Greenlee and Brooke walked into the hospital waiting room and smiled at eachother. There were Tad and Jamie, asleep. Jamie's head leaning on Tad's shoulder and Tad's arms folded across his chest.

"Do you think we should wake them?" Greenlee asked Brooke.

"They slept through the whole night," Brooke said.

"I feel bad waking them though. I mean, look at them. That is so adorable."

"They would want to go see Jake." Brooke walked over to Jamie and gently nudged his arm.

"Oh, mom," Jamie moaned. "Five more minutes."

Tad stirred. "Did we sleep this whole time?" he yawned.

"Like two babies," Greenlee grinned.

"I think I see teeth," Tad said, rubbing his eyes. "I do see a smiling face, don't I?" Greenlee nodded. "Then he's OK?"

"We just left him. He's awake, he's talking, and the doctors say that everything looks good." Tad jumped to his feet and ran out of the room. "Third door on the left," Greenlee called to him.

Tad pushed his way inside and paused, trying to calm his excitement. "You gave us quite a scare, little brother," Tad said, walking up to Jake. Jake looked a lot better than when Tad had last seen him. The color had returned to his face and he looked healthier. "How are you feeling?"

"Like hell," Jake managed a smile. "Thanks for asking." Tad shook his head. "I guess I feel better than I did."

"Give it time," Tad said. "You'll be up and about and yelling orders around here sooner than you think."

"I was thinking of taking some time off," Jake said. He paused. "I asked her. Greenlee. I asked her to marry me, Tad."

Tad smiled. "What did she say?" Jake nodded. "You lucky dog, you. The baby's getting married. Pop's going to be thrilled." Tad was afraid to touch him, but lightly grabbed his shoulder. "So is that what it takes to get you to take a vacation?" Jake began to laugh, but winced a bit in pain. "Ooo, sorry," Tad said. "I don't want you to bust at the seams."

Jake took a deep breath, smiling. "Hey, Tad," he said. "Thanks."

"For what?" Tad asked.

"Greenlee said that you were the one who gave me CPR back at the house."

Tad smirked. "Yeah. Well I guess that watching all those reruns of Rescue 911 did some good, huh?"

"If you hadn't been there, I could have died."

"You know that Pop would have jumped right in if I didn't."

"You saved my life."

"No," Tad corrected him. "A group of highly qualified surgeons saved your life. I just helped out a little before hand."

"And David?" Jake asked. Tad's eyes widened in shock. "I know it wasn't Greenlee who got him to look at me."

"How did you..."

"I wasn't completely out of it the whole time."

Tad shook his head. "I didn't know what else to do, Jake." Tad said. "It would have been legit. I warned him, no drugs."

"You warned him?" Jake smiled. "David Hayward?"

"You have no idea." Tad paused. "It doesn't matter anyway. Hayward didn't do anything." He paused again. "Look, Jake. Nobody else knows about David being here."

"And they won't," Jake said. "Not from me at least."

There was a knock at the door. Greenlee popped her head in. Tad pat Jake's hand. "I'll leave you two kids alone," he said. Greenlee walked up to the bed. "Take it easy on him, Greenlee."

She smiled and sat as Tad left the room. "What were you two talking about?" Greenlee asked him.

"Guy stuff," Jake said. Greenlee brought her head down and rested it on his.

"Oh, I see," Greenlee said, grinning. She lifted her head. "I was thinking... I want to marry you."

"I thought we had established that already."

"I mean now. As soon as possible."

"Woah. I know I'm not one for long engagements, but don't you think we should give this a little time?"

"I always dreamed of having a perfect wedding. Almost like a fairytale."

"You don't even have a dress."

"How do you know that?" Jake raised his eyebrows. "OK, I don't have a dress, but I don't need one. As long as you're there, and I'm there, I don't need any of that fancy stuff."

"I just think we should wait a while."

"You do still want to get married, Jake."

"Of course I do," Jake said. "I love you Greenlee."

"Then let's do it," Greenlee said. "Let's get married now."

"Greenlee. I just had surgery. I want you to be able to walk down the

aisle. I want that for you." Greenlee was silent. "I want to stand there and watch the door open and see you in a beautiful wedding dress. I want to swear myself to you in front of our family and friends. I know you want that too."

"I want you."

"You have me." Jake took Greenlee's hand. "You will always have me, whether we get married in one hour or one year. I'm not going anywhere." A tear ran down Greenlee's cheek. "Hey," Jake said. "What is it?"

"I came so close to losing you," Greenlee said. "I held you in my arms last night... and you weren't breathing. I saw our life together flash by me and... I... I was so scared, Jake."

"You are not going to lose me. We're going to get married and we're going to grow old together. We'll be ninety and wrinkled, but we'll be together."

Jake saw a smile start to show on Greenlee's face. "I'm not going to wrinkle," she said.

"OK," Jake said. He paused and looked her directly in the eye. "I promise you that this wedding will happen, and it will be perfect."

Greenlee sniffled. "I'm not going to wait forever, Jake Martin," she said.

"I'm not asking you to. Just a little while."

There was silence for a moment as Greenlee nodded. She rested her head down on his chest. "I love you, Jake," she said. "And even if you made me wait a hundred years I would still love you."

"I love you too," Jake said he lifted his hand and rested it on the back of her head. "I swear to you this will be the best wedding Pine Valley has ever seen. It'll be the answer to all your dreams."

"My every dream was fulfilled when you came into my life," Greenlee said. "How could I ask for anything more?"