Disclaimer: I don't own the characters in "Walker Texas Ranger, I'm just
borrowing them for the story.
A stranger's opinion
Gage had only closed his eyes for a few seconds and yet he had fallen asleep and been so for the past half an hour. Sydney had left him in the waiting room an hour ago and left to be examined. Now he was sitting alone waiting for her to come back.
What was taking her so long? She hadn't even wanted to go to the hospital at first, but he convinced her. What if something was wrong, maybe that blow to her back had cost her more pain than she had been willing to admit.
After the helicopter-ride home Walker had taken Alex home, Trivette had gone to the office to write a rapport on their little adventure and Gage had insisted that the pilot would drop himself and Sydney off at the roof of the hospital. They had made quite an entrance. And now he was sitting here, worried sick about her. He had just never realized how much he loved her until he almost lost her.
He sighed and took a deep breath to clear his mind. Hearing the door open he looked up as an old lady with grey hair entered. She was walking with a cane and carrying a bag in the other hand. She limped over and sat down next to Gage on the couch. She let out a long breath that told how relieved she was to be sitting down.
"Hello, young man. What's your name?" she asked with curiosity in her steady voice.
"Hi. I'm Ranger Gage, Ma´am." He answered, relieved to have someone to talk to that would take his mind off Sydney.
"Oh, you are a Texas Ranger?"
"Yes ma´am."
"Well, you don't seem to be in such a bad condition that you would need a doctor, young man. Why are you here?"
"No, there is nothing wrong with me. I'm just waiting for a....a friend. Yeah that's it, just a friend." He sighed again and leaned back in his seat.
"I see. Your friend is a woman."
Gage just stared at the old lady seated next to him.
"That's right, how did you know that?"
She smiled sweetly at him, put a hand on his shoulder and leaned closer to him as she whispered.
"I know lots of things. For instance, I know your own fear is holding you back. She won't wait for ever, Francis." Gage's eyes grew wide.
"I never told you my first name. Who are you?"
The door swung open once again and Sydney appeared. The old lady got up and limped over to her and kissed her gently on the cheek. Sydney looked so surprised that the old woman couldn't help but smile.
"Good luck, dear." She said and disappeared out the door before either one of the rangers had time to ask any questions. Gage rose from his seat on the couch and walked over to Sydney.
God, does she even know how special she is?´ he thought to himself but didn't say it out loud.
"How are you feeling? You took so long in there." He said.
"I'm fine, they just had some more critical patients to attend to before me. So, you were worried about me?"
Gage put an arm around her shoulders and smiled wickedly.
"Naah, I just didn't want to handle all that paperwork we'll have to do tomorrow by myself."
Sydney punched him playfully in the stomach and walked out the door with Gage right behind her. He had a lot of thinking to do as soon as he got home.
To be continued
A stranger's opinion
Gage had only closed his eyes for a few seconds and yet he had fallen asleep and been so for the past half an hour. Sydney had left him in the waiting room an hour ago and left to be examined. Now he was sitting alone waiting for her to come back.
What was taking her so long? She hadn't even wanted to go to the hospital at first, but he convinced her. What if something was wrong, maybe that blow to her back had cost her more pain than she had been willing to admit.
After the helicopter-ride home Walker had taken Alex home, Trivette had gone to the office to write a rapport on their little adventure and Gage had insisted that the pilot would drop himself and Sydney off at the roof of the hospital. They had made quite an entrance. And now he was sitting here, worried sick about her. He had just never realized how much he loved her until he almost lost her.
He sighed and took a deep breath to clear his mind. Hearing the door open he looked up as an old lady with grey hair entered. She was walking with a cane and carrying a bag in the other hand. She limped over and sat down next to Gage on the couch. She let out a long breath that told how relieved she was to be sitting down.
"Hello, young man. What's your name?" she asked with curiosity in her steady voice.
"Hi. I'm Ranger Gage, Ma´am." He answered, relieved to have someone to talk to that would take his mind off Sydney.
"Oh, you are a Texas Ranger?"
"Yes ma´am."
"Well, you don't seem to be in such a bad condition that you would need a doctor, young man. Why are you here?"
"No, there is nothing wrong with me. I'm just waiting for a....a friend. Yeah that's it, just a friend." He sighed again and leaned back in his seat.
"I see. Your friend is a woman."
Gage just stared at the old lady seated next to him.
"That's right, how did you know that?"
She smiled sweetly at him, put a hand on his shoulder and leaned closer to him as she whispered.
"I know lots of things. For instance, I know your own fear is holding you back. She won't wait for ever, Francis." Gage's eyes grew wide.
"I never told you my first name. Who are you?"
The door swung open once again and Sydney appeared. The old lady got up and limped over to her and kissed her gently on the cheek. Sydney looked so surprised that the old woman couldn't help but smile.
"Good luck, dear." She said and disappeared out the door before either one of the rangers had time to ask any questions. Gage rose from his seat on the couch and walked over to Sydney.
God, does she even know how special she is?´ he thought to himself but didn't say it out loud.
"How are you feeling? You took so long in there." He said.
"I'm fine, they just had some more critical patients to attend to before me. So, you were worried about me?"
Gage put an arm around her shoulders and smiled wickedly.
"Naah, I just didn't want to handle all that paperwork we'll have to do tomorrow by myself."
Sydney punched him playfully in the stomach and walked out the door with Gage right behind her. He had a lot of thinking to do as soon as he got home.
To be continued