Taylor's therapy continued. Gradually her upper body strength was regained though her legs were still useless to her. Walsh would come to her sessions when he wasn't working and he tried to encourage her when she was ready to give up. When he wasn't at the hospital, she found herself thinking about him.

Walsh walked into the firehouse.

"Hey Billy, how's Taylor?" Lombardo asked

"She's doing good. I think she could out bench you now!" Walsh cracked

"She probably could before she was hurt." DK laughed

Walsh shook his head and continued up the stairs where Lt. Johnson was standing in the kitchen with Jimmy.

"You're late." Lt. Johnson noted

"Sorry Lieu, Taylor's therapy started late." Walsh replied

Lieutenant Johnson didn't want to punish Walsh since Taylor was part of the family.

"She doing okay?" Lt. Johnson asked

"Yeah, she's getting her strength back." Walsh responded

"Try to get here on time." Lt. Johnson smiled as he walked out of the room.

Taylor was sleeping in her hospital bed. The IVs had long since been discontinued as had the cardiac monitor. She was being kept in the hospital to help her adjust to her condition before being sent home. She tossed her head to the side a bit and began breathing hard.

There was the sound of water. The sound of being underwater in a pool actually. Taylor was under the water for some reason and she couldn't get to the surface. She began to frantically move her arms, but her legs felt like lead weights. She panicked. It was a life or death struggle to get out of the water, but she couldn't. She felt herself sinking slowly towards the bottom of the pool. She closed her eyes.

Taylor sat straight up in the bed. She was panting for air and her heart was racing.

"It was just a dream." She told herself, "It was all a dream."

She looked down at her legs, trying to will them to move. After a few seconds she gave up.

"That's useless." She told herself, still trying to calm down from the dream. "I don't know why I keep trying."

"Because you're a Taylor." Her brother said

"Adam." Taylor said in surprise, "How long have you been standing there?"

"Long enough to see you wake up from a nightmare and try to make you legs move." He replied as he carried a brown paper bag and a "to go" cup in with him.

"What's in the bag?" Taylor asked

"Are you going to give up trying to regain the use of your legs?" Adam asked

"No." Taylor replied

"Okay then I can tell you that in this bag is the best burger and fries you'll find in Mercy Hospital." Adam grinned

"Did you get them from that Deli on 47th?" Taylor asked

"Now why would I go anywhere else to get them?" Adam asked as he handed the bag to her

"Because you're a guy." Taylor smiled as she took a sip of the chocolate milkshake her brother had brought her

"Careful there, you'll lose your girlish figure." He laughed

"I don't think that's a problem at this point." She said and took a couple fries from the bag.

"So you're going home tomorrow?" He asked

"That's what they say." She smiled

"I bet that you can't wait to get out of here." He said looking around

"It's going to be a big change." She replied

"Are you going to have that firefighter friend stay with you?" He asked

"You mean Billy?" She replied with a question

"Yeah." He replied

"Yes, he's been with me pretty much every step of the way." Taylor replied

"Now come on Alex, I know there's more to it than that. I might be your big brother but I'm not stupid."

"I never said that you were." She replied, "I think that he and I have grown a lot closer over the past few weeks."

"You worked with the guy Alex." Adam protested

"Do you have a problem with me falling in love with a firefighter?" She asked

"No…" Adam paused. "Well actually yes Alex."

There was a noticeable disappointment in her face.

"Why are you against it?" She asked

"Because Alex. Being a firefighter got dad killed. It almost got you killed! Now you want to be with someone like that? What happens when he doesn't come home at night because he's lying in a hospital bed or worse, the morgue? I've had a hard time watching you go through this. I don't want to sit back and watch you go through another tragedy like that." Adam said

"I'm sorry that you feel that way Adam. But it doesn't change anything." Taylor replied, "I love Billy, and he loves me. You should be happy that I've found a way to be happy through this tragedy."

"I'm glad that you've found someone Alex, I really am. But I just wish that it were someone who didn't go running into burning buildings for a living." Adam replied. "I didn't mean to come here and start an argument or upset you. I'm just concerned."

"I know." Taylor replied

"Do you still love me?" He asked

Taylor smiled. "Of course I do." She said as she reached out to hug him. "But that's not going to make me not love Billy."

Adam looked at his sister for a moment. "Then I am happy for you." He smiled

Adam got up from the chair and left the room. Taylor sat and finished her lunch, crumbling up the brown paper bag and laying it on the table beside her and then she closed her eyes again to try and get some rest.