A week later//

Sam started staying at Jessica's. He had been living there for about a week and was starting to settle in. It was a little weird for the kids but they enjoyed having him. He put Jessica in good spirits. She had been down since she got home from the hospital. Everyone tried their hardest to help Jessica get through recovery mentally and physically.

At times Sam would have to go to work for a bit to help at the farm but he didn't stay out for too long. Jessica was too dependent on other people, she still wasn't strong. There were times when Jessica would want to do things herself because she hated asking for help. She ended up having to ask which was frustrating.

It has only been two weeks since the accident and Jessica was starting to get antsy inside all day. She had to rest, it was important. Jessica was never used to staying in so much.

It was a Friday and both Sean and Olivia were at their dads for the weekend. It was just Jessica and Sam for the weekend.

The two of them laid on the couch and watched tv together. They were both cuddled up in a warm blanket. Jessica rested on Sam's chest.

"I wish we could do something fun this weekend." Jessica sighs

"Are you bored?" Sam chuckles. He reaches for the remote and pauses the show.

"Being in this house all day can get a little boring."

"I'm sorry... you just need to recover."

"It's not your fault. I just have a lot on my mind."

"Do you want to talk about it?"

"No, it's okay. You've just done so much for me and I'm really grateful for that."

Sam smiles and kisses Jessica forehead. "We will do something fun this weekend, don't you worry."

"Let me guess, start a Netflix series?" Jessica says sarcastically.

"Hey, come on. We can think of something."

"Like what? I can't do anything and I'm just-" Jessica stops herself then holds up her hand.

"You know what, never mind." She says with discouragement

"Jess, talk to me."

"I'm just in so much pain. Nothing is helping me anymore. And I feel like I've taken away your life... Sam, if you don't want to take care of me you don't have too. I feel terrible!" She says softly

"Jessica, I want to help you get better. You haven't taken away my life. I wish there was more I could do to make you more comfortable. But the more you rest-"

"The faster I recover... I know." She says

"Don't be down, we will do something fun, I promise."

//-//

Saturday was a rough day for Jessica, she didn't want to do anything. She slept and didn't get out of bed. Something hit her hard and Sam couldn't seem to figure out what Is was. She wouldn't talk about it, she'd just say how she's fine.

Sam felt terrible. He knew how hard it was for Jessica to be inside all day doing nothing. And he knew that Jessica still wasn't really okay after everything that happened.

He wanted to do something really special for her.

On Sunday the kids were home early from Danny's. When they got home they noticed something super different in Jessica. She barely spoke.

Sam tried to attempt making dinner for the kids and Jessica. While he was Sean came into the kitchen.

"Hey, Sam, can I talk to you about something?" Sean says

"Sure bud, is everything okay?"

"It's my mom... she seems worse. Is she like... depressed?"

Sam sighs "I think it's been tough on her, always needing help and never being able to leave the house. She's still in lots of pain. I think everything is just going to take some time."

The four of them all sat around the dinner table and ate their dinner.

"So, Mom, guess what?" Olivia says

Jessica looks up from the table and looks at Olivia. "Hmm?" She hums softly

"That new Channing Tatum movie came out! It looks good, we should go see it. I know that you love Channing!" Olivia smiles

Jessica nods her head "Maybe."

"Okay." Olivia tried her hardest to maybe get Jessica to talk a bit, but nothing.

//-//

"Dinner was great Sam, thanks." Sean says

"No problem, any time." He says

Sean, Olivia, and Sam begin cleaning up and Jessica sat at the table as they did so feeling helpless. On her own when no body was watching Jessica started to get up from the chair. As she did so she slowly lost her breath. When she was steady on both feet she began picking up some of the other dishes from the table. Then, her body became weak and she got shaky. Before she knew it all of her plates were shattered onto the ground. Jessica had lost her balance and fell onto her bad arm.

"Oh my god, Mom!" Sean says running to her

"Jessica, are you okay?" Sam says kneeling down to her.

"Damn it!" Jessica yells

A sudden sense of anger took over Jessica's body. She became frustrated, angry and upset.

"Jessica, it's okay. Here I'll help you up." Sam says

"No! I can do it myself." She says

"Jess-"

"Sam, just leave me be!"

"Mom, let him help you! Look what happened, just let him help you... please." Sean begs

Jessica looks into her sons eyes with tears filling into her own. She bowed her head and became less tense, allowing Sam to help her.

"I-I'm So sorry." She whispers

"It's okay, how about I take you upstairs."

//-//

When they get upstairs Sam helps Jessica into bed.

"Sam, I'm so sorry. I don't know what's gotten into me." She says

"Don't apologize, I understand that this can be frustrating."

"I don't know why I got so dizzy... I didn't mean to make more of a mess. All I was trying to do is help. You've dropped so much to help me this last week and I just feel guilty."

Sam sits next to Jessica on her bed and takes her hand. "I think your pain medicine is just making you a bit dizzy.... but you need to stop feeling so guilty. All your life you've been taking care of everyone. Even when they are sick. Now it's our turn to help and take care of you. Just let me help..."

//-//

Sam let Jessica rest for a bit and came back downstairs to help clean up.

"God, I feel terrible." Olivia says cleaning up the glass.

"I just don't think your mother is used to being taken care of."

"She's always doing things for us... She always keeps herself busy..." Sean says

"She really wants to leave the house and do something but her doctor has her on strict bed rest. I don't know what to do."

"I know! She loves Christmas lights. Some neighborhoods have those dancing lights with music! Take her in the car to see those."

"That's a great idea!"

"How about you take her now before it gets too late and we'll handle this." Sean says

"Are you two sure?"

"Yes, Go! We'll be fine."

"Okay, thanks!"

Sam runs back up to the room and Jessica was still awake but had tears running down her face.

"Jess?" He says

"I'm so bored!" She cries

"Remember how I promised you we'd do something fun?"

Jessica wipes her tears and nods

Sam smiles and helps Jessica up. "We're going to do something fun."

//-//

Sam got Jessica's into his pick up and he drove around until he found a neighborhood that had dancing Christmas lights.

"You took me to see Christmas lights?" She says

"Is that okay?"

"No it's not okay..."

"Wait- Sean and Olivia said you like this stuff."

"Sam it's not okay, it's great!" Jessica starts to laugh.

Sam holds his chest. "Damn Jessica, I was about to feel like shit!"

Sam parks the car and turns on the radio. A Christmas song began to play and they watched the lights move along to the rhythm.

"Thank you for this, Sam." She says softly

"Anything... I know this sucks, but it will be okay soon."

"I haven't been the best person to be around lately, and I don't want to be the grinch. I have to remember that a big part of recovering is trying to stay positive and happy. I guess after lots of thinking that I still may not be over it. But not pain and recovery wise. Mentally... it's just hard for me."

"And I'm here for you, jess. We can get through this together." He grasps onto her hand and holds it tight.

"I'm really lucky to have you, Sam."

"I'll be here for as long as you need me to be. If I'm hovering too much, just tell me."

"You never hover too much."

"I really love spending all day with you, though. And I'm really considering binge watching a Netflix series this week." He chuckles

"Maybe we should!" She says

//-//