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Chapter 4

John and Natalie drove over to the hospital in silence. Neither knew what to say to the other, knew what to do to break the awkwardness. It was unbearable and Natalie couldn't handle much more of it as she started talking to him, friendly talk.

"So... my uncle says you went back to the FBI, how is that? Any interesting cases you can talk about?" she asked breaking the ice.

"Yeah, I work out of the NY office now, there's been a few weird cases but nothing major" he told her, not knowing how to casually talk with her. He saw her face, she was a bit disappointed that the conversation went nowhere that he didn't elaborate and move on from it.

A few more minutes passed and they were about to pull into a parking spot at the hospital. Natalie parked the car and she turned to him before getting out. He saw her turn and he to didn't move out of the car either.

"John... before we see your brother... I need to tell you something, something about Michael... You hurt him bad when you left, the way you just left. I mean your niece was about to be born any day and you just up and leave like you did, not telling anyone, it hurt him bad. The way you went about things... Michael wasn't the only one you hurt so deep," she told him and she quickly got out of the car, not looking at him. He didn't follow her for a few minutes.

John heard her words; he closed his eye's as she left him in the car. She told him how much he hurt them; hurt his brother by not being around for him in such an important time in his life. She also told him how much he had hurt her. He had already known how much he hurt her but just her saying it stunned him a bit. John was so sure, so positive, even after speaking with Ron earlier that she had moved on and wasn't still hurting inside from him and his mistakes. He shook his head and started getting out of the car to catch up to her.

"Ron" Natalie said as she walked into the hospital and towards Michael door.

Ron was standing outside of the room leaning up against the wall. As soon as he heard her he smiled weakly and walked over to her. He put his arms out and pulled her in by her waist resting his head in her hair as he let her just hold him.

"Whats wrong? Did the doctors say something?" Natalie asked realizing he needed to be close to her. He held on to her and she comforted him.

John walked towards Michael's room a few feet behind her, he saw them as he turned the corner towards Michael's room, she was holding him, he was holding her, comforting each other, something they use to do. Something he used to love doing. When he heard her ask Ron what was wrong he looked and listened on intently to see if it had anything to do with Michael.

"The Doctors in with him now. Its Marcie, she's not taking this waiting to see stuff so well. I hate seeing her like this, I'm so glad you're back" he told her as he pulled out of the embrace. He looked into her eyes and then he leaned in gently and kissed her

John heard Ron's words and then he saw the kiss, a kiss between two people in love. He walked closer to them and cleared his throat.

Natalie was kissing Ron back as she got an uneasy feeling come upon her. 'An almost a guilty feeling' she thought as she felt John's presence and then heard him clear his throat.

"I'm sorry to interrupt but is there something wrong with my brother?" he asked, starting to feel jealous again.

"Sorry, no. He was awake for a few minutes but he didn't speak and then he just closed his eye's and went back to a sleep state" Ron told John as Natalie moved completely out of Ron's hold. An action that Ron didn't miss.

Natalie started to walk away a few feet, she didn't like this feeling, as if she shouldn't be so close to Ron, shouldn't be touching him while John was around. The two men stood and waited outside Michaels door for the doctors to come out. The three of them were silent for a few minutes when Natalie's phone went off.

Natalie answered it quickly and it was Bo.

"What? Right here in the back of the building. I'll be right there," she told him and looked up at the men.

"Ron, I've gotta go, work' she told him and he leaned in and kissed her quickly on the mouth.

"I'm gonna make Marcie take a break and get some sleep tonight. I'll meet you at your place"

"I'll probably be late"

"That's okay. If I'm a sleep you know how to wake me" he told her with a smirk as she walked away. She got a few feet away and she turned to John.

"Good night John" she said. She kept walking when he went after her a few feet.

"Is there another victim?" he asked and she nodded her head

"I want in on this case, I can't stand feeling helpless," he told her and she looked into his eyes, they stared at each other for a few minutes.

"John, you really need to be here for your brother. Anyway you aren't a cop in Llanview any longer"

"There's not much I can do for Michael right now, not till he wakes up. I want to see this guy put away" he told her

"Its not up to me, that's up to Bo. I really have to get going" she told him and started to walk away. He put a hand on her arm to stop her. It did stop her; she froze as if it burned yet she couldn't pull away from it.

John didn't have to say a word; he just had to stare into her eye. she nodded her head and he walked next to her out of the hospital.

Ron Walsh watched as they left the hospital together, he saw the exchange of stares, he sighed heavily as he went into the room to be with Marcie.