A/N : Finally I'm back with this story! Well, I have to finish it by the end of the months, so the updates will be regular. I'm not a medical expert, so I'm sorry for any mistakes. Enjoy :)

The morning after, Sophie was curled up on the couch. On her face you could still see traces of her crying and her eyes were puffy from the lack of sleep. She heard the door open.

"Nate?" she sat up hoping the man had come back, but it was just the team. Disappointed she laid back down.

The team was hesitant to enter after they saw Sophie's state.

"Hey sweetie," Tara sat on the edge of the couch. "What's wrong?"

"Nate and I had a big fight last night" she whispered.

Eliot grunted. "I'm going …" he punched his hand.

"No, Eliot. It was mostly my fault. I mean, he had every right to be angry. What I did last night was just stupid and dangerous. Two other defenseless people are depending on me, I can't act so recklessly. Now, I'm just worried. He left hours ago and he's still not back."

"Maybe he is just passed out in some bar" Parker shrugged.

Eliot shook his head. "I don't think so. Since he found out about the babies, I saw him drinking less."

"But if they had a fight, maybe he just needed to get drunk" Hardison pointed out.

Sophie had noticed that Nate had been drinking less too. She couldn't help having the feeling that something was wrong. "Alec, could just check the hospitals or police reports, please? I…. I don't know why, but I have a bad feeling."

Hardison started working immediately. Sophie rarely used his given name, it means that she was really worried sick.

Tara ran a hand up and down the grifter's back. "It's going to be okay." She reassured her.

"Guys," Hardison had finally found something, but from the look in his eyes the could see it was nothing good.

"Just say it, Hardison." Sophie took a big breath.

"A Nathan Ford was recovered last night in the hospital. He had a heart attack"

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They all rushed in the hospital, but Sophie was the first one to arrive at the reception station.

"I'm here looking for Nathan Ford."

A blond nurse looked up and checked on her computer. "A mister Nathan Ford was brought in last night, but we had no one listed as next of kin. You are…?"

"I'm his girlfriend"

"Look, if you are not family…"

"Look at me!" Sophie pointed out at her baby bump. "You think I'm not family?" she shouted. "I want to know where my babies' father is!"

Scared of the hormonal woman the nurse whispered. "He is in ICU on the fourth floor."

"Thank you!"

They all went past her and Parker glared at her. She was going to steal something from her for wasting precious time.

The lift finally stopped at the fourth floor and they went towards the rooms.

"You're Nathan Ford's family?" a nurse stopped them. She had been informed by the front desk.

Sophie nodded "Where is he? May I see him?"

"He is in ICU now. You can only see him through a glass. The doctor will come and talk to you as soon as possible." She looked at the bunch of people. "I'm afraid only one at the time can come with me"

"Sophie go," Eliot said. "We will wait here"

As soon as Sophie left with the nurse, Eliot turned to the hacker "Hardison, let me see his medical file" He wanted to be prepared.

Sophie and Karen, that was the nurse's name, stopped in front of a big glass. Nate was laying on a bed. He looked pale and his grey skin was a big contrast against the white sheet that covered his lower body. All sorts of tubes and wires were attached to his chest.

"He needs an oxygen mask?" Sophie asked panicked.

"His body isn't producing enough oxygen at the moment, it's only temporally"

A middle aged doctor approached them.

"Mrs. Ford?" he asked.

"Hmm… no. I'm his girlfriend." She didn't knew what to say. Why didn't they come prepared?

"Oh, sorry. We didn't really know who to call as no one was listed as next of kin."

"I guess we've never thought about it. How is he Doctor…?"

"Kendall. I'm Doctor Mark Kendall. Mister Ford has suffered a myocardial infarction, commonly known as a heart attack. When a blood clot develops in a blood vessel it can stop the blood supply in the heart"

Sophie looked at him in confusion.

"Blood stop flowing into his heart. Luckily there were people on the street when he had his heart attack and helped him immediately. We have stopped the heart attack and we are supplying him oxygen, but he is attached to a pump. His coronary artery was damaged and he needs surgery. We will do an angioplasty to push the clot away"

"Surgery? Will he be okay?"

"He is strong. His vitals are not so bad. We have the surgery schedule in a couple of hours. It won't take long. He hasn't gained consciousness since he was brought in, but that just means his body needs resting."

"May I see him?" she pleaded.

"Sure, the nurse will show you were the scrubs are. Not for too long, though. Fifteen minutes, no longer"

"Thank you" she smiled slightly.

After she had put the scrubs and surgical mask on, Sophie went inside ICU and she slowly went near Nate's bed.

"Oh Nate," she ran her hand through his messy hair. She couldn't stop blaming herself. Had their fight caused his heart attack? "I'm so sorry. You were right, I should have been more careful last night. It's just that sometimes it's so easy to forget… I never had to take care of anyone before. I had always been alone and suddenly have these two tiny little creatures depending on me, it's …. It's just so scary. You always seem so confident. I mean, you have already been through this… but for me it's still new. But I want to get better at it. I will get better. " She leaned over and whispers in his ear. "I love you Nate, I love you so much"

Nate began to stir from his sleep. "Soph…?" he whispered in the mask.

Sophie looked up. "Nate?" she ran her hand down his face.

"Where…" his voice was groggy.

"Shh… don't try to speak, it's going to be okay. You are in the hospital. You had a heart attack"

"What…" he tried to talk, but the mask was making his speech difficult and he was so tired.

"They are going to take you into surgery soon to repair the damage." Her eyes started to tear up, but she had to stay strong for him. "It's going to be okay, Nate. I'm going to be here as soon as you wake up" She saw he couldn't keep his eyes opened. "Go to sleep"

"… Love you" he had time to whisper right before he lost consciousness again.

Sophie could now cry freely.

"Miss," the nurse called her. "it's time to go now"

She slowly nodded and she made her way back to the others. They saw her crying and started panicking.

"Sophie, how's Nate?" Parker asked worried. "He's not…" she could say the word.

"He's going be fine, Parker." She tried to reassure the thief and maybe herself too. "He's going to need surgery. They will take him away in a couple of hours"

"An angioplasty" Eliot confirmed. Sophie looked at him in question. "I read his file. Sophie, don't worry about it. Nate is strong and the damage is minimal" The others still looked at him curiously. "What? I dated a thoracic surgeon. He will make it"

Sophie sat down defeated. "I just can't stop thinking that if we hadn't fought last night…"

"Sophie," Eliot kneeled in front of her. "It's not your fault. This was going to happen anyway. The stress may have been the trigger, but it could have happen a month or maybe even a week from now. I saw his tests, His blood results were a mess and with all his alcohol problems. He may have drinking been less now, but he's started too late and all the stress from the cons. His heart was ticking bomb that was about to explode."

"But if we hadn't fought… How ironic?" she sadly chuckled. "I even told him that if he didn't calm down, he was going to have a heart attack." Tears started flowing again.

"Sophie" Tara shouted sitting next to her. "Stop blaming yourself. This is not the Sophie Devereaux I know. You heard Eliot, it was about to happen anyway, your fight had nothing to do with it, it's time to move on."

"Tara is right. All this pointless guilt is going to harm the babies." Eliot added. "After the surgery Nate is going to need time to recover, and you know Nate, he is not going to rest. Especially with Latimer still out there."

"Oh, he will rest. I'll make sure of that" Her hand wait to her abdomen. She would use the babies card, if she had to.

"We all will" Hardison agreed.

"We need to start making plans. We all have to put a strong front." Eliot looked at the others. They were all thinking the same thing. They needed to protect Sophie and Nate. Sophie from all the stress of looking after Nate, and the mastermind from Latimer. It was time to act and stop waiting for the businessman's move.

Four hours later the team was still seated waiting for news. When they took Nate to surgery, they only saw a glimpse of him before he was wheeled away. Hardison and Eliot were working on a plan against Latimer. Since their rival knew their faces, they couldn't directly access the building. But they had a jolly card: Tara. The grifter was going to go in the building and plant bugs for Hardison. Parker was studying the building's schematics the hacker had manage to download, but they were hoping it wasn't going to be necessary for her to infiltrate the building.

Sophie decided to call Maggie. She was after all his ex-wife and the two women had bonded over the phone when Nate had been in prison.

"Sophie?" the woman had recognized the number "Is everything okay?"

"Maggie, I need to tell you something" she paused.

"Did Nate do something stupid again?" she asked her voice amused.

"He had a heart attack" she finally said.

"Oh my God," she began panicking. "Is he okay? I mean, of course he's not okay…"

"He in surgery right now. Sorry if I waited to call you, but he was out in the streets when it happened and we only found out this morning… he's going to be fine, Maggie. You know Nate, this won't stop him"

"I know… I know… It's just that…" She didn't have to say it. Nate was the same, hospitals didn't bring good memories.

"I'll call you as soon as I have news" Sophie promised her.

"Do you need me to come over? I can book a seat on the first flight. I know Nate isn't the easy person to deal with when he's sick. You might need all the support you can get."

"Maggie, you don't need to make excuses, I know you still care for him, it's okay. We'll be happy to have you here."

"Okay, I'll come as soon as I can."

"You just get ready and go to the airport, I'll have Hardison call you with the details."

"Right, it's a lot easier if you know a hacker" she chuckled.

"Yeah, I'll see you soon"

"See you later and Sophie?" she paused. "Thank you for calling"

They were starting to get restless when the doctor came to talk to them.