"Hey Sara! How are you feeling? Oh, I didn't realize your mother was here." Catherine ran into Sara's room, and stopped when she saw a woman with dark hair sitting in a chair by Sara's bed.
"Oh Catherine this is…" Nick's mother cut her off. She stood up and gave Catherine a hug.
"Hello dear, I'm Nick's mother, and I guess soon to be Sara's." Catherine looked at Sara and turned her head to one side.
"Anything you wanna tell me Sra?" Sara blushed.
"Um Nick's awake." Sara smiled a little and glanced down at her hands.
"Really?" Sara nodded, and tears began to fall down her cheeks. "Wow that's great! But I still don't understand why Nick's mother, is soon to be your mother." Nick's mother started to giggle.
"Oh, that was my fault dear." Catherine turned back to Nick's mother. "When I found out that Nicky had a girlfriend, and when I saw them together, the wheels in my head started to turn and I just thought, well you know."
"Oh, OK. How is Nick doing?" Catherine sat down on the edge of Sara's bed, and Nick's mother went back to her chair.
"Well I was with him, and I was talking to him, and he started to flat line. I called the nurse, and they pushed me out of the way, and al of a sudden he was awake, when they pulled out the tube from his throat he was calling for me." Sara was crying again.
"Oh honey why are you crying?" Catherine was also crying, and Nick's mother embraced Sara. "Honey that's a good thing! He was thinking about you! HE came back for you!" Nick's mother stroked the side of Sara's head. Catherine handed her a tissue.
"When can we see Nick?" Catherine asked trying to change the subject a little.
"When he comes back from testing." A nurse said as she walked into Sara's room. "Hello Sara, time to take your vitals." Sara rolled her eyes, and Catherine just laughed.
"Mrs. Stoked would you like a cup of coffee?"
"Sure sweetie, and please call me mom dear." They both got up and headed for the door.
"We'll be back in 10 Sar."
"Thanks Cath, bye mom" Sara smiled and waved and turned back to the nurse.
"OK, Sara I need your arm. Sara hello!" She was still staring at the door.
"Oh, sorry." The nurse went to work.
"So you and Nick huh?"
"Yea, do you know him?"
"Sort of, I'm one of his nurses."
"Oh"
"So you really love him huh?"
"Umm well I…" The nurse cut her off.
"It's OK, I think everyone can see it except for you two. His ears turn beat red and he gets this puppy dog look on his face at the slight mention of your name. He really loves you Sara. He might not have said it, but he does." Sra let out a little laugh, and a wide grin spread across her face.