"Yeah I'm getting ready to leave for the church now." Taylor said on the phone, "No, I'll have plenty of time." Taylor looked down at the papers on the counter of her apartment. There were boxes packed- at some point she had to move them to Billy's house. "Alright, I am leaving now. I love you too. I'll see you in a little while. Bye." She hung up the phone and grabbed her keys.

She only had to worry about her bag; her dress was already at the church so she didn't have to worry about it wrinkling. She made her way to her car. She unlocked the doors to her black Cavalier. Taylor looked around quickly before getting in.

It was a beautiful morning. The sun was out and there wasn't a cloud in the sky. She slipped her sunglasses on and started the ignition. She shifted the car into reverse and backed out. She put a CD in the dashboard- Green Day's Nimrod. It was one of here favorite CDs. The windows were down and the wind was blowing in. She looked at her the clock, it said 11:04- she didn't need to be at the church for almost an hour.

She turned onto 96th. The drive through the park would be a nice soothing trip before the wedding. Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) started to play. Taylor reached over and turned the radio up. By the time she looked back up it was too late. She slammed on her breaks. The car spun around.

There was crunching metal, screeching tires, and breaking glass. The CD skipped in the player.

I hope you had the time of your life… I hope you had the time of your life… I hope you had the time of your life…

Smoke trickled out from the front of the car. The front end of the car was demolished; it rested against the retaining wall. The rear end of the car was twisted metal. The other car sat a short distance away, the front end badly mangled.

Taylor didn't move inside her car. The airbag deflated and lay on her chest. Her head was tilted to the side and there was blood trickling down her face. Her eyes were closed and her face was pale.

The other driver got out of his car and looked, he then ran into the park.

Another car that witnessed the accident called 911. The driver then got out to check on Taylor.

"Miss?" He asked, "Miss? Miss?" he asked

He got back on his cell phone and called 911 again. "Yeah, the driver of the car is in pretty bad shape. Hurry!"

He tried to pull the door open, but it was no use. He just walked around waiting for the arrival of the emergency units.

The police unit pulled up. The officers checked the scene.

"I only see one driver." The first officer said

The other officer looked around the scene. "You see what happened?" He asked

"The red car over there was coming down the road really fast and hit the black car. The driver of the red car got out and ran into the park." The witness said

Soon enough Engine 86 pulled up and the firefighters jumped into action. The medic unit followed behind.

"She's in bad shape." One of the firefighters looked up

"I need the jaws!" Another yelled

"Squad's not here yet." Another replied

One of the medics leaned in, "We need to get her out of here now! She may not make it to the hospital."

The other medic walked over to the car and was shocked at who it was.

"That's Alex Taylor from the 5-5." He said

Suddenly the firefighters kicked into another gear. More police officers arrived on the scene and some of them headed off into the park in search of the other driver. It seemed like it took hours to extricate Taylor from the car. Lt. 86 confirmed that the extrication was complete at 11:42- 18 minutes before Alex was supposed to be at the church.

The medics did a quick trauma assessment and back boarded her. They pulled one of the firefighters to drive to the hospital. Both medics worked the whole way to the hospital. Taylor was only breathing 4 shallow times a minute. Her abdomen was rigid and there was a lot of blood. She was unconscious. It didn't look good.

They pulled into Mercy. Dr. Hickman and Mary Proctor met them at the back door of the ambulance.

"32 year old female. Belted driver of a head on MVC with airbag deployment. Entrapped in the vehicle, extrication took 25 minutes. Found unconscious, unresponsive, breathing 4 times a minute, shallow, pulse weak and thready, abdomen rigid, laceration to the head, probable fracture of the left arm, right femur." The medic reported

"Okay let's get a full trauma work up in here. Get her on that monitor now!" Dr. Hickman ordered

"Isn't that Alex Taylor?" Mary Proctor asked

The medic nodded his head.

Beth Taylor watched through the window for Alex to arrive.

"She's cutting this very close." She said

Katie stood by Beth and nodded. "It's not like Alex to be late for anything."

"Yeah." Kim agreed

Grace had entered the room and didn't know that Alex wasn't there yet. "Where's Alex?"

"She isn't here yet." Kim said

"That's really strange." Grace replied

Kim attempted to call her cell phone. It rang 6 times.

"Hey this is Alex. I'm not around to answer your call, but leave me a message and I'll get back to you." The voice mail message said

"Alex where are you?" Kim left on the message, "You were supposed to be here 10 minutes ago. Where are you?"

She hung up the phone, "Something's not right." Kim said

Walsh was getting nervous. He had butterflies in his stomach.

"You alright brother?" DK asked

"Yes, I am just nervous." Walsh smiled

"Well, you're not gonna have to wait too long." Lombardo said

Jimmy put his tie on. "Well, the church is starting to fill." He said

Captain Johnson walked in. "How do I look?" He asked with a smile.

"Like a penguin." DK cracked

"Ready to make that walk?" Lt. Johnson asked

"Yeah, I'm just ready to get this over with." Walsh replied

"Yep, the last few minutes as a single man." DK cracked

Mary Proctor picked up the phone and dialed the firehouse.

"Yes, I am looking for Captain Johnson." Mary said

She was told that he wasn't there. "I need to get a message to him ASAP. Tell him that Alex Taylor is in the ER and she may not make it. Thank you."

She hung up the phone and watched as the surgeon wheeled Taylor to the elevator to go to the ER.

Beth Taylor paced nervously by the window.

"Something's wrong." She said

Captain Johnson's cell phone rang. He looked at the number. "What could they possibly want?" He asked before he answered. "Hello?"

His face got white.

"Billy, I need to talk to you now." Capt. Johnson pulled him out into the hall. "Wait here a second."

Capt. Johnson walked down the hall to where the girls were supposed to get dressed. The rest of the guys entered the hallway. The Minister came back to see what the hold up was. Everyone gathered in the hallway as Capt. Johnson broke the news.

"There's been an accident." He swallowed hard, "Billy, you and Beth need to get to Mercy now." He said

Walsh panicked, he brushed his hand through his hair as he turned away. They quickly hurried out to the waiting limos and rush off to Mercy.

Capt Johnson sat with Beth and Walsh. Walsh kept watching out the window.

"Can't this thing go any faster?" Walsh asked

"He's going as fast as he can." Capt. Johnson said

They finally pulled up in the ER lot. They rushed into the hospital. Walsh ran up to the desk.

"I'm looking for Alex Taylor." He said

Mary looked up, confused because everyone was dressed up.

"She's in surgery." She said as she watched Walsh and Beth rush to the elevator.

Brendan Finney ran into the ER with Carlos and Levine.

"Grace! How is she?" Brendan asked. He had been seated in the church when the Pastor came out and told them that the wedding would be delayed to a later date.

"We don't know yet, she's in surgery." Grace told him

"Mary, how did it look?" Kim had to know

"It doesn't look real good Kim." Mary said in all honesty

"Great. This day goes from the happiest day of her life to the crappiest day of her life." Jimmy said

Dana walked up, "Why are you all dressed up?" She asked

"Today was supposed to be Alex's wedding." Carlos said

"Oh." Dana said in shock

The group made their way to the elevator. No one noticed Ashley and Andrew walk in with their two children.

"We're losing pressure." A nurse says

"Get a clamp on that artery." The surgeon orders

"Damn it! Her liver is lacerated! I need a clamp, someone suction out this blood." Another surgeon says

"We're losing her!" The anesthesiologist says as alarms begin to sound

"What am I doing here?" Taylor asked

"Well." Bobby smiles

"Oh God. I'm dying aren't I?" Taylor asks

"I'm not going to lie to you Alex. Yes, you are." Bobby tells her

"Oh God! Billy!" Taylor freaks out

Bobby stands and watches her for a moment.

"I'm supposed to be at the church… saying 'I Do'… I can't die." Taylor cries

"We don't chose when we go Alex. It just happens." Bobby says

"I can't die!" she's still crying

"Alex." Her dad says

"Daddy." She looks up

"I can't stand to see you cry." He says

"Daddy, it's not the same… I'm supposed to be at my wedding, you're supposed to be at my wedding." She cries

He hugs her, "I will be." He smiles

"Charge the internal paddles to 50!" One of the surgeon's says, "Clear!"

Everyone was sitting in the waiting area. Walsh has loosened his tie and unbuttoned his vest. He is pacing around and everyone is just watching him. Davis walks up in his uniform. Brendan notices him and he walks over.

"Yo! Any word on Taylor?" Davis asked

"No not yet." Finney replies

"They caught the guy that hit her. Found all kinds of drugs in his car, he was high as a kite." Davis said

"Go figure." Grace says

Ashley finally gets up and approaches her brother.

"Billy." She says softly to get him to stop pacing. "She's tough, she has to be to marry you." She smiled

"Yeah, but you actually gotta make it to the altar for the marriage part." Walsh said

It had been 6 hours since the accident had occurred and they had heard nothing from the OR.

"What the hell is taking so long?" He cried out

Everyone just watched him. It was painful for all of them to go through this. It was a toss up as to what was worse; the fact that Taylor was in the OR, or the fact that Walsh was pacing around on what should have been the happiest day of his life worrying that the woman he wanted to spend the rest of his life with may not survive the day.

Soon the doctor walked out into the waiting area. This was a feeling that they had all been through before.

"Mrs. Taylor?" The surgeon asked. "I'm Dr. Williamson I operated on your daughter."

"How is she?" Beth asked

"She's resting comfortably in the recovery room." Dr. Williamson replied

"Can we see her?" Walsh asked

"One at a time." The doctor replied

"Billy, you should be with her." Beth said

The Doctor led Walsh back to Taylor's bed.

"Her vitals look good, so we should be taking that tube out in a little while. She had a lacerated liver, and we almost lost her, but she's tough. She's definitely a fighter." Dr. Williamson said

"That's my girl. She won't give up easily." Walsh smiled

The doctor left the room and Walsh took Taylor's hand.

"You're late." He smiled, "You were supposed to be at the church 6 hours ago." He fought back a tear. "I thought I had lost you again. I need you here with me, as my wife." He kissed her hand and starts to sing softly.

"How do I,
Get through the night without you?
If I had to live without you,
What kind of life would that be?
Oh, I
I need you in my arms, need you to hold,
You're my world, my heart, my soul,
If you ever leave,
Baby you would take away everything good in my life…"

He looks up as he feels Taylor's hand move. He stops singing and a tear falls.

"Taylor!" He exclaims, "Thank you Lord!"

He hugs her as the nurse comes in. She checks the vitals and leaves to get the doctor. Walsh sits beside Taylor's bed and watches as the doctor comes in. A couple minutes later he takes the tube out of Taylor. He checks her over and then nods to Walsh. Soon, Walsh is alone in the room with Taylor.

She tries to whisper, but it is raspy. "I'm sorry."

Walsh tries to sooth her. "Try not to talk baby." He calms her. "You've got nothing to be sorry for."

He moves up next to her in the bed.

Taylor again whispers, "I'm sorry."

"Don't be baby. All I care about is having you beside me." He says as he takes her hand, "I will always love you."