Dannie had been in a coma for two weeks. When John wasn't working he was at the hospital with her. John was already working on converting one of his guestrooms into a nursery. John was at the hospital. He was watching TV.
"John." He heard. He looked over and saw Dannie looking at him.
"Dannie." They hugged.
"What happened?"
"You were in a car accident." "You were in a coma."
"How long?"
"Two weeks." "You're pretty banged but you're gonna be ok." "You're right wrist shattered and your right arm is broken." You have a couple broken ribs." "I have something else to tell you."
"What?"
"You're pregnant."
"What?" "Really?"
"Yeah."
"Oh my god." "Is it ok?"
"Don't worry the doctor says the baby's gonna be fine."
"Thank god." "I wonder how far along I am."
"Six weeks."
"I guess that explains the dizzy spells I've been having." "This is a surprise."
"Yeah but I'm happy."
"I'm glad because I wanna keep it."
"Good because I want you to keep it."
"I just hope it never wants to hear the story of how it was conceived."
"Why?"
"It was conceived on a hotel room couch after it's father came to my room drunk." "That's not very romantic."
"We can always make something up."
"Yeah."
"Please get back together with me."
"I want to, but you know we can't."
"Dannie you can't worry about Dwayne." "This is about us and our baby." "I wanna raise it together." "I want the three of us to be a family."
"I want that to."
"I know you love your family but…He put his hand on her stomach. we're a family now to." "This baby binds us together." "Dwayne will just have to learn to accept me."
"I love you."
"I love you to." They kissed. As they were kissing they didn't hear the door open. When they broke the kiss they saw Dwayne standing there. He had a disgusted look on his face.
"Hi Dwayne." Dannie said. She looked at John. "Can you give us a second?"
"Sure." John said. He left.
"I'm glad you're awake." Dwayne said.
"Do you know about the baby?"
"Yeah." "I'm glad you're ok but as far as the baby goes I'm very disappointed in you."
"You're not happy that I'm having a baby?"
"I'm not happy that you're having his baby."
"You're gonna have to get off of this." "I know you don't like John but I love him." "He's the father of my child." "Your niece or nephew."
"Hey you wanna throw your life away be my guest."
"You know what Dwayne." "You're an asshole." "I can't believe you would be this way." "You wanna cast me out of the family, go ahead." "I'm not staying away from John, I love him." "We'll have our own family." "John wants me to take him back and I'm going to." "If you don't like it you can go to hell."
"Fine."
"Fine." Dwayne left.
A few hours later John was in the room with Dannie. The doctor wanted her to stay in the hospital a few more days just to make sure everything was ok. John was sitting next to Dannie's bed. She grabbed his hand held it. He looked at her and smiled.
"I'm sorry that I ever let Dwayne come between us." Dannie said.
"It's ok."
"He never will again." "I promise." "I should've told him what I told him today right from the beginning."
"The important thing is we're back together now." "I love you and our baby."
"I can't wait to start planning for it." "I hope it's a little girl."
"It'll be beautiful no matter what it is." They kissed.