Author's Note: xdiagonstarx wanted me to write about what Tom was thinking when she couldn't breathe. So I just thought that I would fulfill the request.

Chapter 5: Tom's POV

We were just sitting there. Talking. She gave me a small smile and I smiled back. I noticed her eyelids begin to droop. She was slowly sinking into a peaceful sleep. I knew it.

Then suddenly her expression changed. Her pupils dilated and behind her brown eyes was a look of terror. Her deep breathing began to become short and raspy. It sounded oddly like she was choking.

"Diana?" I asked. I was trying to remain calm but I was panicking. "What's wrong?" I asked. Her eyes were growing distance and her breathing was becoming more labored as the minutes went on. Her lips were beginning to twist in pain and she began to whimper between her pants. "Honey?" I questioned.

My mind was going a hundred miles a minutes, it was like it disconnected from my body. I glanced quickly at the heart monitor to find that her pulse had accelerated. My mind kept telling me to find the call button but my body wouldn't allow me to. I cursed in my mind and prayed.

Please don't let this be the end.

"Call," Diana managed in between her pants. "Call…doctor."

I looked down at her hand that I was holding. It felt clammy and was beginning to shake violently.

"I will Diana," I said as I searched the bed for her call button. By now my own heart was beating so fast that my own hand felt clumsy. "Dammit," I swore under my breath. Finally I found the button and pressed it.

"Yes?" a friendly voice answered.

"There's an emergency in here. Diana Skouris can't breathe," I said.

"Okay, sir, we'll send a doctor into the room," the voice said.

I almost didn't hear her. I was too busy watching Diana writhe around in the bed. Oh god, please get here quickly! I prayed.

"Please…make…stop," Diana panted.

"It's okay Diana," I told her as I cradled her cheek in my hand. "The doctors are on their way."

"Can't…breathe…"

"I know. The doctors will check you out. It will be okay, sweetheart."

Did I just call her sweetheart? I feel very close to her, it was probably just a term of endearment that I used when I was caught up in the moment. Oh god, please, don't let this be the end.

Suddenly a doctor came through the door. "What's the problem?"

"She was fine one minute and the next she couldn't breathe," I said.

"Can you say your name for me Ms. Skouris?"

"Di…Diana" she panted.

"Sir, I'm going to have to ask you to leave," the doctor said.

"Okay." I didn't want to fight with him. I just wanted him to help Diana get better and if that meant that I had to leave the room than so be it.

"No…let…him…stay."

"Its okay, Diana, I'll be back," I said. Her eyes continued to be transfixed in horror as she watched me leave the room.

"It's okay Ms. Skouris, just relax," The doctor said as I left the room.

I went into the hall where I sat on a bench. It's convenient how they have benches everywhere in the hospital. I wish the real world was like that. Whenever you had a crisis you could just sit down on the nearest bench instead of on some wall.

I held my head in both hands and sighed deeply. That was scary.

Part of me wanted to look through the window and see how Diana was doing but the other part of me knew that if she was still struggling I wouldn't want to see her in such pain. So I sat and waited.