Silence

By Brooke Corl

Disclaimer: I do not own Walker Texas Ranger nor do I own any of the characters.

AN: This story popped into my head and I thought I'd write it. As for my other two stories on FF I don't know if I will be continuing them because I lost them after I had to reformat my hard drive. I lost everything. I'm not sure if I will be continuing them. Maybe I'll leave that up to you guys. Do you think I should continue? If I get more yes's than no's then I'll consider it . I created a poll to vote at and you can find it at: http/walkertexasrangerfanfic. Vote!�R&R Enjoy!

Chapter 1: The Fight

The drive to headquarters seemed like forever, why did it seem like that? Well, Texas Ranger Cordell Walker had gotten in a fight with his wife Assistant District Attorney Alexandra Cahill-Walker. It was a stupid fight…or was it? Obviously not stupid enough for Walker to forget about it. He had replayed the fight from an hour ago in his mind over and over…

Flashback.

"Walker, can you pick up Angela from daycare please?" asked Alex dreading the answer. "I'm sorry honey, but the captain asked all of the Company B Rangers to work later so we can crack this case we're working on." Walker replied oblivious to Alex's face showing her anger rising. Alex however tried to remain calm "Walker, I've gotten off work early every day this week to pick her up. Can't you please just do it this once?" "Alex, I told, I have to work late. I'll pick her up tomorrow." Came the response. "Boy, if I got a quarter every time I heard that." "What's that supposed to mean?" asked Walker finally looking up from the morning paper and his breakfast. "It means you said that everyday this week." "Okay, as long as we're talking about money, considering this is only Thursday you'd have 75cents not counting today, if you really want to be rich we can count today and you'd have a whole dollar. Now if you'll excuse me I'm late for work." "WE ARE NOT DONE! You're 2yr old daughter has been crying and wandering why her daddy is never home with her." Alex screamed at him. Walker however ignored her and walked out the door, slamming it behind him.

End of Flashback.

The last part that Alex yelled out to him was stuck, and kept haunting Walker. It wasn't true, he spent lots of time with his daughter, just not lately. Then it hit him, Alex was right. How could he be so stupid? When was the last time he did something fun with his daughter, a week, two? He couldn't remember. He promised himself that he'd make it up to her, and he knew just how to start.

When Walker arrived at headquarters Sydney Cooke got off the phone and walked up to her boss and said "Walker, I just got an interesting call from Alex-" "I don't want to talk about it." Walker cut in. "Okay, but she sounded mad." Replied Sydney as Walker headed towards the captains office.

Walker knocked on the door to Captain Callahan's office then let himself in. "Walker, what a pleasant surprise, what can I do for you?" "Hello sir, I was wondering if I could get off work at my usual time so I could pick up my daughter." "Walker, you do know that this Rodriguez guy is very important to catch?" "Yes sir, I do. You know what? Forget I asked. Sorry to bother you sir." "Whoa, Whoa, Whoa, I'm not done yet. This is an important case, but I know you and your team could use a break, you can all get off at your normal time." Captain Callahan said. "Thank you sir."

Walker said then exited the room to find his gang. "Gage and Sid, come over here." Walker called out to the two Junior Rangers. "What about me?" asked Trivette faking a frown. "Well, you're already here." Replied Walker with a grin on his face. "What's up boss?" asked Gage and Sid as they walked up to Walker's desk. "Well, I asked the boss if we can get off work at our usual time and he said yes, so you guys want to come over for dinner?" "We'll be there!" said Gage and Trivette at the same time. "No, no, no, I know exactly what you're doing, you're bringing us over so as to avoid a fight with Alex, am I right?" asked Sid not buying what Walker had just proposed. "Yes, but you are coming." replied Walker with a stern look on his face.

The rest of the day went by slow and without incident. Before Walker left for the day he called the Hope Center to tell Jose to have Angela ready to leave, but Jose said "I'm sorry Walker, Alex already picked Angela up to spend some quality time with her, she said unlike others." "Thanks Jose, I know what she means by that." Walker replied then hung up to call Alex. The fellow rangers stood by Walkers desk as he called Alex just to make sure he wanted to go there by the time he got off the phone. The phone rang and rang, but no one answered so Walker hung up and said "Lets go, but I most warn you this is going to be interesting." Everyone agreed and they all headed for the appropriate vehicles.

Little did Walker know just how interesting it was going to be.