Ok, here's the second chapter. First of all thanks a lot for the reviews and follows and favs, I really appreciate it. Also, I'm as mad as everyone else about the Chicago PD episode, however I'm gonna wait to watch next week's episode before writing the next ch of this, I sill have hopes! Now, enjoy.
Thanks a lot to alexx-vause(tumblr) for correcting this!
"Shay?" Raffety tried again, she was getting really anxious now, and she didn't know why. Maybe Shay was still working and couldn't answer. No, they always answer the radio. What was going on, why wouldn't she reply? "Shay!" Damn it. Allison had a bad feeling. Just answer the damn radio, she thought. "Leslie!" She tried one last time.
That was Raffery calling her name, wasn't it? Right, the radio, Shay realized. She painfully opened her eyes, while trying to reach for the radio but she couldn't find it, someone must have taken it from her. It was that pediatrician she had been working with during the day.
"The radio." Shay stated weakly. "Rafferty. She's trying to reach me." She tried to take the radio from the medic's hand but the pain wouldn't let her stretch that far.
"You are badly wounded Leslie." The pediatrician said slowly. "You've lost a lot of blood, please lie down." Shay wanted to argue, to tell her that she was ok, but she knew she wasn't. "Administer the sedatives now." All she wanted to do was answer Allison. "Where's the doctor?"
"Rafferty. Just… I need to talk to her." Leslie could barely speak now, but she just wanted to reply to her. "Give me the radio." She tried to ask once again.
"We'll tell Rafferty what happened, don't worry." The pediatrician pushed her down gently. Shay had all the intention to keep arguing, but very slowly everything started to go black and quiet. So quiet.
"Ok, the sedatives just kicked in. Let Rafferty and the guys from 51 know that Shay's here and she's being treated."
"It seems like Shay got injured sometime during the day…" Rafferty heard someone talking somewhere not far from her. It was one of the guys from the P.D. talking to everyone from 51. She quickly approached the group.
"What happened to her?" She interrupted, not caring about intruding or being rude. If she had been worried before, now she was at the verge of panicking. The policeman looked at her, noticed the panic in her eyes and started talking directly to her.
"She has a really bad wound in her abdomen, she lost a lot of blood. The medics are attending to her right now. That's all I know to be honest." The guy said with sympathy.
"But is she going to be fine?" Dowson asked with a shaky tone.
"I really don't know. They just told me to come here and let you guys know what happened. I'm sorry, I don't know anything else." The cop just nodded once and walked out.
Rafferty took a look at the scene before her. There was Casey hugging Gabriela really tight, while she was trying to contain the sobbing. Severide had started pacing from side to side, his eyes filled with tears. The Chief looked calm but however worried. The rest of the squad had fallen silent. She could see all the faces filled with worry. They really were a family, she thought. And this was all her fault. How did she let this happen? She knew something was going on with Shay; she should have pressed the subject. For god's sake, she should have known her partner was injured, all the signs were there. Glossy eyes that wouldn't meet hers, dark circles around them, too frequent exhalations, she had even seen her shaking a few times. Allison was realizing all of this now, she was so mad at herself. Why hadn't she helped her? She was supposed to be a good paramedic? She was furious. Furious and extremely worried about Leslie.
Shay opened her eyes. Damn, it seemed the calm was gone. Her head started pounding before she could open her eyes completely, not to mention the ache of her body. Had they even given her anything for the pain? She wondered. Her abdomen was throbbing uncontrollably, god, she wanted to rip it off. "You are awake." She heard someone talking beside her. She turned around and regretted it instantly. Ouch, that really hurt, Shay started cursing to herself. "Yes, you probably shouldn't make any sudden movements, it will hurt."
"Umh, yeah, you think so?" Shay inquired sarcastically with a painful voice. The doctor gave her a knowing smile.
"There's a lot of people waiting to check on you. You want me to let them in?" The doctor commented. "I would recommend you rest a bit more before seeing anyone, but if you kept going a whole day after getting impaled, I would presume you'd want me to send them in." He finished with a little amusement. Shay smiled as big as she could. "Ok, I let them know they can come in."
"Oh, doctor!" Shay spoke as he was leaving. "Also, if you could give me like a dozen more of those painkillers, I would really appreciate it." The doctor left the room shaking his head. Shay just sighed. Well, the pain wasn't that bad after all, she thought, and then she turned in the bed trying to get comfortable. She felt a hard sting in her abdomen and then a burning feeling. "Okay, it is bad!" She said out loud.
"Hey." Dawson closed the door after her. "How are you Les?" She asked with a painful look. Shay rolled her eyes.
"God, you're looking at me as if I was already dead. And I can assure you, I'm very much alive, the pain reminds me that every few minutes." Leslie answered lightly. Gabriela smiled feeling a little less concerned.
"You got us worried, you know?" She shaked her head and continued. "You should have attended to that as soon as you got injured, you know that Shay." Dawson continued in a motherly tone. "I don't know why you are so reckless some times." Leslie smiled at her.
"I learned from the best." She said, looking her at the eyes. Dawson rolled her eyes but returned the smile.
"Hey." Severide entered in the room. "Hey." Shay greeted with a smile, while he walked towards the bed.
"You weren't gonna tell anyone…" He started with his big brother tone. "about that enormous gash in your side?" Shay stood in silence while trying to find a coherent answer.
"I... I kept meaning to. I just... I had to keep going." She finally said, knowing his best friend would understand. He still looked worried, but he gave her one of those smiles she loved anyway, one of those smiles that told her they were family, that he will always be there for her.
"I know. I know. But not anymore." Leslie reached for his hand, always grateful for having him in her life.
"Always looking out for me." She told him, hoping he knew how thankful she was. He just smiled.
"Rest up, okay?"
"Okay." Shay hesitated for a moment before calling him. "Severide." He turned around. "Um... Is Rafferty around?" She finally asked, suddenly feeling nervous.
"Yeah, she's outside."Kelly said a little confused with the question.
"Um… I'm just asking cause, you know, she was trying to reach me on the radio and that's the last thing I remember. That's why I'm asking." She started rambling, feeling confused with herself. Why was she even rambling? Kelly was still there, looking at her amused. "Ok, that's it." She said quickly, feeling really nervous under Severide's gaze. "You can go now." She practically kicked him out.
"Ok." He replied with a smile. "I'll tell Rafferty you wanna see her."
"No!" She said a little too fast. Kelly lifted an eyebrow. "I mean… she can come if she wants to… but don't tell her I asked her to come… cause I didn't… but she can come… if that's what she wants… that's it." She finished awkwardly. Kelly gave her a knowing smile and left the room.
"Well, that was awkward." Shay said to nobody.
Allison was anxious. Dawson had gone to see Shay and had come out looking much better, she was even smiling. Well, that was the effect Leslie had on people, she could always get a smile out of you. Severide closed the door to Shay's room and started heading towards her. Now she was really anxious. Why was he approaching her? She looked to her sides, yeah; he was definitely coming to talk to her. She looked at him and tried not to seem nervous, or worried. What was she even worried about? Shay seemed to be out of danger by now.
"Hey Rafferty, Shay wants to see you." He said nodding at her. She looked at him bemused.
"She wants to see me?"Allison inquired confused. "She told you that?" She continued. Why would Shay ask to see her, they weren't friends. Maybe just acquaintances, but not friends, or were they? She didn't know.
"Yep. She definitely asked to see you." Kelly said with a mischievous smile. These two. He thought to himself while heading outside.
