Sara screamed out. "Billy!"

He held his hands to his stomach. He felt something warm. He looked down and saw that it was blood.

The police officer grabbed a towel from the counter.

"Here, keep pressure on it." He said

Walsh lifted up his shirt. "It's not me!" He said, "It's not me."

Sara stopped sobbing for a moment. And looked up as Walsh stood up.

"It's him." Walsh pointed down

They rolled the attacker over and found that he had in fact been stabbed in the side. It was clearly self- defense on Walsh's part. In trying to wrestle the knife away the attacker had leaned into it.

"We're just going to need to get a statement from you and her." The young cop pointed out as the medics arrived

They quickly assessed the prisoner.

"I'm gonna need him out of those handcuffs." The medic said

"Can't do it, he's a danger to others." The cop said.

The medic slammed her hand down on the backboard they had carried in. "DO NOT INTERFERE WITH MY PATIENT CARE!" She was angry

Another officer agreed to un-cuff the patient.

"Thank you." She said

The medics back boarded the patient.

"There, you can cuff him to that." She said

She looked around the room and right at Walsh.

"He hurt?" She asked

Walsh looked up to see who the medic was. He couldn't believe it.

"No, I'm fine." He said

Taylor smiled, "The places that I we meet."

She and her partner carried the backboard out of the door and to the stretcher that was waiting outside. Walsh watched as they loaded the patient in the ambulance. The one police officer climbed in as well. Then the bus pulled away in route to the hospital.

The police officers slowly left the house. Walsh looked around to see the mess left behind. He didn't want to let on that his ribs hurt. But Sara was smart, she could tell.

"You need to get them checked." She said

"I'm fine. I need to get this mess cleaned up." He replied

"That's why you are walking carefully, your ribs hurt again don't they?" She asked

"I'm not going to win this one am I?" He asked

"No, get your coat on and let's go." She ordered

They walked out to Sara's car. It seemed funny to Walsh that she was making him go to the hospital; the very place that she worked. He got into her Cavalier and they were heading to the hospital.

They walked through the ER and checked him in. Taylor was still there filling out the run sheet. She looked over and saw him.

"Well at least you're not covered in blood anymore." She cracked

"Yeah." Walsh smiled

"Thought you were okay?" Taylor said sarcastically

"My ribs hurt a little and Nurse Sara over there decided I needed to come in." Walsh replied

Taylor shook her head and laughed, "I never thought I'd see the day that a firefighter gave in and voluntarily came in to get checked out."

"I didn't volunteer, she would have drug me in here." He cracked

Taylor's radio opened up, "Adam 78-2 respond for MVC with multiple injuries Amsterdam and 109."

"Well, that's me. I'll see you on the big one." She smiled as she walked towards her bus

"Yeah, the big one." Walsh smiled

Sara walked back over. "Alright, exam 2." She said as she watched Taylor walk away. "Friend of yours?"

"We work together sometimes." Walsh said, not wanting to admit that they had saved each other's lives.

"I'll never understand you firefighters, you work with and know EVERYONE." She said

Walsh watched the bus pull away. He would rather be on a call than at the hospital. He slipped his shirt off so that you could see the bruising on his ribs.

"Oh baby, they look bad." Sara said as the doctor walked in.

"I'm Dr. Roberts, let's get a look at your ribs Mr. Walsh." He said

Dr. Roberts touched Walsh's side, and Walsh winced a little.

"I want to get some X-Rays, but I think you may have broken one or two of your ribs." Dr. Roberts said

"Great, more time off work." Walsh rolled his eyes.

Soon Walsh was wheeled off to X-ray. After a couple shots he was returned to Exam 2 and sat and waited to find out what the final verdict was.

"You're luck Mr. Walsh." Dr. Roberts said as he entered the exam room. "You just bruised them pretty bad."

"That's good news." Walsh said

"Here's your discharge instructions, if your pain worsens come back in here." Dr. Roberts shook Walsh's hand and then left the room.

"See, they are just bruised." Walsh said as he winced to put his shirt back on. He looked down at the papers and saw the note about being off for two weeks. He frowned.

They walked back to the car. A couple ambulances were coming down the street and Walsh looked at them, to see who they were. He didn't really want to talk.

"What's wrong?" Sara asked

"Nothing just got to be off a couple more weeks." Walsh shrugged

"No, there's something else wrong." Sara said

"You were hiding that you had a psycho ex-boyfriend from me." Walsh got it out

"I don't need to tell you about everyone that I dated in the past!" Sara argued

"No, but I should have the right to know about the ones who are going to attempt to kill me!" Walsh yelled

They were standing at the edge of the parking lot. And well within earshot of anyone in the ambulance bay. Walsh looked over to see Bobby and Kim watching him from the distance.

"You're selfish, you know that?" Sara asked

"I don't hide things from you!" Walsh yelled

"You don't hide things from me?" Sara asked, "You won't tell me the TRUTH about you and that medic!"

"Taylor?" He asked

"Oh so you know what I am talking about." Sara said, "That was obviously more than just working together!"

"You want to know the truth?" Walsh asked, "I pulled her unconscious body from a burning building. I saved her life. A few months later when I got burned when my apartment building caught fire, she was my medic. I had an allergic reaction to the pain med and she saved my life. I know her father, he is the one who got me where I am today!"

Sara began to cry, "You don't love me."

Walsh blinked, "Well if this is the way you're going to act when I talk to any female…"

"It's OVER!" Sara yelled as she took his key off her key ring and threw it at him.

It hit his chest and he was shocked. This was their first fight and she was calling it quits? He watched as she stormed away and then got in her car and drove off.

Bobby and Kim watched and then decided to walk over.

"You okay man?" Bobby asked

"Women!" Walsh said without realizing Kim was standing there. He looked up and saw her, "Sorry Kim."

He moved over to the bench and sat down.

"Okay so her ex tried to kill you?" Bobby asked, "I thought my dating life was strange."

Walsh shook his head.

"You need a ride home?" Kim asked

"Yeah since mine just left." Walsh said as he held up his key and looked at it.

"Come on, we'll take you home." Kim said

"Thanks." Walsh said as they walked to the bus.