Authors Note- Thanks for all the reviews, and there is going to be one more chapter coming up! Hope you enjoy

Paige leaned her head against Ellie's shoulder and sighed. She glanced around at the small waiting area, which now contained Craig, Roxie, Toby, J.T, Paige, and Ellie. Craig was slumped against a wall with his face in his hands, and Roxie was staring blankly at nothing, wringing her hands together. Paige felt another tear roll down her cheek. She hated waiting. No waiting had been more unbearable than this, though.

Suddenly, someone hurried up, and Paige looked up. It was Angel.

"What are you doing here?" Roxie snapped coldly, standing up. Angel shrugged.

"I was visiting Mom. I heard Spinner was here," Angel said, glancing around. "Is he…you know. Ok?"

Roxie shook her head. "I can't believe you're here. This is all your fault!"

"This isn't my fault," Angel said defensively. "Spin went after Andy and-"

"Yeah. Who told him to? Who made him feel guilty…?" Roxie snapped, trailing off and glancing around. "You lied to him so he would go after the guy who dumped you. You knew what would happen. Angel, just leave. I'm serious- get out." She pointed to the door.

Angel glanced around at the other kids gathered in the waiting area, who were all staring at her. She clenched her jaw and shook her head. "Fine. I just wanted to tell you that they found George and he's probably going to jail. I'm going up to Montreal to live with some friends for a couple months." She shrugged and looked at Roxie.

"What about Mom?" Roxie asked. Angel shrugged.

"I guess her and her boyfriend was planning to move to Toronto or somewhere, and I guess when Mom gets better their still going."

"What about me?"

Angel shrugged. "I don't know. You'll have to figure that out. Tell Spinner I hope he gets better…or something."

The group watched her go in amazement. Paige rolled her eyes angrily.

"Some girlfriend," she muttered. Roxie turned back to the group and shrugged.

"Some sister," she mumbled, and then sat down next to Ellie.

Roxie walked quietly into her mother's hospital room late that night. They hadn't gotten any word on Spinner, Ashley, or Manny, and Roxie had been slowly driving herself insane by just sitting and waiting. She figured she might as well go see her mother- not because she really wanted too, but because she felt like she should.

Roxie walked up to the bedside and stared down at the pale, bruised woman in from of her. Seeing her like this made Roxie's heart squeeze painfully, and for the first time in awhile she actually felt something for the woman who had raised her. She didn't deserve this, Roxie thought sadly.

"Can I help you?" Roxie suddenly heard a voice say behind her, and she jumped slightly. She turned and saw a tall, tan, man walk in, holding a cup of coffee. Roxie wondered who he was, and then she realized it must be her mother's boyfriend. Of course, he didn't recognize Roxie. She wondered if he even knew her mother had had children.

"Um…I just came to visit," Roxie said, gesturing to the bed. The man nodded and walked over.

"How do you know Jana?" he asked. Roxie swallowed hard.

"Oh…I'm her niece. How is she doing?"

The man shrugged. "Stable, for now. I just can't believe this happened," he said, clenching his jaw. "If I ever get my hands on her husband…"

Roxie nodded. "I always did hate him," she said softly.

The man walked over stood on the other side of the bed, gently touching Jana's hand. "Well, he's not going to hurt her again. We're going to get away from all this."

"What…do you mean?" Roxie asked slowly, staring at him.

"Well, we decided before all this that we're moving away. Starting over. Just the two of us," he said, staring down at Roxie's mother. Roxie nodded and swallowed hard again.

"Is that what she said?" He nodded. "Well…what about her kids….my cousins?"

The man took a sip of coffee. "Jana told me that they were going to live with their real father in the States. I'm packing our things right now. We're going to leave as soon as she gets out of here."

Roxie stared out the window and forced herself to smile. Jana didn't even know who their real father was. "Oh. Well…I hope she gets better soon, then." Roxie grabbed her coat off the back of a nearby chair and folded it in her arms. "Bye." She turned and walked to the door. Just as she opened it, her mother's boyfriend turned to her.

"Wait…should I tell her you stopped by?" he asked.

"No." With that, Roxie slipped out of the room, and walked slowly down the hallway, away from her mother's boyfriend, and away from her mother.

Paige sat down in a chair by Spinner's bed, tears sliding down her cheek. The nurses told her that he was unresponsive, and could possibly have brain damage. Paige wiped away a tear and stared at her ex-boyfriend. Suddenly, all the anger and hate she had felt for him in the past couple of weeks just melted away.

"Oh, Spinner," she said sadly. "I'm sorry. I know this wasn't my fault, but I'm sorry. And I'm sorry about being so horrible to you. I was just so upset about losing you. And I'm sorry about kissing Carter. I know you don't know anything about that, but I feel really guilty, even though we weren't together. I don't know why I kissed him….because I was still in love with you."

Paige stopped and stared at Spinner, who remained motionless. The doctor's said that talking to him was a good idea, because it might make him wake up. Paige sniffled and continued.

"You were the best boyfriend. You were so supportive back when Dean raped me. You were so sweet to try to get me the perfect locker last year, too." Paige stopped and smiled faintly. "Even though I had to be a total witch about it, I still appreciated it. I just…I need you to come back to me. I've missed you so much, and now that Angel's out of our lives, maybe we can be together again. I….love you."

Paige was quiet for a few seconds, and suddenly, she spotted something. Spinner's eyes twitched. Finally, after a long minute, his eyes opened. He saw her, and smiled his goofy smile. Paige beamed.

"Oh, Spin! You're awake!" she cried. She held his hand and smiled. "What were you thinking about while you were unconscious?" Paige asked, secretly hoping he would say her.

"Spray cheese," Spinner said quietly with a small smile on his lips.

Two days later, things were looking up. Spinner was alright, just severely bruised and battered. Ashley had managed to be resuscitated, but only barely. She had lost a lot of blood. Manny was stable, but she stayed unconscious all through the night. The next afternoon, Craig returned to the hospital after a long shower and a meal, and found out that Manny was awake.

"Can I see her?" he asked the nurse at the front desk. She thought, and then nodded.

"Only if she isn't resting," the nurse said. He led Craig to her room, and checked to see if she was asleep. She wasn't, so the nurse ushered Craig inside. He stepped in hesitantly, and saw Manny sitting up in her bed. She looked pale, but alright. Craig stepped up to her bedside.

"How are you doing?" he asked, stuffing his hands in his pockets hands nervously.

Manny glanced at her hands and shrugged. "I'm sitting in a hospital room, so not that great."

"Oh." Long pause. "Uh…"

"Just ask it," Manny said with a sigh. "What happened the other night? I'm not really sure, but I was really depressed. You saw me with Carter, and freaked, and then Carter freaked, and I thought both of you never wanted to see me again. Then I went home, and my parents kicked me out. So I just kind of ended up at Groove, and Sully was there…."

"Sully?" Craig said surprised.

"I know…it was stupid. I just stared taking this stuff, and then I must have stumbled outside…I don't really remember. But I do know you found me. And…thank you." She looked up at him with her big brown eyes. Craig smiled sheepishly.

"You don't have to thank me…" Manny cut him off.

"Yes, I do. I could have died," she said. "Just… thank you. And I'm sorry about the whole Carter thing. It sounds lame, but I didn't mean to hurt you. When we started seeing each other, I wasn't seeing Carter. Than he apologized, and I couldn't tell him the truth. I guess I understand how hard it is to tell someone you're seeing someone else."

Craig nodded, thinking about last year. Manny continued. "I want things to be ok between us. We can be….friends."

Craig nodded, only slightly disappointed that Manny wanted to be just friends. But he did too. It was better that way.

"And…I'm going to go away for a little while," Manny said, glancing out the window. "Mom and Dad are sending me to this rehabilitation place as soon as I leave here."

"Oh," Craig said, swallowing hard. "Well, I'm going to miss you. I'll be waiting until you come back" Manny smiled at him, and took his hand and squeezed it.

"I'm going to miss you, too."