As Emma took the temperature of a middle aged man, his fiance stood next to his hospital bed. Emma had zoned out, waiting for the temp and thoughts clouding her head.

Jay didn't even kiss her goodbye this morning. He must of been really mad.

She snapped out of it when Rachel, the fiance, spoke up "Well how about Gardenias? Like masses and mountains of Gardenias?"

" Are we worried about bees?" Keith, the patient asked. Emma smiled a little. They were talking about their wedding plans.

Rachel glanced at Emma, "Okay that's why I love him."

Emma smiled and then looked off again. She hated Jay mad at her.. he just didn't understand her fear of rushing something so perfect. She was also shocked he wanted this kind of commitment, she thought it'd probably be her pushing him in the future. This was a surprise.

Snake came in with JT, and Toby. "Who would like to present?"

"Make the new guy do it." muttered Jt, narrowing his eyes at Toby and still in a bad mood. He rubbed his shoulder that was STILL in pain from punching the wall yesterday. Liberty wouldn't even look at him today, if she wasn't pissed at him before she was now. He didn't blame her.

Toby shrugged and did it, "Patients name is Keith Polus, admitted last night with chest pains. Status post QMI. Ah no family or personal history of heart disease. No cardiac risk factors."

Rachel leaned over, kissing Keiths forehead and he smiled hopelessly at her inlove. "He's healthy as a horse." she said.

Keith joked, "A horse who's in bed after just having a heart attack."

Rachel turned back to the doctors and crossed her arms, "See now any minute I think you're going to tell us this was a false alarm and it just seemed that he had a heart attack. Right?"

Snake checked Keith with his stethoscope and he frowned a little. Keith whispered to him, "She talks a lot when she gets nervous." he winked at Rachel.

Emma smiled softly, seeing the love that Keith had in his eyes for Rachel. Rachel didn't seem to notice, but she was probably dealing with fear right now.

Snake nodded, "I understand. Mr Polus unfortunately the scans show what looks like a mass around your heart. A very, very large mass."

Keith furrowed his eyebrows , "Mass ... okay. Is that code for tumor?"

Rachel snickered, looking at Snake bitterly now, "Okay that's absurd. He doesn't have a tumor. He's incredibly healthy." she nodded sincerely.

Even Snake and Emma shared a look. Clearly this woman didn't want bad news. Snake explained, "We won't know until there's further exploration which is why I'd like to do an angiogram today."

Keith nodded, "Okay." he looked to Rachel who shook her head no but he nodded and said sincerely, "Okay. Lets go. It'll be fine."

(((***)))

As Snake was doing the angiogram, him, Emma and Toby glanced longingly at the screen that showed the problems inside their patient who laid down in surgery right now, knocked out.

Toby was first to say it, "It doesn't look like a mass to me."

Snake sighed regretfully, "That's because it's not. " he looked at his younger employees who blinked back at him. This was awful new...

(((***)))

"Can you believe our patient actually has a coronary artery?" Toby asked Emma when he found her sitting on the lobby desk, sipping a bottle of water.

Jay sat at that desk, inches behind his girl friend, signing some lease papers for a patient as he glanced up seeing the new short guy hitting on his girlfriend. Emma would say otherwise, but right now, they weren't 'speaking'.

"His fiances going to be heart broken." Emma sighed.

Toby tilted his head, eyeing her. Emma was beautiful, and smart. He couldn't help but have a crush. "Y-you seem off today." he said.

Emma tried not to look over her shoulder, since her 'problem' was sitting right behind her. When she had sat down, he didn't even mutter more than a hi.

"Trouble with the..boyfriend?" Toby asked, trying to figure out if she was single.

Emma tried not to smile, she could almost hear Jay growl behind her. "Get lost Issacs." Jay glared up to catch Toby's frightened glance.

Toby put it together quickly when Emma blushed and he ran off. Oh god- Emma was dating the arrogant but highly attractive doctor Hogart. A-and that's the other nurses described Jay, not him.

Back with Emma, she narrowed her eyes hearing Jay sigh and get up, walking away just as Manny was coming over and gave her a look. "What was that?" she asked.

"He hates me." Emma declared.

"He could never."

"He asked me to move in with him."

Manny squealed, "What'd you say! Oh my god, Em! He's so friggen in love with you! You have one of the toughest most attractive, minus Craig ofcourse, guys wrapped around your finger."

Emma groaned, "Manny I told him I had to think about it."

Manny looked dumbfounded. "You what?"

"I needed time to think! Please, don't give me that look too."

"Geez, since when did you become the heart breaker?"

Emma gave her a rude glare and then pouted. Was Jay right to be mad at her?

(((***))

Keith laid in his hospital bed as Snake and Emma explained what had happened and what he had. His fiance, Rachel, sat on the bed next to him.

Snake was the one to tell, "What we thought was a mass is actually a coronary artery aneurysm with a fistula into one of your heart chambers."

" Is it ah easy to fix?" asked Keith

Emma went to speak and Rachel put her hand up, her head shaking no. Rachel spoke, "Before you answer that question I just want to let you know that we are getting married. We're, we're in love and we're getting married and we're not so young so we've been waiting a long time for this. I have my dress and everyone's coming and it's supposed to be the happiest day of our lives ! A-and that the only reason I'm telling you this is because you have this look on your face. This dark ominous look and-"

Keith took her hand in his, "Oh baby, it's okay."

Rachel couldn't even listen to him, looking around in disbelief, ".. we're silver lining kind of people so I just thought I might help if you knew that."

"Emma," Snake glanced to her ,"Would you close the door?"

Emma nodded, but caught Rachels bitter look when she closed the door for privacy outside.

Snake continued ,"Can ah- we can operate on the aneurysm. Try to repair it. But this type of lesion is extremely delicate. Chances of it rupturing in surgery are high."

" What keeps it from rupturing if I'm just walking down the street?" the patient asked.

"Nothing. The risks are high either way."

Rachel ran her fingers through her hair and stood up, "This isn't happening. This can't be happening"

Snake added, "I know it's a lot to process but if we're going to operate, we need to do to it as soon as possible."

Rachel shook her head no and looked at Keith ,"We're getting married."

He whispered back, "We still can..after."

"We're getting- we're getting married!" she yelled at the doctors until Keith pulled her in for a hug. Emma's shoulders dropped, watching him console her even though it was him who was on the death bed.

(((****)))

About an hour later, Craig sat in the break room kitchen, eating his noodles and sitting at the table as Jay leaned on the wall and Jesse opened the fridge to grab his can of coke.

"So you still haven't spoken to her?" chuckled Jesse.

Jay clenched his jaw and just shook his head no. He had told Jesse about Emma, Craig had happened to be in the room

Craig spoke with noodles in his mouth, "You can't be mad, at least she didn't say no." he glanced at Jay.

Jesse laughed and Jay glared at both of them, "I don't know which one is worst." taunted Jay and he bittered, "I'm NOT this type of guy, she knows that! She knew that was hard for me to ask and she responds like that?"

Craig shrugged and got up, throwing his finished food out. "So why do you want her to move in so bad?"

"Hmm," Jay sarcastically taunted, "Maybe cause I wanna live with her? What other excuse is there in asking someone to move in with you?"

"Are you it's not insurance of your relationship?" Craig asked.

Jesse laughed again, looking between the two with entertainment. He crossed his arms over his buff chest. Jay snapped at Craig, "Scuse me, Mannings?" he squinted his eyes

Craig lifted his hands in defense, "I'm just saying maybe you're scared of losing her. Maybe unintentionally, you want to lock her up."

Jay stared off for a moment and glared again at Craig for Jesse to speak up, "He may be right." he got a glare from Jay too, "hey!" he shrugged, "Take it from a man who asked a girl too early to marry him." Jesse spoke of Ellie.

Jay sighed.

Jesse went on, "We were too young, I was an idiot, and I fucked things up thinking I had her in the palm of my hand when really I didn't. I should of waited longer. I would of treated her more better." he shrugged, "You have more to learn Hogart. I still do too but at least you found the actual girl you're supposed to be with..so don't rush it."

Jay frowned deeply and looked down, crossing his arms. Maybe they were right. Maybe Emma had a point to want to think about this.

(((**))

Jt passed Emma and Manny, hissing and rubbing his shoulder.

"Go get that thing checked!" Manny finally blurted out.

Emma nodded, "Floor 2. Ask for Mia Jones, I hear she works wonders."

"Can she cure a broken heart?" muttered Jt, leaning against the wall in pity and the two girls shared looks.

((((((((((((****)))))))))))

Emma had went back to Kieth, and she spoke to him and Rachel alone, "Have you made your decision?

Keith looked sure of his decision, but he wearily looked at Rachel. Emma paused and wished he'd answer for himself. This was his life at stake. Rachel was starting to look so selfish. "We're still talking about it. Uh we were thinking maybe we should wait until after the wedding..."

Amy nodded, and Emma couldn't take it anymore. She stepped forward and looked at Keith desperately, "You have to understand that with your condition you're gonna be okay until you're not and if you opt against the surgery and if you leave now it's just a matter of time. And you might make it to your wedding but you might not and you won't know. You're just gonna be okay until you die."

Keith swallowed hard, looking down.

"But if you have this surgery.." Emma drifted, smiling softly and shrugged her shoulder, "You could live decades." she glanced at Rachel, hoping that'd help. She was taken back when Rachel snapped at her.

"Please leave us alone right now."

Emma saw Keith pass her a look, but she nodded anyways. "Please think about it," she said before she left.

"Why?!" Rachel yelled at her, "So that he can die today?

Emma shot back, "He might die today anyway but Dr Simpson is the very best and he's your very best and last chance!"

"Get out." Rachel said.

Snake came in, looking around and noticing the scene. Keith shut his eyes painfully and whispered, "Please.."

Snake looked to Emma who just glanced back at him and the couple before he nodded and said as politely as he could, "Go tend to another patient, Emma."

Emma scowled but left. She didn't care if she was out of place, he had to know that!

((((***))))

Mia Jones walked into her patients room to find a doctor. She was a very pretty looking girl, straight and long brown chest nut hair. She had a button nose and soft brown puppy eyes and a slim petite figure that she showed off with short dresses all the time and her white doctor coat over her shoulders.

"Hi there." she greeted, going over to Jt who finally looked up and glanced back twice.

He didn't think she's be so young... but if she was the best, so be it. "I uh dislocated my shoulder.."

She checked it and teased him, "Ya you did. You have some bad swelling going on. You left it alone, didn't you?"

JT smiled guilty like.

She laughed softly and he watched her hands run around his shoulder. She glanced at him too and she blushed a bit. He wanted to sigh and curse God but he didn't. Now that he was in love, a cute girl had to give him attention? Damn God and luck! And Mia Jones! And Liberty Van Zandt!

Jt tried to insist, "It's really not so bad. OWWW!" she cracked his arm up a little.

She taunted him, "Yes it is. Pick your poison." she said as she wrapped an arm rest sling around his neck to hold his arm up in order for his shoulder to heal right.

"Uh … no pain killers, thanks."

She grabbed her chart and nodded, "Bold choice.."

" No I just ah officially I'm on duty.." he got up and inched towards the door to leave, but she kept him back by asking a flirtatious question.

"You get into a fight?

"Yah. Uh. With a wall."

"Really? You must of lost. Where was this.. At your girlfriend's?"

Jt blinked, and tried to answer the question. The girl was obviously hitting on him and trying to figure out if he was single. And he was, but his heart lied with Liberty..but Liberty now hated him. He glanced down and just shook his head no.

"Single, huh?"

Jt nervously shifted and put his hand on the door to go, "I'm good to go?"

She bit her lip but smiled and nodded, "All set." She watched him nod, and smile thankfully at her before bolting at the door. She giggled a bit and looked back down at her chart, "Cute." she noted of JT.

((***))

By the end of the night, Emma followed Toby to Keiths door. She wasn't allowed in, but she knew Toby would give her the run down after.

Before he entered, Rachel came out anyways wearing her coat and purse over her shoulder.

"Oh," she said, glancing at Toby and then Emma over his shoulder. Emma glanced away but then back at her. She cleared her throat, "Co-could you tell um,"

Toby and Emma both eyed her, seeing her struggle with talking.

Rachel went on, "Can you tell Mr Simpson that um Keith is going to have the surgery."

Emma smiled wide, "That's great!"

Rachel just nodded and stepped foward, Toby stood in her way and asked confused, "Where are you going?

She looked down and avoided their eyes, "Um I'm- I'm not strong enough for this." she looked back in the room Keith was in.

Emma's mouth fell, and Toby blinked and said, "I know it's hard but your fiancée say is going into surgery. You're gonna want to be here when he wakes up."

Rachel sighed, "No I won't. Um he's not my fiancée anymore."

"You're leaving him?" Emma said in disgust.

" I'm not strong enough for this."

Emma taunted, "So the in sickness and in health part of your vows, you're just planning to leave those out?"

"Please try to understand. I don't like that I'm not strong enough. I just know that I'm not." when Rachel finished talking, the monitors in Keiths room began to beep loud and fast.

Toby's eyes widened and he ran in, "He's crashing!" he looked back to Emma, "Page Simpson!"

Emma went to run, but looked back to see Rachel walking away, not even scared for Keiths life...just, leaving the hospital. Leaving him. Emma felt sick to her stomach just watching. How could she do that?

If-If that were Jay- Emma snapped out of it and ran for Simpson.

(((((((((********))))))))))

Jay sighed tiredly and went into his office. He rubbed his eyes and sat down while putting his feet up on the desk.

There was a soft knock on his door and he groaned but when he opened his eyes, he blinked.

"Em."

He noticed she had tears in her eyes, and he stood up. He rounded his desk quickly and she took a step forward. He cupped her face and ran his fingers through her hair. "What's wrong?"

"I want to move in with you," she nodded, "I do. I want a future. I see a future with you okay?" she snuffled and shook her head looking down.

Jay frowned, hating the fact he made her like this.

She took a deep breath and finally smiled, looking at him. "Lets move in together."

He nodded and crossed his arms, "We will." he added after a moment, "In the future." he smirked at her puzzled look. "We have loads of time...but thanks for saying it."

Her voice cracked, "Thanks for asking." she loved him so much, she hoped he knew. By the kiss he gave her, she knew he did. She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him back and then he just held her. He noticed she too had a bad day.

(((((****)))))

Snake stood next to Keiths bed who was waking up from surgery. He had made it, pulled through. He would live decades now. He smiled when Keith slowly looked around and at him, taking it all in.

"I made it." he joked.

"You were tough." Snake said.

Keith grinned half way, since high dosed and just come out of surgery. He then swallowed from his dry throat and had to ask, "Rachel?"

Snake looked down remorsefully, "She's not ah … here. … Um your sister and parents are in the waiting room. But you're here. That's what important."

Keiths mouth hung, and he was trying to take it in. "She just...left?" Silence. "She really left?"

Snake painfully watched the tears sting Keiths eyes, "I'm sorry."

"Who does that?" he shook his head and shut his eyes, a tear sliding down his cheek, "What kind of person does that?"

Snake shook his head, not knowing. What a horrible feeling it must of been. He stood by Keiths side though, until the man fell asleep. The man would soon recover, and notice the opportunity in this. A new start. Better people around him. People who actually stuck by him through this.

(((((((*****))))))

Jay and Emma were making love as soon as they got 'home'. Moved in or not, Jay's home would be hers too.

They made love in his bed, and he sat at the edge of the bed, his feet on the floor, his hands on Emma's hips. Her hips rocked back and forth, up and down, only her body was now shuddering from coming.

He kissed her shoulder with his own shakey breath. He pulled her waist to his and hugged her more to him as he groaned and sweat trickled down his forehead. "Fuck, Em." he breathed hotly in her ear.

She tossed her head back, moaning then looked back down to him and hugged him back, coming hard. "JAY!"

Her breasts were bouncing against his chest. She was breathing hard now, causing her chest to rise and fall with each breath. He took advantage of that, rising his hands from her hips to her breasts and teased them until he couldn't take it anymore either.

"Fuck!" he cried out and lost control of himself. He grabbed her hips again roughly and gritted his teeth as he helped push himself up into her and she screamed in delight, whimpering and gasping. He groaned with his release, and she clamped around him with perfect timing. He threw his head back, and she arched her back too. When she leaned back up and cupped his face, she impaled down on him once more and that was it. They came undone. Nothing but gasps and moans came afterwards.

Panting, they stared at each for a long time. Jay brushed a stray hair from her forehead before kissing her lips and Emma closed her eyes, softly kissing him back. That's when he said it, three words she loved to hear. "I love you,"