Hours went by with no word about Annalise. Dave hah had enough; he walked up o the nurses' station to see if anyone had some information.
"Excuse, I was wondering if there was any information about Annalise Howard. She was brought in about a couple hours ago," Dave asked one of the nurses.
"Sir, are you family?" Dave knew that if he said no; they wouldn't tell him a damn thing. So, he had to lie.
"Yes, she's my wife."
"Mrs. Howard is in room 316. It's down the hall and to the right."
"Thank you," he said over his shoulder as he made his way to Annalise's hospital room. He stood in front of the door, unable to move. He had no idea exactly how strong his feelings towards Annalise were until he was in front of the door. "I'm in love with her," he thought to himself. He knocked softly knocked on the door, when he didn't get an answer, he slowly opened the door. He eyes adjusted to the darkness of the room and he listened to all the different machines buzzing and beeping. And there she was; lying in the hospital bed, like an angel. He slowly made his way over to her side, careful not to make any noise that would wake her. This was not the same woman from the hotel room. Annalise had oxygen tubes in her nose and an IV in her arm. "Please let Anna and the baby be ok," Batista prayed. He was so lost in thought and prayer that he didn't notice Annalise had woken up.
"Hey there," she said, her voice scratchy from the lack of fluids.
"How are you kid?" Batista asked, slowly rubbing her forehead.
"Better than before," she replied. A weight had been lifted off of his shoulders. She was going to be okay, but then he remembered that there was someone else.
"What about the baby?" Annalise didn't answer right away. Batista was kicking himself mentally for bringing up the subject so quickly.
"Fine, but I have to take it easy for two weeks. If I want to travel, I have to drive. So, that means that I'll be at home."
"What makes you think that?"
"I'm not going to make people drive up and down I-95 because of me."
"I will." Annalise looked at him as if he had three heads.
"You're kidding right? You would give up first class and limos for me?"
"Yeah I would." Batista smiled. He was looking forward to spending time with Annalise. His daydream was ended by a nurse coming in to check on Annalise.
"Oh hello Mr. Howard, I'm Nancy. I've been taking care of you wife. Could you step out in the hall for a minute while I check on her?" The nurse asked.
"Sure. I'll see you in a minute, sweetheart." Batista said. Annalise was completely confused. "Why did the nurse think that she and Dave were married?" She started to smile when the answer came to her. "He lied to the nurse to get in and see me." Annalise was officially amazed at what Dave was capable of doing.
Triple H, Ric, and Randy walked down the hall towards Batista.
"How did you get back here?" Randy asked Dave.
"I told them I was her husband." All three men just shook there heads.
"You have it bad Dave," Ric said.
"Yeah, I know." Dave admitted. Nancy came out in the hall and told Dave that it he could go back into the room.
"We'll let you go now," Triple H said, obviously still shaken up from what happened.
"Why don't you come in with me?" Dave suggested. Triple H seemed hesitant at the idea, but this way he could apologize for what happened.
"Hey kid. There are some people who want to see you," Dave said as he walked into the room. He opened the door wider letting the other three men in.
"Hey guys, thanks for coming," Annalise said. Triple H made his way over to her bed.
"Anna, I'm sorry for what I did," he apologized. Annalise took his hand and gave it a squeeze.
"Paul, it's not your fault. We were both yelling at each other. And to make you feel even better, it might still have happened. My abs are all sore and whatnot from getting sick all the time, so the doctor said that I probably would have come in with severe cramping at some point."
"Is everything ok?" Ric asked.
"Yeah, we're both doing fine, but I have to rest for a couple of weeks."
"That's good."
"Do you need anything?" Dave asked.
"I could kill for something other than prison food. It should be illegal for them to serve this crap," Annalise said while the others laughed. Dave could see that Annalise was getting tired.
"Why don't you take a nap and I'll do something about the food situation," Dave suggested.
"Ok," Annalise said. Dave lightly kissed her on the forehead and chills went down her spine. "I am so lucky to have Dave in life." Annalise thought.
The four men said their goodbyes and left.
Annalise didn't realize how tired she was until she closed her eyes and quickly fell asleep.
A strange, but familiar smell filled Annalise's nose. She slowly opened her eyes and was shocked at what she saw. A dozen long stem roses stood on the bedside table. Balloons and a stuffed teddy bear were in the chair by the window, and a tray with a bottle of apple juice were on the table in front of her. She looked up and saw Dave smiling down at her.
"Hey kid."
"What's all this?" She asked as she took a huge bite out of her hamburger.
"Do you know what day it is?"
"It's Sunday."
"Close, but not the right answer."
"It's Sunday Dave." He went to her bedside and kissed her on the cheek.
"Happy Mother's Day." All Annalise could so was cry.
There you have it. Not a cliffhanger this time. Thanks for all the reviews, and Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there. Hit that button to make my day.
