Baumer had stayed with Nina throughout the night and into the morning. He had fallen asleep in the chair next to her bed and slowly woke up to the sound of the door opening.

Giorgio walked into the room. "Hi Andrew."

"Hi Mr. Botticelli." Baumer greeted.

Giorgio went over to Nina and kissed her forehead. "Nina, spero che ti svegli presto." *

"I hope so too." Baumer had taken an Italian course and he was better understanding the language.

Giorgio sighed and went to sit down next to Baumer. "Thank you Andrew for calling me last night and telling me what happened."

"It's really no problem." Baumer told him. "You're her father and should know if anything like this happens."

"Yeah, you're right." Giorgio admitted. "But thank you anyway."

"You don't have to thank me for that, sir." Baumer told him.

"I feel like I do because I haven't even been to the hotel when we arrived a couple of weeks ago." Giorgio explained. "I promised Nina I'd be at the hotel more often than last summer and James mentions meetings he has to go to where I have to tag along because now I'm the co-owner." He sighed. "For this weekend, it just so happened that James went on his family trip and I had to go to the meeting alone. James deserves to spend time with his family and unfortunately Nina got hurt while I was away."

"You did travel with her to Italy when she finished her semester." Baumer reminded him.

"Yeah, I know. It's just…I don't want to have the same situation like last summer."

"I understand."

"I mean, I'll be staying here for a couple of days to make sure everything is okay with her." Giorgio told him. "James is coming back later from his family trip in time for that competition." He informed.

Baumer nodded.

The door suddenly opened and the nurse came walking in. "Hi there." She greeted Baumer and turned to Giorgio. "Hi sir, you must be her father."

"I am."

"Nina is doing okay. We're surprised she didn't wake up yet." The nurse told them.

"Why isn't she waking up?" Baumer questioned.

"I spoke with the other nurses and we don't know. We will give her more time." The nurse told them. "I'm going to ask you to leave so I can do some tests on her to see how she is doing."

They both nodded and left the room.

What they didn't notice was Nina slowly coming back into consciousness.

They waited outside until the nurse was finished.

"I hope she is okay."

"She will be. I'm staying with her all day until she wakes up."

The nurse began to insert a needle to do some testing.

Because Nina had slowly woken, the pain shot through her. Her body jerked forward, allowing her to sit up and let out a scream.

The nurse was startled and jumped out of the bed. She's never seen this before.

Nina's hand went over to her other arm and she clutched it. She couldn't help the tears from falling. "Out…" She managed to say.

"Take it out?" The nurse asked her. When Nina nodded, the nurse quickly took the needle out.

When the pain in her arm was gone, Nina fell back onto the bed. Her back was propped up with the pillows. She looked up at the ceiling, in a daze.

Baumer and Giorgio ran into the room. "Nina?! Are you okay?"

The nurse left them alone and said she was going to come back later.

Nina turned her head towards the door and smiled. Her face was red from crying before from the pain and her eyes were getting teary. Her body was in pain as well with the hard training.

Giorgio immediately ran by her side. He kissed her forehead. "How are you feeling?"

"I'm alright, daddy." Nina responded. "My head hurts a little bit and my body too but I think I'll be okay." She said softly.

"Grazie a Dio." ** Giorgio kissed her forehead. "I'm going to stay with you until you feel better."

"Okay."

Baumer smiled in relief, knowing she was okay. Now should he go and see her? She needed her father right now.

Nina turned to Baumer and smiled.

Baumer couldn't hold back his tears any longer. He went over to her and kissed her. "I'm so happy you're awake."

Nina smiled and wrapped her arms around him. "I love you."

It always gave him butterflies in his stomach when she told him she loved him. "I love you too."

Baumer pulled away after a little while.

"That surfing competition is coming up-"

"Don't you dare mention surfing right now." Giorgio spat.

"No, I mean. It's coming up and shouldn't you two be going to watch?" Nina asked.

Giorgio was relieved that she didn't want to go but not that she was pushing them away. "Andrew and I are going to stay with you. We don't care about a stupid competition."

Baumer nodded in agreement.

"But you have to be there! Mr. Evans is going to shut down the hotel because we're not competing and you have to be there to stop him."

"I'll tell James and he can deal with him. My daughter means more to me than that hotel." Giorgio told her, cupping her face.

Nina nodded. He had a reason.

"Your dad is right." Baumer agreed. "Now, how are you feeling?"

"Alright, I guess." Nina responded. "I am a little cold, actually."

The nurse walked in as soon as she said that. "Oh, well you did come to the hospital with wet hair and your bikini." She pointed to her purple bikini that was on the table.

"Really?"

"Yeah." The nurse replied. "If you'd like, I can take you where the showers are and you can use them."

"Really?"

"Yeah."

Nina smiled. "Sounds great!" She turned to Giorgio. "Daddy, can you get me some new clothes to put under my hospital gown?"

"Sleeveless shirt and shorts." The nurse told Giorgio.

Giorgio nodded.

"Mr. Botticelli, I'll tag along." Baumer told him. Then he turned to Nina. "You must be hungry."

Nina nodded. "I am."

"I'll grab a Caesar salad from the DR. It's your favourite right?"

"Yeah!"

"Alright." Baumer kissed her. "See you in a bit."

Giorgio kissed her forehead and they left to go to the hotel.

xxx

After Nina had taken a 10 minute shower, she came back to her room. It pained her to have to do this and go against her father's and Baumer's word but she knew deep in her heart that it was what she should do. She changed into her purple bikini that she was in before she came to the hospital and grabbed the hospital phone. She dialed a number and placed the phone to her ear.

"Hello?"

"Reef, I need your help."

A.N: Hey everyone! The story is coming along quite well. I'm trying to update as fast as I can. Hope everyone is enjoying the story and see you soon!

S.G. Tsukasa

*Nina, I hope you wake up soon.

**Thank god.