jennifer look at it,so it's fine."

"How was your last night at the club?"asked she and quickly changed the subject when she realized cathy didn't wanna talk about it;"Did you get a chance to talk to nick?"

"What for?"started her roommate tired;"So that he could accuse me of some more things on my last night?"

"So he doesn't know that it was your last night?"said Ashley surprised;"You didn't even tell him,cat?"

"Jay did because he thought nick already knew."answered she;"So now he must be pleased because I'm finally out of his life again."

"I can't believe that he was really relieved."began her roommate slowly;"Maybe if you talked to nick again now that he's had some time to calm down and deal with finding out that you have a daughter then you could sort things out together."

"There's nothing to sort out and nick doesn't want anything to do with me anymore,which I can't blame him for after what I did."said cathy as she walked away;"I'm going to go to bed for a while because I start my new job tonight."

At the hospital shawn had fallen asleep on the chair in his father's room when his sister woke him up;"Hey,wake up!"

"What…?"asked he a bit hazy and looked around;"What time is it?"

"It's already morning."answered courtney;"Did you stay here all night?"

"I guess I must have fallen asleep."said her brother as he got up,stretching his stiff muscles;"Where's mom,court?"

"She's at home and we had Jamie give her a sedative because she was totally freaking out as we came home lastnight."started she softly;"The thought of losing dad is driving her crazy."

"Mom isn't going to lose dad!"answered shawn and looked at the bed where his father was laying in,hooked up to all kind of machines;"He's going to pull through this damn it!"

"I want dad to pull through this too,shawn,but we have to face facts and it isn't looking good!"began his sister with tears in her eyes;"When they found him at the side of the road dad was barely alive and they don't know if he's gonna make it!"

"Stop saying that!"yelled he furious as he turned around and ran off;"He's not going to die!"

A few hours later ginny walked out of the hospital,tired and feeling pretty sick after her chemo-therapy session and was on her way to her car when she saw lucas standing next to it;"What are you doing here?"

"I was worried about you and I knew you had chemo today."started her friend slowly;"Were you really gonna drive yourself home in that condition?"

"So what if I am?"asked ginny angry and wanted to get into her car when lucas blocked the door;"Get out of my way,lucas,leave me alone!"

"No,I'm not letting you drive yourself home like this!"answered he;"You could end up in an accident or something!"

"That's not your problem and I want you to leave me the hell alone!"said his friend as she tried to push him away,but hardly had the strength to even move him an inch;"Go away!"
"Calm down,ginny,please and just let me drive you home."begged lucas worried as he saw how sick she was looking;"All I will do is drive you home and then I'll go away,I promise."

"What part about leaving me alone,don't you get?"yelled she furious;"Get out of my way!"

"Is this man harassing you,miss?"asked a man as he walked up to them and pushed lucas away from the car;"Hey,get lost,buddy,the lady doesn't want you here!"

"Hey,mind your own business!"answered he as he saw how ginny quickly got into the car and tried to stop her,but the man got in his way again;"Get out of my way,idiot,you have no idea what you're doing!"

"I'm helping the lady out and making sure that you can't harass her!"said the man;"Get lost or I will call the police!"

"Don't do it,ginny,please!"called lucas worried out to her while he heard how she started up her car;"Don't be stupid!"

"Just leave me alone!"yelled his friend from her car as she drove off and the man,who had stopped him walked away;"Leave me the hell alone,lucas!"

"Damn it!"said he shocked when he watched how ginny was driving away from him and drove straight into a parked car as she got to the end of the parkinglot and ran up to her car,where he saw that she was unconcious in the driverseat as blood was coming out of a large cut on her forhead;"Ginny!"

On the beach m.j. was sitting in the sand,thinking about her fight with adam that morning,when he suddenly showed up and sat down next to her;"You're a hard woman to track down these days."

"I asked you to leave me alone,didn't i?"asked she irritated;"Why can't you do that?"

"Because I love you and I'm worried about you."started adam with a faint smile;"I know that remembering is confusing and that it's upsetting you,but if you try to analize every single memory and make more out of it then it really is then you're going to drive you crazy and you need to learn to let go and accept it for what it is."

"I can't just do that!"answered his wife;"What happened that day,adam,I need to know!"
"I was acting like a jerk as usual,we had a fight and then we made up."said he;"That's all that matters."

"I wish that I could remember everything,adam,that I could remember being your wife and being the mother of our kids and everything else!"began m.j. with tears in her eyes;"I need to remember everything and not just what you want me to remember!"

"You will remember everything again,honey,but it will take some time and you need to learn to stop digging into unimportant memories and focus on what's really important!"answered her husband as he put his arm around her;"It'll be okay again!"

Nick was up in his room,listening to some music,when alex walked in;"Hey,are you okay?"

"I'm fine!"answered nick;"Why wouldn't I be?"

"Maybe because you've been walking around with a grumpy face for the last few days."said his sister softly;"Do you want to talk about it,nick?"

"Don't you think you have enough on your mind as it is?"asked he irritated;"Don't you have to be at your therapy session or something?"

"You can be such a jerk sometimes!"started alex with a hurt and wanted to walk away;"Just because you're upset about something that doesn't mean that you have to take it out on me!"

"Wait,alex,don't go!"begged her brother feeling guilty and stopped her from leaving his room;"You're right and I'm sorry,so please stay."
"What are you so upset about?"asked she;"Is it cathy?"

"Why do you think this would have something with her?"said nick;"It isn't because of cathy!"

"Yes,it is and the look on your face each time her names comes up says it all!"answered his sister slowly;"What happened,nick,did you guys get into a fight or something?"

"Let's just say that I suddenly remembered again why I was happy that we broke up a long time ago."started he irritated;"Okay?"

"No,it's not okay and I don't know what the problem is,but from what I heard from everybody else cathy has really changed and she saved my life,so why are you suddenly mad at her?"asked alex curious;"What did she do?"

"She tried to play me for a fool again and I almost let her!"said her brother;"I was falling for her,alex,but I'm glad I found out the truth before it was too late!"

"I don't know what happened or anything,but are you sure that she really tried to do that?"answered she softly and walked away when she saw that her brother was through with their conversation about his ex;"Sometimes things aren't what they seem to be."

At the hospital lucas was waiting outside of the e.r. for news about ginny when he saw her parents coming in and walked up to them;"Hi,mr. and mrs. Wintroph,I'm lucas and I'm the one that called you about ginny."

"How is she doing?"asked his friend's mother worried;"What happened,lucas?"

"Ginny drove her car into another car as she was driving off."answered he;"The doctor is still in the examingroom with her."

"But I don't understand,lucas,how could she just drive into another car?"said cass confused;"Did that car back up into her or something or what?"

"No,mr. wintroph,it was a parked car that ginny drove into."started his daughter's boss hesitating;"She shouldn't have been in the car to begin with and I tried to stop your daughter from driving off,but she was able to get away from me and drove off."

"Why are you saying that?"asked Kathleen worried and confused;"Why did you try to stop ginny from driving away and why shouldn't she have been in the car,lucas,had she been drinking or something?"

"I'm not suppose to tell you this and if ginny finds out she's gonna hate me for it,mrs. Wintroph,but I think that you should know the truth and that is something that ginny should have told you already!"answered lucas tired;"Ginny just had chemo-therapy when I tried to stop her,so she wasn't feeling that well and she was exhausted and had no business getting behind the wheel."

"Chemo-therapy?"said she in shock;"Are you saying that our daughter has got….?"

"No,that isn't possible because she would have told us something like that!"answered cass angry;"I don't know what kind of games you're playing here,but this isn't funny!"

"I'm not lying,mr. wintroph,I wouldn't lie about something like that and it's true!"began his daughter's boss;"Ginny has cancer and I tried to get her to tell you,but she wouldn't listen to me and when she finds out that I told you she will hate me for it."

"Then why are you telling us this now then?"asked he;"Why?"

"Because she needs you to help her through this,even though she's too damn stubborn to realize it herself,and I'd rather have her mad at me then her going through this alone without her family!"answered lucas with a sad smile;"Ginny might think that she can handle this herself,but she can't and she needs her family!"