Liz slowly and cautiously walked into Maria's room, room 110. She bit her lip afraid that if she didn't she would scream at every higher power. Then Liz pulled a chair up to sit beside Maria's bed. "Hey Maria." Liz began, just like Maria could actually listen and respond. "It's me, Liz. Look you just have to come out of this, I mean everyone's outside now waiting and hoping for you to come out of this. Max, Alex, Michael, Isabel, are all out there, thinking only of you getting better. I never thought I would say this but I want you to be the stubborn now! Fight for Michael's sake if not for your own. He's out there right now taking all the blame for this and probably killing himself inside." Liz looked away when she heard a knock on the door. She saw Michael standing in the doorway, waiting to come in to see Maria. "Can I have a minute?" He said as he waited leaning up against the doorframe. Liz took one more look at Maria quietly said good-bye and then walked out of the room, smiling at Michael as she went to rejoin Max and the others. Max stood up the moment he saw Liz emerge from the room. "How is she?" He asked. Liz just went up and hugged him, she needed all the support she could get, her best friend was in a coma, and she just felt so helpless towards it all. She let go of him and looked him in the eyes. "She looks like she sleeping with a lot of wires on her, I still can't believe this is all happening."  After Max took her back to sit down. Michael walked in and sat in the seat Liz had once occupied. He took Maria's hand in his own and clasped them together. "I'm sorry, I really am, if I had just been looking where I was going and not at you, things would have turned out differently. But you have to wake up because you have to yell at me, and tell me what an ass I am for doing that to you, and for giving you all these bruises." He waved his hand over her arm and removed a small scratch on her arm. "It's the least I can do." He said to her. For a moment he thought he saw her eyes flutter, but after a few moments he realized it must have been his imagination. "Damn." He muttered under his breath. "Excuse me sir, but we need to check up on Miss Deluca." A nurse said as she walked into the room. Michael at first looked a little irritated that the nurse had disrupted his time with Maria, but he was willing to go along with it. "Yeah, sure." He said, not looking at the nurse. "Bye Maria." He said before he kissed her hand and then left the room. When he walked out he saw Isabel and Alex getting up, obviously ready to leave. "You guys leaving?" He asked. Everyone looked at him at once. "Yeah, I'm going to take Isabel home and then I'm going to tell Liz's parents where she is, while Isabel tells her parent's where Max is, and we think it's best that you guys stay here." Alex said as he gathered his coat and made sure Isabel was ready. "Yeah ok, see-ya guys." Michael said as he sat down in his chair. Isabel turned around to face Michael, Max, and Liz. "Call us thought, if anything at all happens or if you need us, let's go Alex." Then the two of them headed out the doors. "Any change?" Liz said as she gave Max's hand a squeeze for support. Right after she said that a group of doctors and nurses rushed into Maria's room. Michael was the first to jump up and try to find out what was happening. He slightly jogged over there and asked the nearest nurse what was going on. "Please, just wait here." She said calmly. Michael wondered how she could be so calm in a time of crisis. He tried to see inside her room but the blinds were closed just enough for Michael to be blinded by what was happening. Liz soon after followed by Max walked over to where Michael was standing. "I can't see a thing." Liz said in defeat. Max wrapped his arm up around her. He really didn't know what to say, he wanted to take all the pain away but this was one circumstance that he just couldn't do it. Finally after countless minutes had past a nurse emerged from the closed door and walked over to talk to the teenagers. "You're here for Maria Deluca right?" Michael was getting irritated, all he wanted was to know that she was ok. "Yes we are, just tell us how she is?" She put her hands up to show him to calm down. "Listen, Maria is awake, she knows who she is, and apparently where she is, but she doesn't know how she got here, which is understandable. From what we know she doesn't have any signs of amnesia or brain damage. Once the doctors are finished with her you all will be able to see you. She has been asking for a specific Michael, would that be you?" She asked pointing to Max. Michael jumped in, "No, that would be me." He said, pointing the nurse in the right direction. Max and Liz shared a look between each other. A few minutes later everyone that was in Maria's room came out and the nurse came over and gave Michael, Max, and Liz the 'ok' sign. Even though they were all allowed in, Max and Liz decided Michael should go in first alone. "Michael." Maria said weakly as she saw him walk him. He stuffed his hands in his pockets, not really knowing what to do. A smile appeared on her face while she said, "Well Michael, once again you've managed to wreck my life, and this time you literally mad me look bad." She laughed at that, she meant for it to be humorous, Michael didn't laugh though. He just continued to look at her. "I am sorry, I should have been looking at the road, and not at you. I really messed up this time. Sorry." An apology was all that was coming to his mind. She nodded her head, "It's ok, really. I know you didn't mean to get in a car accident and I don't blame you. I'm just glad your ok." She reached out for his hand and he grabbed it. It felt good for him to feel her fingers moving around. "It's funny, I thought you would be biting my head off for this, blaming me, and yelling at me. What happened to you while you were out of it?" For the first time in there he smiled. Maria pushed herself up a bit on the bed, "Oh, don't worry, you're going to owe me so big for this. Your time will come." She reached her arms out next, searching for a hug somewhere in there, she just really wanted to hug him more than anything. He allowed himself to take comfort in her arms, letting all his guards down. He just hugged her. "Yeah, ok Maria, I knew there would be punishment for me in there somewhere, what are you going to have me do, clean your toilet with a toothbrush?" he joked with her. She let him go and look at him. "Oh no, your going to do so much worse, I haven't thought of it yet, but when I do, it will be horrible." They made eye contact and within that contact they knew how much they both needed each other. THE END

Part 6