Yes I made it! A new week a new chapter! And I still managed to get an A on my Spanish Test! Well I'm happy to know you guys are enjoying the story, Thanks for the reviews! Especially you GrayRainbows! Just to let you all know as I've been warning my other readers, stories may not be updating as fast as I would like them too because I've had to redo my whole schedule now that I'm planning on join my schools Golf team, but luckily with this story I've typed ahead of the game! Anywoo here's the next Chapter of As Time Goes By.

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Archie slowly entered the white, bright lightened, cold room. As soon as he did he stopped when he saw her, his usual full of life wife, lying very still on what looked like a mattress but was probably nothing like the one they slept in every night. She looked so peaceful, like the way she looked when Archie would come home late from the bar and find her asleep either in the living room or their bedroom, or the way she looked when he would wake her up in the middle of the night.

Archie continued to look down at her, it was difficult to see her like that. Those two case were the only times he ever saw her like that. So still so peaceful, so quite.

It was quite now, unlike the noisy waiting room he was in before. Nothing could be heard but the machines in the room that were moderating Edith. Each pause between the beeps, even though they lasted only a second or two, made Archie want to be back in the noisy waiting room.

Slowly Archie took a seat in the chair that stood next to Edith's bedside. He then grabbed her hand and began stroking her knuckles with his thumb, as his mind drifted back to the last time he was sitting like this. By her bedside, in a hospital. Unfortunately it wasn't when Gloria was born, it was about six years ago when Edith had discovered a lump in her breast. Everything had turned out fine, except for the fact that she broke her ankle when told the good news. Archie hoped, today, history would repeat it's self.

Archie carefully lifted Edith's hand, he had been stroking, and kissed it softly. When he placed it back down on the bed his hand still holding on to hers, Edith began to stir. Then her eyes, the eyes Archie never thought he would see again opened.

"Hiya Edith." Archie greeted softly. Edith smiled as she looked at her husband, but her smile faded when she noticed her surroundings.

"Archie, what happened?" she asked as she slowly sat up.

"You scared me half to death is what happened."

"Oh I'm sorry." she said sounding very apologetic, "How?' she asked her tone changing to confusion.

"Well Edith, the doctors says youse had a whatdaya call mild stroke." He gently explained to her, "But Sydney says everything's looking good. Even got his old man on the phone to back him up. So youse knows he's gotta be right." Archie told her trying to convince the both of them.

"Oh my…I'm sorry Archie." She said placing her hand over his.

"Yeah well…I accept your apology." Edith's smile reappeared but as a thought entered her mind it became smaller once more. "Archie where's Steaphy?"

"Who?'

"Stephanie."

"Oh the kid. She's at home Barney's looking after her." Archie explained.

"Oh well tell Barney I said thank you." Edith said smiling a small smile as she leaned back against the bed, Archie could tell she was tired.

"Yeah, yeah I will."

"Archie," Edith started, "Are you ok?"

"Yeah…" he started but before he could say anything there was a knock at the door and soon a nurse appeared in the door way

"Excuse me Mr. Bunker, you're going to have to leave so your wife can get some rest." She explained.

"Yeah ok, I'll do dat nurse." He said earning a smile from the nurse before she left.

"What was you gonna say, Archie?" Edith asked Archie as he stood up and got ready to leave.

"Oh…nothing…nothing. Look I'll come over heres tomorrow ok?"

"Ok." Edith said smiling, Archie returned the smile.

"Alright well, goodnight." He said before quickly kissing her lips.

"Good night Archie." She said in return.

Archie walked to the door and began to walk out the door but stopped to turn around and look at Edith. She looked at him and the stayed like that for awhile until Archie finally spoke, "I love you Edith." He told her his voice shaking some.

"I love you too Archie." She said meaning it very much.

Then Archie slowly walked out of the room afraid to leave Edith. Afraid that if he did, when he got home he'd get a call from the hospital telling him the worse. But he left the room closing the door behind him, letting her get her rest, but taking his fear with him.

There you have it Chapter three of As Time Goes By, hope you liked! Please Review! Until Next Sunday! Take Care!