After John left the house, he jumped in to a pile of bushes in a yard a few houses down and watched. He cursed to himself. This had gone all wrong. He hadn't planned on shooting anyone but that Ryan kid was pissing him off. He wasn't even going to shoot him just shoot near him to shut the kid up. But Rachel had to jump in and he shot her. Now he is wanted for escaping, attempted murder, robbery, assault and who knows what else.

"Damn kid! She is always causing trouble!" He whispered to himself. He watched as two ambulances and four cop cars pulled up to the house and he watched. He saw as Rachel, who he noted was unconscious, being hurried in to the first ambulance. Another stretcher followed with the boy on it. He and the man went in the second ambulance. He watched as the ambulances took off with a cop car behind them. The other officers were collecting evidence.

John then got up and hurried to the car he parked around the corner and started to follow them to the hospital. John was not thinking straight. He didn't think that Sandy and Ryan had already told the cops who had did this to them. All John was thinking was in order not to be caught he would have to get rid of all three of them.

Once they had pulled in to the hospital, John parked his car in the back of the parking lot so as not to be seen. He noticed that there was a woman and another boy waiting as they unloaded the ambulances. The man, Sandy yea that's his name, didn't seem to see them at first and rushed into the hospital next to Ryan's stretcher. The woman and boy followed them in.

"Damn, two more people to deal with." John whispered to himself. "I am going to have to think about this." John still didn't think any one knew that he was to blame for what happened. He was in his own delusional world. 'How am I gonna get in?' he thought.

"A HA!" He said aloud and headed to the costume shop.

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Jane and Nick walked in to Ryan's room. They said hello to Kirsten and Seth and nick went up to Ryan.

"Hey. How ya feelin?" Nick said as the clasped hands like boys do.

"Been better. Any word on Rachel?" Ryan asked quickly changing the subject. Nick looked at his mom and she just nodded.

"Well she was shot in the upper chest" Nick started. " It made part of her lung collapse. She is going into surgery now. We will know in a couple of hours how she is doing. She also had a mild concussion like you from the blow to the head." Nick said and Ryan put his head back. He couldn't believe this. Just when it seemed like their lives were getting back on track something had to come and mess it up. Ryan knew that Rachel may not make it. She saved his life and he would have to live with the guilt of knowing it should have been him. Ryan hoped that Rachel would be ok. She had to be.

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"Ryan! Ryan where are you?" She called. She walked around the house looking for him. "Ryan, this isn't funny where are you!?" She yelled again. She spotted the Cohen's sitting at the kitchen table looking somber.

"Seth what's wrong?" She asked confused. Seth looked at her coldly.

"It's your fault." He said angrily. She was confused. Why was he so angry with her and what was her fault?

"What? What is my fault?" She asked him ad he looked at the empty chair next to him. "Where's Ryan?" She asked getting scared.

"He's dead and it is all your fault!" Seth yelled at her. She looked to Sandy and Kirsten confused and they just looked at her and like Seth they were also angry.

"Dead? How?" She asked.

"He was your father. He shot him. It was all your fault!" Seth yelled again.

"No...it can't be....there is no way..." She stammered.

"It is your fault Rachel! I lost my brother because of you!!" Seth yelled. Rachel started to cry.

"No Ryan! RYAN....... RYAN!" She yelled and then suddenly the Cohen's were gone. She was in a dark room alone.

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"Ryan...Ryan" Rachel whispered in to the oxygen mask. The nurse looked up then went to get the doctor. The doctor hurried in.

"She just started whispering his name." The nurse said.

"She is starting to come too." The doctor said opening her eyes to check her pupils. Rachel was out of surgery for the past 3 hours. The doctor had told her family and the Cohen's that Rachel had come though the surgery but they almost lost her once. Her heart had stopped for about 30 seconds but they got her back and she was stable and still unconscious in recovery. But hopefully she could join Ryan in his room soon. The next 24 hours were crucial since there was still a chance she could slip into a coma. Nick, Jane, Seth, Sandy and Kirsten all had been in to see her. Nick was the only one of those five in there when Rachel started to call out in her sleep.

"So does that mean she is going to be ok?" Nick asked the doctor hope in his voice. The doctor looked at him.

"It is a good sign but we have to wait until she fully wakes up. She is still unconscious but talking in her sleep can indicate she is trying to wake herself up.

"No Ryan.....Seth....no.." Rachel whispered again.

"She is having a bad dream." The doctor noted. Nick wanted to say 'DUH' but held back.

"Can you wake her up from it?" Nick asked instead.

"No. She has to bring herself out of it. But by the looks of it she will probably wake up soon." The doctor said then made some notes. "I'll check in again in about an hour and if she is still stable I will move her inn with Ryan." He said then leaving the room. The nurse finished what she was doing then left as well. Nick went to the side of the bed. Rachel had been tossing a bit in reaction to the dream.

"Rachel. Come on and wake up. Show us your ok." Nick pleaded trying to get her to wake up. Rachel stopped moving and was still again like she was a few minutes earlier. She was back in a deep sleep. "Damn it." Nick whispered.

The hour went by and Rachel didn't make another sound. The doctor said it was ok to move her into Ryan's room. Ryan was wake and everyone was in Ryan's room when Rachel was brought in. Ryan had his bed up in the near sitting position so he was able to get a good look at her when she came in. He was shocked to see her so pale and lifeless. It scared him. They got her settled and the doctor rambled on about checking back in later. Ryan wasn't paying to much attention. He just sat there and looked at the oxygen mask that was over her face and the IV and some other tube in her arm.

"Ryan...hey Ryan." Seth said waving a hand in front of Ryan's face.

"Huh?" Ryan said finally snapping out of it. "Oh sorry." He mumbled.

"Dude you ok? You were like that for 10 minutes." Seth said and Ryan looked to see 5 worried faces around him.

"Uh...yea I'm fine....Just thinking....sorry." He said blushing a little bit.

"She will be ok." Nick said. "She's a fighter."

"Yea. I know she is." Ryan whispered knowing all of what she and they had been though in the past. Nick knew it too. There was an awkward silence. Sandy then broke it.

"Ok well visiting hours are over. So why don't some of us go home and get some sleep. Nick, Jane, you are welcome to stay at our house since it isn't far from here and you won't have to drive all the way back. We can take turns staying with the kids." Sandy said.

"Thank you Sandy. That's really nice of you." Jane said with a slight smile.

"I'll stay first. The rest of you go back to the house shower and get some rest." Sandy said and everyone said good bye to Ryan and Rachel even though she wasn't awake yet, they were all convinced she could hear them. sandy then took a seat on the chair next to Ryan's bed.

"You should get some sleep kid." He said to Ryan.

"I want to be awake when she wakes up." Ryan said looking back at Rachel.

"I promise to wake you up if any thing happens." Sandy said with a slight smile. He saw Ryan was fighting to stay awake.

"You swear?" He asked closing his eyes.

"I swear." Sandy said back. Ryan was already asleep. Sandy smiled a bit and looked at how young both Ryan and Rachel looked. They had been though so much already and they haven't even hit their 18th birthday yet. He picked up a magazine and began to read it by the light o the nightstand.

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"This is perfect." John said to himself. He entered the hospital through a door he noticed that was hardly used, in green scrubs. Once inside he put on the cap and mask he got with the costume. He then set off to find out what rooms the kids were in.

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