"Amy's awake?" Ricky asked excitedly.

"Yes" George beamed "She's a little confused, but she's asking for you Ricky."

Ricky blinked back tears as he ran towards her room.

"Thank God" Grace sighed as she looked at Ben. "This means she's going to be all right."

"Physically" Ben answered. "But emotionally? You watched what happened. It's going to take Amy a long time to get over that."

"Let's focus on the positive" Grace scolded. "Amy's okay. Ricky didn't lose his wife, John didn't lose his mom, George and Anne didn't lose their daughter, Ashley didn't lose her sister, and we didn't lose our friend."

"Amy's more than just a friend to me" Ben responded.

"Well perhaps you should keep those feelings to yourself" Grace snapped. "I think we've all had enough drama for one day!"

"I can't believe this!" George said as he hugged Anne. "Amy's okay. Our little girl is okay."

"I still can't believe this happened in the first place" Anne replied sadly.

"But she made it!" George said happily. "Our little girl made it, she is so strong. I guess it takes a hell of a lot more than this to take Amy Juergens down! What our daughter hasn't faced…"

"She's been through too much" Anne interrupted. "It's too much, she's not even 20 yet and she's been through more than most people half her age have!"

"Anne" George said softly. "She's okay. She's okay now. You need to remember that."

"I know" Anne cried. "It's just… did you see her in there?"

"I did."

"That bastard beat her to a bloody pulp."

"I know."

"I just don't even understand. Why would he attack Amy?"

"Well" George shrugged. "Maybe now that she's awake we can get some answers."

"Maybe" Anne chocked through tears.

"Hey" he said softly as he hugged her. "It really is okay now. It's all okay…"

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Ricky entered the room quietly as he fought tears.

"Hey" Amy croaked softly as she saw him.

"Hey" he answered as he ran over towards her and wrapped her in a hug. "Baby, I was so scared."

"I'm sorry" Amy cried.

"Hey" he said softly as he rocked her gently. "Don't be sorry. Don't you ever be sorry for that that son of a bitch did to you?"

"What are you talking about?" Amy asked as she pulled back.

"What do you mean?"

"Someone did this to me?"

"You don't remember?"

"No, I don't remember. What happened? Am I okay? Was John with me when this happened, is he okay?" Amy asked her voice growing increasingly urgent.

"John's fine" he said reassuringly. "He's with my mother."

"Thank God" Amy sighed. "Ricky, what the hell happened to me."

"Amy, you were…attacked."

"What?" she gasped. "By who?" she asked as she tried to sit up.

"Woah, woah Ricky said as he gently guided her back towards the bed. Honey, you just had surgery, you're not ready to be moving around like that."

"But who would have done this to me?"

"The pimp that attacked Jack" he replied softly.

"But… but why?"

"Actually we were hoping you could tell us that. You have no idea why he would have wanted to hurt you."

"No, of course not."

"Okay, what's the last thing you remember."

"Ummm, we had that stupid fight."

"God" Ricky sighed. "I am so sorry."

"No" Amy interrupted. "I'm not mad, it's just… that's the last thing I remember."

"Hey" Ricky said as he took her hand. "I was an idiot. I'm so glad that the last thing I said to you before you left isn't going to be the last thing…"

"I love you" Amy interrupted as she started to cry. "I can't believe I almost died."

"I know" Ricky said as he brushed tears from her face. "But you didn't, we get our second chance!"

"It really puts things in perspective" Amy chocked through tears. "What matters and what doesn't. You and John and the other people in my life are all that really matter to me Ricky."

"And all that matters to me is that you and John are happy" Ricky smiled. "So if New York is what will make you happy, we'll go to New York."

"Excuse me" a doctor interrupted walking through the door. "Ms. Juergens I'm glad to see you're awake. I'll need to exam you…"

"Okay" she responded. "We can talk about all this later" she added looking at Ricky.

"Okay" he nodded as he started to walk away.

"Wait!" Amy called out. "You aren't leaving are you?"

"No" he replied with a smile as he sat on the chair next to her bed. "I'm never leaving you again Amy. I'm staying right here."

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