Emma's head was racing. She felt so confused and lost. Her life had suddenly taken a big turn for the worst. The elevator stopped on the fourth floor. Emma exited after the gurney and followed it down the hall. They wheeled Sean into and empty room and lifted his bruised body gently onto the bed. Immediately, nurses and doctors were rushing all around him. Emma refused to leave his side, for she knew that it was her fault that Sean was in this terrible state. Emma sat by his side for hours. All she could ask the doctors was, "Isn't there anything you can do?" "No. We have to wait till he wakes up to perform any kind of procedure." The nurses kept changing with each hour.

They all kept saying the same thing to Emma, that she should go home and rest. But that wasn't going to happen. Emma wanted to be the first face Sean saw when he awoke. If he ever would wake. It seemed like days before he stirred awake. Emma was in the corner, pacing back and forth, constantly checking on Sean. Sean woke up suddenly, as if from a bad dream. He looked around at his setting and spotted Emma. "Emma?" He whispered. The sound of his voice startled her. "Oh my god, Sean! You're awake, thank god!" She ran to the bedside and grabbed his hand. "Emma what happened? Is this the hospital?" "Yeah, you've been asleep for hours. You got in a crash somehow." "Have you been here the whole time?" He asked Emma. "Yep. Ever since they wheeled you in. Me and Manny were on our way out and were nearly run over." "What were you doing here in the first place?" Sean asked as he tried to sit up. He felt a stabbing pain in his left side. He grasped at it, "Ah...!" Sean gasped. "Are you alright?" Emma asked. Sean nodded. "Well I was here because of my mom."

Emma's eyes started to fill with tears. Just the thought of the baby and the sight of Sean was overwhelming her with sadness. "The baby died. A still birth." "Emma, I'm so sorry." Said Sean in a sincere voice, "Really, I am." "Thanks. I'll be alright eventually." Suddenly, Sean started coughing violently. "Sean? Sean!" She ran out of the room and into the hall, screaming for help, "Please, someone! He needs help!" A doctor came running from his office. "What's this?" He asked. "In there." Emma replied, pointing at the door. "What happened?" "I don't know!" Emma said frantically, "He just started coughing!" She looked over at Sean. The coughing stopped. He blacked out. In a second, at least three doctors had entered Sean's room. Emma was ordered to get out.

Eventually, she was pushed out. In all the chaos with Sean, Emma had completely forgotten about her mom. She started walking towards her room. Emma opened the door slowly and quietly and saw Snake kneeling at her mom's bedside. "Snake!" Emma whispered. "Emma? What are you doing here? I thought you were going to Manny's. It's got to be at least three in the morning." "I know." Emma replied, "But they brought Sean in and I have been with him for awhile." "Sean? What's with Sean?" "He crashed his motorcycle. He's in pretty bad shape." "Oh Emma-" "I know, you're sorry. I've been hearing that too much in the past few days." "This must be so hard for you. Everything just all happened at once." "Yeah...how's mom?" "Sleeping. Probably shouldn't wake her." "Alright." Said Emma, "I'm gonna go check on Sean." Emma walked slowly back to Sean's room.

When she arrived, it was emptied of all doctors and nurses. Sean lay on the bed, motionless. Emma got a horrible feeling in the pit of her stomach. He looked dead. But he wasn't. Just then a nurse entered, carrying a plastic bag full of clear liquid. "Excuse me, but what just happened? Why did he start coughing?" "I don't know yet. Probably just some kind of side effect to his crash or the drugs." Sean awoke again, completely unaware of what had just happened. The nurse hooked up the bag of liquid and then exited. Emma spoke only after she left. "Are you okay?" "I think so." Sean said, "My throat and chest hurt really bad. So does my left side." "Yeah, you have broken ribs on that side. And a broken arm." "Oh. I don't even remember what really happened. I know I was upset because of you and I was speeding on some road and yeah...now I'm here." "Sean I am so sorry. I didn't think that this would happen." "It's my fault EM. I was the one driving recklessly. Don't blame yourself for my mistake." "But you wouldn't have been upset if I hadn't done what I did." "Yeah, you're probably right. But I should have a better handle on my emotions." "I'm so sorry Sean. I didn't mean to hurt you." Sean looked into his lap as he spoke, "Why did you do it? What did I do wrong?" "Nothing, Sean nothing. I did it because I thought it was right." "Why would you think that? I thought things were going good with us." Sean said mystified.

"They were. You really want to know why?" "Yeah, I think I deserve that much." "Alright...you're not going to like it. I have leukemia, Sean." Sean looked up at her. "What?" He asked as if he hadn't heard her. "I do. I thought it would be best to keep you away from me and my problem. It seemed better than you getting involved." "EM, I'm involved now." "I know, and I'm sorry." She looked into Sean's bruised eyes and saw that he had silent tears gliding down his cheeks. "Well...is there something you are going to say?" Emma asked him cautiously. "Yeah. Why would you want me out of your life because of cancer? Don't you think that I would have been supportive and understanding?" "You can't understand something that you've never experienced so don't say that you'll be understanding because you don't understand. You have no idea how scary it is to think that something like cancer is eating away at you." She yelled at him. "You're right...I don't know what it's like. I'm sorry." "I need to go home and sleep. I'll come later today, okay?" "Alright." He replied. Emma wanted to run over to him and give him a hug. But she restrained herself. He looked so fragile. She didn't want to be the one to break him.