Disclaimer: I don't own the guardian, no money from this

Author's Note: Thanks to all my readers for reading and especially hgriss and christyzachman for reviewing :) This chapter's pretty short but I'm tired so here you go

Nick stood in his hospital room grinning broadly to himself, finally he was getting out of this place. No longer would he have to be stuck in a bed boring himself with daytime TV, he had actually got used to the disgusting sting of bleach but no more. He was going home! Well with Lulu, which was basically home and then hopefully back to work. He was really hoping LSP was doing okay, and he was curious to see how his Dad was doing working there.

"You know Nick, maybe it would be better to stay in hospital for just a little bit longer at least..." Nick scowled at his father and he trailed off.

"Let us go then," Lulu said as she began wheeling the strolller to the door, Nick readily followed and Burton behind them.

"Have you signed the release papers?" his Dad asked worridly as they went down the corridors towards the exit.

"Yes," he and Lulu said together rolling their eyes, it'd been like that the last couple of days. His Dad was paranoid about Nick's health all of a sudden. While he was touched his Dad cared, Nick desperately hoped that he'd calm down once things got back to normal.

"Hey, Anthony!" they stopped and turned as his Dad called out happily to a passing paramedic.

"Hello," the man approached smiling. Anthony? How did his Dad know...? Nick nearly smacked himself as realization hit him, this was the paramedic who's saved his life.

"Thank you," Nick said gratefully," for saving my life," he added incase he didn't realize who he was.

"Just doing my job," Anthony said waving it off, "glad to see your doing okay."

"Aren't we all?" his Dad laughed nervously.

"Yeah, it was nice meeting you but I really have to go. It's my wife, she just went into labour," Anthony explained widening his grin. They all added their congratulations before he hurridly left in the direction of the maternity ward.

"Nice man," Lulu muttered as they went outside into the parking lot. Nick half smiled at the gentle breeze and glorious sunchine, both of which had been denied to him while he was stuck in hospital, it felt so good to be out of there. Not that the staff weren't nice or anything, he just liked not being in a bed 24/7 with nothing to do.

They strapped the kids in and folded up the stroller before popping it in the trunk and getting in the car.

"Nick, you know you can still go back inside the hospital if you're not up to leaving today," his Dad added nervously from the backseat.

"I'll be fine Dad," Nick assured him as they drove off...