Natalie looked at Darren who was lying on the ground with blood pouring out of his mouth then at Willow who stood trembling in the doorway. She was still holding the smoking gun.

John looked shocked and Rex ran to her. "Willow!" Gently taking the gun from her hand he tossed it to the ground. Wrapping his arms around her he held her tight.

Natalie ran to John and threw her self in his arms. "Oh god I was so scared John!" Natalie said right before John bent his head and kissed her passionately. Natalie kissed him back fervently feeling his fear in his kiss.

Pulling away from John to bury her face in his chest Natalie sobbed in relief. She had never been happier to see someone in her entire life! "Thank god you found us!"

John held her trembling body close to him and kissed the top of her head. "I'll always find you Natalie. Don't you know that by now?"

Willow stood silently in Rex's embrace. She was numb. So much had happened so fast. Finding out that Darren was alive and that she had shot him was tearing her apart inside. "I shot him Rex. I shot him." She said tiredly.

Rex stroked Willow's hair and murmured, "I know baby but he didn't give you any choice." He was very concerned about her right now. She seemed out of it, broken.

The paramedics finally arrived on the scene and walked over to the body. Checking his pulse they found that he was still alive, but barely. "He's alive!" Shouted one of the men. The paramedics loaded him on a stretcher and into the waiting ambulance then raced off to the hospital.

Willow saw this and looked at Rex. "I have to go to the hospital too."

Rex looked alarmed, "Why? Is it the baby?"

"How did you know about the baby? I didn't even know till tonight." Willow asked surprised, forgetting for a moment her desire to go the hospital.

Rex looked sheepish for a minute then said, "Your doctor called me. How did you know? The doctor said he hadn't told you yet."

"Natalie actually figured it out. She had the same symptoms as me so she figured out that I was pregnant too."

John had been listening in looked at Natalie, "Too? Does that mean that you... that we...?" he stuttered. "You're pregnant?" he finally got out.

Natalie looked at John with a smile and said, "Yup. You're gonna be a daddy."

John smiled widely and kissed Natalie soundly on the mouth. "Thank you." He whispered in her ear. More grateful then ever that he had found the perfect woman to marry. Thank god he had met this woman, if he hadn't his life would never have been this good.

"Let's get off this mountain." Bo said coming up behind the four of them. He hugged Natalie and then Willow. "Thank God you girls are alright. There are a lot of people in Llanview that are waiting for your safe return."

Hearing this Willow once again said, "I need to go to the hospital. I need to see him."

"Why do you want to see that dirtbag? He got what was coming to him!" Rex said fiercely.

Willow sighed with sadness and regret, "Because that was Darren James my supposedly dead fiancée."

All three men looked shocked. "Oh my god." Rex breathed and gathered her in his arms again hugging her tightly.

Natalie put a comforting hand on Willow's shoulder and said, "We'll go with you."

Willow turned around and hugged Natalie. "Thank you Nat. You saved out lives in there. I don't know what I would have done with out you."

Natalie returned the hug and said, "We're family and that's what families do. Be there for each other."

The 2 couples headed for the car that John had waiting for them and headed for the hospital. Willow had no idea what to feel at the moment. He first love was back but he was obviously disturbed. She couldn't help but wonder what had happened to him. Had Haver gotten to him? Had something else made him unstable?

Looking over at Natalie Willow asked her softly, "What am I gonna do? How do I tell his family what he did? They will be devastated. If he dies how do I tell his mother that I shot him?"

"You'll get through this I promise." Natalie answered even as Rex took her hand and said softly, "You have me and Natty, you have John and Michael, You have your mother. We'll get through this together. We're here for you baby."

Willow leaned on Rex's shoulder the rest of the way to the hospital. When they arrived Willow jumped out of the car and ran into the hospital. Rex hung back a bit wanting to talk to Natalie. He hadn't had a moment alone with her since before the kidnapping and he needed to make sure that she was ok. He took Natalie's arm and held her back.

"Are you sure you're ok?" Rex asked with quiet concern.

Natalie hugged Rex and said, "I'm ok. I just wish I knew why this happened. He said that my kidnapping was a favor to a friend."

"A friend? He knows someone that knows you? You don't think he was working for Haver do you?" Rex asked. He was both worried and angry that the people he loved most had been victims. Again.

"I don't know Rex. I wish I did." Natalie said frustrated that she didn't have any answers. Looking at Rex she could see he was upset. She knew it was about more then her. He was upset that Willow's former fiancé had come back. Natalie knew the feeling. She had seen first hand what Cris' coming back had done to John. The fact that Willow wanted to see him even after all he had done just made it more confusing and upsetting.

"How are you?" Natalie asked pointedly.

Rex looked down for a minute. "Is it wrong to be bothered that she wants to see him?" He asked softly. "I don't understand how she could still care after all he did tonight."

"It's hard to explain. When Cris came back it was good. It was good because he was alive but as happy as I was at that I was also sad because that meant that John and I couldn't be together." Natalie said, trying to explain how Willow was probably feeling.

"Yeah but then he was an imposter and you and John had your chance again." Rex said.

Natalie looked down for a second. Rex didn't know that the imposter had actually been Cris. Only she, Carlotta, Antonio, and John knew the truth. "When I found out he was an imposter I hate him. I hated him so much. But there was still a part of me that loved him. I loved who Cris was and I felt that we were cheated out of our chance, out of what we could have had together and I had to deal with that. I think Willow is doing the same thing. She needs to process it all."

Rex nodded looking thoughtful, "You don't think that she still loves him do you?"

"I'm sure a part of her still does. But Rex you need to understand that she loves you. A part of her will always love what she had with him but what she has with you is true love. Anyone can see that." Natalie said, "he was her first love and our first loves always have a piece of our hearts."

Rex nodded again and replied, "thanks. I needed to hear that." Hugging they went to the ER waiting room to wait for news and to support Willow.