She couldn't concentrate, her focus should have been on saving Oliver but all she could think of was Holly, and how badly she had messed up. Chris telling her to call Holly was mixed up with thoughts of the kiss and then pushing Holly away. Watching her walk away Gail was certain she felt a crack in her porcelain heart. She should have just pulled the woman (who was easily the most incredible person she had ever met) into her arms and kissed her, regardless of who was watching; instead she was now driving towards a man that had already shot at her once today.

Pulling up to the building they had no choice but to believe Oliver was still alive. Gail felt the uneasiness rise in her stomach, her heart was racing and not that she would ever admit it but panic was coursing through her veins. Whilst everyone was co-ordinating how to storm the building Gail slipped off to the side. Pulling out her phone and hit dial, unable to hide the smile that occurred every time the goofy picture Holly had saved as her contact photo appeared. She had been so presumptuous doing this on the very first day they had met, almost as if she knew exactly what she would come to mean to Gail.

Holly answered as soon as the call connected. Instantly both women started trying to apologise for earlier. "Holly you gotta stop talking, I can't kiss you to make you stop this time, and I'm running out of time."

"Does that mean you want to kiss me again?"

"Yes Nerd, I want to kiss you again, you know maybe even every day for a very long time. I should have kissed you when you came to see me. That's all I can think about I'm so sorry Holly."

"I shouldn't have pushed you, It's me whose sorry. Gail just come back to me please."

"I'll try, I'll call as soon as I get the chance, just if something goes wrong I need you to know, the first day we met I said I didn't like people, I lied. I like you…a lot, I didn't realise it but you had me at medical jurisprudence."

"I know, plus one forever remember."

"I have to go, I will see you tonight."

Gail joined Chris and squeezed his arm, she didn't want to say it out loud and hoped that the gesture was enough. She was thankful to him, talking to Holly made everything inside her stop flying about, the panic calmed and she felt like she could breathe.

They sped in the squad car to the hospital; Sam had been shot in their own sanctuary. The station was meant to be a safe place away from the chaos on the streets, now that safety was gone. Gail pulled out her phone; with no answer she left a message. Not hearing Holly's voice meant the ability to void her emotion and form functioning sentences was gone. Leaving a garbled message she headed into the hospital clinging on to Chris. She needed to be there for her friends, but hospitals brought back memories she wished she no longer had.

Holly returned the body to the freezer, she felt guilty she needed to be the voice for someone who couldn't speak anymore but she couldn't concentrate. Holly needed to know Gail was safe, until then nothing else mattered. Hours had passed and she hadn't heard anything, checking her phone she realized that it had died on her; even if Gail had called she wouldn't have known. Plugging the charger in she waited, tapping her foot anxiously for any sign of life. Nothing happened. Swearing loudly she ran to the storage room and started nervously talking to herself. 'It's an emergency. It's not stealing, it's borrowing a resource for personal use that's just a black mark nothing worse.' Fumbling with the SIM card she slipped her own one into the phone and watched as the screen light up. Connecting to her voicemail she felt a small amount of the anxiety coursing through her body leave as soon as she heard Gail's voice. She was alive but all Holly could really make out was the word hospital. Was Gail hurt? Her mind went to the worst case scenario and as a forensic pathologist she knew how bad things could get. Not even bothering to collect her things she just ran straight out the building to her car.

Speeding towards the hospital her mind was filled with every moment spent with Gail that she treasured, the kiss in the interview room, then regret at having blown off Gail to spend the evening in the company of someone she didn't even know. She should have cancelled the date as soon as she had seen Gail at the Penny, instead she attempted to make Gail jealous. What if she never got another chance to spend an evening smiling and laugh with Gail, feeling like she was the most important person in the world.

Holly didn't even bother to park properly she wasn't even sure if she had locked the car, running through the doors of the emergency room panicking about what had happened to Gail. As she turned into the waiting room the first thing she saw was platinum hair. Her heart stopped, Gail wasn't hurt she was here, stood right before her. She walked up to the women, trying to keep her emotions under control.

Gail turned she suddenly, instinctively knew that Holly was here now. The world would be set right and she would feel okay because that's what Holly did whether she knew it or not. Gail didn't give the women chance to say anything. She needed to feel Holly close to her, her arms flung around the tall brunette and she pulled her in close.

Holly breathed in the smell of Gail as she wrapped her arms round the police officer a little tighter. "I'm sorry I came as soon as I heard." Holly's face buried into Gail's neck and she couldn't resist placing a small kiss onto the exposed skin.

"I'm just glad you came." Reluctantly Gail pulled herself away from Holly, "Steve, Traci this is Holly." After the pleasantries Gail led Holly to some empty seats, it seemed like every cop from 15 Division was in that hospital waiting room. Holly was surprised when Gail took her hand and interlocked their fingers. Holly wanted to smile but knew this wasn't the place she was also scared of spooking Gail, remembering all too well her cat analogy. Instead of everything she wanted to do she simply squeezed Gail's hand tight.

Time seemed to past so slowly Gail's kept Holly's hand in a vice tight grip, her head slowly made its way onto Holly's shoulder, the Doctor had to fight every urge in her body to stop herself from stroking the officers hair or kissing her. Holly tilted her head and looked at Gail closely; the fair skinned officer seemed to have become even paler. She softly rested her forehead against Gail's. "It's going to be okay. Sam and Chloe will pull through."

The longer Gail spent in the hospital the more it felt like her blood was turning to ice, the only reason she was making it through was the fact that Holly was holding her close. Locking eyes with Holly she was tempted to lie but there was something all seeing and all knowing about those eyes. "It isn't just them; I don't like hospitals, everything here brings back bad memories." Saying this to anyone but Holly would be like admitting weakness, but with Holly it felt different.

"I'm right here, I'm not going anywhere." Holly let her hand brush over Gail's cheek. "I won't let anything happen to you, I promise."