A/N: I own NOTHING!

...Chapter 4...

Three and a half hours and a lot of shopping later, while Cassie, Katie, Lyndsey, and Half Sack were at the food court, Stephanie, Crystal, and Juice were still shopping at Macy's. Crystal raised her eyebrow as they entered the little kids section, then she saw Stephanie pick up a cute little outfit.

"Um... Steph, what is that for? Why are you looking at baby clothes?"

"Because, I was just thinking how it'd be like to have a baby."

"Well, you'd need a boyfriend first." Crystal paused. "Actually, you wouldn't even need a man, you could just get a frozen pop."

"I don't think I'd want an artifical insemination, Crys... unless I had to."

"Well, then back to what I said before... you need to get you a man, Girly."

"Yeah, I do." Stephanie nodded, with a smile.

"But you know, whoever you get with, you'll need your big brothers approval."

"Yeah and that sucks, but I don't care." Stephanie shrugged. "Nobody can tell me who I can and can't be with or fall in love with, they'd just have to deal with it."

"But." Juice started. "We'd still have to approve... we wouldn't want just anyone with you."

"Yeah, whatever." Stephanie rolled her eyes.

"Let's start a riot, a riot. Let's start a riot. Let's start a riot, a riot. Let's start a riot"

"Who's that?" Crystal asked, still looking through the baby clothes on the rack.

"It's Happy." Stephanie said, digging her phone out of her purse. "Hold on a sec." she pressed the talk button. "Hey, Hap... what's up?"

"Where are you?"

"In Stockton, why?"

"Drop what you're doing and get your ass to St. Thomas."

"Why? What happened?"

"Koz got into an accident." Stephanie's eyes widened as her jaw dropped. "I'll tell you the rest when you get here."

"O-okay... I'll, uh, be right there." then she hung up her phone.

"What?" Crystal asked, seeing the look on her face. "What is it?"

"I have to get to St. Thomas."

"Happy said that Koz got into an accident." she started walking away. "I gotta see if he's okay."

"But why? It's just Koz."

Stephanie turned around and looked up at Crystal with tears streaming down her face. "I just have to, okay?"

"All right, all right." Crystal put up her arms in defeat. "We'll go and when we get there, I'll call up the girls and Sack to tell them what happened."

Stephanie nodded, wiping her cheeks, then her, Crystal, and Juice left Macy's and went back to Charming as fast as they could.

As Stephanie went through the ER doors, Crystal was outside with Juice, on the phone with Katie, telling them what's going on. Once Happy spotted Stephanie, he jumped up from his seat, and gave her a hug. "I'm sorry, Steph."

She backed away from him with her eyes wide. "Sorry? Sorry for what? What happened? Is he okay?" more tears were falling down her cheeks. "Happy he needs to be okay... please tell me, he'll be okay."

Happy shook Stephanie lightly by her shoulders. "Steph, get a hold of yourself and chill the fuck out."

"Hap, he has to be okay." she whispered.

"Listen, I haven't told the club yet because I wanted to talk to you first." she nodded. "From what the EMT's told me... Dodge Ram ran him off the road, making him crash into a wall. He has two broken ribs, which one punctured his lung, a possible concussion, cuts and scrapes up and down his legs, arms, and cuts on his face, and a broken wrist."

"Where is he?"

"In surgery for the punctured lung, but he should be out of it by now."

"So, he's gonna be okay?"

Happy nodded. "It looks that way... I mean, Tara says that he'll make a full recovery."

Stephanie made a face. "She's here?"

"She's a good doctor."

"Yeah, but still." Stephanie let out a breath of relief. "Thank God, he'll be okay... I can't lose him like that."

A few minutes later, Crystal and Juice ran in with worried looks on their faces. "What happened?" asked Juice.

Before Happy could open his mouth and respond, Tara walked up to them, looking distraught, then she cleared her throat, getting their attention. "I have some news."

"What?" Happy asked. "How is he?"

Tara took a deep breath. "While we were repairing his lung, Kozik slipped into a coma. He's out of surgery though, and now, he's comfortable, plus his vitals are stable, but there's no telling when he'll come out of it."

"Why is that?" Stephanie asked, as fresh tears fell down her face.

"People who slip into comas, it's really up to them to wake up. It could take hours, days, weeks, months, and even years, depending on the person."

"Can we go see him?"

"Sure, Happy." Tara nodded. "He's in the ICU, on the fifth floor, room number five-twenty-seven."

"Thanks, doc." Juice nodded.

"No problem, I just wish I had better news." she gave them a weak smile, then walked away.

Stephanie looked up at Happy. "I have to go see him."

He nodded. "You and Crys head up there, while I call Clay and the guys."

"Okay." she linked her arm with Crystal. "Let's go." they walked away and got on the elevator, then Stephanie pressed the number five button.

"Steph, can I ask you a question?"

"What's up?"

"How come you're so upset about Koz? I mean, it's horrible what happened to him, but you have this look in your eyes, as if you love him or something."

Stephanie slowly nodded. "He has to be okay... yes, I do love him, not only that, he's the father of my baby."

Crystal's jaw dropped to the ground as the elevator doors opened, then both of them walked out. "So you really are pregnant? Talking about what it'd be like to have a baby and not wanting a frozen pop?"

"I didn't want to blurt it out in front of Juice, with his big mouth."

"Oh." Crystal nodded. "Good point." both of them reached the room number and Stephanie just stood there, taking deep breaths. "How far along are you?"

"About fourteen weeks... I was pregnant before I took off."

"Who all knows?"

"So far... you're the only one who knows that Koz is the father, but my mom just knows I'm pregnant."

"Wow, this is big news." Crystal palmed Stephanie's little baby bump. "You have tiny baby in there, Mama."

"I can't." Stephanie shook her head. "I can't do this without him... Koz has to wake up."

Crystal rested her hand on Stephanie's shoulder. "Look, I don't exactly know how he feels about you, since I didn't even know you two were a thing, but if he loves you, he'll find a way to come back to you."

"I hope so." she took another deep breath. "Okay, let's go in there." then both of them slowly walked into Kozik's room. "Oh, my God."Stephanie gasped, running to the side of his bed. The sight of him, full of bandages, bruises, and hooked up to the machines, just laying there helpless, brought new tears to her eyes. "This is all my fault." she whispered. "If it wasn't for me, he wouldn't be here."

"What do you mean?"

"I told him to leave and go back to Tacoma, because we didn't need him, and he left." she sobbed. "It's all my fault."

Crystal gave Stephanie a hug. "Don't Steph, don't do this to yourself... stress is no good for the baby, so you need to calm down." she backed up to look at her. "It's not your fault."

"Yes, it is."

"Steph, you couldn't have known that was gonna happen to him."

"But it did, because I told him to go away."

"Quit blaming yourself and calm down, before the guys walk in, and think something's up."

Stephanie took a few more deep breaths, then wiped the tears from her face. "I think... I'm okay now."

"Good." Crystal smiled. "Just relax."

She sat down in the recliner next to Koz's bed. "Relax... got it." then she sat there, silently praying that he'd come out of it, and be okay.