Maxie woke up in a panic. She looked around the dark hospital room. The chair next to her bed was empty and she quickly remembered why. Nathan went home to get some rest and a shower. She relaxed a little but then started feeling a shooting pain in her chest. She pressed her call button and Kiki Jerome walked in. She smiled.

"Hey Maxie. It's a little early but if you are hungry I am sure I can find you something."

Maxie shakes her head. "I'm not hungry...my chest is tightening."

Kiki takes off her stethoscope and listens to her heart before hitting a button on her pager. She notices how swollen her wound is. Griffin walks in and smiles.

"How are you doing Maxie?"

Kiki shakes her head and shows him the wound. he makes a face and mutters to himself. He looks at Maxie.

"I want to do an echo and CT."

Maxie starts to panic slightly. "Is everything okay?"

"I'm sure everything is fine."

He pulls Kiki aside. "Page Dr. Quartermaine."

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Maxie tried to breathe as the CT scan started. Griffin was being very tight lipped about everything. She really panicked when Dr. Quartermaine walked in. Maxie recognized the look on her face and sighed.

"Just tell me."

Dr. Quartermaine nodded. "Maxie we need to take you back into the OR and explore your wound. I may have missed something."

Maxie nodded. Soon she was prepped and taken into the OR. Monica opened her up with Griffin and Kiki at her side. She cursed under her breath and Griffin looked.

"What?"

"I missed a hole in her lung. It's small but it's there."

He nodded. "So she was fighting harder and harder to breathe."

She nodded. Just as she was about to close up Maxie's heart rate plummeted as did the baby's.

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Nathan arrived at the hospital and walked into Maxie's room. He was surprised to find that she was gone. He looked at Amy at the nurses station.

"Where's Maxie?"

Amy looked confused. "I don't know I just got here." She glanced at Elizabeth. "Maxie Jones, did we move her?"

Elizabeth looked as Mac, Felicia, Liesl and Lulu got off the elevator. Felicia smiled.

"We figured we could cheer Maxie up by making some more baby shower plans."

He nodded. "Well they may have moved her."

Elizabeth looked at Nathan. "Actually she was taken in for another surgery."

Nathan felt his heart drop. "What?"

Elizabeth nodded. "Dr. Quartermaine is operating again. It says here that she complained early this morning of chest pain."

Felicia looked at Elizabeth. "How long ago was she taken?"

"A couple hours ago."

Before anything else could be asked the elevator dinged and a stretcher was being brought off. Monica spotted Felicia and walked over.

"There was a small hole in Maxie's left lung most likely caused by a rib fragment. I patched her up and cleaned up some of the scar tissue."

Nathan looked at Maxie. Her skin was almost white. She had a huge tube in her mouth. He rushed to her side and kissed her forehead before looking at Griffin.

"How is she now?"

"She's tough. The baby's heartrate is hanging steady."

Nathan nodded and took his seat back beside Maxie. Lulu walked in and set a bouquet of white roses down. She smiled.

"I figured that she would like them."

Nathan nodded. Lulu smiled and straightened the blankets around Maxie.

"Well Spinelli is going to let me take Georgie so I was thinking about taking she and Rocco to the park. I'll take a ton of pictures for you guys."

He nodded. "Thank you Lulu."

She put a hand on his shoulder. "Maxie is the most stubborn person I know. Do you really think she is going to jeopardize her skin care regime by staying in here much longer?"

Nathan laughed. "I guess not."

"Have a little faith."

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Maxie's eyes fluttered open and she felt something in her mouth making it hard to breathe. She gagged on it and Elizabeth pulled it out. Maxie cughed and then looked around. Nathan and Kiki were next to her concerned. She looked at Nathan.

"Did Monica fix me?"

He nodded. "Yes. You had a hole in your lung."

She sighed and laid back against the blankets. "I feel like I got hit by a bus."

Kiki laughed a little. "Sorry. But if it makes you feel any better you get to leave the ICU and be put in a much more comfortable room."

Maxie joked. "Yay!"

Nathan rolled his eyes amused. As soon as Maxie was moved he adjusted the arrangements of flowers in her new room and then handed her a notepad and pen.

"Write down whatever you want from the apartment and I will send your mom to get it."

She smiled and wrote out a small list. Felicia returned with the items an hour later. Mac Had one of their living room blankets in hand. He spread it over her and smiled.

"Figured that you needed comfort."

She smiled. "Thank you."

Felicia set down a duffle bag and frowned. "You need to stop scaring me. I swear you are going to give me a grey hair."

Maxie tried not to laugh. She was glad when she and Nathan were left alone. It was getting dark outside but Nathan showed no signs of leaving. Maxie looked at him and sighed.

"Come here."

He stood from his seat and walked over to her bed. She moved over so that he would fit next to her. He laid down and she laid their blanket over him as well and rested her head on his shoulder. She then teased him.

"I used to sleep just fine on my own."

he laughed and kissed her forehead. "Sorry."

She then smiled. "Can I show you something?"

He nodded. She grabbed his hand and moved it onto her stomach. He felt tiny little nudges and smiled.

"Wow...that's our kid."

She nodded. "Our little fighter."

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Maxie was flipping through a magazine when Lulu knocked on the door.

"hey are you up for some company?"

She nodded. Lulu led in Charlotte, Josslyn, Georgie and Avery. Maxie smiled.

"What's going on?"

Josslyn explained as she set down several bright pink bags. "We figured that you needed a girl's day."

Lulu nodded. "So we brought some nail polishes and some treats and some Crimson quizzes."

Maxie didn't know what to say. Georgie handed her a painting.

"Here Mommy. I made this for you. You're room is boring."

She laughed. "Thank you."

Avery climbed onto the bed with Charlotte's help and grinned. "Nails done?"

Maxie grinned. "Sure. What color do you like?"

"Pink."

Lulu laughed and handed Maxie a pink sparkly nail polish. Soon nails were being painted, cookies were passed around and Crimson quizzes were being read. Josslyn glanced up as she painted Maxie's nails navy.

"So Mom and I have so many cute ideas for your gender reveal party. We were thinking of doing a bumble bee theme so that it's different. But not like the cheesy cartoon bumble bees like the cute bumble bees."

"That sounds sweet."

She nodded and put a clear coat on Maxie's nails. "And no reveal cake that's way overdone. We came up with several original ideas."

Charlotte giggled. "I hope it's a girl so we can do this stuff with her too."

Georgie shrugged. "I want it to be a boy. That way I can blame stuff on him."

Maxie rolled her eyes at that one. When the door opened Kiki walked in and smiled.

"Wow we're having a party."

Avery grinned. "Kiki!"

Kiki kissed her sister's forehead and grinned. "Do you have pink nails?"

She nodded. "Axie did em."

"Maxie did them? Wow! That was so nice of her."

She nodded excited. "I show Daddy!"

Kiki checked Maxie's vitals and Josslyn grinned.

"Sit down Kiki. You can take five minutes and get your nails done."

Kiki rolled her eyes amused and sat down.

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The girls were still there when Nathan and Dante came in. Nathan smiled when Georgie ran up to him.

"Look! Josslyn painted flowers on Charlotte and I's nails!"

He looked and grinned. "That was nice of her. Did you thank her?"

She nodded. Charlotte showed Dante hers. He faked excitement.

"Wow. How cool are those?"

Charlotte grinned. "So cool."

Lulu laughed and grabbed Avery off the bed. "We figured that Maxie needed some cheering up."

Josslyn nodded. "Yeah hospitals suck."

Nathan mouthed thank you to her. As everyone left Georgie kissed Maxie's cheek and followed Lulu out of the room. Nathan sat down and noticed that Maxie looked happier then she had in days.

"You look better."

She nodded and leaned against the pillows. "I wish they would just let me recover at home."

He nodded. "Maybe I can talk to Dr. Quartermaine?"

She nodded and kissed him.