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Chapter 20

Tim's POV:
I walk into the waiting room and get bombarded with questions from the kids.
"Kids, I know you want to see her, but she's asleep. Your mom and I want her to rest. It would be better for y'all to see her tomorrow." I say as the kids grow quiet, clearly upset.
"Hey Mom, can you take them home and watch them for the night before bringing them back here tomorrow morning?" I ask turning towards her.
"Yeah." She says hugging me. I turn to the kids.
"I love y'all. Be good and have a good night. I'll see you tomorrow." I say hugging all of them. I wait until they are outside before I head back to Maggie's room. It's pushing 7:45pm. I'm exhausted and I know Faith is too. I walk into the room and warp my arms around Faith.
"Baby let's go lay down." I whisper kissing her head. We sit down on the couch and Faith curls up into my arms.
"Faith get some sleep. You're tired." I softly say.
"I'm fine." Faith protests.
"No you aren't. Get some sleep." I state.
"Fine." Faith sighs laying down on my chest.  Faith falls asleep pretty fast and soon after I fall asleep too. I wake up and it's just now 6am. I look over and Maggie's laying there wide awake. I slowly get up making sure to not wake Faith and walk over to Maggie. I kiss her head and hand her the pen and paper before sitting down.
"How you sleep?" I ask. She writes before showing me "Ok I guess."
"How are you feeling?"
"Horrible. I want to go home." She writes before showing me.
"I know baby. I do too, but you gotta get better." I whisper rubbing her hand. We talk for a few minutes before Faith wakes up and walks over.
"Hey baby." She says pushing Maggie's hair out of her face.
"Hi momma." Maggie writes. Faith sits down on her bed and Maggie curls into her. She's clearly still exhausted.
"Mags, you can go back to sleep." I softly say. It doesn't take long before she falls back asleep.
"I wish she was home." Tim says looking down.
"I do too, but at least we are with her finally." I sigh looking down at her.
Tim's POV:
Maggie sleeps for another two hours before waking up. She immediately grabs the paper and pen.
"I freaking hate this. It was better where I was. I could talk." She shows Faith and I. I feel myself start to breakdown.
"I'll be right back." I say before getting up and walking out into the hall. I immediately break down and rub my hands over my face. She should have been home. I walk down to the cafeteria to calm down and to get Faith and I some coffee and food before heading back. I notice I've been gone for twenty minutes. I walk in and Maggie's somewhat eating breakfast and talking to Faith.
"I got you some food and coffee." I say handing Faith a small plate.
"Thank you." Faith smiles.
"Dad?" Maggie asks. I look over at her.
"Yeah?"
"How the Titans do these past two seasons?" I chuckle to myself. She's still herself.
"They made it to the second round of playoffs last year, but lost to the patriots." I say smiling at her. I remember I grabbed her phone yesterday before we left the house. I grab it out of my bag and walk over to her before handing it to her.
"I figured you would want this to get caught up with everything and everyone."
"Thank you." Maggie smiles as a timer goes off. Maggie sighs.
"Sorry baby. It's time to put it back on." Faith says grabbing and helping her put the mask back on.
"Dr. Carson said she can have it off for twenty five minutes every two hours." Faith informs me.
"Ok." I sigh sitting down next to her bed. Maggie grabs the pen and paper as we continue to talk.