A/N:

Even though I have got the reviews up to double-figures, I wanted to update before I went to visit my family. Here's another chapter!

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They both just stared at each other in shock. She took a few breaths before she spoke.

"We have to get you to the infirmary." She said as her eyes fell on his bleeding wound.

John looked surprised.

"But… Liz didn't you hear what I just said?"

"Yes I did John, but you're my first priority right now. We'll deal with it later when you're well."

He wanted to argue the issue, but he was too tired and in too much pain to put the effort in. Plus he'd always hated arguing with Elizabeth. He nodded and slid an arm across her shoulders for support. They had only managed to take a few steps before a medical team rushed to their assistance with a stretcher.

They laid him down on it comfortably and began to carry him to the infirmary.

Elizabeth walked along side John, not taking her eyes off of him for a second. He opened his eyes and began to feel oddly sleepy. He reached out for Elizabeth's hand and spoke her name in a raspy tone. The pain had overwhelmed him as soon as he had lain down on the stretcher. He was so happy to see Elizabeth he had almost forgotten that he was practically bleeding to death.

Elizabeth took hold of his hand and squeezed it tight, but somehow it felt gentle to John. Every time she touched him it felt so gentle to him.

"I love you." He said, not caring if any of the medical personnel could hear him.

"Don't say that, people only say that when they think they're gonna die!" She said now a little teary seeing all his loss of blood soaking in to the material supporting him.

"Hey, I'm gonna be fine baby, it's just a flesh wound I'll pull right through it!" He winked at her. She laughed through her tears.

"You say that like it's a small thing."

"Well, it is. I mean… compared to the pain of never seeing you again yeah I'd say it's quite small." He said in one tone so that Elizabeth hardly noticed how sweet he was being. But she did.

"God I love you so much."

One of the medical team members turned round, a little confused.

Elizabeth made a face as if to say 'Not You!' and gestured down to John with her eyes, tilting her head a little.

John chuckled, but his laughter soon turned to violent coughing.

Elizabeth's smiled changed to a concerned frown.

"I'm fine, I'm fine." He coughed, gripping her hand a little tighter to reassure her.

Before she knew what was happening, she felt an empty space in her hand and was seeing John being carried into the infirmary and after receiving a last wink from him, the doors closed between them.