Chapter 13

Amy was sat on the fence, looking at the 4 best horses at Heartland. Spartan, Beatriz, Harley and Alano. They were grazing in a group. Amy smiled softly. She felt her phone vibrate and heard her and Ty's favourite song, 'Halo' by Beyonce. She took it out her pocket and looked at the caller id. Lou.

"Hey Lou. What's up?"

"Hey Amy. I was just phoning to say that I should be back in about 10 minutes so I can watch Maddie while you go and see Ty." Lou said.

"Thanks Lou. I'll go see if she's up yet. I don't want her to be too grumpy with her aunt!" Amy said, hopping off the fence.

"Little Maddie? Grumpy?" Lou joked. She knew Maddie was an angel in front of people apart from Amy!

"See you in a bit." Amy said, grinning. She hung up and walked to the nursery. She peaked in to see Maddie still asleep. She sighed and walked downstairs. She groaned as she heard Maddie start to cry. She trudged back upstairs and picked up Maddie. She carried her downstairs and sat on a chair. She leant back and after a few minutes, felt someone shake her.

Her eyes flew open to see Lou looking down at her concerned.

"Are you OK?" She asked Amy. Amy guessed she had fallen asleep and was asleep when Lou got there.

"Yeah. Those sleepless nights are just catching up to me." Amy sighed. She looked down at Maddie and carefully got up. She handed Lou, Maddie.

"Call me if she gets too much." Amy said.

"This little one? Too much?" Lou teased.

"See you later." Amy said.

"Bye." Lou shouted after her.

"I'm going to take Ty's truck." She called, grabbing her keys off the side. She had Ty's spare truck key on her keys so she didn't have to take his. She walked outside and to Ty's truck. She got in and flicked through the radio stations. Nothing good was on so she got her phone and put some music on, obviously starting with 'Halo'.

When she got there, she got out the truck, walked into the hospital, walked to the lift and walked into Ty's room. She knew she could probably walk it with her eyes closed, she knew it so well. She sat in a chair closest to Ty's bed. She reached for his hand and squeezed it gently.

"Alano's getting on really well and his owner's don't want him any more so I have to find him a new home and I know just who to give him to!" She said smiling.

"Harley, Spartan and Beatriz are doing fine too. All 4 of them are sharing a paddock so their paddock is basically the 'best horse' paddock." She wondered if he could hear her.

"It's 4 days until Christmas day! I'm really excited apart from the fact that if you don't wake up, it would be pretty much the worst Christmas ever." She sighed. She sat there a bit longer.

"I should really get going." She said and slowly stood up. She slowly walked back to the door. Just as she opened the door, she heard a deep, dead familiar, male voice.

"Amy."

"Ty." She said, nearly yelling but managed to keep controlled. She ditched her bag at the door and ran to him. She saw the emerald eyes she had missed so much. The grin she had missed so much. The voice she had missed so much. She dodged all the machines and drips and stuff and kissed Ty. Not on the forehead. Not on the cheek. But on the lips. The lips she had missed kissing so bad.

Then they heard a knock on the door and pulled apart. Amy, weaving back around all the machines, looked at the door and saw that her bag was blocking the door. She quickly walked to the door, grabbed her bag and opened the door. She smiled at the person on the other side.

"Hello Doctor Binsten." Amy said.

She liked him. He was a great doctor who you could feel really comfortable around. She certainly felt like that. She could be herself, ask him any questions about Ty, silly or not.

"Hello Amy. One of the nurses heard your just-under-a-scream and came to get me." He said smiling. Amy grinned at him.

"Um, yeah. Sorry about that." She said. They both laughed.

"And was that a good scream or not?" He asked.

"Good. Great even. He's woken up!" She nearly screamed again.

"Well that is good." He said, walking over to Ty.

"Hello Mr. Borden. I'm your doctor, Doctor Binsten. Your fiancée here has been worried sick. She's been to see you every day and never lost hope!" He said. Ty looked at Amy, who smiled at him. He grinned at her.

After a few more minutes, Doctor Binsten had finished examining Ty.

"Well Mr. Borden. It seems you haven't lost memory or anything so I think you only need to stay here for another 3 days."

"3 days? I suppose I get to go home on Christmas day. But 3 days?" He groaned.

"I'm afraid so Mr. Borden." And with that he left.

"So, how are you feeling, Mr. Borden?" Amy asked, mocking Doctor Binsten's 'Mr. Borden'.

"Amy? I heard that." Doctor Binsten called from the door. All 3 of them burst out laughing.

"Sorry." Amy apologised. She waited to make sure he had gone.

"OK. So, how are you really feeling?" Amy asked.

"Well I was quite happy until it turned out I have to stay another 3 days!" He replied. "How long was I in a coma for?" He asked.

"4 months. Were you able to hear anything throughout the 4 months?"

"The last 2 months I've been able to." He said. "Have I missed much?" He asked.

"Not really. Well, apart from a massive surprise I have for you!" She said. "And you can't know what it is until you can come home!"

"Well, that's a little mean, don't you think?"

"Not really." They chatted for ages and then the visiting hours were over. "I have to go." Amy said, sadly as a nurse came in.

"Oh. But we were having so much fun." Ty whined.

"I know. I'll come tomorrow." She said.

"You better. Or your in trouble." He answered.

"And how do you plan on getting back at me?" She asked him, playfully.

"I'll find a way!" They were interrupted by the nurse.

"Miss. Fleming. Visiting hours are over. Please can you leave?" Ty groaned and Amy sighed. She gave Ty a kiss and then started walking away.

"I'll come back as soon as the visiting hours start." Amy promised.

"OK. See you tomorrow." He said, waving. She waved and walked out the room. She bumped into Doctor Binsten.

"Oh. Hey Amy." He said.

"Hi Doctor Binsten." Amy said.

"You leaving already?" He asked.

"Well, visiting hours are over." She answered, confused.

"Oh yeah. I decided that I'd let you visit when you want. I'll talk to Ty and get him to call you tonight. I'll tell the nurses as well."

"Thank you." She squealed. She drove home in silence.

When she got home, she saw Lou and Jack waiting for her. "Any news?" Jack asked.

"He's awake!" She squealed happily.

"Ah. That's good." Lou said, relaxing.

"And Doctor Binsten said I could visit when I wanted to. I don't need to go in the visiting hours." Amy added.

"Oh Amy. That's great!" Jack said, hugging her. She grinned at them and then went upstairs to change. She grabbed some yard clothes. She walked down to the barn. She had just finished the feeds when her phone vibrated and 'Halo' started playing. She pulled it out of her pocket and looked. 'Ty' was flashing across the screen. She quickly answered it.

"Hey Ty." She said.

"Hey Ames." He said. "I was just calling to say I agreed to the visiting thing so come as soon as you can tomorrow."

"I'll wake up earlier so I can get the feeds done and then come and visit you."

"OK. What you doing now?" He asked.

"I've just finished the feeds, now I'm walking into the house to grab a bit of supper. What about you?"

"Sitting around, waiting for supper, being bored stiff and wishing you were here." He answered. Amy giggled.

"I wish you were here too. I missed you like crazy and now I miss you even more!" Amy said. Ty laughed.

"Well, here's supper. I'll see you tomorrow. Remember, early."

"I'll go set my alarm now." Amy said. "I love you, Ty."

"I love you too, Ames. Bye."

"Bye Ty." She hung up and walked to her room. She set the alarm an hour early. Then she went downstairs.

"Lou? Could you stay here tonight? I'm going to see Ty early and I need someone to watch Maddie. And Grandpa's done enough." She added as he was about to protest.

"Sure. Let me tell Peter." She pulled her phone out her pocket and vanished. She looked on the floor and saw Maddie playing on her play blanket. She picked her up.

"Hey Maddie. Who's Mummy's little girl? Who's mummy's little girl? You are! Just you wait. 3 days and you get to meet daddy. He's going to love you. I can tell." She said to her. Jack smiled at his youngest granddaughter and her daughter, his great granddaughter.

The next morning, Amy's alarm interrupted her dreams. Amy groaned and tried to hide under the covers from the cold of the morning. Then she remembered Ty. She leapt up and took a quick shower. She pulled on some old yard clothes and went to the barn.

She finished the feeds and stalls and went back inside to change into something different. She grabbed her new faded blue skinny jeans and a random top. She grabbed a hoodie and headed to Ty's truck. It was round about 7.00 am by the time she got there. She went in and went to Ty's room. It was dark and Amy guessed Ty was still asleep. She went and sat down in a chair.

"Morning Ames." He said.

"Ty." She exclaimed. "You made me jump!" Ty laughed. Amy smiled at him and leaned towards him. They kissed for a while and then there was a knock on the door. They quickly pulled away as a nurse came in.

"You must be Miss. Fleming?" The nurse asked and held out her hand.

"Yep. That's me." Amy said and smiled, shaking the nurse's hand.

"Are you ready for breakfast, Ty?" The nurse asked.

"Yeah. I'm starving." He answered. The nurse left and Amy moved back to her chair and moved it closer to Ty's bed.

"Did you have anything to eat this morning?" Ty asked, he knew what Amy could be like when it came to breakfast.

"Yeah." Amy lied.

"Ames, I've known you for ages. I know when your lying. I'll ask the nurse to get you something when she comes back."

"Don't Ty. I can go buy myself something if I get hungry."

"Yeah. But I know you won't." Ty answered.

"Well, at least this is a fairly good place to pass out!" Amy said. They laughed. The nurse soon came back.

"Is there any chance you could get Ames something to eat?" Ty asked. The nurse nodded and walked away.

"Ty. I told you I wasn't hungry." Amy whined.

"Well I am and I don't know how you aren't. Especially after doing feeds and cleaning stalls this morning." Ty said. The nurse soon came back with a small plate.

"Sorry I couldn't get much. You are only a guest." The nurse apologised.

"Thank you and that's fine. I'm not really hungry but Ty thinks I need to eat." Amy explained.

"You have a ranch at home with a load of horses. You need all the energy you can get. Especially since I can't come back and help yet." Ty said. Amy sighed in defeat and started eating.

A few minutes later, they had both finished and were talking.

"OK. Ty. I didn't want to say anything until we got back to Heartland but I think you need to know. We had a slight incident with Harley. He's fine now but he coliced. Pretty bad. Scott had to operate." She was interrupted by Ty.

"Wait, colic surgery? Isn't that meant to cost loads?" Ty asked.

"Yeah. But it turns out Harley was insured so it was fine and we had to do it. For you." Amy said. "And as I said, he's fine now." Amy added.

A few hours later, Amy was watching out the door window from her chair by Ty's bed while Ty was sleeping. She saw someone look in and knew instantly who it was. Kit. She had to see what Ty thought of her apologizing.

She waved at Kit to come in. She must've shaken a bit because Ty woke up suddenly.

"You still here?" He asked her.

"I wouldn't leave you for the world." She answered. Ty looked over to the door.

"Who's that?" He asked Amy.

"Kit." She answered.

"What?" Ty gasped suddenly. "What's she doing here?" He asked.

"Probably wanting to apologize to you." She answered. She continued waving her in.

"You can't let her in." He said.

"Why not? I already taught her not to get to close to you and me." She answered.

"What do you mean?"

"I punched her."

"Really? When?"

"The day after you got shot. I came into see you for the first time and Kit was there. I waited for her to come out. When she finally came out, we started off talking but that soon turned to yelling and then she blamed all this on me because I'm constantly saying how special Spartan is so I punched her." She explained. "I only gave her a bloody nose though." Amy sighed.

"Still pretty good." Ty grinned. Amy was now mouthing 'woss' and 'chicken' at Kit now, still trying to get her in.

"You could just go and tell her to come in." Ty suggested.

"All right. Are you sure your fine with Kit coming?" Amy asked.

"Yep. I know she won't get too close with you around." Ty answered, grinning. Amy got up and walked to the door.

"Hey Kit. Ty would like to see you." Amy said. She walked back in with Kit following her. Amy went back to her seat while Kit went to sit on the other side.

"What do you want, Kit?" Ty asked, loudly.

"I wanted to apologize. I felt really bad." Kit said.

"A bit late, don't you think?" Ty said.

"Well, I couldn't do it before." Kit said, slightly flirtatiously.

"Well, you should have thought of that first." Ty snapped, which just seemed to make Kit more flirtatious.

'Idiot.' Thought Amy.

She then felt herself gasp quietly. Kit was leaning down to Ty, to kiss him. He looked like he was going to go for it until she was really close. He dodged her and punched her in the eye.

"Ow." She screamed. Amy could feel a smirk on her lips. She watched Kit run out the room. Amy couldn't help bursting out laughing. Ty smiled at her.

"Didn't think I'd let her kiss me, did you?" Ty asked.

"No." Amy lied.

"Can you not trust me?" Ty teased.

"I don't know." Amy playfully hesitated. Ty reached over and playfully hit her. She leaned forward and kissed him.

"Thanks for not punching me." Amy whispered jokingly.

"I'd never dare punch you." Ty said, softly. They smiled at each other and then kissed again.