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Jade was on a ventilator and had a few machines hooked up to her body, beeping slowly and methodically.
She was conscious and most of the family and assorted people from the Grey's tangled lives had turned up at the hospital to make sure she was okay. Grace had been given Jade's chart and stood in front of the little band of worried looking friends and family.
'She's going to be fine. A row of stitches had burst after what happened at Ana's workplace today. The bleeding didn't get that bad until she came to our house, which is why she fainted. There's no lasting damage, she'll need to be careful and not pin anyone against a wall any time soon, but it looks like we're going to be okay. She's asleep at the moment'.
Gail frowned 'how had it got so bad without Jade noticing?'. Grace sighed a little 'the amount of scars and bruises on the poor girl, I think she's quite used to it'. Everyone looked a little ill at her words.
Luke had been sitting beside his wife's bed for an hour before she sleepily opened her eyes, a slightly dazed smile on her face 'I didn't think you'd be here'.
Luke leant forward in the chair and stroked her hair gently, a tender expression on his face 'it doesn't matter what arguments we have, you're my wife, and I'm not letting you go that easily'.
Jade smiled sleeping and turned over slightly, wincing a little. 'J, try not to move too much, they gave you new stitches, it's going to be quite sore'.
Jade grumbled and turned onto her back, sitting up a little, wincing again. Luke smiled fondly
'you realise the last time we were in this hospital you were giving birth to Faith, the time before we found out you were pregnant, and the time before that was when we first met properly'.
Jade smiled 'I'd heard you reading to me all the time, you kept me sane when I was trapped inside my own body'. Luke swallowed and leant down to kiss her briefly, seeing Christian at the door and sitting back up.
'Sorry to uh, interrupt- can I have a word with my daughter?'. Luke smiled 'of course'.
Christian was holding Faith gently on his chest, despite now being over five months old she looked tiny against Christian's tall figure. As Luke left he gently took his daughter from Christian and smiled back at his wife.
Christian moved to the now vacant seat beside her bed, looking tired. 'So, your Grandmother told me about what you said, about how you felt like a burden as a kid...'. Jade shrugged and glanced at the ceiling, leaving Christian to carry on
'look, Jade, I'll be honest- that night my Dad called to say that a baby was on his doorstep with a note claiming it was mine, I nearly had a heart attack. I was terrified, I'd slept with a fair few women since Elena but I knew from the letter instantly that it was her...and I knew that the tiny little girl in my Dad's arms who couldn't stop crying wasn't going to go to some home and possibly have a childhood like the one I endured... That little baby was going to grow up with me- regardless of how bad I was- as it's parent. You weren't a burden, you were a salvation, frankly'.
Jade blinked in surprise, completely lost for words for a long time. 'Oh...'. Was all she managed for a while, followed by a sizeable pause, when she finally looked up, her grey eyes were cautiously looking at her fathers own wary ones.
'Dad...the DNA test, you never looked did you? I don't actually want an answer, I just want you to know that I know...and I don't need to know- you're my Dad, regardless'.
Christian was surprised beyond anything his daughter had thrown at him before, he was literally speechless for nearly five minutes. Eventually he managed to speak 'Jade...I didn't think you-' she cut him off quickly.
'Dad, it's fine. I don't want to know and I don't need to know, Grace and Carrick are your parents as much as you are mine, there's a chance you are, there's a chance you aren't- I don't need to know'.
Christian looked Jade in the eye and saw the genuine look she was giving him and impulsively leant over and kissed her forehead gently, voice quiet
'you're my little girl, regardless'.
Jade smiled and looked fairly relaxed, sitting back against the pile of pillows.
'So, now that's out of the way, what did you want to talk about?'. Christian blinked in surprise and cleared his head. 'oh, um I wanted to you know...run something by you first, you know...before I do it'.
Jade raised an eyebrow 'okay, and what it that?'. Christian exhaled shakily 'I want to ask Ana to marry me, and I wanted to make sure you were...okay...with it'.
Jade's face split into a huge, genuine grin 'are you serious?'. Christian nodded 'are you okay with that?'. Jade nodded vehemently 'of course I am!' Jade had a huge smile on her face and tried to hug her Dad, wincing in pain.
Christian shook his head 'you'll stretch the new stitches'.
The old Christian would have left it there, but instead he sat on the side of his daughters bed and as she sat up, pulled her into a hug, her head against his chest as he stroked her hair gently.
Thought I'd lift the mood a bit after the last few grim chapters. Updated all three of my fan fictions today- made good progress!
please let me know what you think- next chapter will hopefully be the ball :) Elena gets some harsh words x