Flack was starting to feel the exhausion of the rest of the team, though he had not been at the hospital for as long as his co-workers, he and Danny were very close. They had always gone out after a tough shift to grab a beer, or if things were on the rocks between him and Lindsay, Flack was always there for him. It was his job, no his duty, to be here beside Lindsay giving her hope to hold on to. He was the only one who knew about her pregnancy, that he knew of that is. He was visiting Danny in the hospital one night about a week after he woke up the first time. Danny was sitting by the window in his room smiling to himself, for someone who had been shot four times he knew something good was going on.

Flash Back

"Yo Dan, how ya feelin' man?" Flack said in an enthusiastic tone.

"Feel like a million bucks, how's the field without me?" Danny said in a tired yet happy voice. "I mean, just because I'm not around, doesn't mean you should be getting sloppy!" He said with a wide grin across his face.

"Hey Man, how much blood did you loose? 'Cause I seem to recall always picking up your slack buster." Flack laughed and gave Danny a pat between the shoulders. "So what are you doin' over here? Shouldn't you be in bed or somethin'?"

Danny wheeled his wheel chair around to face Flack and he finally saw straight on, how weak Danny looked. It shouldn't have shocked him but it did. He didn't like seeing his friend in so much pain, and so helpless.

"I just wanted to look at my city, ya know? Besides, I have been in that damn bed for two weeks. I feel like Im drowning. I think Lindsay is the only thing keeping me alive. Really if it wasn't for her and that baby-" Danny stopped himself when he realized what had just come out of his mouth. "I mean.. um..."

Flack laughed, as much as he loved making Danny squirm he was happy for him. "Haha, Good job Dan-o. How far along is she?"

"Two months. Don't... don't tell her I said anything. She wants to keep it quite, ya know, until I'm a little stronger. She wants to tell everyone together." Danny paused then laughed to himself, "Well, even if she finds out... I'll just tell her the pain killers made me do it! Ha ha!" Danny was laughing, but slowly and softy, as to not cause more pain then he was already in.

"Well D, I'm happy for you... both of you. I think it goes without saying that you both need something good in your lives right now." Danny knodded, and Flack put a comforting hand on his shoulder.

End of Flash Back

Flack squeezed Lindsay shoulder when he heard her speak so softly it was almost inaudible.

"I pushed him away..." Lindsay was still staring at the wall. Leaning forward in her chair with her elbows on her knees and tears slowly falling down her face, she repeated. "I pushed him away..."

"Linz, hun?" Flack said softly, leaning closer to her ears. "What was that?"

Lindsay turned slowly and faced Flack, "I pushed him away... for months. I could have spent that time with him, instead I lost it, and now he is going to die and his is never going to know how sorry I am."

"Lindsay, you have nothing to be sorry for. Things happen for a reason. Danny loves you, more then anything. Trust me when I say, you will hear him say it again."

Lindsay said nothing but forced a weak smile and leaned back to Flacks shoulder. As she did, the doors to the O.R. opened with the sound of scrub booties approached.

"Lindsay Monroe? I'm looking for Lindsay?" Dr. Stevens said as Lindsay jumped up and practically ran to him with Flack hot on her heals.

"Dr. Stevens? How is he? What happened?" Lindsay said in an urgent voice.

"He's stable Lindsay. The infection spread to his blood. While we were debreading the wounds, he went into cardiac arrest, his heart stopped for over twenty minutes... I'm not going to lie and say it wasn't a miracle that brought him back. He has got someone good looking out for him."

Flack smiled and his mind went straight to Aiden, 'No way she'd let him take the easy way out!' he thought to himself.

"So...so what now? Is he..." Lindsay didn't even want to say brain dead, she knew the consquences of having your heart not beating for a long period of time.

"At this point we won't know more until he wakes up. We are going to keep him sedated for a little while so he has some time to heal without stress. When he does wake up, he is going to be in a lot of pain. The recovery just got a lot more complicated for him, we are going to have to be a little more patient and help him through this... without forgetting to take care of ourselves." Stevens said while putting a hand on Lindsay's shoulder.

"Thank you, Dr. Stevens. Thank you so much!" Lindsay said pulling him into a tight long hug. "You saved my family, and for that there are no words." Lindsay whispered into his ear as she hugged him.

Stevens backed up and away from Lindsay and gave her a reassuring smile. "He's a good man... I'll make sure the nurses come and find you, as soon as he is in recovery."

As they watched Dr. Stevens walk down the hall and back to the O.R. area, Lindsay and Flack just stood, holding hands. Secretly praying that Danny wouldn't give up.

'You made it this far Danny, keep fighting for us.' They both thought as the doors behind Dr. Stevens closed.