Marissa had come over and they both set into work. Ashley's main focus was John because his case was so much worse that the children's. The first few days had been alright but then John got this high fever and became delirious. Ashley had to call Randy to help her get his to the hospital. That is where they were now John was asleep comfortably in the bed. Ashley in the chair next to him her head on the bed and her fingers enlaced with his.
"Poor things" a nurse said as she checked John's vitals.
Ashley awoke she had heard someone talk. She was disappointed because she had thought it was John.
"Any change?" she asked hopefully.
John had been asleep for 2 days while his body fought the infection. The nurse shook her head no and then left the room. Ashley ran her hand up and down his arm. She'd sit there and talk to him about anything whether it be about the kids or how much she loved him. She hadn't left the hospital room for more than 30 minutes at a time. They had tried to make her leave but she refused once daily she went back to John's to take a shower and change her clothes.
"I really hate hospitals" she said to no one in particular.
"Sucks to be you" John croaked.
"Oh thank god you are awake" she said.
"How did I end up here?" he asked.
"Your fever, it got really high and it wouldn't break so Randy and I brought you here" she said.
"Oh ok" he said.
"How are you feeling should I get the doctor?" she asked.
"I'm weak but I think I'll recover" he said.
"You'd better I don't know what I would do if I lost you" she said.
"You?" he asked.
"I meant to say we' she said mentally slapping herself.
"But you said I" he said.
"But I meant we as in the kids and I" she said.
"I heard what you told me the first night you said you loved me" he said.
"It was never the fact that I didn't love you that isn't why I left" she said.
"Sure seemed that way" he remarked.
"I was 20 with 3 children I got scared" she said.
"Scared of what?" he asked.
"I don't know that maybe this isn't the life I wanted" she said.
"What do you want?" he asked.
"Honestly I want everything to be like it was" she said.
"Can it ever be that way again?" John asked.
" I like to think it could" she replied.
John shifted a little in the bed.
"I tried to make it seem like I was too young and that you were the bad guy and should have known better but I never truly felt that way" she said.
"When why even think it?" he asked his voice barely a whisper.
"For the same reason you kissed Candice" she replied.
She had gotten him there. Kissing Candice was a mistake it was him acting like a child which wasn't much better than her leaving in the first place.
'So if you knew why I was doing it why did you get so mad?" he asked.
"I guess I was afraid that you really were moving on with your life" she replied. "plus the fact that you kissed Candice is just gross".
"I was wishing it was you the whole time" he said.
"Were you?" she asked with a hint of skepticism.
"Ok Pamela Anderson" he joked.
She whacked his arm lightly but he just laughed.
"You know what would make me feel even better" he said.
"What?" she asked.
"If you came and laid down next to me" he said.
She agreed and carefully laid next to him.
"So what did you think when you found out I was the new co-GM?" she asked.
"After getting over the shock I thought you looked really hot but then I remembered you left me and then I got pissed" he said.
"That's understandable" she said.
"So the kids seem to really enjoy having Frankie around" John said.
"Yeah that surprised me" Ashley said.
"Why is that?" John asked.
"I was worried that they would think that I love him more and be jealous because he saw mw when the other 3 didn't" she explained. "Gracie was my real concern Talon and Chris are too young to really understand".
"I think she is conflicted" John said.
"How so?" Ashley asked.
"As happy as she is to have a baby brother she knows that he isn't daddy's" he said.
"How do you feel about this?" she asked.
"It's like you said when we thought Gracie was my biological daughter I'll love him because he is a part of you and I love you" he said.
"Are you just saying that or do you mean it?" she asked.
"I wouldn't say it if it weren't true" he replied.
"I have an idea you feel like going on a little road trip?" she asked.
"What do you have in mind?" he asked.
She smiled wickedly as she told him her idea.
"I totally agree with that" he said.
A/N: Ok I'm thinking of ending it after the next chapter. I'm putting it up to you I feel that I have nothing left for Ashley and John to go through. I know some people depend on this story so I'm counting on you to save it. I need ideas.