"Hey" was the first word which Jess found herself saying to Hannah as he saw the teen slowly open her eyes, looking drowsy as she did so, wondering where all the bright lights had come from and she began to panic. Was she dead? Did he still have her? But then she saw Jess looking into her eyes, the woman's hand holding onto hers and Hannah allowed her hand to squeeze Jess' and the woman simply wiped away a tear with her free hand.

"You're going to be okay Hannah" Jess said "you're safe now darling" he promised her and Hannah reached up with her free hand and she removed the oxygen mask she was wearing;

"What happened?" she managed to croak.

"You fought Daniel off sweetie" Jess said "the police have got him now but he...he stabbed you honey...but you're going to be okay. You're going to be fine"

"He's gone?" Hannah checked and Jess nodded, kissing the teen on the forehead as she remained laid flat on her back.

"Yeah" she promised.

"Where's...dad...?" she wondered, her eyes darting around the room;

"He's just had to pop out...him and Mark are here...they just needed to go and talk somewhere private. They'll be back soon" she promised her "but they're here"

...

Don and Mark walked back into the ICU and when they did they both stood still in their tracks. Don looked through the glass into his daughter's room and the sight filled him with tears as he saw her sat up, resting against cushions on her bed, the oxygen mask was still on her but her eyes were open and there was a doctor fussing around the machines. Don and Mark quickly walked into the room and looked at the doctor who began to walk out and all he said when he passed was;

"She'll be fine"

Mark sat on the edge of her bed, looking into her eyes as she smiled sadly at him and he nodded at her, holding tightly onto her hand and pressing it to his lips hard. Don kissed her on the cheek swiftly and moved her hair from her face once again as she looked at him, her free hand removing the mask, feeling like she should say something to her father but words failed her. She had no idea what to say to her dad at all. Simply he just shook his head and kissed her quickly again on the forehead;

"It's alright baby" he whispered.

...

"Dad" Hannah complained as he pulled her crutches from the car and then opened her door as she rolled her eyes "I can manage to get them out myself"

"I don't think so" Don replied, holding her round the waist and steadying her onto her feet before she took a hold of the crutches, slipping her hands onto the handle as she began to hop forward. Don stayed close by her side and walked alongside her as she limped up to their home. Jess had unlocked the front door and Mark had gone back to his apartment, tidying up work from the time he had missed. He had tried to tell Hannah he didn't care for work at that moment in time but she had told him it was bad enough having one protective male fuss over her, never mind having two.

"You alright baby?" Don checked with her, walking slowly behind her and she gritted her teeth. She knew he was only trying to help, but she would soon go mad. She had been in hospital for three weeks and that was the only question he had constantly asked her.

"I'm fine dad" she said quietly and managed to enter her house, moving into the living room and bouncing onto the sofa, dropping the crutches as she went, causing Don to fuss again;

"Hannah" he said quickly "don't bounce"

"Sorry" she said.

"Do you want anything?" Jess asked and Hannah shook her head;

"I'm fine" she said and Don shook his head, kissing Jess on the cheek as he moved into the kitchen;

"You need water" he told her "the doctor said you need to stay hydrated"

Jess sat down beside Hannah and patted her on the arm lightly;

"He's just looking after you" she said and Hannah nodded;

"I know" Hannah raised her hands in surrender.

"No matter how much you want to kill him when he does it...I've been there with him" Jess chuckled and Hannah nodded again.

"It's fine" she said.

"And with him and Mark I imagine that you're not going to be moving for a while"

"So is now not the time to ask when I can go back to college?" Hannah grinned and Jess shook her head sadly;

"Probably not honey"