Henry?'

Teddy stood there looking round in even more confusion as Henry had just disappeared just as suddenly as he appeared.

'Henry!' She repeated, this time more loudly with a panicked sound to her tone. 'What do you mean I'm in a Coma? What's happening? Please just tell what's going on! Is this a dream or am I on death door or am I already dead? Please just answer me.'

It was useless, how ever loud she shouted the more blurry her surroundings became until she was in a completely different surroundings. As her eyesight became clearer again she realised she was no longer in an OR but in someone's living room. She nearly instantly recognised it- despite it being over 15 years ago since she'd last been there. It was exactly the same as when she left it.

She was New York.

She turned round to see a women in her twenties sat on the sofa drinking a bottle of beer. Her hair was long and naturally curly and brown but she had it in her iconic 'half up, half down' style. However she wasn't wearing her usual kind of hippy flowing clothes, like Henry she was wearing all white.

'Hi Teds, did you miss me?' She spoke confidently while putting down her beer and sitting up from her slouch.

'Allison?' She questioned despite recognising her and her surroundings straight away.

'Well done.' She sarcastically commented. 'Not gonna lie Teds, I thought you'd seem more happy than confused to see you. Especially since Henry kinda told you what was going on.'

Teddy stood there is disbelief and confusion. How did Allison even know Henry? Let alone know what Henry said to her just now. 'What's happening, am I dead? Henry said I was in a Coma?'

'Well your alive for now but I'm not going to tell you what's happening because what ever you think is happening is up to to you decide!' Allison casually said while laughing at the puzzled Teddy.

'I just want answers...'

'And I don't have any thing to say except thank you.'

'What?'

'For picking the best name for your little girl. I mean I was expecting maybe to be middle name material but I'm am over the moon for her to have Allison as her first name. She's so cute be the way.'

Allison gestured the awkward Teddy to sit down on the sofa with her.

'Well I threw all that happy family in the drain. I was about to have that perfect life with Owen after years of bad timings I was finally happy and then it was me that threw it away.' Teddy morbidly spoke while looking at the now less enthusiastic Allison.

'Yeh Altman you need to think before ending up in another love triangle. I mean honestly he gave me the creeps a bit with his whole presence at first but he was always very kind to you and he has grown on me. And I'm sure he was good in bed.' Allison laughed while looking at the mortified Teddy.

'I thought you were meant to be nice and supportive?'

'I am, but I can't judge you I mean you were my affair. But I think the difference is between your affair and my affair was that I don't regret mine and I knew that straight away and I don't think that you know that yet.'

'I was scared and I'm a coward and I ran when thinks looked like there were about to get tough and I ran to another man I loved for security and I sometimes wonder did I do that for a reason? It feels like me and Owen will never work.'

'You've never been scared to love someone if they had baggage, I mean me and you had an affairs while we were living with Claire. You fell in love with someone with a chronic disease even if you nearly took the easy option and run away with that Perkins to Germany. You choose Owen over Tom even though he let you down time and again because you were both two scared to express your love. And then you choose the easy option out. You choose the man that had no baggage like how you nearly choose the man with no baggage with Henry. Don't be afraid of love. Pick the person who you love the most and you feel the deepest connection. So if that's Tom be with him but if it's Owen be with him. What I'm saying is that people's baggage has never stopped you before of loving them so why should it now? Love can be hard but if it wasn't hard you would have nothing to fight for. Why do you think I slept with you when I was with Claire? Because it was worth the risk because you were my best friend and we had a connection. Alright i shouldn't of had an affair but I don't regret it. You need to decide if you regret your affair?'

'I just confused, When I'm with Tom it feels like I'm in a bubble and he makes me laugh and always feel loved and it's only me...'

'But he's not Owen.' Allison but in. The two sat there in silence, Allison understood Teddy. She always had.

'He's not Owen.' Teddy repeated. She knew Owen made her feel, he made her feel angry, excited, happy, loved. Owen made her feel just everything which was something Tom never made her feel.

'What I love about you was that someone's gender, past, relationships has never stopped you falling in love with them but you're too scared to admit it so you become the best friend. You are my best friend, Henry's, Owen's and I think you're starting to become Tom's. Teddy to you, I think you never stop loving people which is what i love about you. However it's also why you're in this situation because I know you will always love me and Henry but I don't think you can love both Owen and Tom so you need to choose when there both currently in your life.'

Everything that Allison said just made sense.

'How do I make a fresh start and prove to him that I only love him?' Teddy asked to Allison while she was back to drinking her beer.

'That's something that I can't help you with. I never told Claire about us because I didn't know how to.' Allison answered quite seriously.

'She knew.'

'I know.'

The two just sat there staring into each other's eyes thinking.

'Teddy?' Allison whispered to get her attention. 'Be with the man who you would phone call now if you knew you would never wake up.'

'What if I don't wake up?'

'That's up to you. How much do you want to fight for your family?'

Allison smiled, while her face became whiter and her skin more translucent.

'Thank you Allison.' Teddy whispered to her disappearing friend.

She was gone.