Disclaimer: I do not own Broadchurch or any of the characters except my OC.

"Well Alec we have best tae be going. Pleasure tae meet ye Reverend Coates." Sam said with a smile as she began to pull Alec upwards

"It's been a pleasure and thank you for aiding me with Mr. Samson. Are you sure you will not need any help getting home?" Paul asked with a slightly worried frown on his face gesturing to Hardy

"I'm right 'ere and I cannae hear ye. Anyways I'm nae dead yet am ah?" Hardy growled as he shook of Sam's hand and attempted to stand

Sam just huffed impatiently as she watched him struggle until she finally just grabbed his arm and refused to let go batting his hands away when he tried to pull away.

"Thanks fer yer help Reverend, but I can git this idjit back tae his house."

Sam then turned away and began walking back down the aisle slowly helping Hardy along.

"A'm fine. A'm fine" Hardy said a few times even as his head was still spinning and everything looked just bit out of focus. He could still hear every beat of his heart pounding away in his chest even after resting for few minutes in the pew.

"Whit happened Alec? I thought ye wur getting a pacemaker?" Sam asked him as they began their slow walk to his little blue shack. Alec occasionally giving instructions of where to go.

"'n' what ah didnae tell ye? Anyways it just didnae work out. Turn left 'ere" He motioned with his hand

"Dae nae change th' subject. Wit do ye mean it didnae work out? Th' last time ah saw ye yer wur finally getting yer life back th'gither after the mess Tess made o' it." Sam said with a scowl at the mention of Hardy's ex-wife

Alec just shifted uncomfortably a little bit before replying "Well ah did schedule th' appointment, but ah had tae cancel anither case came up. A little boy wis fun dead on th' beach 'n' ah was lead investigator."

"And whit ye couldnae ask fur anytime off"

"Sam a little boy wis killed, murdurred. Ah had tae dae something" Hardy said vehemently

"And ah understand that, but ah dae nae understand why ye could nae take twa days tae get th' surgery 'n' recover? Yer health is important tae Alec." Sam replied

"There just was nae anytime we jumpt from leid tae leid."

"Was?"

"Well th' case is now bein' tried in court 'n' ah was wantit as a witness recently." Alec explained slightly sheepishly knowing he was just making excuses

"Alec th' last time ah seen ye yer were heartbroken over Tess 'n' that wis causin' yer heart tae act up again. Alec ye awready barley made it whin we were kids. Ah cannae lose ye now it nearly broke me last time." Sam said sincerely looking at Hardy

Flashback

Alec's P.O.V

He was stuck again in the hospital bed looking at the same branches of the same tree each day. He was sick of having to be in the same room 24/7. He couldn't wait for Sam to visit when school was over, but even then it wasn't the same because they always had to be careful or his heart might act up. Even if his heart was fine, a grumpy old nurse usually stuck her head into his room and started yelling at them that they were too loud and disrupting other patients.

Ya right, more like they were disrupting her daily soap opera. Anyways he thought morosely he still had houuurs until Sam came, more like 2 hours and 15 minutes, but he felt that he had the right to be dramatic at this point.

He began to become more and more worried as the minutes and hours slowly ticked past first 2 hours then 2 hours and thirty minutes then 2 hours and 45 minutes then 3 hours and then 3 hours and 15 minutes.

Hundreds of thoughts raced through his mind.

"What if they go into a car accident?"

"What if they decided not to visit"

"What if Sam doesn't want to come?"

"What if they forgot about me?"

He slowly began to work himself panic becoming more and more worried. As his worry and the time increased, so did his heart rate until he fell into a full blown panic.

Just when he saw Sam coming around the corner through his window with a bag from his favorite bakery.

He felt his head begin to pound and his heart rate increase faster until the room began to spin. As his heart rate was increasing, he heard the monitors beginning to beep more and more urgently until it began shrieking in alarm.

Just before he slipped out of consciousness he heard Sam yell, "Alec!" and footsteps racing into his room.

When he slowly woke up, his chest hurt, which wasn't to unusual now a days, and he heard fragments of conversations nearby filtering in.

"Will Alec be okay?" He heard his father ask

"Yes he will be a little sore, but fine. We still continue to monitor him though." His doctor responded "Although I'm worried about his heart function. HE will always have to be careful avoid coffee and other stimulants. His arrhythmia may act up again at any point of time in his life."

The converstation was quickly forgotten when he felt a familiar hand cover his

"Alec? Alec are ye awake?" He heard Sam ask

"Ya ah'm awake."

"Are ye okay? Yer heart… yer heart stopped." At that moment, Sam being to cry just a few tears, but it broke Alec's heart to see them knowing he was the cause.

"Ah'm fine Sam" He said roughly "Do nae cry. Ah'll always be fine. Ah promise."