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The women gave them all a nervous smile. "What the hell are you doing here, Lindsay?!?!" Ryan's father yelled.

"My daughter broke her neck, James. I want to make sure she's ok." Lindsay answered. All the Morgan children just looked at her in disbelief. None of them could believe that their mother was standing right in front of them after running out on them over eight years ago. Jeff looked from Lindsay to James to Rich to Josh and then to Gillian. He recognized her from some of the family pictures and home videos Ryan had shown him.

"She doesn't need you here." James said angrily.

"I don't care what you say. She's my daughter and I love her-"

"You love her?" Gillian exclaimed standing up. "You don't love her; you don't love any of us. If you had you never would have fucking left us mom. We all went through hell because you walked out on us, especially Ryan. At least when I got my heart broken for the first time, I had her to lean on. You should've been there to help her through that, but you weren't so she had to do it by herself." She said with hatred. Lindsay looked taken aback by this.

"I never meant to hurt any of you."

"Well you did, you hurt all of us."

"I refuse to let you see her, especially after she just had neck surgery." James said.

"You can't keep me from her." Lindsay yelled getting in his face.

"Like hell I can't!" He yelled back. Jeff quickly stepped between the two.

"This is neither time nor the place to talk about this. Ryan is in there having surgery that is going to affect the rest of her career and life, and with all do respect James, you can't keep her from seeing her daughter, only Ryan gets to decide if she wants to see her mother." Jeff stated calmly.

"Thank you!" Lindsay said to Jeff.

"But you will not, and I repeat you will not be seeing her for at least a week." Jeff said to Lindsay.

"And just who the hell are you to say this!" She yelled.

"I am Ryan's boyfriend. I don't give a damn what you or anyone else says, you will not see her for a week, no one's even going to tell her for at least a few days. She needs rest and relaxation, in other words a stress free few days after her surgery." Jeff explained as a nurse walked in. Jeff's attention left Lindsay and went to the nurse. "How's Ryan?"

"She's been out of surgery for twenty minutes and she's awake. She's asking for you Mr. Hardy." The nurse answered.

"I want to see my daughter." James demanded.

"I'm sorry Mr. Morgan, she can only see one person at a time and she asked for Mr. Hardy."

"I don't give a damn if she wants to see Jeff, she's my daughter and I want to see her now." He demanded again.

"Mr. Hardy please follow me." The nurse said ignoring James' demand. Jeff nodded and followed the nurse out into the hall. They walked about two hallways down. "She might still be a little out of it, but she's awake." The nurse said quietly as she left Jeff at the doorway. Jeff slowly walked around the curtain and saw Ryan laying in the hospital bed with her eyes closed. She was hooked up to a few machines and her neck was all bandaged up under her neck brace.

"Come here baby." She said in a soft voice with out opening her eyes.

"How did you know it was me?" He questioned softly as he walked over to her and took her hand in his.

"I can always tell it's you by your scent. No one else has that scent." She said with a small smile as she opened her eyes. Jeff smiled back as he kissed her hand.

"How are you feeling?" He questioned with concern in his voice.

"My neck is still numb so it doesn't hurt yet."

"Mmm hmmm." Jeff said sitting next to her bed. "I talked to my Dad, and Matt before. They said that they hope you're ok." He said and Ryan smiled. "Do you want to see your Dad or Gill or Josh or Amy or Rich or someone else?"

"No, I don't want anyone here I'm really tired."

"You want me to go?" Jeff asked.

"No, I want you to stay with me, please don't leave me." She said softly.

"K baby, just let me go tell everyone you're ok and I'll be back in a few minutes." He said as he got up. He kissed her forehead before he left her room. He walked down the hall and into the waiting room. Everyone was silent and James and Lindsay were sending death glares to each other.

"How is she?" Josh asked when Jeff walked in.

"She's doing good." Jeff answered and everyone sighed in relief.

"I want to see her now." James said a lot more calmer then before.

"She doesn't want to see anyone right, she's not up to it, she's really tired." Jeff answered.

"Ok, I'm still not going anywhere." James said and everyone else nodded in agreement.

"You guys don't have to stay. I'll call you tomorrow when she's up to seeing people."

"I'd feel better if I stayed." James said and Jeff nodded.

"Ok, I'm going back to Ryan's room." Jeff said as he went to leave.

"Why are you going back? I thought you said she didn't want any visitors." James said.

"Yea, but she said she wanted me to stay with her."

"If you're staying with my daughter I want to see her now." James said standing up.

"Listen, I asked her if she wanted to see any one, she said no. I asked her if she wanted me to leave, and she said no I want you to stay." Jeff argued. James was about to answer but was interrupted by Gillian.

"Let Jeff get back to Ryan. We'll see her in the morning." She said putting a hand on her fathers shoulder.

"Fine" James said giving in and Jeff walked back to Ryan's room. When he got there the nurse was unhooking all of the machines from Ryan.

"Thank God!" Ryan praised as the nurse unhooked the last machine from her. "What about this?" She asked holding up her arm with the IV in it.

"Of course." The nurse said giving Ryan a smile.

"Thank you so much. Now maybe I can somewhat sleep a little bit." She said as the nurse took the IV out of her arm.

"Dr. Youngblood wants to talk with you before you go to sleep; you know to check on you and stuff." The nurse said.

"Ok, thanks again." Ryan said trying to sit up.

"No problem." The nurse said helping Ryan. "If you need anything just call." The nurse said before leaving.

"How are you so...what's the word..." Jeff began as he tapped the top of his head with his finger, "...awake after just having neck surgery about half an hour ago?"

"I dunno." She said. "Come sit." She said patting the empty spot of bed in front of her. Jeff sat in front of her and she gave him a kiss. "So, how is everyone else?"

"Umm...ok, we were all nervous, the only calm one was Amy. She talked to Trish, Shannon, umm...I think Adam called, oh and she told me Shawn (Michaels) called and he'll probably stop by to see you before he takes off for Raw tomorrow and a few others called." Jeff said and Ryan smiled.

"When they brought me up before, I thought I heard my Dad yelling. What was up?"

"Nothing."

"My Dad doesn't just yell, what happened?"

"He was just worried about you." Jeff said as Dr. Youngblood came in.

"Looks like you're feeling ok." He said.

"Yea, everything's still numb so it doesn't hurt yet." Ryan said.

"Well in about an hour it's gonna start to hurt. Your hip will be the worst though." Dr. Youngblood said writing a few things down on his clip board.

"Yea, that's what Amy said."

"She's right. When you start feeling pain, tell the nurse and she'll give you some pain killers. You should really rest." He said looking at Jeff.

"I'll take that as a 'get out of here she needs to rest.'" Jeff said getting up.

"No!" Ryan said quickly. "I promise if you let him stay I'll go to sleep." She said to Dr. Youngblood.

"Ok, he can stay." Dr. Youngblood said with a small laugh. "But no other visitors till tomorrow."

"Ok."

"Well, if you need anything don't hesitate on having the nurse page me." He said. "Rest and relax, I'll check on you in about an hour."

"Thanks." Ryan said as he left. "Can you help me lay down?" She asked Jeff. He smiled and helped her. "Lay with me please." She said carefully scooting over a little.

"Sure." He said laying next to her and gently putting his arms around her waist.

"Please don't leave me Jeff." She whispered pulling his arm tighter around her.

"I'm not going anywhere babes, I promise." He whispered back.

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*~The Next Day~*

"56, 57, 58, 59, 60!" Shawn Michaels five year old son, Robby, counted with excitement as Ryan climbed the steps of the hospital. "Yay! You did it!!! You beat Adam!!!" He said excitedly as everyone there laughed. Ryan leaned on Jeff as they came to a stop on the platform.

"Yep I did. Thanks for helping me Robby." She said as he, Shawn, Amy and Gillian joined them on the platform. The little boy hugged her legs.

"It was fun Ryan! I got to help Adam when he hurt his neck and now I got to help you." He said as Shawn pulled his son off of Ryan.

"I think we should go to the elevator, my hips hurting a little bit." She said as they all walked into the eighth floor lobby. They went down to the third floor and back to Ryan's room. "When's your flight Shawn?" Ryan asked as she sat down on her bed.

"Three hours." He said looking at his watch. "We better get going." Shawn said as Robby began protesting.

"Thank you so much for coming." Ryan said giving him a hug. "You really cheered me up." She said and Robby smiled.

"I had fun." He said giving Ryan another hug before running out of the room.

"Thanks for putting up with him." Shawn said giving Ryan a hug.

"I didn't have to put up with anything. He's such a sweet boy." Ryan said with a smile.

"Get better Ryan. I'll talk to you soon." He said leaving to find his son.

"Listen Ry, I gotta get back to the hotel and pack. I'll stop by before my flight in a little while." Gillian said getting up and giving her sister a hug.

"Me too, chica." Amy said giving Ryan a hug. "I'll call you before I leave."

"Ok, and you better be careful with my future niece or nephew!" Ryan called to Amy as they left.

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"How are you feeling sweetie?" James asked as he walked into Ryan's room.

"I'm glad I'm going home tomorrow morning." She said with a smile as he kissed the top of her head.

"Where's Jeff?" He asked looking around.

"I told him to go back to the hotel room and shower and rest a little. He only left this morning to go change and bring me some clothes to wear." Ryan said playing with the strap of her neck brace. "I hate this damn thing."

"So is Jeff coming to New York with us tomorrow morning?"

"Umm...no, he's not..."

"Really? I figured he would be with you."

"Well he is going to be with me, we're just not going to be in New York. I'm going to North Carolina." Ryan said nervously.

"WHAT?!" James yelled angrily. "No way! You are going to New York to be with your FAMILY!"

"Dad, I love you but I love Jeff too and I want to go to North Carolina." Ryan said standing up to her father.

"You are going to North Carolina over my dead body!" He yelled.

"I'm sorry but I am."

"No you're not!"

"Please don't do this Dad." Ryan begged. "I don't need this right now."

"Fine! I'm going back to New York, Ryan. I'll call you sometime tomorrow to see if you changed your mind and figure out where your home is." He said angrily as he left. Ryan groaned and ran a hand over her face.

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"Baby, what's wrong?" Jeff said walking into her room about twenty minutes later.

"I got into a fight with my dad." Ryan said softly.

"What happened?" He asked sitting in the chair next to her bed.

"I told him I was going to stay with you." She said.

"He wasn't too happy about that was he?" Jeff more stated then questioned.

"Not at all." She said as Jeff took her hand in his.

"Don't worry, he'll cool down soon. He just loves you and wants you to be home with him while you're rehabbing." Jeff said taking her hand and kissing it.

"Yea, I know but, he's my dad and...he's always been there for me. It just hurts that he's not here for me now." Ryan said as a tear slid down her cheek.

"Don't cry baby." Jeff said gently wiping her tears away. "He loves you, but he's just got a lot on his plate now."

"What do you mean he's got a lot on his plate right now?"

"Just that umm...you're hurt and he's really worried about you." Jeff answered half lying. He knew the reason her father was upset was because of Ryan's mother showing up. Lindsay had given him her cell phone number and made him promise to tell Ryan that she had come. James was not happy at all about this, but Jeff felt it was Ryan's decision to make and Ryan's alone. Jeff sighed. Ryan gave him a quizzical look.

"What's wrong hun?" She asked.

"Huh...oh nothing." Jeff said smiling at her. "Cheer up sweetie, you're going home tomorrow morning." Jeff said kissing her forehead.

"I know, I can't wait to get out of here!" Ryan exclaimed, toying with her neck brace. "This thing is so annoying!" Jeff laughed a little.

"You sound just like Amy did." Jeff said.

"I know. Right now all I do is get out of here." She sighed.

"Don't worry, you'll be out of here tomorrow."

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A/N: My WWE quote of the week: "I've got my Hurri-powers Bitch!" said by my favorite Super Hero, The Hurricane, to The Rock this past week on Raw. Ok so I neva have a quote of the week, but that's what I'm going to be doing from now on, every time I update I'm going to put one of my favorite quotes from SmackDown! or Raw of that week. Oh and I really don't know anything about Shawn Michaels son, so I really just kind of guessed. I just thought it would be something cute to add in. Soooooooo..........wat did ya'll think of this chapter? I appreciate every single one of your reviews. They really give me motivation to write. It was kind of a good thing I had most of this chapter written cuz right now, my writers block is at an all time high, most likely cuz I had to write so many essays for school this week and I have one due this Monday. Anywayz, thanx to Dare To Be Different, Jeffs-NC-BabyGurl, Katyg-UK for reviewin! I luv you guyz!!!!!!!

Luv Ya Lotz,

*~Aimie~*