Carmen-“will you sit with me?”

Alice-“ of course, have they said anything about her waking up yet?”

Carmen-“ no but they are coming in more and more”

Alice-“ how are you holding up?”

Carmen-“ As well as I can, I was so mad at her and walked away not finding out what was going on and now I don’t know when I will hear her voice again.”

Alice-“ She will make it through this Carmen, She is strong. Everything she has been through and everything she has done to get back to you. She isn’t going to leave you now”

Carmen never thought of it that way. Shane did come back even after she was a coward at the wedding, she couldn’t be without Carmen and for the first time Carmen saw that.

Alice-“ man she really looks rough, after everything she has done to herself this is the last way I would have thought I would see he in a hospital.”

Taking both Carmen and Alice by surprise.

Shane-“you know it isn’t nice to talk about people while they are out of commission?”

Alice jumps up “holy shit Shane!”

Carmen just stands back so stunned she has nothing to say.

Shane looks over at her “hey beautiful, I didn’t expect to see you here”

Alice-“Shane she hasn’t left once, for god sake she hasn’t even used the bathroom. This woman must have a super bladder or something.”

Shane-“ you would attempt to crack a joke at a time like this”

Alice steps out of the room to call everyone and let them know shane is awake and as much herself as she can be at this point.

The next day was crazy. Everyone was trying to get back to normal with work while shane was still in the hospital. Carmen barely left and in that time shane and Carmen got a lot closer. They both agreed that they could date as well as date other people just to see how it was going to go. This worked well because of sam. But shane had no plans to even look at another woman let alone be with one.

Dr Jones walks in with shane’s discharge papers

Dr Jones-“ alright, it is time for you to get back on your feet. I will see you in 6 weeks to take the cast off and re evaluate how everything is going.”