4 days later

God, its so good to be almost home!, John thought as his flight was touching down in Birmingham. As he walked off the plane and into the airport, he noticed one thing missing: Jenna. Where is she? Surely she didn't forget., he kept thinking. Then, his phone started beeping. He was finally able to get access from his phone, and when he took it out of his pocket, he noticed he had several messages. He sat down on a bench while listening to some from his dad, one of his brothers, and then he started listening to the message from Ally, and stood right up. Oh my God!, he thought. "I need to get to the hospital!"

Meanwhile, back at the hospital, Ally had never left Jenna's side. In the past 4 days, there was little improvement in Jenna. She had drifted in and out of consciousness, and Ally secretly thought she was waiting for John. As Ally was about to drift off to sleep in her chair, she heard a knock on the door. When she turned her head to the opening door, she smiled at the figure coming in.

"Ally…", he said as he walked over to his girlfriend's friend, and gave her a quick hug. "I'm so sorry I couldn't get your message until now."

"Its ok. I didn't know if you would even be able to get service, but I thought it would be better to get a message than finding out now."

John nodded in agreement. "What happened?", he asked breaking the hug.

"Several hours after she dropped you off at the airport, she went to the bank before working a late shift at the hospital. The bank was robbed, and she was shot twice. One bullet hit her back, and the other hit her in the belly."

"Is she going to be ok?", John asked as he took Ally's chair next to Jenna's bed, and sadly looked upon Jenna.

"The doctor says she is extremely lucky. He doesn't think there will be any permanent damage, but they will have to run tests once she is fully conscious."

"She hasn't even been conscious?"

"Well, she has drifted in and out. In my opinion, John, I think she has been waiting for you."

John nodded, and then turned to Ally. "Why don't you go and get some sleep. I can take over staying here."

"Ok, call me with any new developments."

"I will. Oh, Ally?"

"Yes," she said walking half way out the door.

"Thanks for being here while I couldn't."

Ally smiled back at John and left the room. John then turned his attention back to Jenna, and lightly stroked the hand he was holding. "Jenna, I am so sorry for not being here. I wasn't here to protect you. I am so sorry…", he said while a couple of tears ran down his cheek.

"Baby, I need you to know something. You are so important to me, and I love you so much. I hope you aren't thinking of going anywhere because I don't want you to leave me. Jenna, I promise you with every inch of my being that I am going to show you better how much you mean to me."

John then looked again at Jenna. He noticed that she was moving her head around, and her eyes fluttered open. She then looked at John, and smiled.

"Hey baby."

John couldn't hold back his emotions any longer, and hugged Jenna as best he could without hurting her. "I love you so much!"

"I love you too."

"When did you get here?"

"Earlier today. I am so sorry I wasn't here for you…to protect you."

"I know you had other obligations, and who knew that the bank was going to be robbed."

John smiled at her. "I guess I should go tell your doctor that you are awake."

He then went into the hallway, and was followed back into the room by Jenna's doctor.

"Now Jenna," he started as he pressed her legs in several different places, "Can you feel me pressing into your legs?"

"Yes I can feel that."

"Well, that is a good sign. You still have feeling in your legs. Now, we are going to have you rest tonight and tomorrow, we are going to run more tests to see if you are going to need to work with a therapist or not.

"Can I ask a dumb question, doc?"

"Sure, Mr. Cena, what is it?"

"Jenna said that she had feeling in her legs. Why would she still need to work with a physical therapist?"

"Well, yes she may still have feeling, but she may have to be re-taught how to walk or even write. The bullet entered on her right side, and we are not exactly sure the extent of the damage yet. All the tests tomorrow should help us determine what is expected afterwards. Now, Jenna, you get some rest, and we will get those tests done tomorrow."

"Ok, thank you."

Once everyone had cleared the room, Jenna then turned her attention toward John. "You aren't going anywhere, right?"

John shook his head. "Nope, I am staying right here where I am needed."

"Thank you", Jenna said as she drifted off to sleep.