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Chapter 2

"What did the doctors say?" Sonny asked Francis who was pacing the waiting area.

"They pushed me out of the treatment area." Francis said running his fingers through his hair. "She isn't awake yet."

"General Hospital has the best doctors in the state." Johnny said trying to calm his friend some.

Elizabeth walked in wearing scrubs. Her sweater had been confiscated by the police which was fine, she wouldn't ever want to wear it again. She wanted to help with Diane so she opted for scrubs instead of putting her dress back on. Patrick pointed to her arm and told her to go get that looked at. "Has anyone come out to talk to you?" She asked Francis.

"No. How are you doing kid?" He asked pointing to the large bandage on her arm.

"I'm fine." Elizabeth assured them. It wasn't just a graze, more of shallow wound. The doctor used glue to close the wound and she wouldn't even have a scar.

"Where is your sling?" Steven asked walking into the waiting room.

"I don't need one." Elizabeth replied arching a brow at her brother. Now was not the time for him to get overprotective.

"My medical degree out ranks yours." Steven told her. "Go get the sling I know Dr. Ford gave you."

"Is there any word on Diane?" Elizabeth asked about her friend. She was aware that Jason was watching her. She needed to find some time to let him know she didn't see this as being his fault.

"She's still unconscious. Dr. Drake is awaiting the rest of her scans. We are going to move her to a private room and keep watch. Hopefully she will come around in the next little while." Steven said giving his report to Francis who had Diane's power of attorney.

"Is there any sign of brain damage?" Francis wanted to know.

"Not in the early scans." Steven knew, and liked, Diane. So he hoped there was no lasting damage. She was needed to keep Jason out of jail so he could finally ask Lizzie out. Within the next few weeks would be nice so that Steven won the private pool he had going with his grandmother. "I'll let you know what room she is going to be in. You." He pointed to his sister. "Next time I see you, that arm better be in a sling. That's a direct order from your acting Chief of Staff."

"Whatever." Elizabeth wasn't letting her brother push her around.

"Epiphany." Steven spotted the head nurse walking by. "My sister will no longer be returning to work next week." Liz had called to say she was concluding her emergency leave since the trial was wrapping up. "She is currently unfit for duty." He gave the order and watched his sister's jaw drop. "Sling." He said before walking out of the waiting room.

"The minute Monica is back I'm kicking his ass." Elizabeth growled stomping off to get a sling. "This is just an abuse of power." They heard her mutter on her way out.

"She's waking up." Francis said watching his girlfriend's eyes flutter open. "Dee, baby." He said to coax her into waking completely.

"Francis, what happened?" She said blinking the room, and the gorgeous man leaning over her, into focus.

"Don't answer that." Patrick said grabbing a pen light. "Look at me." He watched her pupils dilate which he wanted to see. "What's the last thing you remember?"

"Talking to the press." Diane said pushing the light away and frowning at the doctor. "That is making my bad headache worse. What am I wearing, I look horrible in pink." She said taking in the hospital gown. "Do you have anything in green?"

Francis smiled and relaxed for the first time in over an hour. "I'll send for some pajamas." If she was worried about her wardrobe then everything was okay.

"Just get my suit, I'm fine there is no reason for me to stay here." Diane said trying to sit up, the room spun and she grabbed her head.

"Lie back down Dee, now isn't the time to be stubborn." Francis fussed as he helped her back to the pillow.

"You don't remember anything after talking with the media?" Patrick wanted to know. It wasn't uncommon to block out the trauma that caused an injury. He just wanted to make sure that was all they were dealing with.

"Yes, that is the last thing I remember." Diane answered frowning. "Clearly something must have happened for me to end up here." She waved her hand around the room. That was when she noticed that Sonny, Jason, and Johnny were in with them.

Patrick saw where she was looking. "You know them?"

"You mean the three stooges over there. Yes I know them Sonny, Johnny, and Jason." Diane said looking back at the doctor.

There was a knock on the door and Elizabeth stuck her head in the room. "Hey, you're awake." She said smiling and coming over to the bed. Again she was aware that Jason was watching her. When the guys came up with Francis she went to track down her brother to make him reverse his order to Epiphany. Which he was still refusing to do. So she and Jason still needed to talk.

"You're hurt." Diane said focusing on the sling. She looked at Francis. "Why didn't someone tell me that Elizabeth was hurt? Don't you think that would have been of importance to me? What the hell happened to us?"

"Calm down Ms. Miller." Patrick said noting that Diane's blood pressure was rising.

"It's not that bad." Elizabeth assured her friend.

"Whether it's bad or not isn't the issue." Diane said pulling herself together as the doctor wanted. "You would think instead of shining lights in my eyes, or promising me pajamas." She said giving Francis the evil eye. "Someone would have mentioned that my daughter was hurt as well."

Everyone looked at one another in surprise. "I'm -." Elizabeth went to correct her friend, but was interrupted.

"She's not that badly hurt." Patrick said speaking over Liz. "It's just a graze."

"Graze? As in a bullet?" Diane asked her blood pressure going up again.

"Good going doc." Johnny said being a smartass.

"I can have you removed." Patrick warned. "Does that jog any memories?" It would be better if she remembered what happened on her own.

"No." Diane said in a clipped tone. "If my daughter was shot why is she not in a hospital bed too?"

"It's just a shallow wound. Some surgical glue and I was cleared to go. You've been unconscious for almost an hour." Elizabeth said skirting the issue of Diane's sudden announcement that they were related which wasn't true.

"A shallow wound or a graze, because those are two different things." Diane knew her bullet terminology.

"A shallow wound." Elizabeth said to her friend, who just sniffed in annoyance.

"Who is that?" Patrick pointed to Francis and getting them back on track.

"That's Francis. I said his name earlier." Diane reminded the doctor.

"Is he related to you?" Patrick wanted to know. Ms. Miller was going to be a difficult patient.

"He's my husband." Diane said looking down at her hand. "You took my wedding set. Did they give it to you?" She asked Francis.

"Can you describe it for me?" Patrick knew Diane was unmarried, but at least she put herself in a relationship with the right man.

"It's a lovely Marquis Cut diamond. Four carats with an eternity wedding band." She smiled at Francis. "He knows me well. I like sparkly things."

"Who is that?" Patrick pointed to Sonny.

"My boss." Diane looked at Patrick. "Standing next to him is Johnny O'Brien. I also mentioned them earlier. Are you having memory issues?"

"Very funny. Are you related to either of them?" Patrick wanted to know.

"No." Diane said in a tone that indicated she was losing her patience with him.

"What about him?" Patrick pointed to Jason.

"That is Jason Morgan. My other boss, for now. He'll have to get a new lawyer soon. It is a conflict of interest to represent family in court. He and Elizabeth are engaged, we had to keep that quiet because of the trial."

Elizabeth's eyes got wide as she looked over at an equally shocked Jason. "Um."

"Congratulations. They make a lovely couple." Patrick said trying not to laugh. He knew that wasn't true either. But the chance to mess with Jason didn't come along that often. He knew Monica's son because he was Jason's doctor. They got along well.

"Ms. Miller I'm going to call for more scans." Patrick wanted another look inside her head. This was definitely related to the fall, and he just wanted to make sure they didn't miss anything. "Elizabeth can you find a technician to set that up for me." Her facial expressions alone would let Diane know something was wrong. The mob guys all had blank faces.

"Sure thing." Elizabeth said trying to keep a straight face as she walked from the room. She also didn't look at Jason, because she was too embarrassed. Diane knew she had a thing for the enforcer which was probably where the engagement idea came from. The daughter connection was just baffling.

"It's Mrs. Corelli, when I'm not in court." Diane said smiling at Francis.

"Sorry. Your husband can send for those pajamas while you are upstairs." Patrick said wanting to talk to Francis alone.

"Jason." Diane said to the enforcer. "Please check and make sure Liz is really okay. You know she doesn't like to feel like she's a bother." The lawyer told him.

Jason just nodded before walking from the room. He passed Georgie in the hall. "Diane is awake, but confused about a few things don't correct her." He remembered that from his own injury. He looked up the hall and saw Elizabeth on the phone. They needed to talk.

"Okay." Georgie said heading into her boss's hospital room.

"Georgie." Diane was happy to see that whatever had occurred didn't leave her newest associate injured.

"Are you related to her?" Patrick figured he would check.

"No. I'm Georgie's boss." Diane said like the doctor should know that.

"Okay. I'll be back when the scans are in." Patrick said walking out of the room with Sonny behind him. Francis was down the hall with Liz and Jason so they joined them.

"How long is she going to be like this?" Francis wanted to know.

"No telling, but you cannot correct her." Patrick explained to them. "With this type of injury it's important that the victim regain their memories on their own. You could cause Ms. Miller mental distress if you push her to remember before she is ready. Her mixed up memories are related to the shooting so everyone needs to be careful."

"I thought amnesia took all your memories." Sonny said confused.

"There is more than one type of amnesia." Jason said before Patrick could. "I'm proof of that. But Diane's injuries aren't as severe as mine were." The enforcer pointed out.

"That's true, which is why I'm guessing this is temporary. The new scans are just in case I'm wrong. Which doesn't happen." Patrick said grinning.

"We can't keep up this charade." Elizabeth said looking at all the guys. "When Diane leaves the hospital there is an entire town out there with the knowledge she has her facts wrong. Someone will try to correct her. I'm sure any one of Jason's ex-girlfriend's would be happy to let her know he isn't engaged to me."

Actually she was only thinking of one ex. Keesha Ward was simply not the type of woman who gave up when she wanted something. And she wanted Jason back in her bed. Enough that she had gotten in Elizabeth's face several times. The other woman had been shocked when Liz didn't back down. She might be small but she didn't tolerate being bullied.

With this situation cropping up it was a good thing that Keesha had moved away a couple of months ago. However she had mentioned that she planned on returning at some point, and she planned on getting Jason back when she did. Murphy's Law meant that Keesha was probably signing the lease on an apartment somewhere in the city right now.

"That's a good point." Francis said frowning. "We have folks in our organization who may accidentally give away what Dee is saying isn't correct. Alexis is a horrible liar, she will give away that Diane and I aren't married in ten seconds. No offense." He said looking at Sonny.

"None taken. There is a reason I don't tell my wife things." Sonny said grinning. In court Alexis was fearless, out of court not so much. "Doc, would some time away do Diane good?" The mob boss suggested.

"What did you have in mind?" Patrick wanted to know.

"I own a private island about two hours of flight time from here." Sonny told the doctor. "I can send her down for some R&R if you back me up. There is a top tier hospital there if she needs anything."

"That will work. Down there no one will know what she is saying isn't true." Jason nodded seeing the merit of the plan. "Francis will need to go with Diane."

"It would look odd if her husband didn't go with her." Sonny said starting to laugh. "It's funny that she said that, considering how anti-marriage she is." Francis was more than ready to tie the knot.

"None of this is funny." Francis said worried about his girlfriend. "Will this affect her work?"

"She can't practice law in this shape." Elizabeth said looking at her friend. "Even if she does still have all her legal smarts she would be considered incapacitated by the court."

"Let's start by seeing if she will leave Port Charles." Patrick said heading back down the hall. "Mrs. Corelli." He looked between his patient, Georgie who was sitting there wide eyed, and Johnny who was trying not to laugh.

"I need to go." Georgie said heading for the door.

"I'll see you later at home sweetheart." Johnny said with a devilish grin. "Moving in with Georgie was one of the smartest decision I ever made." He said letting everyone else know some of what Diane had said. "Getting married to her was another."

"Hopefully soon you two will have some children. I'm all set to be a godmother." Diane thought they would have beautiful babies. Something she had mentioned several times during the short visit. Apparently along with losing her memories she had lost some of her filters too. Not that she had many to start with.

"Hopefully." Johnny was enjoying this.

Patrick cleared his throat. "If the scans come back clear then I'm going to send you home. Since you are missing some time I'm going to prescribe rest for the next few weeks."

"That's fine. Court is over. You two behave." She pointed to Sonny and Jason.

"Sonny said we can go to the island." Francis said linking their fingers. He needed to pick up some wedding bands, she already owned the diamond ring she described. He had it in his pocket.

"That would perfect!" Diane exclaimed. "Elizabeth and Jason should come too. We can start planning the wedding. Since there is no need to hide the engagement anymore."

"Patrick said you should rest." Elizabeth spoke up.

"Planning a wedding isn't strenuous. If you want something low key, we can pull together something small and the two of you can get married on the island before we come home." Diane said looking between the young couple. "You would probably prefer something small." She said looking at Jason.

"I need to work." Elizabeth said thinking that would stop wedding planning talk.

"You are injured. You need to rest, and let your fiance take care of you." Diane replied in a tone that said don't argue. "Sonny, I will call you and tell you what we plan and when everything will take place so you can come down."

The mob boss just grinned popping out his dimples. He wondered how far Diane would get before her memories returned. It would be hilarious if she actually got them to the altar. Sonny also knew Jason had feelings for Liz. "I'll wait for your call." He finally said. "Jason and I are going to go get the travel plans covered. We'll be back later."

"Jason?" Diane said before he could get to the door. "Aren't you forgetting something?"

"No." He said ready to strangle Sonny. His friend was enjoying this too much. Jason still needed to make sure Liz was willing to even be around him after what happened earlier. Pretending to be engaged might send her running for the hills.

"Aren't you going to give Liz a kiss before you go?" Diane asked him.

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