Ashley and John had just gotten back home from their visit with Bam. Although Ash was happy to be home it was bittersweet because she still did not know about what Bam had done. She was absentmindedly playing with Talon when she heard the phone ring.
"Hello" she said gloomily.
"Thank you so much I can believe you did it!" Trish exclaimed.
"Umm Trish I have no idea what you are talking about" Ashley admitted.
"Bam, they just brought him and Randy out of surgery and they said everything went well" Trish explained.
"You mean he donated his bone marrow?" Ashley asked.
"Yeah didn't you go and talk to him?" Trish asked.
"Yeah but he turned me down" Ashley replied.
"Well something you said changed his mind" Trish said.
"Ok I'll be right down" Ashley said.
She went and told John the good news he seemed very happy then she left for the hospital. She went to see Randy first he was awake but in a great deal of pain. She sat with him for a while until he fell asleep then she went to see Bam. He was asleep when she entered so she sat down and began to think. He started to stir a little and groaned.
"Don't try to move too much" Ashley told him.
"I need some pain killers" he said.
"I'll go get the nurse" Ashley said as she stood up and went to find someone to help Bam out. The nurse gave Bam a shot of something in his iv and he seemed to relax.
"So how long have you been here?" he asked.
"About 20 minutes before you woke up" she replied.
"Oh" Bam said.
"Why did you save Randy's life you told me you couldn't?" Ashley asked.
"No matter what you want to think about me I am not a monster" he said.
She was about to say something but he cut her off.
"I've acted like a jerk lately and I'm sorry I wanted to break you and John up and it didn't work I couldn't see that you were happy with John and I couldn't let myself be happy with Katrina and it wasn't until you left that I realized all this"
"You make me crazy sometimes" she said.
"I guess all the men that love you do in on way or another" he said.
"Yeah I never thought about it that way" she said.
"So you never did tell me what you ended up having a boy or a girl" Bam said.
"I was pissed at you did you really think I would have told you" she replied.
"No" he said.
"I had a little boy his name is Christian" she said.
"Do you have any pictures?" he asked.
"Yeah I have a few of both boys that were taken recently" she replied taking the pictures out of her purse.
"That baby looks just like John" Bam admitted.
"Yeah but he has the same blonde hair I had when I was a baby" Ashley said.
"So how's Randy?" Bam asked.
"They said everything went well hopefully it worked and he'll be fine" Ashley said.
"Have a little faith in him" Bam said.
"I do" she replied.
"So do you think we can be friends again?" he asked.
"You have to know that this doesn't change anything I'm happy with John and I have no intentions of leaving him" she said.
"I know that now" he said.
"Then yes I do think we can be friends again" she said.
"Having you as a friend is better than not having you in my life at all" he said.
"I agree with you completely" she said.
So it seemed that things between Ashley and Bam were ok they were friends and able to move on with their lives. Ashley left the hospital feeling hopeful she knew Randy was going to be ok and she was happy to have Bam as a friend again. Soon she would find out she was going to need Bam a whole lot more than she would be willing to admit.