Visiting hours were coming to an end and one by one all her friends left. The morgue needed them and some had to go home from sheer exhaustion. Renee made good on her promise to Garret, he was informed on Jordan's condition and she had arranged for Woody to stay with her in the room with the promise he would stay out of everybody's way. At first everybody had been surprised as to how she had been able to pull it off, but once she explained that she was a close friend of the doctor that had treated Jordan they were satisfied. That and the fact that she was on close terms with three of the five hospital board members.
The 48 hours seemed like they were 48 days but finally they did go by. Woody had not left Jordan's side during that whole time, except to eat and use the restroom. Nigel had gone by his apartment and got him some clothes, his toothbrush and some other stuff he might need. Now that the 48 hours were behind them he was expecting her to wake up. He should've known it wouldn't be that easy.
After the doctor did the check up he was told that she was physically fine. That had troubled him, she was physically fine, and as good as can be expected after what she had been gone through. However she hadn't woken up as yet. Even thought the doctor assured Woody and Garret that things like these take time and that every case was different, they weren't eased out of their worries. It took another three weeks before she responded to her surroundings. After the first week had passed the doctor had told Garret to come in and talk to her. He also recommended her friends to come in and talk to her, hoping that it would trigger some response. Finally after three weeks of trying she had responded.
It didn't surprise anyone that it had been Woody who had elicited a response from her. Considering their history Woody thought that it would help to bring in some music. No matter what situation they found themselves in they had always managed to keep those out when they were dancing together. He know it had been a long while since they had danced but the memories must still be in the back of her mind somewhere he hoped. He figured he had to try even if it seem farfetched to some.
He decided to play some of her favorite songs, but after trying almost all of the CD's she owned she still hadn't responded. He almost decided to give when he switched over to the radio. He figured that there might be a song on the radio that would speak to her. He was searching for a station and finally found one that seemed to be playing a wide variety of music, he tuned in when they were in the middle of a country song. If Jordan wasn't enjoying it Woody sure was.
After that song was finished it went to the radio DJ, "hey welcome back people, for those of you just tuning in…we're trying something different here today. As you're probably wondering why we're playing all these different songs, here's the deal. We're in the 21st century and it seems long distance relationships are more present now than before. So here's one for the sweethearts that can't be together by circumstance. It went on to play classic love songs from all genres for the next ten minutes. After the fifth song Woody turned the dial since he was becoming depressed from all the songs that were about lovers who lived apart because of circumstance. He could identify himself and Jordan in almost each song and although the circumstances in the songs were less grave the words seem to be fitting.
He was getting tired and decided to go back to the station that had depressed him before. Somehow he was hoping that the words would speak to Jordan as they had spoken to him. He let his head rest on the side of the bed careful not to touch Jordan's body fearing he might hurt her. He let his hand rest on hers and slowly drifted off.