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  Everyone chuckled and Audrey was glad to break the tension that was in the room. “So what happened?” she asked, “I blacked out in the middle of it. Did they find Levi?”

  “Are you sure you want to hear this?” Fallon asked, “You just woke up, sis.”

  “I want to know, I hate not knowing stuff.”

  “True,” Fallon agreed with a nod.

  William moved to the foot of the bed and gave her a small grin before saying, “He’s in jail, and no one has posted his bail. They think he stopped because he heard Lucas’ truck in the yard, thank God.”

  “Tate found you,” Lucas said from beside Fallon, “he started CPR, and then the ambulance came.”

  Audrey smiled weakly at Tate, “My hero.”

  Tate chuckled as he rolled his eyes, “Not hardly, I was crying and screaming through the whole thing.”

  “He was awesome,” Lucas said proudly, “And he even got in some great shots on Levi’s face.”

  “My hero,” Audrey whispered again causing Tate’s face to redden.

  “It’s so great to hear you joke around Audrey. We’ve been beside ourselves with worry when they put you in that coma, and then you didn’t wake up for so long. I’m just so glad you’re back and are going to get better,” Fallon said. Audrey nodded as she squeezed Tate’s hand.

  “Me too, but I gotta joke babe, life is too short to be serious all the time.”

  “I couldn’t agree more,” Tate agreed as everyone in the room nodded.

  Unexpectedly, Audrey’s eyes drifted shut but she fought them back open, not wanting to lose sight of the people she loved. “Where’s Aiden?”

  Fallon smiled, “With Susie. I haven’t told him what’s going on yet.”

  “Don’t, it will scare him,” Audrey said quickly, “Wait till we go home, I’ll make something up. I got attacked by hippogriffs or something.”

  “You’re silly,” Fallon giggled as Audrey coughed from trying to laugh.

  “So, Audrey Jane,” William said as her coughing subsided. Tate handed her a glass of water and she sipped it slowly as William went on, “You’re pregnant?”

  The room went quiet as Audrey looked over at Tate and smiled, “Yup, and I know he’s not gonna leave me, Daddy. He’s a sure bet,” she said with a wink.

  “Damn right,” Tate agreed, kissing the back of her knuckles.

  “Are you going to get married?” William asked sternly.

  “Dad, why does that matter? Let her be, she’s been awake an hour,” Fallon snapped, receiving a dirty look from their father, “What she and Tate do is their business. We are just blessed she is safe and on her way to getting healthy.”

  Leaning over Fallon pressed her lips to Audrey’s head, “You’re tired, I’m dead on my feet. I am going to go home, shower and sleep for the night. Call me if you need me or if anything changes,” she said towards Tate. He nodded and then Fallon said, “I love you, sissy.”

  Audrey nodded, kissing her cheek before saying, “I love you more.”

  Lucas shot her a grin and then without warning, Audrey passed out.

  Audrey woke up to the sound of a guitar being played. She slowly woke, blinking her eyes as she focused on Tate sitting in the corner with his guitar across his lap. He was softly singing, and she wanted to run to him and cuddle close while listening to him play. He looked so carefree, so peaceful, singing about being alright. She didn’t recognize the song but his voice was velvet smooth and perfect. He, of course, looked gorgeous too. Most of his hair falling in his eyes, while the other part was back in a beanie cap and she noticed that he hadn’t shaved either. He wore a thin green tee, and fitted jeans as he held his guitar close to him. As he played, he pressed his tongue to the back of his teeth, his eyes closed as he played the note he wanted.

  He must have felt her looking at him, because he glanced over his gaze meeting hers. He smiled as he sang:

  You know that I care for you

  I'll always be there for you

  Promise I will stay right here, yeah

  I know that you want me too

  Baby we can make it through, anything

  ‘Cause everything's gonna Be Alright, ai-ai-ai-aight

  Be Alright, ai-ai-ai-aight

  Through the sorrow, through the fights

  Don’t you worry

  Everything's gonna Be Alright, ai-ai-ai-aight

  Be Alright, ai-ai-ai-aight

  Ending the song with an Elvis kind of flair, he shot her a grin.

  “I was wondering how long I was going to have to wait for you wake up, I’ve been lonely without you.”

  She giggled softly as she rolled her eyes, “Sorry, it wasn’t like I’ve been in a coma for a couple days. My bad.”

  Tate laughed as he came over to the bed, kissing her softly, “I will let it slide this time.”

  She smiled as he leaned back, sitting on the edge of the bed. She then asked, “Original song?”

  “No, I’m not a song writer, you know that.”

  “Shoot, I was hoping you wrote it just for me.”

  Tate laughed, “Nope, but you see what happened was…” Audrey started giggling as he said, “I paid Justin Bieber to write it for you.”

  “Oh, that’s so much better! I have total Bieber fever, you know.”

  “Dork,” he laughed, leaning in to kiss her again, “I’m probably going to do that a lot.”

  “Good,” she said intertwining her fingers with his, “I’ve missed you.”

  “Not as much as I’ve missed you.”

  They shared a long loving look before Audrey looked down to where their hands lay on her growing belly. “Are you excited about Chicken?”

  “Ecstatic. I bet you were shocked, huh?”

  “Oh my God, I couldn’t stop crying! It was nuts.”

  “Yeah, the doctor came out and was telling us what was wrong and then he said, but the baby is fine, I almost passed out,” he said but then the grin he was wearing fell as his eyes met hers, “I was so scared I was going to lose you both.”

  She reached up cupping his face, “I’m never leaving you again.”

  “You are damn right on that one, love. Damn right,” he said with a nod, “we have a lot of planning to do, I’m going to have to find another house, and built another closet.”

  “Shirtless, right?” He laughed as she smiled as much as she could. When she went to push her tongue to her teeth and felt her gums, she freaked, “Eek, do I look horrible with no teeth?”

  “You look beautiful,” he said confidently as she blushed.

  “I’ll match our baby.”

  “No, we’ll get it fixed before then,” he said with a smile, “but I promise you are beautiful,” he added when she sent him a look.

  “Sure,” she joked as he leaned over and kissed the side of her mouth, when they parted she asked, “Was everyone freaking out?”

  Tate nodded, “Yup, I think me and Fallon were the worst. We wouldn’t leave your side.”

  She smiled, “I’m so sorry.”

  “Don’t be, we love you and like Fallon said, we are blessed to have you back.”

  Nothing was said as they held each other’s gaze. Anger filled Audrey all of a sudden and she wished she could rip Levi Moss’ throat out. “I hate him,” she whispered before looking up at him, “I never thought I could hate someone the way I hate him.”

  Tate laughed, “I want to kill him.”

  Audrey nodded, “I glad you saved my life.”

  He reached over cupping her face, “I’m glad you saved mine, love.”

  “How did I save your life?” she laughed, “you didn’t get beat up.”

  “No,” he said with a shake of his head, “but I’ve been walking through darkness since my family died and, baby, you brought light to my darkness. I was empty, Audrey, completely and utterly empty, but now I am so full of love and happiness. All because of you. I owe you my life, so do you really think I’d let you die on me?”

  Audrey’s eyes fill