Captain James POV

The only sound is the constant beeping, the sound of life. I can't hear Molly. She isn't here.

After what feels like years, I open my eyes. The light is bright and blinding. I take in my immediate surroundings, the smell of the hospital along with the view of the beeping machine. My thoughts turn to Smurf, was he ok? His actions were reckless, I could have died. I think I am out of danger now though, I hope I am. For Molly.

I hear movement in the room and slowly turn my head to see what it was. My neck was stiff, sore to move. I see a couple of members of staff in my room clearly checking to see how I was doing. If it weren't for them I would probably be dead. I notice the window looking into my room, and then I notice the two figures standing there, then the face of the one person I wanted to see more than anything else in the world. That smile of hers, I have missed it. The memory of it had been fading every minute that I was unable to open my eyes to see her. I am glad I have been able to refresh the image.

The nurse opens the door to allow them to enter. My heart rate increases with the excitement of seeing Molly but also with the nerves of seeing Smurf. He was alive, so that was calming.

I am glad that Smurf is ok, that he accepts that he fucked up out there but is going to move on. He leaves, which I am slightly happy about as I can finally see my Molly without worrying about Smurf acting out again.

I feel more relaxed now that we are alone. No more waiting, no more worrying about the others finding out. We can finally be together without any judgement or questioning. My divorce had been finalised ages ago, so that was something we could move on from. I hope my son likes Molly, I hope they can get on. I would hate anything to upset him; he has been so strong during the whole divorce and I am guessing throughout me almost dying. I notice on my arm in his writing 'I love dad'. He was always such a strong little soldier.

I hear the door open, interrupting the time Molly and I finally had together. It was my little hero and Rebecca. He was so excited that the writing was still on my arm, as if he knew that I was going to wake up and therefore he didn't need to react to the fact. I decides to introduce Molly carefully to Rebecca considering she is still quite sensitive about the whole divorce. She hadn't moved on completely so I don't want to push my new love in her face before she gets the chance to find the right man for her.

Molly is amazing with children, she just seems to know what to do. I mean, she knew how to work with Bashira and my son seems to like her which is such a relief. He doesn't know yet that she is my girlfriend, that she is the love of my life. He is just beginning to understand what our divorce means so he will need some time to understand who Molly is in my life. The fact that Molly is willing to help with that, to work with that, to wait for the right time to break it to him and help him understand makes me feel like this was the right decision to make. This was meant to be.

I can't wait to get out of this hospital bed, to start my life again. Things were finally starting to fall into place. This was the start of the rest of my life and I was finally able to spend it with Molly Dawes, the woman I love.