Told you guys you'd have lots of reading to do didnt I? Yet again thankyou so much for the reviews, i'm glad y'all are enjoying the story so much. But i'll apologise for the end of this chapter - dont kill me plz! x

Chapter 34

"So what did you do to Dean?" Joanne asked as she sat next to John in the waiting room.

"You know what I did to him" John replied distractedly, he'd finally got Becki to chill out but then he had to convince David to go back in the room and he took a lot of convincing! He couldn't handle seeing Becki so hurt.

"I mean when the cops helped get David outside"

John looked up and smirked "I didn't do anything"

"Oh John you haven't gone and done something stupid have you?"

Rolling his eyes John replied "I didn't do anything Jo!"

"You'd better not have" Joanne warned.

"I haven't" John swore.

"I'll believe you, thousands wouldn't" Joanne looked at him warily.

"Jo, after everything that's happened in the past three days, as much as I would love to kill him, do you really think I'd do anything that would cause me to be away from Bex?" he asked sincerely.

"Ok, Ok! You didn't do anything! Have you brought up the subject of….you know with Bex?"

"No! I'm not gonna unless she says something to me and neither is David"

Joanne frowned "But wont the cops bring it up when they question her?"

John hadn't thought of that, "I guess"

"Then you should say something before they do"

"Jo I cant do it!" John held his head in his hands, he really couldn't bring himself to say anything to Becki about it, main reason being was he didn't want to hear her answer.

"I spoke to Randy earlier" Joanne decided to change the subject.

Grateful for the sudden switch in topic John asked "How's Mel?"

"She's getting better physically, other than her leg."

"That's good"

"Yeah but Randy's still worried about her, the only time she'll speak is to ask about Becki"

"I call him later" John replied, he didn't really know what else to say.

"I've been ordered to send you back" David smiled as he opened the door.

"Bex ok?" John asked standing up

"Oh she's fine, ordering me around as usual" he sighed

John laughed "Sounds like Bex" he was used to her ordering him around.

"Yep, she'll be back to herself in no time" David said as he sat down in the chair John had vacated.

"That's what I'm hoping for" John said before heading back to Becki.

Becki was trying to sit herself up when John walked in, he frowned and rushed over to her side.

"What are you trying to do? Your gonna hurt yourself"

"Too late really don't you think" she snapped.

John sighed, she'd been like this for the past two days. One minute she'd be fine, then she'd be weepy and two minutes later she would be all snappy. He couldn't say he blamed her though, he'd be cranky if he was stuck in a hospital bed unable to do anything for himself.

"Sorry" Becki mumbled before John could say anything.

"It's ok"

"I don't mean to snap at you" she paused and looked away from him "Just cant help it sometimes"

"I feel ya!" he placed a finger under her chin and guided her face back to him "For the record, you can snap at me all ya want, it's cute!"

"I'm not cute!" Becki muttered as she let him guide her back onto the bed.

John smiled his trademark smile and despite her pain Becki's heart fluttered, "didn't say you were did I? I said its cute when you get all snappy"

"I'm not a crocodile either" Becki smiled back, it was the first time she'd genuinely smiled since she'd been in hospital, although it did hurt her nose a little and she winced.

John couldn't help but laugh, relief washed over him when she smiled, he didn't think he'd see her smile for a long time. His smile quickly faded when she winced

"You ok?"

"Yeah, smiling isn't good for the nose" she replied with a faint smirk.

John kissed her forehead before making himself comfortable on the chair beside her; well as comfortable as you could get on hospital furniture.

"Randy says Mel's getting better"

"Is she really gonna be ok?"

"Yes Bex, she's gonna be fine"

"So she wasn't hurt that bad?" Becki had tried to get an answer from her dad regarding Melody but he wasn't very forthcoming with a reply.

John paused, should he tell her the truth or not?

"No Bex, she was hurt bad" he decided that there would be no more lying or hiding stuff, with the exception of one thing.

"Thought so! That's why I've told dad to go home" she failed to mention that her dad was insisting that she go with him, she'd pacified him with saying she would think about it.

"You have? I thought you'd want him here"

"Mel is as much his daughter as I am and she's hurt more! Plus I'm ok here" Becki replied as she studied John's face, she knew then her dad would be going home alone. She loved Melody to bits and wished she could be with her but when she looked at John, she'd fallen too far to leave him, it would be too hard.

John smiled 'that means she's staying' he thought happily. It had crossed his mind that she may want to go back to England to be with Mel.

"When can I get out of here?" she asked

"Soon" John replied as a nurse walked in.

She walked over to the phone that was hooked up just to the right of Becki's bed. Pulling it round nearer to Bex, she lifted the receiver and pressed a couple of buttons before handing it to Becki.

"You have a phone call" she said smiling.

Becki frowned and looked between John and the nurse before taking the phone with her good hand.

"Hello?"

"Howdy" a faint voice replied

"Mel?"

"yep that's me" she sounded tired.

"Oh my god! Are you ok?" Becki started to cough

"I've been better, you ok?" Mel asked as Becki continued to cough.

John had taken the phone from Becki as the nurse held the oxygen mask over her mouth, telling her to breathe normally.

"Hey Mel" he said into the phone.

"She ok?" Mel replied wearily.

"Yeah she's fine, just give her a minute"

"Ribs?" Mel coughed herself

"Yeah" John replied whilst watching Becki trying to control her breathing.

"Know the feeling"

The line went quiet then, John wondered what was going on.

"Mel?"

"Yeah" she whispered

Becki reached out for the phone at that point.

"Hang on" John said into the phone.

Handing the phone back to Becki he whispered "Relax"

Becki ignored him, "Mel?"

"Hey"

Becki didn't know what to say, she could tell Mel was in bad shape just from her voice, Becki started to cry.

"I'm sorry" she whispered, ignoring John who was trying to keep her calm.

"I'm the one that should be sorry"

"Why?"

"I told him"

"You should have told him to begin with" Becki sniffed

"No way" Mel sobbed "I'm sorry"

"Don't be, just get better" she could hear Melody gasping for air.

"Gotta go" Mel rasped "Luv ya"

"You too" Bex replied before the line went dead.

For the next hour all Becki did was cry, both John and David tried to calm her down but neither succeeded. In the end one of the nurses gave her an injection to calm her down. It sent her to sleep.

John sat with her as she slept. David paced the hallway. Matt and Jeff arrived and sat in the waiting room, it was becoming their second home. Joanne however was receiving news from a doctor and Officer White, news she was stunned to hear.

John was watching Becki sleep, he could watch her forever. He brushed her hair out of her face before he crossed the room to get a glass of water. As he was sitting back down the door opened.

"Hey" he whispered as Joanne entered.

"Hi" she whispered back, she seemed distracted.

"Can I speak to you a sec?" she asked, shooting a worried look in Becki's direction.

John frowned "Go ahead"

"No! Not in here" Joanne cast another look at Becki.

"Well the hallway will have to do" John said standing up, that was as far from Becki as he wanted to go at the moment.

Joanne shrugged "Fine"

Joanne stepped out into the hall, she wasn't looking forward to this but the doctor and Officer White mainly, requested that she tell John. She'd spent ten minutes convincing David to join Matt and Jeff in the waiting room, the last thing anyone wanted was for him to hear what she was about to say. Although Joanne knew Johns reaction would be no better.

"Ok what's up?" John asked as he stepped into the hallway, glancing back at Becki before closing the door.

"I need to tell you something"

"Okay" John didn't like the look on her face, it was like she was scared of him.

"I've just finished talking with Officer White and a doctor" she paused trying to find the courage for her next sentence.

"And?" John asked raising an eyebrow.

"Well….um"

"Jo spit it out"

"Deans awake and he wants to speak to you"