Laura's pov-
Ross and I go to visit Alex once more before going home.
"Do you really think he's okay ?" I asked as I closed the car door.
"Of course, he'll be fine Laura,"
He replied.
Ross pulls me into the elevator and pressed the button to the 3rd floor.
"Well, no one's in here so." He leans in and kisses me.
He's right, there isn't anybody in here. I kiss him back before hearing the ding to the floor.
Ross groans and pulls away. "I wasn't done."
"Your never done." I laughed.
We walk into the room Alex is in and he's sleeping.
I go over and touch his forehead. "My little boy." I sigh.
"Who do you think hit him?" He asks.
"I don't know, some psycho."I replied.
Ross leads me out the door and I say, "maybe Ratliff-"
"No no. Give Ratliff a break. He's helped out with a lot of cases already and I'm sure he's busy. The person who hit Alex didn't care enough to stop to check on him it's useless to find whoever did it." Ross protests.
"Exactly! The person didn't stop the see if Alex is okay, he could've killed him. Nobody just hits a boy with their car and just swerves away, I mean who does that?" I ask.
Ross sighs. He knows I'm right and he can't deny it.
"A psycho."

-Vanessa's pov-
Andrew is going away to Africa to help the kids for 2 months.
Meanwhile, I'm sitting at home playing cards with Rowan and waiting for that call from Riker.

My phone rings and I answer quickly.
"HELLO!?"
"Uh, Vanessa , you okay?"
"Oh. I'm sorry I didn't know it was you," I sigh.
"I'm going to the plane now. I love you. Give a kiss to Rowan for me."
"Will do." I reply and hang up.
I play around with my phone for a good 10 minutes.
No calls, no texts.
Voicemail, nothing.
Quit it Vanessa! You are married, okay? You have a daughter.
But.. Rikers back.
He's married.
He has a son.
My thoughts are interrupted by my phone ringing.
"Hello?" I answer.
"Hey Vanessa." I recognize the voice.
I sigh a sigh of relief, "it's you."
"It's me. I..I want to talk about yesterday." He says.
"Come over," I said.
"Alright." He said and hung up.
I tell Rowan to go upstairs to her room.
I prepare some coffee and bread and set the table like I would to Andrew.
The doorbell rings and I answer the door.
I let Riker in and close the door behind him.
He sighs and stuffs his hands in his pockets.
"You okay?" I asked.
"Yeah, I just have a lot on my plate." He sighs.
I nod understandingly.
"Vanessa. I don't know what it is but.. But." His words break. "I still love you. I do, I really do. I just wish I would've thought about that before marrying Jenna and having Jackson, and I- I don't know what to do." He confesses.
Riker's never confessed any kind of love for me, but I'm glad he did.
"I love you too, but we're both married and have children, I'm so confused. I don't love Andrew as much as I love you," I protest taking a step closer to him.
"You'd take an ex star like me over a stunning, successful doctor?"
"Any day." I said.
He smiled and looked down at his hands.
I can't help but blush and turn red.
"Your still as beautiful as I left you." He said taking a step towards me.
I smile back and walk into his arms.
He hugs me for real, I feel the hope for Rinessa.

-Angel and Hunter-
Hunter and I were studying in my room.
"Is heat measured in Celsius degrees?" I asked.
"Yeah." Hunter said.
Hunter put his book bag down and went to go sit next to me.
I laughed, "Hunter were never going to finish."
"Of course we will, your the smartest girl I know." He said giving me a smile that would melt any girl's heart.
He puts my pencil down and looks me in the eyes.
I started to lean in and so did he.
Hunters lips touched mine, and his lips were so soft and perfect.
His hand around my waist, pulling me closer if that's possible.
I can feel his other hand touching my hair.
Just as I was going to pull away, he keeps going.
He pulls away for a quick second to start to slide his hand gently up my stomach.
I grab his hand "Hunter."
"What?"
"No-we came to study." I blurted out.
"I'm sorry."
"It's okay-"
"No really, I'm sorry. I didn't think I would do that."
You could tell he genuinely meant it.
Hunter isn't the boy who would try to hurt me or anything.
I look into his eyes. "It's alright okay?"
"Okay."