DISCLAMER: The only thing I own from this story is the plot. Everything else belongs to Mark Cherry and ABC.

CHAPTER 6

"Lynette, Lynette can you hear me?" Lynette opened her eyes and found herself staring at a man she didn't recognize. He smiled "Welcome back."

She tried to sit up but was unable to. "What happened?"

"Your heart stopped. Had your husband not been there the ambulance wouldn't have made it to you in time and you'd be dead." He paused for a moment and half glared at Lynette, "that being said, the paramedics still had to restart your heart twice on the way to the hospital. You, my dear, are a very lucky woman."

"Ok…ok" Lynette said more to herself than the doctor. Suddenly, she looked up at the doctor alarmed "Where are my kids?"

"They are with your husband."

"He's not my husband" Lynette mumbled under her breath. The doctor didn't hear.

The doctor picked up Lynette's chart and began to thumb through it. "Your body is very sick…your kidneys are trying to shut down and your heart isn't beating regularly. On top of that you're dehydrated and malnourished. If you keep this up, you'll be dead inside of six months."

He put the chart back down, paged for a nurse and left. A few moments later a very bubbly looking woman came in. "Hello Mrs. Scavo, my name is Annabelle and I'll be looking after you tonight." She took Lynette's vitals and marked them down on her chart. "If you're feeling up to it you have a visitor."

"Really..."

Lynette must have looked stunned because Annabelle chuckled "yes really. Should I send her in?"

"Go ahead." Lynette sat up and attempted smooth out the sheets.

Gaby took a deep breath and steadied herself before opening the door to Lynette's room. "Knock knock" She said as she entered.

Lynette groaned "Seriously?"

"Well I know I'm not the Queen of Sheba but I certainly deserve a better greeting than that" Gaby said as she closed the door and sat down in the chair beside Lynette's bed.

"If you're here to lecture me you're wasting your breath" Lynette muttered unfazed by Gaby's attempt at humor.

"You know, being a model is much harder than anyone thinks." Lynette scoffed and turned her back to Gaby. "W-what I mean is…there was always so much pressure to be perfect. You always had to go to the right parties, be seen with the right people and most of all have the right body. I had friends that couldn't take that pressure. They felt trapped, like someone had taken control of their lives for them." Lynette turned her head and looked at Gaby. "So they began to over control things like their eating and exercise habits." The room was quiet for a moment. "At first I didn't think anything of it. I mean, you can always stand to lose a few pounds in the modeling business; you can never be too skinny." Gaby stood up and sat down next to Lynette on the bed. "By the time people realized the severity of what they were doing it was too late." Lynette turned and completely faced Gaby "I watched three of my friends die." Tears welled up in her eyes and throat tightened up. "I don't want to lose you too."

Lynette leaned over to the other side of the bed and grabbed a tissue for Gaby. "Shhhh. It's ok. It's ok."

Gaby sobbed harder and jerked away from Lynette angrily "Don't you get it? It's not! It's not ok. You're not ok. I don't have to be a doctor to see that your body has reached its breaking point. You're dying, DYING, so don't you dare tell me its ok."

Lynette opened her mouth to say something but was interrupted by a light tap on the door followed by ever so cheerful voice of Annabelle. "Excuse me ladies but visiting hours are over and my patient needs her rest."

"I'll come back again tomorrow." Gaby reached for Lynette's hand and gave it a small squeeze; then she grabbed her purse and went home.

A few minutes later Annabelle walked in and checked Lynette's vitals one last time before turning Lynette's lights out for the night.

NOTE: Oh my goodness I've been sick sick sick. Stuck in the hospital without a computer for a while but I'm back now and I will have the next chapter posted ASAP. (Reviews would be greatly appreciated). Oh and this chapter is a bit short so it might get revised in the future.