"Mike?...Can you hear me? Mike?" Frankie frantically cried as she sobbed over her husband who was currently passed out in the grass next to the fire pit. Sean ran and fell down onto his knees beside Mike and put his education to use as he checked his vitals. Nancy came running from the house carrying what appeared to be an oversized first aid kid.

"Sean! I have your things! Please help him!" Nancy cried as she passed the bag to Sean. As sirens wailed nearby, Sean rummaged through the bag for supplies and after a quick assessment, began performing CPR. Sue stood nearby crying her eyes out, guilt filling her heart and she was feeling an overwhelming amount of concern for her father, but at this given moment she couldn't even begin to explain out grateful she was to be married to a future doctor. When the paramedics arrived, they took over for Sean and began to load Mike into the ambulance. Sean ran over to his new wife, who was a sobbing mess, and did his best to console her as she cried into his chest. He gently kissed the top of her head and massaged her back, allowing her to let it all out.

"Is dad going to be okay?" Brick asked his frantic mother. She nodded furiously in an attempt to reassure Brick and pulled him next to her. At least one of her kids wasn't growing up too quickly and still needed her. He hugged her as they watched the ambulance pull away. "He'll be okay...he has to be." Frankie said, mostly to reassure herself. She loosened Brick's grip and held onto his hand instead as she pulled him in the direction of the car so that they could meet Mike at the hospital. Brick shot off a quick text message to Axl to let him know what was going on and hoped that he would meet them there.

"We are going to talk about this later...but just go. Your dad and I will clean all of this up. Sue needs you right now." Nancy told Sean and she nudged at them to follow Frankie. Sean nodded, hugged both of his parents and kissed his mom on the cheek before he led Sue to his car. They expected to see Lexie in the car but she was no where to be found. Sue sent her a text to let her know where they would be and Sean and Sue made their way to the hospital.

"How could I be so selfish?" Sue asked herself out loud, not expecting an actual response. Sean looked at her quizzically before returning his focus to the road.

"What do you mean?" Sean asked for clarification. Sue let out a loud sigh and turned to look out the window.

"You saw what I did to my dad. I made a mistake, told him off, and now I don't know if he's going to be okay." Sue ranted.

"...mistake?" Sean asked, his heart sinking in his chest. He knew that they had to pay some consequences for their elopement, but he certainly didn't think of it as a mistake. Sue turned to face him.

"I...I didn't mean it like that." Sue defended. Sean nodded uncertainly and they drove the rest of the way there in uncomfortable silence.

Sue nervously paced around the small waiting area and breathed a sigh of relief when her brother and Lexie arrived. She ran over to them and hugged Lexie tightly. Axl patted Sue on the back.

"Is he okay?" Axl asked Sue. Sue shrugged her shoulders.

"We haven't been able to see him yet. The doctor is still examining him I guess and mom is with him." Sue explained. Sean remained seated and tried to focus his attention on a magazine but couldn't find the power to concentrate. Mistake? he wondered as he replayed Sue's words in his head. He knew that getting married in Vegas was her idea, and she seemed completely on board with it up until now. He wondered what his own parents would say once they got a chance to talk. They didn't seem to be TOO upset, but there was so much happening at once that he didn't really know how to take in any of it. His thoughts were interrupted when a doctor appeared into view. Out of respect, Sean tossed the magazine aside and stood to shake the doctor's hand.

"Family of Mike Heck?" the doctor asked Sean. Sean hesitated and nodded in agreement. "Yes, I'm his...son-in-law." Sean responded. Sue, Lexie, and Axl rushed to stand next to Sean and listen to whatever the doctor had to say.

"Wait, did you say son-in-law?" Axl questioned and Sean brushed his comments away, allowing the doctor to speak.

"Your father is awake now. You can go and see him." He said.

"Is he okay? What happened?" Sue asked urgently. Sean placed his arm around her shoulders and pulled her close to his side. The doctor led them to Mike's hospital room where Frankie and Brick were already standing next to Mike's side. Mike was hooked up to an IV drip and he weakly lifted one arm up to give a small wave to his family as they walked into the room.

"He had a minor heart attack. He is going to be fine and he already seems to be on the road to recovery. He's a lucky man." The doctor turned to look at Mike. "If it hadn't been for your son-in-law over here performing CPR on you right away, we might not be having this conversation right now." the doctor continued. Mike looked at Sean quizzically for a moment and Sean smiled awkwardly, nervously stuffing his hands into his pockets. Axl turned to look at Sean once again in confusion, but Lexie tugged on his arm and he refocused his attention on her.

"Thank you, doctor." Frankie pleaded and the doctor patted her on the back before stepping out of the room to give everyone a chance to talk. Sue rushed to Mike's side and gently placed her hands on his arm that wasn't hooked up to the IV.

"Oh my God, Dad I am soooooo sorry I didn't mean to do this to you and I can explain everything and you weren't supposed to find out that way and I can't believe I almost killed you." Sue carried on and Mike tried to 'shush' her.

"Sue...you didn't almost kill me." Mike stated simply with a small reassuring smile.

"Wh...what do you mean?" Sue asked, her eyes still filled with tears.

"Well, it turns out that my little 'episode' had nothing to do with you and everything to do with all of those years of supersizing my fries." Mike used what strength he had to poke Sue in the arm and she leaned down to give him a hug. Years ago, Frankie had practically begged him to go to the doctor for a check up and it was revealed that he had high cholesterol, but he never did make an effort to change his diet. Since he never put on weight, he assumed that he would be just fine but that turned out not to be the case. Mike explained this to Sue who nodded in understanding."Let me talk to your...boy..I mean hu...let me talk to Sean for a minute." Mike told Sue and she left his side. Sean went to stand near Mike and instinctively reached out his hand for a handshake but thought better of it.

"Yes, Mr. Heck, sir?" Sean asked while he waited to receive his fate.

"Thanks for um...saving my life." Mike said. Sean scrunched his face in surprise. He was definitely not expecting to receive a thank you.

"Uhhhh...you're welcome, sir but you really don't need to thank me...I'm really sorry that..." Sean stammered but Mike shook his head.

"Sean, I can't say I'm happy about this, in fact, I'm pretty pissed off...but I know that you make her happy...and I know that you will take care of her." Mike said earnestly.

"I will, sir, I really will, I promise." Sean replied. Mike nodded in acknowledgement. Sean began to step away but Mike grabbed onto his hand to pull him closer.

"I'm not done yet." Mike said. "If you're going to do this...being married...thing or whatever...just know that I still want what is best for her. I don't want her pushing her future aside to follow you around...I don't want her being tied down with a bunch of kids in her 20's preventing her from being successful...I want her to have...whatever she wants in life. She deserves at least that much. I don't want her to struggle the way Frankie and I have struggled all these years because we didn't plan ahead." Mike continued. Sean stepped back and took a deep breath before replying.

"I know, sir...I want what is best for her too and I promise that I won't stand in the way of her dreams." Sean turned to look at Sue, the love of his life, and she smiled sweetly back at him. Sean stepped away and returned to Sue's side, feeling like a weight had been lifted off of his chest. Sue held onto his hand and leaned closer to him.

"I'm sorry about earlier." Sue whispered into his ear.

"So we're okay?" Sean asked her and she nodded.

"Always...forever." Sue replied while she squeezed his hand. Sean wrapped his arm around her shoulders and pulled her closer to his side, breathing a huge sigh of relief.

"And you two." Mike said as he pointed at Axl and Lexie, waving his fingers at them in a 'come over here' motion. Hand in hand, Axl and Lexie walked to Mike's side and prepared for the worst. "What's the plan?" Mike asked them simply. Axl opened his mouth in surprise and turned to look at Lexie who was equally stunned.

"I...uhhhh...well funny thing is I was actually going to talk to you about this anyway soon and I never got the chance..." Axl stammered... "and I guess the dorkface kind of stole my thunder...but a few months ago I bought a ring and I wanted to ask Lexie...to marry me." Axl continued. Axl and Lexie had discussed this in depth after they had run off from the cookout. Lexie grinned widely and turned to look at Sue's reaction, but after the way the night had gone she had enough surprises already and wasn't paying much attention.

"Hmm." Mike mumbled and turned to look at his youngest son. "You're not getting married too, are you?" Brick looked up from his book and his eyes widened. "Who, me?" Brick questioned. "I'm just trying to get through high school. It's a real battlefield out there. Did you know that they are planning on limiting the number of students who can go into the library during study hall? What kind of life is that?" Brick questioned and everyone laughed and rolled their eyes at him. "What?" He questioned, not sure why everyone was laughing.

"Good. At least one of my kids isn't growing up too fast." Mike stated and he leaned back against the hospital bed. "Now if you don't mind...I think I need to get a little bit of rest." He said and he waved the kids out of the room. Frankie stayed by his side and softly ran her fingers through his hair.

"I wonder if Nancy would be willing to use the things we had planned for Axl's wedding. It's so hard being the boy mom I hope he lets me plan it." Frankie gushed, practically forgetting about the news that Sue had shared earlier that night and turning her attention to her eldest son. Mike groaned, shut his eyes and quickly drifted off to sleep.

As Sue, Sean, Axl and Lexie walked through the parking lot on the way back to their cars, Axl took Sean aside and began the questioning.

"Dude, did you seriously marry my sister? What is wrong with you? She's seriously going to bump your cool factor down at least 10 levels." Axl joked. Sean pushed him away and laughed.

"Whatever, Ax-man. You just wait. In 9 months you're going to end up with a little Axl to deal with and then the joke is going to be on you." Sean teased. "And no...we won't be your free babysitters. You're gonna have to pay." Sean continued.

"Will I at least get the Boss Co friends and family discount?" Axl asked.

"I don't know...you'll have to ask Darrin." Sean laughed and Axl rolled his eyes, imaging what would happen if he were to ask Darrin to babysit his future child, although Darrin already had a family of his own and everyone seemed to be alive and well. Not long after Sue's former best friend graduated high school, Carly and Darrin had gotten married and had two kids. He wondered how Darrin managed to pull his life together so quickly when Axl himself felt like he had a lot of growing up to do. He brushed away the thought and the two couples said their goodbyes and split up into their own cars.

Brick stood alone in the parking lot, holding his book and a vending machine ice cream cone.

"Sue? Axl?" He asked and only heard his own voice echoing in the dark. He had been left behind again. He threw up his arms in frustration and went back into the hospital.

A/N: I think that's a good place to stop for now. I hope you're okay with the direction of the story so far. I wanted to throw a little drama in there since life threatening events tend to bring everyone together. Part of the inspiration came from the episode "Role of a Lifetime" where the whole family was fighting, but they came together when Frankie's mom was in the hospital potentially suffering from a stroke.