Chapter 4 Steve's Mom and Sister

A/n Hey guys two chapters in one weekend. Well what can I say I really like writing this story. There some minor spoilers from the episode Town Without Pity. I hope you all enjoy this story and please review. I will update faster if you review. I would also like to thank everyone who reviewed my repost of Jesse's Girl. I am patiently waiting for the wonderful Kiara Travis to beta the next chapters. I do not own anything related to Diagnosis Murder only Dr. Rob is mine.

Daish

Steve felt as if he were in a tunnel. He looked to his left and saw his mom and sister standing their. "Hey mom, Carol."

"Hey Steve."

"Am I dead or what is going on?"

"No you're in a coma but it doesn't look good, honey. I love you so much," Catherine replied as she leaned in gave her eldest child a kiss.

"I love you to mom. Sis, I am sorry that I couldn't get to you in time to save you when you called me on my birthday."

"It's ok Steve you did your best."

"I just wish the police officers hadn't lied to us so much. It broke dad's heart but he has learned to cope with it. So Mom am I going to join you guys?"

"I don't know baby. There is something I want to show you look straight in front of you." Steve did as he was told and found himself looking at a scene. He saw Cheryl standing next to him wearing a wedding dress. Then the picture changes and he sees her holding a baby while another child is standing next to her. "Now look at this scene. Steve looks and sees his dad, Jesse, Amanda, Ron, and Cheryl standing at his grave crying and saying good bye. He noticed that Cheryl looked the most devastated.

"Mom, what are you saying here?"

"I am trying to show how your life will be if you live and how your friends will cope if you die especially your partner Cheryl."

"Mom what are you trying to imply?"

"Steven Michael Sloan! I have been watching you for a while I can tell you love her and don't deny it. I also know that she loves you." Steve's mouth hung open in shock.

"Mom are you sure?"

"Steve she was absolutely devastated and it took your father a long time to convince her to leave you only after he promised that he would call her if something happened to you." Steve began to panic and his breathing became ragged as he realized what he had put his friends through.

Mark woke up in alarm as he saw that the monitors were going crazy. All of a sudden they were beeping very fast then they monitors fell into a single long beep. Mark jumped and pressed the call button. Doctors and nurses rushed in pushing Mark out of the room. "Get the paddles charge to 200."

"Nothing doctor."

"Charge to 250."

"Still nothing doctor."

"Charge to 300."

"Still nothing doctor. I think we should call it."

"No keep going you have to he's my son!" Mark cried in despair.

"Charge to 350."

"I've got a normal rhythm." Mark let out the breath that he didn't realize he was holding. He wasn't even aware that Jesse was in the room until he walked over to him.

"Mark, are you ok? We got him back thank god."

"Yah I think so but that was so terrifying. I have to call Cheryl. Will you stay here with him so he isn't alone please?"

"Sure I will you go call Cheryl," Jesse replied as he sat down in the chair that Mark had just vacated. Mark ran into Amanda as he came out of Steve's room.

"Hey Mark, I just heard how is he?"

"Ok when did you get here?"

"Mark it's all ready 6:00 I woke up and couldn't sleep and Jesse called me so we decided to come over and see how you both were doing and Jesse arrived a little bit before me and helped with the code. What are you doing?"

"I promised I would call Cheryl if anything happened," Mark said as he pulled out his cell phone.

"Ok I will go in and sit with Steve and Jesse," Amanda said as she passed by him placing her hand on his shoulder and squeezing it.

Cheryl had finally dropped off to sleep around 5:00 after crying all night and saying a lot of prayers. The ringing of her phone jolted her out of sleep. "Hello," Cheryl said her voice laced with sleep.

"Cheryl, its Mark did you get any sleep?"

"Yah a little Mark what's the matter?" Mark took a deep breath before speaking

"Um Steve coded about fifteen minutes ago and it took four tries to get him back," Mark said softly.

"Oh my gosh I will get their as soon as I can," Cheryl said her voice thick with tears.

"Cheryl, please drive careful, sweetheart. We don't need both of you in the hospital. One of you as a patient is enough. Cops have a bad reputation of being bad patients," Mark said with a chuckle.

"Yah and Steve is the main reason we have that reputation," Cheryl said with a smile. "Ok Mark I will drive careful and I will see you in a little bit."

"Ok see you then," Mark said as he hung up. Cheryl jumped out of bed took a very fast shower threw on some clothes and was out the door in twenty minutes on her way back to the hospital hoping to give Mark a break.