This chapters a little happier, though it's pretty boring…

The next chapter will be more exciting, for definite.

Anyway, usual procedure, please R&R

Lastly, enjoy!

Chapter 10:

They all stayed until it was pretty late, talking, crying, talking some more, crying some more. It was about 10 o'clock when they all started to realise the time. Ade was the first to leave, taking the girls with him. They were as tired as anything, and hadn't eaten since breakfast so he was going to get them a takeaway. They said their goodbyes, as Janet strained to keep her tears back.

Everyone had given Andy and Janet a bit of peace the rest of the week. He had been with her every day, just holding her hand, talking to her. "I love you Janet, you know that don't you?" "Yeah, of course I do…I love you too, I'm so sorry about everything... I should've told you about Amelia, and I shouldn't have ended it. I love you and I always will." Andy smiled at her, as she looked up at him.

All of a sudden, that dreaded noise was back.

*beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep*

Janet's eyes began to close and Andy started to panic. "Jan, Jan can you hear me?! NURSEEE! Jan stay awake, Jan, come on now! SOMEONE HELP!" he hit the emergency button and the usual crash team arrived. "Jan you've got to stay awake, Jan for us, for me, for the girls come on Jan!" Andy was shouting as the crash team got the defibrillators out. Tears were streaming down his face once again. He sat down as he began to feel dizzy. He put his hands in his head, and ran out of the door. He had to go somewhere. He had to go somewhere fast.

He heard the machines go quiet as he ran along the corridor, and the regular beeping began again. He sighed a breath of relief and kept running. He got straight into his car and drove into Chadderton. He had never been to Chadderton before, but he knew it was where Rachel lived. It wasn't the cleanest area of Manchester, but it was quite quaint. He knew where he was going. He had had a look online a couple of weeks before, and had ordered it last week, but then after all this forgot to pick it up…

He ran down the high street into the little shop. "Hi, DS. Roper, I'm here to collect an order." "Yes course, I'll just get it Mr Roper. Have you got your item code?" the woman behind the counter said. "Yeah I have its…085THO998" "ok thank you I won't be a second" the woman ran out of the door and up the stairs. She came back a few minutes later with the small box. "Would you like to see it?" she asked. "Yeah ok, thanks" he opened the box and there it was. The small ring. Its shiny diamond in the middle. Engraved on the inside were the words I love you Janet. Andy began to smile. He hoped she'd like it. He really hoped she'd like it.

A couple of hours later Andy returned to the hospital to find Janet sitting up having a drink. "Hello love." He said as he walked in. "where have you been?" Janet said in her interview voice. "I just popped out" he replied, taking a seat next to her. "Yeah, I gathered that." She said, she sounded slightly sarcastic. "Janet. I've got something I want to ask you. Life is too short to make any regrets, and I don't want to spend one more second away from you…so Janet…will you marry me?" he fetched the ring out of his pocket and got down on his knee. He opened the box and Janet let out a gasp. Her eyes went wide and she clasped her hands across her mouth. "That's beautiful Andy". "So? Will you be my wife?" Andy asked again, realising she hadn't actually answered his question. "Yes... Yes of course I will. Oh Andy, it's beautiful." She said, tears forming in her eyes. Andy stood and began to smile as he bent down to kiss her. He placed the ring on her finger and she grabbed him tight. She breathed in and smiled. Everything was going to be ok. She thought.

The next few days flew by. Janet had told Gill, Rachel and the girls about her and Andy's engagement when they came to visit and they were all thrilled. The girls were mainly excited about the fact they would get to become bridesmaids, but Janet made it clear to them they were going to get married in the hospital. "It sounds weird but I don't know how long I've got…we will renew our vows when I get out… but we just want to be married." Janet had said.

The one person she regretted telling was Ade. He had been so supportive throughout the whole thing, and now she had just told him she was engaged to another man, and it hadn't even been 6 months since she and Ade had divorced. He went pretty silent. He said he was happy for them, and he would support them in everything they choose, but she didn't really believe him. She knew how much it must have hurt him, but she needed to move on with her life. In the past year she had had 2 near death experiences, and she didn't even want to think about when her time may be up…

She smiled to herself as she held the ring. She had had to take it off her finger for some blood tests, and it was only then she realised the engravement in the inside. I love you Janet. Those four words made Janet's heart race. She loved Andy so much; she loved him like she can't ever remember loving Ade. Mrs Roper. It sounded weird, but she had been a Scott for so long. Was she going to change her name? That's not something you need to think about now you fool. She told herself, as she slipped the ring back on.

It was only a week until they were married. It had been slightly rushed, considering Andy only proposed to her last week, but they wanted to get married fast, so she could concentrate on getting better so they could do it properly.

Andy had booked the vicar to be in on 10am Tuesday, and they were going to get married in the hospital church, as Janet was still weak in the legs, so they would take her down on a bed. It would be embarrassing for anyone else, but Janet didn't care. Her girls would be there, her mum would be there, Gill, Rachel and the rest of MIT would be there, Ade would probably be there, because they were friends and of course, Andy would be there. All the people she loved in one room. She couldn't ask for anything else. It would soon be here, it was Saturday already, and the next few days would certainly fly by…