'Hi baby' I say as I open my eyes and see Hannah sat in the chair playing on the ipad.

'Matt, at last you're awake.' She says.

'Why, what time is it?' I ask.

'Two o'clock.' She says smiling at me.

'Why have I slept so long? Can I go home now?'

'You know why you've slept so long; you'll be like this for a while yet. As for going home, the doctor wants to run some tests before you leave.' She says.

'No. How long will it take?' I mutter.

'I don't know. That's all I've been told. I don't even know what the tests are for.'

'Did Elliot and Christian go to work?'

'Yes, they left when I got here this morning around eight. Christian has phoned a few times to see if you're awake. Did something happen between you two? He seems to be more over protective of you than normal.' Hannah asks.

'I got angry with him yesterday. I said stuff I shouldn't have done. We made up about two o clock this morning.' I say smiling at her.

'I'm glad you made up. I thought you were in an odd mood yesterday when you woke up in the afternoon. Do you want to call him now? He'll want to know you're awake.'

'Sure, do you know where my phone is?' I ask and as she hands it to me she smiles and kisses my cheek.

'Two weeks until I can kiss you properly. I'm counting down the days. Phone Christian now, I'm just going to get a cold drink. Do you want anything?' She asks and I shake my head. 'OK, I'll be back soon.' When Hannah leaves the room I click speed dial. He answers immediately like I knew he would.

'Matt'

'Hi Christian, Hannah said you've called a few times.'

'Yes, I've been worried about you. You've slept for ages. Shall I come and pick you up now?' Christian asks.

'According to Hannah they want to do some tests but she's not sure what for. I've not seen the doctor yet and Hannah has just gone to get a drink.'

'I'm on my way; I'll be with you in ten minutes.' 'Andrea cancel my meetings for the rest of the day.' He says.

'Christian, there's no need to be here. I'll be OK. I'll call when I'm ready to leave.' I say.

'Matt, please. I want to be there.'

'OK, I'll see you in ten minutes.' It's easier just to let him do what he wants. I click the phone off as Hannah returns.

'Christian is on his way.' I mutter.

'OK, I thought he would come as soon as he could. Has the doctor been in yet?' she asks.

'No' I reply. 'I just want to be out of here.'

'Don't get sulky. Here, take this pen and paper and write down your four places where you want to go on holiday. I've done mine already.' She says smiling at me. I write 'Wherever you are baby' on the paper and show it to her smirking. 'Properly, otherwise we won't have fun choosing and planning over the next few weeks.' She scolds me.

I sit and think for a few minutes and then begin to write – America, Australia, England, Canada.

'OK, I'm done.' I say.

'You put a lot of thought into that, let me see.' She says and I show her 'Matt, we can't do Australia in a weekend or a week. Please will you take this seriously; otherwise I'm not playing the game. I spent ages this morning thinking about this and then you mess about.'

'Sorry, don't get cross with me. I'll do it properly this time.' I say as I begin to write again. Jupiter, Toronto, San Diego, Hawaii. 'OK, I'm done. Where's your list?' I ask her.

'Here' she says taking it out of the back pocket of her jeans. 'I'll start with my number one and we'll take it in turns' she says as bossy as ever though she's smiling at me. I nod. 'OK my number one is San Francisco; did you have that on your list?'

'No. My number one is Jupiter.'

'Matt' she says crossly throwing her piece of paper on the bed. 'Why can't you take anything seriously?'

'I was, it's in Florida, just north of West Palm Beach. It's somewhere to relax and lie on the beach all day.'

'Oh sorry. I've never heard of it. I thought you meant the planet. Obviously that's not on my list. My second choice is New York.'

'Toronto.' I say smiling at her.

'Aspen' she says. I look at her questionably 'I've never been and everyone raves on about it.'

'We can go there anytime, Christian has a house there.' I say smiling at her.

'Of course he does, he probably has them all over the place.'

'No only there and an apartment in New York.' I say 'My next choice is San Diego' she looks at me questionably. 'I want to go to the zoo there, I've always wanted to go and no-one else in my family wanted to so we never went.'

She smiles at me 'We haven't agreed yet. Last one is Hawaii.'

'Hawaii' I say grinning at her.

'No way, let me see.' She shouts. I show her my piece of paper and she grins at me and we hug each other.

'Hawaii it is then. When I get out of here we can sort out the dates and flights and hotel.' I say to her.

'I'm so excited already.' She says.

'What about?' Christian asks as he walks into the room. 'You two look happy.'

'You could have knocked.' I say 'We could have been having a private moment.'

'What? When you're still hooked up to machines and drips.' Christian says smiling. 'So, what are you excited about Hannah?'

'We've written down four places each we want to go and come up with one that we'd like to go to for a few days before we go back to school.' Hannah says. Christian raises an eyebrow to question her. 'We can't go to California surfing now so we want to go to Hawaii to relax on the beach.'

'Sawyer can go with you.' Christian says matter of factually.

'No, it's meant to be a quiet holiday for just us two.' I say.

'Matt, Taylor will be there for me and Ana on our honeymoon. Think about it, he can drive you wherever you need to go, he'll sort out all your luggage. You won't know he's there; he'll just be in the background. It would give me piece of mind to know he's with you and mom would rather you had someone looking out for you. You're both just eighteen and you've just had surgery. Hopefully this will be the last time you're in hospital but what if something happened to you or even to Hannah, how would either of you cope with finding a hospital there. What if you pass out again, Hannah needs help, she needed us the other night.' Christian says. He looks at Hannah and then me. I look at Hannah and she nods.

'OK, we'll take Sawyer.' I mutter

'Good, you can have the jet as well if you want. We won't need it by then and it will be easier for you rather than hanging round at the airport.' Christian says smiling at me. Hannah looks at him open mouthed. 'Yes Hannah I have a jet.'

'And you're going to let us use it.' She asks in awe.

'Yes, not the bedroom though.' He smirks at me.

'It has a bedroom?' Hannah asks.

'Hannah stop, I'll take you to it so that you can look around it one day. You'll get used to it. Can I look at your lists?' Christian asks.

'Sure' I say handing them to him.

'Aspen and New York, you can go there anytime and use my place.' Christian says generously.

'That's what I told her.' I say smugly.

'Matt, what is your obsession with San Diego. When we all sat round the table and wrote where we all wanted to go on the family holiday each year you always put that at the top of your list.' Christian asks as he looks at my list.

'I know, and we never went. We always went somewhere from someone else's list. I started doing it automatically in the end in the hope that someone else might want to go. I thought if I was choosing the holiday this time it might finally happen.' I say smiling at Hannah. Christian looks at us both as Hannah is grinning at me.

'He only wants to go to the zoo.' She says.

'I've been wanting to go since I was five.' I mutter. 'There must have been an ad on the TV or in one of mom's magazines.' Christian bursts out laughing. 'It's not funny, imagine if it was you and everyone else got their pick and no-one took any notice because they didn't take you seriously.'

I'm sorry Matt; we probably didn't take you seriously. I remember you always saying it and then you'd go quiet and lay your arms on the table and rest your head on them as if you didn't really care.'

'Because I was living in hope that it might finally happen.' I say as the doctor enters the room. Christian shakes his hand and introduces himself.

'Matthew, we're going to take you for an MRI scan in about fifteen minutes.' The doctor says. I look at Christian; he must see the fear in my eyes.

'What are you looking for?' Christian asks.

'We'll be looking at the brain to see if there was any other bleeding caused when Matthew fell and hit his head and we're going to have a look at the spleen again to see if the operation was successful. We're concerned that Matthew blacked out instead of feeling the dizziness. It suggests that there may be some bleeding from the spleen.' Says the doctor to Christian.

''OK, and if there is?' Christian asks.

'We might have to operate straight away.' The doctor replies. Hannah goes white and sits down on the chair next to me. 'I'll be back with the nurses in about fifteen minutes; the scan should take about forty minutes.' The doctor adds before leaving. I sit quietly my head in my hands.

'Matt, it's just as a precaution they need to check you out.' Christian says.

'Then why did I black out. I'm never going to get out of here. You're getting married in three weeks and I'll still be here.'

'Stop worrying, you'll be fine. I'll leave you two alone for five minutes. I'm just going to make a phone call.' Christian says as hugs me as he leaves. I look at Hannah, she looks worried.

'Baby, come up here and sit with me. I want to hug you and I can't do it properly whilst I'm still hooked to these machines.' I say. I sit up and make myself comfortable and she comes and sits between my legs facing me. I hug her tightly and she hugs me back.

'Kiss me.' She whispers.

'Hannah, we can't. You know the risks.' I say.

'Matt, please. I just want to feel your lips on mine. I don't care about the risks right now. You're about to go for a scan and if they have to operate again I want a kiss to get me through all the waiting that I'll be doing.' She says. 'Please Matt, I need this right now.'

'Hannah….'

'Matt, I'm scared'

'So am I.' I whisper and kiss her lips gently. She kisses me back and we lose ourselves in the passionate embrace. I hear the door open and pull away from Hannah.

'Whoa, you two shouldn't be doing that.' Christian says but he's smiling. 'I've just spoken to mom, who spoke to the doctor. She's worried now as well and will be waiting for the phone call after the scan. The doctor will be here in ten minutes, I'll leave you alone again. I'll be outside and make sure no-one comes in.' He says and goes to shake my hand, puzzled I take it and then grin as he places a condom there. 'Ten minutes, I'll knock OK.'

'Thank you.' I say grinning at him as he smiles back at me.

As soon as the door is closed I kiss Hannah again. I have one hand on her breast and she groans.

'Baby, can I make love to you?'

'Matt…..' she whispers. I hold a finger to her lips and show her the condom. Her eyes widen. 'Did Christian just give that to you?' I nod and she smiles. I kiss her again passionately and slip a finger inside her panties.

'Hannah, you're so wet already.' I exclaim.

'I've been waiting for you for a week.' She says quietly, placing her hand on my erection.

'We need to be quick.' I say and rip open the foil. She rolls the condom on me and then we shift closer straddling each other. 'Ready.' I whisper and she nods as I pull her onto me and then we move together. 'Baby, come for me.' I say and as she does I follow. I kiss her again.

'I love you so much Matt Grey.'

'I love you too Hannah.' I whisper as I hug her again. Pulling away I take the condom off.

'I'd better get rid of that before the doctor comes in.' Hannah says as takes it from me and climbs off the bed and heads to the bathroom. As she passes the door she opens it. Christian puts his head round the frame and smirks at me. Hannah is already in the bathroom.

'That was quick.' Christian teases. I just look at him. 'Sorry' he whispers as Hannah comes out of the bathroom. She blushes when she sees Christian and comes to hold my hand.

'Hannah, please don't be embarrassed.' Christian says to her.

'I can't help it. You even gave us the condom.' She says quietly.

'What would you rather have done in those fifteen minutes, sit here quietly not knowing what to say to each other. At least you're both relaxed now.' He says smiling at her. 'And you have to spend the next hour sat with me whilst we wait for Matt.' He adds smirking at her.

The doctor enters the room again along with a nurse. 'OK Matthew, it's time to get you checked out.' he says as the nurse takes out all the drips and unhooks me from the machines. She then brings in a wheelchair. I look at it in horror. 'Matthew, please sit in the chair, we're not taking any risks on the way to the scan.' The doctor says. I climb off the bed and sit in the chair as I've been told. Hannah gives me a hug and then Christian follows.

'We'll be waiting for you. I'm going to take Hannah for ice cream. We'll bring you some back.' Christian says.

'OK, look after her.'

'Don't worry I will.' He says and smiles as the nurse pushes the wheelchair out of the room and down the corridor.