Abby and Bobby sat at a small table in the middle of the hospital cafeteria. With her hands wrapped around the coffee for warmth, Abby was gazing off into the distance not saying a word.

Captain Nash was immediately taken by her when she wandered into the firehouse for Chimney's welcome back party. She was gorgeous! 'that hair' he thought. 'and the way she saved Buck… right, Buck". What was he thinking? This girl may be incredible but she is Buck's girl. He immediately snapped out of his daydream.

"Hey!" He said softly. Shaking her out of her daze.

"Buck will be fine. He's a strong kid." Bobby said in a reassuring tone.

Abby smiled weakly with a slight sense of doubt. "I hope you're right. He still seemed so out of it. He was without oxygen for almost 3 minutes. I know it's not long enough to cause lasting damage, but that only in most cases. What if he's the one case where it does?" She started to pick up the pace in her speech. "He should have woken up by now" she choked out, holding back tears.

Bobby instinctively reached his hand out to hers and gave it a light squeeze. "You can't think like that. He'll be fine." Bobby said strongly with a reassuring smile.

"Thanks" Abby smiled, wiping a single tear from her cheek.

"You really care about him, don't you? I mean, that was some form of heroics back there." Bobby said.

"Yea, yea I mean I've only known him for a few weeks, but there was just something different about him. He's sweet, beyond sweet. And after tonight… when I thought I might lose him, it really… I don't know. I just." Abby said as she put her hands over her heart and squeezed them in tight.

"You must think I'm a little silly. I mean the age difference… is a lot," she said as she let out a signature Abby chuckle. Shaking her head she said, 'but when I'm with him, it doesn't seem to matter. He hasn't even asked my age. You know, at first, I was just letting myself have fun. But, I think this could really be something." Abby finished as she took a sip of the hospital coffee that Bobby had bought her.

Abby looked at him with a smile, "This is pretty bad" she said with a laugh. "Do you think he's up yet?"

"Well I'm definitely not going to drink this, so why don't we go back to his room" Bobby laughed along with her.

"At least this bad coffee brought a smile to your face," Bobby said as they both stood up. He watched Abby walk in front of him, wearing Bucks jacket over her dress.

A few moments after Bobby and Abby left to get coffee, the nurse began giving Buck his shots. After the second prick to his left bicep, he began to stir. Buck opened his eyes, "Abby!" he shouted with a weak voice.

"Shh shh!" the nurse soothed "You're ok, calm down," She said.

"What happened? Where am I? Where is Abby?" He said softly. His voice still strained from the incident earlier tonight.

"You were on a date for Valentine's Day and you choked Do you remember any of this?" The nurse questioned.

"Yea… I was out with Abby… and then nothing. I don't remember anything after that." Buck began slowly. He got a little worked up as he realized that something must have happened.

"Well, its probably best you don't remember. It was pretty…" She was saying. 'Where is Abby?" Buck interrupted.

"Is Abby the redhead?" the nurse questioned. Buck nodded.

"She's here somewhere. She came in with you. Its quite amazing actually, she saved your life. She performed an emergency tracheotomy on you right in the middle of that fancy restaurant. Quite a good one I might add. The ER surgeons were impressed." The nurse continued.

'Wow, she saved my life' Buck thought.

Right then, Abby and Bobby walked in chit chatting between them.

The moment Abby realized that Buck was awake; she ran to his side and put her hands on the bed. With a soft smile and warm eyes she said her classic line "Hi Buck" but this time, it was barely above a whisper.

"And on thatwe'ree, were gonna go" the nurse said as she motioned at Bobby, then at the door.

Once they were alone Abby put one hand on his chest and the other on his right cheek. "Thank God your ok" She said as she breathed out in relief. "I was so worried. I don't want to think about it." She said softly as tears began to stream down her face.

Buck put his hand over hers and squeezed. "Well, our second date was even better than the first" Buck said with a smile.

Abby let out a small laugh and brought her head down to his and rested her forehead against his face. Buck kissed the top of her head softly and said "Thank you for saving my life Abby."