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She looked at Samantha shocked when she got in the room, she still looked so pale. Well at least the blood was gone. She winced in sympathy, noting the extensive bruising and the bandages and stitches all over her friend.

Danny straight away positioned himself in a chair next to her bed, avoiding all the equipment. Vivian took the chair on the other side, looking sadly at her co-worker. She glanced at Danny who was intently gazing at her face, as if willing her to wake up.

"She will wake up." said Vivian, staying positive.

Danny kept his eyes fixed on Sam's face, "Yeah she will." He glanced up at Vivian for a second, and gave her a small smile. "She'll be fine for Christmas."

I hope so, thought Vivian to herself. Sam had been through a lot- getting shot, dealing with that and everything else that had been going on. She didn't deserve this. She shouldn't be lying here unconscious in a hospital bed. She should be awake and enjoying herself, out with friends or something.

"What are you planning for Christmas?" she asked Danny.

"We had planned to cook at Sam's place this year, you know just relax."

"Sounds nice." replied Vivian, she had known of their tradition for a few years now, and while she thought that it was sweet and good that they had each other, she couldn't help feeling sad that they didn't have any family to spend it with. Although Danny does have his brother, she didn't think Sam had family that she would celebrate with.

Danny sighed, and glanced round at all the medical equipment surrounding and attached to Samantha. In less than a year this was the second time he had spent by her hospital bed, and he knew that this would be harder for her to deal with. With this job they all knew that ending up in hospital was a risk they had to face, but it was never easy to accept when it did happen.

They sat there until about 6 when Martin and Jack came rushing back in, anxious for some news.

"Anything?" asked Jack, once he had got over his initial shock at seeing Samantha like that.

Vivian shook her head, "The doctor has come in a few times, just to check- but there's been no change."

Danny glanced at Martin, who was gazing at Samantha. He had a slight frown on his face, and a sad look in his eyes. Danny smiled comfortingly at him, catching his eye. "She'll be okay." he added.

"I know." replied Martin.

Jack cleared his throat, "I have to get home to Marie and the kids, but you'll let me know anything?"

"Of course." said Vivian.

Danny looked at her, "You should go home too Viv. What about Reggie?"

She sighed and looked at her watch. "I guess so. You'll call?"

Danny nodded.

"I'm going to need your report soon." said Jack, looking at Danny sympathetically. He knew that Danny was taking this the hardest.

Danny sighed, "I know, I'll do it tomorrow."

"Okay." replied Jack. "Night."

"Night guys." said Vivian, "Try and get some rest."

"Night." said Martin, Danny adding his goodnights.

"God, I wish there was something we could do." said Danny a few moments after they had left. "You just feel so...helpless, not being able to do anything."

Martin nodded in agreement. "We'll be able to help her when she wakes up though."

"I suppose." said Danny.

The two of them lapsed into silence, not really having anything else to say. About 45 minutes later the doctor came back in."

"You're still here?" she said surprised as she checked Samantha's vitals.

"She okay?" asked Danny.

"She's not changed." replied the doctor.

"Is that good or bad?" asked Martin.

"Well her condition hasn't improved since before, but it hasn't deteriorated either- so it's good."

Danny looked at the doctor. "Do you know how long she'll be like this?"

"It's hard to say." she replied. "Every case is different, considering what Samantha has been through I would say at least a few days."

"Okay." said Danny dejectedly.

"You two should go home for the night."

"But what if she wakes up?" objected Danny.

"Someone should be here." added Martin.

"There will be someone checking on her all night, and I can contact one of you the second anything happens."

"But..."

"It would be best, Samantha still has a lot of recovery to get through- she's still in a critical state. Plus you both look like you could do with the rest."

Danny and Martin glanced at each other, she was right- they hadn't slept properly in a while.

After a few more minutes of persuading, they decided to go home and get some rest, first Danny made the doctor promise to call if anything at all changed.