Chapter 20

General Hospital Waiting Room:

"Hey,any news yet?" Emily came up to Sonny. The man looked beat up, his best friend/partner was in surgery right now and it was killing him to not know anything.

"No." He answered.

The waiting room was full of Jason's family and friends. Emily and Nickolas moved to a corner of the room. Elizabeth sat in a chair staring off into space. She was not speaking to anyone. She couldn't. Her husband was her main concern, the thought of never seeing Jason again haunted her. It was not suppose to be this way, they were fighting and now she may never get to see him to tell him that she loved him. She could only hope that he knew and felt it.

"Mrs. Morgan?" The doctor said.

Elizabeth shot up from her chair, "yes!"

The doctor smiled at her actions, it was apparent that she loved her husband,"your husband is in recovery. He is just fine, he had a little internal bleeding and a few cracked ribs. With a couple weeks of rest I say he should be fine. He was very lucky."

Relief came over the whole room. Elizabeth came to cry happy tears, "thank you so much. When can I see him?"

"He should be moved to his room anytime in the next hour. I will have a nurse come and get you once he's settled in." The doctor assured her.

"Alright, I appreciate it." Elizabeth gave the man a quick hug. Her husband was going to be okay. The best feeling in the world was knowing that Jason was okay.

Sonny walked up to Elizabeth and pulled her into a hug, "everything is going to be okay, he is a fighter."

"I know." She replied.

"Hey hun, I am going to go home, do you want me to send you back a change of clothes with Johnny?" Carly asked.

Elizabeth nodded, "thanks Carly."

"I love you sweetie." She said as she left the waiting room.

Chmiel Household:

Matt walked into his house hoping that Talisa was in a good mood and had forgotten all about what happend last night. Yeah right, he told himself.

"You are home early," she stated as he walked through the door.

"Yeah, there was nothing to do for today." He explained.

"Ah, I see."

Matt walked up to his wife and wrapped his arms around her waist. She looked up to him with questioning eyes,"what are you doing?"

"I am trying to tell my wife I love her. What are you doing?" He countered.

She grinned, "I am trying to figure out what to do about my husband hugging me."

Matt let go of her slowly, "okay fine, I won't hug you."

"Matt! Hunny, you know I always want you all over me." She whined.

He began to laugh,"oh is that so?"

She wrapped her arms around his neck, "yes that is so."

"In that case," he said then pressed his lips firmly to hers. She glady gave him full access to her mouth. She felt as if they hadn't kissed in years, when in reality it had only been a day.

Once they broke the kiss Matt looked down to Talisa's stomach, "how's the baby doing?"

" I am starting to show! Look." She lifted up her shirt and Matt saw a little pudge, but nothing really.

"Oh hun that's wonderful." He assured her.

She laughed, "humor me please!"

Matt kissed her again, just to get her to shut up. It worked. "I love you Talisa."

"I love you Mr. Chmiel." She retorted.

"Hey I was thinking, how about you go and spend time with your mom and dad. Just for a week or two. How does that sound?" Matt asked.

"Like you are tryin to get rid of me." She countered.

Matt shook his head, "no I just thought you missed your parents and would like to spend some time with them, especially since I am going to be busy for the next few weeks."

"I hope you mean what you just said." Talisa warned.

"I do." He promised.

She smiled, "okay then, I will go and stay with my parents for a week."

Matt kissed her forehead, "okay then."

Jason's Hospital Room:

Elizabeth sat down in the chair next to Jason's bed. He looked so peaceful. He was hooked up to every monitor possible it seemed like. She reached for his hand. He didn't have his wedding ring, it bothered her, but not as much as it was going to bother him. Jason always made sure he had his wedding ring and that Elizabeth had hers on.

She smiled when she thought about the time she thought she had lost her wedding band. Jason was adorable.

Flashback

Jason walked into the kitchen and found a frantic Elizabeth searching through all the cabinets. He watched her for a while then decided to find out exactly what she was up to.

"Hey Liz, what are you looking for?"

Elizabeth stopped and turned around slowly. Tears were streaming down her face. He rushed over to her.

"What is it?" He asked.

"I lost my wedding ring." She cried.

"Are you sure?"

"I can't find it anywhere."

"Where did you have it last. I will help you look." He began looking around the kitchen.

"I was doing the dishes and i put it on the-" she stopped as her eyes fell on the sink.

Jason followed her gaze. "Oh Elizabeth." He groaned.

She began to cry again. She was never going to get that ring back now.

"I am sorry!"

"No problem, I will get it out." He tried to convince himself. This was going to be an adventure.

End of flashback

"I am here Jase, I won't leave you." Elizabeth whispered. She kissed his hand then layed down next to Jason making sure not to crush him. She fell asleep soon after that.