Goddess!

By LinDSAymESSrOE

A/N: ok so I know that I'm in the middle of like 2 other stories but I'm kinda having a mental block wit those 2 so I thought I'd make something up that goes along with mii life…people who know the terms in field hockey will know what I mean when I say 'stroke'. It's just like a penalty kick in soccer but it's in field hockey. Hope you like it!

As Gotti walked up to the stroke line with her ball and stick in hand, she turned to the fans and all the pressure was added again as she didn't see her mom there. She knows about all of the crazy house her moms works but her mom assured her that she would get the night off to see her daughters semi-finals game. She was brought back to focus as the official blew the whistle.

"Stroker ready?" Gotti raised her hand.

"Goalie ready?" she raised her hand and the official blew the whistle once again. As her stick made contact with the ball, it went soaring in the upper right hand corner of the goal. She fell to her knees as if she was thanking God while her team piled on top of each other to congratulate Gotti for making St. Gregory the Great Catholic High School go to the State Championships and she's only a freshmen too.

As they got up and rushed to their coach and then they all lined up to shake hands with the other team. They were all told that after school the next day to go home and rest and be back at the school for 5:30 for their 6:45 championship game. They then got into the locker room and immediately started talking about the game.

"Gotti you have no idea how much we love you right now! I still can't believe that bitch 32 tripped you!" her best friend Amanda Hammerback said to her.

"I know! But you guys know me. I made her regret tripping me because we WON!" they started to jump up and down again, but stopped as Gotti's phone rang.

"Hey Danny. You know where my mom is? She was supposed to be at the game but never showed." Gotti asked.

"Uh...Gotti?" his voice a little shaky. "I need you to come outside. I need to…uh…take you to your mom."

"Danny? What's the matter? Why can't you just tell me where my mom is?" her eyes started to tear up.

"Please. Just come outside and I'll take you to your mom."

"Okay." She answered in a watery whisper.

She left her friends and met Danny outside in the car. The car ride was pretty silent but Gotti became more curious as he missed the turn back to the apartment building they lived at, but she still remained quiet. She looked down at her hands in her lap and noticed that she didn't even change out of her uniform from the game. They pulled into a parking space and walked inside. She knew something was wrong as they walked into the automated sliding doors to the hospital and she started to cry. Danny took that as his que to pull her into his side and walked through the plain white walls of the hospital. They started to walk into Lindsay's hospital room but she stopped and just looked at the pale face of her mom. "It's ok, Gotti. Everything's gonna be fine. OK? Just go and sit down and just talk to her and hold her hand. I'll be right behind you the whole time." She nodded and continued in. She sat down in the free chair next to Lindsay's bed with Danny standing behind her with his hands on her shoulders.

"What happened Danny?" she asked after a couple silent minutes.

"She was interrogating a suspect with me and Stella in the Observation Room and she was pushed through the window by the suspect. There was a piece of glass stuck in her back. Hawkes wouldn't pull it out because she could lose too much blood. She'll still be able to walk. The piece didn't go close to her spinal cord but the wake up is all on her." He said starting to tear up and Gotti was full on tears.

Lindsay's doctor came in and asked, "Who are you? You're not supposed to be in here without permission."

Gotti looked up at Danny. "We're not leaving." He said.

"I'm sorry sir but you have to leave." The doctor just ignored what Danny had said as if he never even said it.

"We're NOT going anywhere. I'm her colleague, her partner, her emergency contact and fiancé. Gotti here is her daughter. You still gonna make us leave?" Lindsay's heart rate started to go up to a very fast beat.

"Ohmigod! Danny! What's happening?" Gotti said standing up and moving away from the bed and Danny coming to her side.

"It seems that Det. Monroe is hearing our conversation. Maybe if Gotti is it? (she nods) Says some comforting words to her, her heart rate will go down. You think you could do that?" the doctor asked. She looks up to Danny and he nods and then she nods. She makes her way to the bed and sits down. She then takes her mother's hand in her's.

"Hey mom. It's me, Gotti. I just want you to know that I'm not mad at you for missing the game. I just want you know that I love you mom! I love you so much. I want you back. I need you back. I want you to tell me everything's gonna be ok and I'll be fine. Please mom? Just wake up. Please?" she finished but she was crying way too much. She got up and ran out of the room running right into Stella who instantly pulled the young crying girl into her arms and just let her cry up against her. They collapsed up against the wall and sat there just crying together, until Stella heard Gotti's breathing even out and noticed that she fell asleep. Danny came outside of her room and picked her up.

"I'm gonna take her home. She's had a long day. He said.

"I bet she did. School and then that big game. She has to be tired. Go home and sleep. I'll stay with Lindsay." Stella said.

"Thanks Stell. I owe you one." He said and then he left carrying Gotti back to the car. He put her in the back seat so she can still sleep. On the way home they went over a big bump which soon made her wake up.

"What?! Where am I?!" she said sitting up.

"Don't worry. We're in the car on the way home. You fell asleep up against Stella." He answered.

"So me having that dream about my mom getting pushed through the window in the room wasn't a dream? (He nodded) Great. I wanted to tell her about the game."

"Tell me. I want to know."

"Well, the game was really tough. Coach Rabiano didn't even take me out of it. I was actually one of the few girls to actually play the whole game. So, the game was tied 1-1, with only 10 seconds left. I have the ball any by myself. Only defender around as far as I can see is the goalie and I'm about to make the game winning shot, when all of a sudden #32 came out of no-where and trips me. The whistle blows signaling that there was no time left along with me getting a stroke. Little did St. Anthony's know that I'm the best from my team at strokes. So I get to line and set up my shot. The official blew the whistle telling me that I was able to take my shot. I take my stroke and I SCORE! DANNY I SCORED! I SCORED THE WINNING SHOT! OUR TEAM IS GOING TO STATES!" she said excitedly.

"That's great Gotti! I'm so proud of you. Your mom would be so proud of you as well."

"Danny, what did my mom ask to get pushed through the window?"

He took a deep breath and answered, "She told the suspect to hurry it up so she can see her daughter play. The suspect didn't like being in second place and he lost it."

"Oh." And before they knew it, they were getting out of the car. Danny pulled her into his side with his arm around her shoulder.

"For the record Gotti. (She looks up to him but they continue to walk) I'm so proud of you. Me, Stella, Mac, Angell, Hawkes, Sid and his family minus Amanda because she'll be with you are all gonna be there to cheer you girls on." He said.

"Where's Don gonna be?" she asked as they got into the elevator and pressed the '18' button to get to their floor.

"He's gonna stay at the hospital with your mom and watch the game on TV."

"Thanks Danny. That means a lot to me it really does."

She gave him a hug and they got out of the elevator. They got inside the apartment and she went straight for the shower as he walked to the master bedroom. While she was in the shower all she could possibly think about was the game tomorrow. Not only was she playing an equally matched team as she was but she also had friends on the Corpus Christi team. It's tough playing against friends when it comes down to something like the state championship game. The tension rises in the game when you go play against the friend. You know that outcome won't change the title of 'friend' in the game but you still gotta wonder if one will win how the relationship will be effected by it. It reminded Gotti about the time that she read this article about these 2 CYO basketball teams in Westchester called St. Anthony's and St. Gregory's. Ironically it went perfectly to the game that she played that night. The girls on those two teams went to school together and they knew that whatever the result of the game was they'd still be friends. And ironically again St. Gregory's won by 1 point too. As she got changed into her pajama's she couldn't stop thinking about her mom and the game. Those two thoughts were still in her mind when she woke up the next morning.

While Danny was in his room lying down in bed he couldn't stop thinking about Lindsay and Gotti. Those 2 girls meant the world to him even though Gotti wasn't his biological daughter he still cared for her as if she was. He noticed the sadness in her eyes as she saw her mom there in the bed. Lindsay never missed one of her games. She always made some way of getting there. Whether it was begging for the night or weekend off to watch her or swapping shifts with someone as long as there was no Irish Mob trying to kill the team again. She was always there. This was the first time that Gotti has played field hockey that Lindsay hadn't been there. She wouldn't even be there to watch her in the state game but he knew that for Gotti, Lindsay was always there even if she wasn't there with her body, to Gotti she was there. Finally he fell asleep knowing that Lindsay WILL be ok and that Gotti will be good to play the next day.

A/N: ok…there first chapter. watcha think? Good; bad; or not even worth writing another chapter? ok well u don't hve 2 say anything for the last part of that question above. L0L. and btw the part where it reminded Gotti about those 2 CYO b-ball team from Westchester St. Gregory's and St. Anthony's, that was a game that I played in. I was on St. Greg's and we won bc that's just the way we roll…l0l…ok off topic…review please? It will make mii day….spnxs!!

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PEACE

LOVE

and DANTANA!

LinDSAymESSrOE