Leah smiled at Dan through the thickness she felt in her head. "Hi, beautiful," Dan said when smiled. "Hi, yourself," she grinned sleepily.
"Go back to sleep. I've been camping out on the chair since you had that second operation," Dan said. "Did they get the swab out okay? Am I going to be alright?" Leah asked.
"You'll be fine," Flynn said his face looking a bit pinched.
"Thankyou for removing the swab," Leah said.
"I could hardly leave it in now could I?" Flynn asked and Leah didn't know but she thought she could detect an edge of sarcasm in his voice. "Dan why don't you go home and shower?" Leah said. "Yeah…alright," Dan agreed.
Flynn watched as Dan left. "Flynn…are you in trouble because of the operation?" Leah questioned gently. "A bit. Especially about sewing you up with the swab still in you," Flynn said.
"Are you mad at me?" Leah asked. "I told the hospital man that came around to see me that you did a wonderful job and you are a great surgeon," Leah said.
"Someone came around asking questions about me?" Flynn asked.
"Yes," Leah said.
Sally started around the corner but stopped when she heard voices in Leah's room. She held a bunch of roses in both hands and slightly intending to eavesdrop she heard Flynn say huskily. "I'd rather be fired a million times than let anything awful happen to you Leah," he said softly.
"Flynn…I thought we had moved past this phase. You remember how much we hurt Sally and Jesse," Leah said.
"Damn straight," Sally thought furiously to herself. "Fucking bastard, hitting on that ho Leah again!" she thought angrily. She sat on a chair outside Leah's room and listened as Flynn pleaded with Leah. "Look, Leah. I had gotten over you. I truly had. Sally and I have something special…had something special. You've given me what Sally never could…you've given me Pippa and I know that they are Sally's genes and my genes but sometimes late at night I dream and I wish that you were beside me and that Pippa was our child," he said.
Sally's heart dropped suddenly. "He still loves Leah," she thought hollowly. "He loves Leah. She's not going to push him away!" Sally thought incredulously.
"Flynn…I'd be lying if I said I hadn't ever wished that, but we can't do this to Dan and Sal. They don't deserve it," Leah said softly.
"I know, that's what makes it so hard but I can't keep lying to myself and I can't keep lying to Sally," he said. "I love YOU, Leah and I'll leave Sally whenever you give me the word," Flynn said.
"Kiss me," Leah said softly and then Sally couldn't hear anything as Flynn's lips met Leah's in a passionate, giving, loving kiss. "Bitch! Bastard!" she shrieked as she flung the door open.
"Oh! Sal it's not what you think!" Leah said wildly.
"Were you checking her tonsils?" Sally asked scathingly to her husband.
"You fucking lying son of a bitch!" she yelled. "I'll be damned if you make a fool of me again!" she shrieked. "By kissing this tramp you've not only lost me but you've lost the child you wish was Leah's!" Sally said and spinning around she flew out of the hospital room and into Dan's arms.
"Sal? Whats going on?" Dan asked freshly showered and holding a plastic bag which had magazines, chocolate, some trashy novels and Leah's favourite-strawberry and apricot slice. "Leah and Flynn…" she gasped tears coursing down her cheeks.
"What?' Dan whispered his face going pale. He dropped the bag where it landed with a loud thump on the cold laminex.
