Disclaimer: don't own the mentalist, garr, hate that bit of my story, the bit that reminds me no matter how much I write, I don't own it. =[

A/N 2 out of 3 up =] went to see remember me, the movie where rob pattinson is human =] bawled my eyes out at the end, those of you who have seen it will know what I mean, those who haven't, GO WATCH IT!!!! Anyways, 3 to all my faithful readers, and reviewers =] please, read on..

Grace lay in the hospital bed, having the strangest dream, all of her friends and family were there and there was a big clock above each of them, slowly one of them would fade away, no matter what she did to stop them, she was being trapped, and couldn't do anything. Slowly, she faded away too, then she had no idea where she was, and her entire body hurt. She snapped back into a semi conscious state. Around her, she could hear machines beeping and people talking, some saying her name, she wanted to answer, but couldn't find the right words. She tried to open her eyes, or show some sign of life, but still, she couldn't.

'Grace, Gracie, love, can you hear me?' she heard her mother asked

She wanted to answer, to relieve her mom of the worry

'Grace, squeeze my hand if you can hear me'

Grace felt her moms hand against her own, she mustered up all her strength and gave her mother's hand a light squeeze

'Oh Gracie, you can hear me, baby, did your father do this to you? Squeeze my hand if he did'

She once again concentrated on a simple hand movement to communicate with her mother and squeezed once more

'Oh darling, I am so sorry, we will get a restraining order, we will do whatever we can to keep him away from us, don't you worry'

'Is she awake?' she heard Teresa ask

'Sort of, she can hear us, she is just very tired and weak at the moment'

'Can we see her?'

'Of course'

She heard Teresa and her siblings come in and Hayley sit at the foot of her bed

'I'm sorry Gracie, it's my fault daddy hurt you' she heard her say

'Hayley, don't say that' Autumn scorned

'Grace, I called Patrick, Wayne and Cho, they are on their way up now' Teresa said

Grace just lay there, thinking about what Hayley had said to her, she wanted to comfort her, it wasn't her fault, not at all, she wanted to cuddle Hayley, and say it was all ok. She tried to find her voice, and succeeded this time.

'Hayley, come here' she said

'Grace, I'm sorry' she said crawling up the bed

'Don't be, it's not your fault'

'I love you Gracie' she cried into the crook of her neck

'It's ok Hayley' she muttered

She held Hayley in her arms whispering it was ok when Wayne Patrick and Cho came in.

'Grace!' Wayne said as he came in, and standing beside her bed

'Hey Wayne, Patrick, Cho' she said looking over at him

Autumn took Hayley off Grace to give Wayne a chance to hug her

'Grace, I was so worried, trust me, you aren't leaving my sight for quite a while, I guarantee that'

'Thanks' she said

Cassandra motioned for the others to leave the room to give them some space alone.

'Oh Grace, what would I do without you?' he whispered

'I don't know, I don't want to be without you, ever' she said back

'Don't you ever do that to me again'

'Done' she said, kissing him

'What happened?' he asked

'He came out of nowhere, he saw the pictures that James took, of us at prom, he chased me and tackled me, he kicked me in the head, and I slowly blacked out, he must of kicked me a lot in the ribs, as I had internal bleeding too'

'I want to hurt him' he muttered

'He is probably going to jail, don't bother'

'He hurt you, I want to get him back'

'Revenge is for madmen, don't bother'

'I'm just angry at him, that's all'

'You aren't the only one, don't worry'

'Oh god, when Teresa said you were in the hospital, I freaked, I don't know what I would do without you, you are by far, the best thing that has, and will ever happen to me, I love you so much, it's indescribable'

'I love you too'

'Grace?'

'Yea?'

'Kiss me'

'Yessir' she said kissing him full on the mouth

She loved the taste of him, he had his own special taste that she loved, she loved his muscular body, how he was so tough, yet the mere fact she could be hurt, was enough to crumble him right to the core. She kissed him wholly, and felt him doing same back.

'You' he said between kisses

Kiss

'Are the'

Kiss

'Most amazing'

Kiss

'Thing'

Kiss

'To ever'

Kiss

'Happen to me'

She looked him in the eye

'Right back at you'

Grace lay in his arms for a while longer until her family came back in

'Hey, sorry to interrupt, but we are going to go in 5, the doctor wants to keep you overnight, then you can probably go home tomorrow, isn't that good?' Cassandra said

'I guess, I want to go home now though'

'I know, I want you home too, but it's for the best, right?'

'Yea, I know, I'm just bored'

'I'm sorry love, we will come up tomorrow, and then you can go home'

'Counting the minutes' she smiled

'Ok, we have to go now, Teresa, what do you want to do?'

'I will stay here for a bit longer, if that is ok with you?'

'Sure, that's fine, text me if you need to be picked up'

Teresa nodded and turned back to Grace

'I will probably stay another hour or so, we all got assigned a big biology assignment, worth half of the end of the year mark'

'Ouch, not looking forward to that' she laughed

They sat on and around the bed for an hour, talking about school, gossip, TV, basically anything to keep Grace distracted of where she was and why.

'I got to go, Patrick, Cho, Wayne, what are you going to do?' Teresa said

'I might go too' Patrick said 'See ya Grace'

'I have work' Cho added

'Ok, that's fine, see you tomorrow' she said

'Wayne?' Teresa asked

'I'm going to stay until they kick me out' he said strongly

'Ok, have fun with that, see you tomorrow Grace' Teresa far welled

She watched them walk out

'You serious about staying until you get kicked out?'

'Hell yes'

'Ok, but I am starving, can you go down to the cafeteria and get me a chocolate bar?'

'Sure love, be right back'

He left and she relaxed against the pillows when she heard the door open, he wasn't that quick, was he?

'Hi Grace' a voice said

She looked over and saw Brianna and James standing there

'Fuck off' she spat

'Please, hear me out'

'You got until Wayne gets back, and then I'm giving him permission to hurt you'

'We are so sorry, I didn't know your dad would do that to you, I was just carrying on what Bree had done'

'And look where that got her'

'Please, just try to understand'

'Understand what? I was beaten within an inch of my life, if I had been found an hour later, I wouldn't have made it! You almost killed me, get the fuck out of here, you aren't getting forgiveness from me!' she yelled, causing the nurses to come in

'Everything ok in here?' she asked

'Get them out' she spat

'Of course, come along, out you go'

'And stay out!' Grace yelled after them

'What's up?' Wayne asked as he came in with the chocolate

'That whore Brianna came in wanting forgiveness, ha, forgiveness, my arse'

'They are stupid, but it was nice of them to visit'

'It would be nice if they disappeared off the planet'

'Come on, eat chocolate, it is the best thing when you are angry'

'It's good for any mood'

'Amen' he said, sliding in next to her

They stayed like that until the nurse came in and ordered Wayne out, much to Grace's disappointment, and her loud protest. She lay back down in a huff, and noticed a square of chocolate and a note from Wayne with it.

Grace-

You will most likely be annoyed when I go, so eat this last bit of chocolate to lighten your mood, you are alive, be happy,

See you tomorrow

-W

She smiled and put it in her mouth, all the while, thinking of him

A/N there was a giant bloody spider in my bathroom, my cat took to it rather excitedly, I don't know where it is now, what I do know is that there is no way my cat is sleeping in my room tonight, my psychic senses are sensing she has spider breath... =]