Baby swallowed the lump in her throat as she entered the hospital. She prayed that there had been some change in Amanda. There just had to be. She walked down the long hall silent hall till she finally reached the ICU entrance.

"I am here to see Amanda Wellington." Baby told the nurse standing at the station.

"Let me see if you can go in." The nurse quickly disappeared behind double doors as Baby noticed Jackie walking up.

"Hey hun. How are you today?" Jackie gave Baby a big hug.

"I've been better. There any change?" Baby asked hoping for the best.

Jackie shook her head no. "I just wish."

"The nurse said she would check to see if I could go in." Baby told Jackie.

"Yeah, I had to leave so they could change her bedding. Shouldn't be much longer." Jackie said as she escorted Baby to two chairs against the wall. "Thank you for being here for her."

"Where else would I be. I love Amanda to death." Baby said as she noticed tears in Jackie's eyes.

"I know she thinks the world of you." Jackie responded back.

"Excuse me, its okay to go in now." The nurse said walking up.

"Thank you." Jackie returned.

Amanda still appeared to look like she was just sleeping and would wake up at anytime. They just wished the time was right now.

Baby walked over and took Amanda's warm hand in hers. "Where's my hard-headed friend when I need her."

"Why don't I give you a minute or two alone with Amanda?" Jackie said as she rose to her feet. "I am going to run down and get me something to drink."

After Jackie left, Baby pulled a chair up close to Amanda's bedside. She sat there in silence for a minute but then she just couldn't help it, she needed to talk to her best friend.

"I need some advice. I guess I have got myself in a mess and didn't realize it. Normally you can help me out of anything or help me with any problem that arises. I just wish you could talk back." Baby laid her head on the edge of Amanda's bed. "Please wake up. I have lost the only man I have ever really loved. It hurts so bad Amanda. I just thought I did the right thing. Oh, I wish you would wake up."

"Am I interrupting anything?" Baby looked up to see Patrick standing at the door.

Baby wiped the tears from her eyes. "No, its okay."

"You gotta minute to talk?" Patrick asked Baby.

Baby looked over at Amanda to see if she seen any movement. "Yeah, sure."

Baby and Patrick walked down to the waiting room at the end of the hall so they could be alone.

"I just want to say I am sorry about last night." Patrick confided in Baby.

"Yeah, it was a little crazy last night." Baby told him.

"I didn't know you were involved with someone. If I had known that I wouldn't have dared kiss you." Patrick tried to hide his guilt with a smile.

"It just started." Baby returned.

"Oh, so it was nothing serious?" Patrick asked her.

"Patrick," Baby started, "that man was the love of my life. I hurt him so bad last night and now he won't even speak to me."

"Well, I am sorry for that but it was me who done the kissing not you." Patrick remembered.

"I just wish he seen it that way." Baby said softly.

"Now, I feel awful." Patrick looked toward the ground.

"You didn't know."

"I know but still. Your friend is lying up in the hospital and then I go and ruin your relationship." Patrick shook his head in disbelief. "I am sorry."

"You know it's funny. You think you let go of someone only to want them more." Baby glanced out at the blue sky. "I am sure you don't want to hear all this."

"Baby, I know we can never be nothing more than friends. As your friend I will be there for you and listen to you all night long if the need be." Patrick said smiling a little more now. "You really love this guy."

"I do and after all these years I realized that I have never stopped. I want him more that ever now and I can't have him." Baby sighed.

"What is his name?"

"Johnny, Johnny Castle." Baby told him.

"Does he have anything to do with the play that was last week?" Patrick asked starting to put two and two together.

"Yes, he choreographed it. That is where I first saw him again. I got spooked." Baby admitted.

"NOT MY BABY, NOT MY BABY!!!!"

Baby and Patrick quickly turned there attention back down toward the ICU entrance. There they saw Jackie screaming. They got to her as they could.

"Jackie! Calm down, what is it?" Patrick asked as Jackie clung to him.

"She's gone Patrick, my baby's gone." She lost all composure that she had.

"What?" Baby was shocked. "She can't be."

"She can't be gone, she can't!" Jackie told Patrick.

"What is going on here?" Baby asked the nurses that were running up.

"Her daughter just passed. There was nothing we could do." The nurse told Baby. "Perhaps we should get this lady to a room so she can lie down."

"I don't want a room I just want my little girl!" Jackie said as the collapsed to the ground.

"This can't be happening." Baby said as she helped the nurses escort Jackie to a vacant room.

"She just stopped breathing. I watched her take her last breath." Jackie managed to get out.

"They didn't try and save her?" Patrick asked.

"She has it in her living will to where if she passes she doesn't want to be resuscitated." Jackie's swollen eyes looked up at them. "What will I do without her?"

It was all such a shock to Baby. She couldn't believe that Amanda was really gone. "I just can't believe it."

Baby darted out of the room and back down the hall to the waiting room. She leaned herself up against the windows and looked down at the passing cars below. Her heart was broke into a thousand pieces.

"Baby." Baby turned to see Patrick walking up behind her.

"Oh, Patrick, no please tell me no." Baby said as she flew into his arms and cried heavily.

"I know. I can't believe it either. This is all so shocking." Patrick held on tight to Baby.

"We don't need to leave Jackie by herself." Baby said worrying about Jackie.

"Tom just came up. He is with her now." Patrick returned as he stroked Baby's hair.

"She was my best friend." Baby said sobbing steadily.

"I know she was mine." Patrick agreed.

"What happened? We were just in there with her." Baby said trying to think it through.

"I don't know. I will find out." Patrick assured her. "I think she just passed in her sleep."

"We just left her for ten minutes. If I had known I wouldn't have left her." Baby told him.

"Baby, you had no way of knowing when her time was." He told her.

"I thought she was getting better. I thought she would be okay." Baby looked up at Patrick. "High hopes I guess."

"There is nothing wrong with that." Patrick responded.

"I need to get back to Jackie. She is going to need all the support she can get." Baby said as she kissed Patrick on the cheek. "Thank you for being here for me."

Patrick offered to drive Baby home but she knew she could manage. It had been a very hard day. Baby had lost one of the most important people in her life. She had to come to terms with it. She had to realize that Amanda was in a better place. With that her thoughts were interrupted by her telephone ringing.

"Sweetheart." Baby heard her mom's soothing voice on the other end.

When Baby heard her mother's voice she lost it. She knew her mother could make it all better.

"Honey, what is it?" Marge said worried at the way Baby sounded.

"It's Amanda mom, she died earlier today." Baby said softly into the receiver.

"Oh, no. How is Jackie?" Marge asked whole-heartedly.

"She is holding up as good as can be expected." Baby responded. "I just feel so lost."

"I know you do honey. I wish I was there to wrap my arms around you. I wish I could take your pain away." She told Baby.

"I guess I am just being selfish but I want her here." Baby said with her voice cracking.

"It's not selfish, you're just hurting." Marge told her daughter.

"I know."

"When is the funeral or have Tom and Jackie decided." Marge asked.

"Wednesday, at noon." Baby returned.

"Just let me know where so we can be there. We were going to leave for Kellerman's tomorrow but we can just head down Wednesday afternoon." Marge told Baby. "We were calling to see if you wanted to go with us."

"I don't know if I could go back there." Baby blurted out.

"Baby, why not?" Marge asked.

"Johnny mom." Baby told her.

"Honey, Johnny hasn't been there in years." Marge returned.

"I know, I will think about it." Baby told her.

"It will do you good. Could you get time off?" Marge asked her daughter.

"Yeah, that won't be a problem." Baby paused for a moment and then realized it would do her good to get away from everything that was bothering her. "Okay I will go."

"Good, we will leave after Amanda's funeral. This will be good for you sweetheart." Marge said as she eased Baby's pain a little.