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Hospital Rooms
Stunned silence paralyzed the room at those words. Jason exited the room and headed for ICU. He found Elizabeth's room and sat next to her bed.
Back in the waiting room people began to recover from Jason's announcement.
"Since Elizabeth is in ICU, only one visitor at a time," Bobbie said when she could think.
"Mom, can't we bend that rule in this case," Emily asked Monica.
"Why?" Monica asked still shocked by her son's announcement.
"Because otherwise no one in this room will get to see Elizabeth," Sonny said.
"Yeah," Emily said smiling at Sonny's understanding. "Jason isn't going to leave her room until she wakes up and makes him."
"Alright, one visitor plus Jason," Monica said.
"I'd also like to discuss posting guards at her room," Sonny said. "I don't want anyone in that room without clearance from Jason or myself."
"I expected you would want a guard," Monica said.
As Monica and Sonny discussed the details, Lucky finished signing the paperwork at the nurse's station and headed for Elizabeth's room. He slipped inside and watched Jason from the doorway.
"Were you serious?" Lucky finally asked.
"Yes," Jason said without turning around.
"Look," Lucky said after a moment, "I know you care about Liz but she's been hurt enough. If you aren't in love with her, don't ask her to marry you."
"He is in love with her," Emily said from just outside the door. "Jase, Marco is out here. He's taking first shift on the door."
"I'll let you two visit Liz," Lucky said. "I need to get to the station. I'll stop back later but call me if anything changes."
Emily nodded and hugged Lucky before walking over to stand next to her brother.
"Lucky's right though," Emily said and Jason raised his eyes from Elizabeth's still form for the first time since entering the room and looked at his sister. "If you're going to do this, do it right. Tell her you lover her, tell her you can't live without her before you ask her to marry you."
"Is that what Nikolas did?" Jason asked. "Is that what convinced you to stop running?"
"He didn't have to tell me," Emily said. "He brought me back from the edge of death."
"But I will spend every moment of every day of the rest of my life showing her that I love her and can't live without her," Nikolas said from the doorway.
"I love you, too," Emily said looking at Nikolas.
"Alexis called. She needs to see me so I'm going to head back to Wyndamere," Nikolas said. "I'll be back in a couple of hours, okay?"
"Yeah, if I need to get out of here I'll go to my parents'" Emily said walking over to kiss him good-bye.
"How did you know I'm in love with Elizabeth?" Jason asked when his sister came back to his side.
"Because I've always known, Jase," Emily said. "It's obvious."
"As obvious as you and Nikolas?" he asked.
"Yes," Emily said.
The siblings stood there in silence gazing at Elizabeth for awhile. Each was lost in personal thoughts of how she had changed their lives. Emily remembered the Four Musketeers, Liz's encouragement of Emily's feelings for Nikolas, her support of Emily's relationship with Xander, and her ability to see the best in everyone.
Jason remembered other times he had sat in a hospital worried about Elizabeth, waking up to her hovering over him when he'd been shot, watching her paint, going to nowhere on his bike, and their seemingly incessant need to run from what was between them.
"I've never been very good at waiting," Jason finally said breaking the silence, "especially in hospitals."
"I know," Emily said. "You really don't have to stay here. She'd understand, she knows how you feel about hospitals."
"She wouldn't leave," Jason said quietly and with total conviction.
That was all that needed to be said as far as Jason was concerned and Emily understood perfectly.
Hospital Rooms
Stunned silence paralyzed the room at those words. Jason exited the room and headed for ICU. He found Elizabeth's room and sat next to her bed.
Back in the waiting room people began to recover from Jason's announcement.
"Since Elizabeth is in ICU, only one visitor at a time," Bobbie said when she could think.
"Mom, can't we bend that rule in this case," Emily asked Monica.
"Why?" Monica asked still shocked by her son's announcement.
"Because otherwise no one in this room will get to see Elizabeth," Sonny said.
"Yeah," Emily said smiling at Sonny's understanding. "Jason isn't going to leave her room until she wakes up and makes him."
"Alright, one visitor plus Jason," Monica said.
"I'd also like to discuss posting guards at her room," Sonny said. "I don't want anyone in that room without clearance from Jason or myself."
"I expected you would want a guard," Monica said.
As Monica and Sonny discussed the details, Lucky finished signing the paperwork at the nurse's station and headed for Elizabeth's room. He slipped inside and watched Jason from the doorway.
"Were you serious?" Lucky finally asked.
"Yes," Jason said without turning around.
"Look," Lucky said after a moment, "I know you care about Liz but she's been hurt enough. If you aren't in love with her, don't ask her to marry you."
"He is in love with her," Emily said from just outside the door. "Jase, Marco is out here. He's taking first shift on the door."
"I'll let you two visit Liz," Lucky said. "I need to get to the station. I'll stop back later but call me if anything changes."
Emily nodded and hugged Lucky before walking over to stand next to her brother.
"Lucky's right though," Emily said and Jason raised his eyes from Elizabeth's still form for the first time since entering the room and looked at his sister. "If you're going to do this, do it right. Tell her you lover her, tell her you can't live without her before you ask her to marry you."
"Is that what Nikolas did?" Jason asked. "Is that what convinced you to stop running?"
"He didn't have to tell me," Emily said. "He brought me back from the edge of death."
"But I will spend every moment of every day of the rest of my life showing her that I love her and can't live without her," Nikolas said from the doorway.
"I love you, too," Emily said looking at Nikolas.
"Alexis called. She needs to see me so I'm going to head back to Wyndamere," Nikolas said. "I'll be back in a couple of hours, okay?"
"Yeah, if I need to get out of here I'll go to my parents'" Emily said walking over to kiss him good-bye.
"How did you know I'm in love with Elizabeth?" Jason asked when his sister came back to his side.
"Because I've always known, Jase," Emily said. "It's obvious."
"As obvious as you and Nikolas?" he asked.
"Yes," Emily said.
The siblings stood there in silence gazing at Elizabeth for awhile. Each was lost in personal thoughts of how she had changed their lives. Emily remembered the Four Musketeers, Liz's encouragement of Emily's feelings for Nikolas, her support of Emily's relationship with Xander, and her ability to see the best in everyone.
Jason remembered other times he had sat in a hospital worried about Elizabeth, waking up to her hovering over him when he'd been shot, watching her paint, going to nowhere on his bike, and their seemingly incessant need to run from what was between them.
"I've never been very good at waiting," Jason finally said breaking the silence, "especially in hospitals."
"I know," Emily said. "You really don't have to stay here. She'd understand, she knows how you feel about hospitals."
"She wouldn't leave," Jason said quietly and with total conviction.
That was all that needed to be said as far as Jason was concerned and Emily understood perfectly.