So I know I just posted the first chapter, but I got a few messages with some lovely words. I started typing this last night and finished it earlier today. Let me know what you guys think.
A single gunshot was the last sound she heard before opening her eyes. Calleigh squinted as the sunlight blinded her. Looking around she noticed no one had moved from their position. Alexx was hiding half behind the body, the patrol officers were hiding behind their open doors, and Horatio was squatting behind his hummer. Everyone seemed okay, but then she heard a groan. Looking in the direction it came from she saw Eric. He was laying on his back clutching his shoulder. Calleigh quickly got to her feet and ran over to her best friend, only to find a single gunshot wound to his right shoulder. "I need an ambulance! Eric's been hit!" She yelled as she started to put pressure on his wound.
"Stay with me Eric, it's going to be okay." She whispered to him. Eric's eyes started to flutter, and he let out another painful grunt. When he saw Calleigh in front of him he offered a faint smile. "Are you okay?" She couldn't help but smile at that. Eric had been shot, a through and through, yet he still had it in him to ask if she was okay.
"Don't worry about me, just keep your eyes open. Okay?" Calleigh looked up to see an ambulance; the EMT's were pulling a stretcher out of the back. Eric was loaded up on the stretcher and put in the back of the ambulance. After they had secured him and started driving away, Calleigh stood in the same spot and watched them leave. Even after the ambulance was no longer in sight she still stared off in the distance. A hand on her should startled her. She tuned to see Horatio standing there with a somber look on his face.
"We've got the scene covered ma'am, go follow up on him and I will be there shortly." Before she could even protest Horatio had already made his way back to the crime scene. She turned on her heel and made her way over to the Hummer, getting in and taking off.
The last thing Eric remembered was a shot, then he saw Calleigh. Was she hit? He opened his eyes and was blinded by white lights. Looking to his left he saw a machine, it kept making an even beeping sound. Following the wires down he saw they were connected to his arm. "I'm in the hospital?" He thought to himself. The sound of a door closing caught his attention, and he glanced over to see Calleigh walking in. She wasn't dressed in her normal clothes, it seemed that she had went home from work and got changed. As soon as he opened his mouth to speak to her the door flew open again, revealing a concerned Alexx.
"Baby I told you to go home and rest, not go home get a shower and come right back." He heard Alexx scolding her and quickly shut his eyes. He knew it was wrong to eavesdrop, but he couldn't help himself.
"Alexx, that bullet was meant to kill him. They missed their shot by inches. I can't just sit around at home and act like everything's okay." Calleigh said with distress in her voice. She walked over to the side of his bed, sitting in her chair. Yes, it was the visitors chair but for the past two days it seemed that she was the one who sat there the most, and in her eyes that made it her spot. Calleigh grabbed Eric's hand and moved in closer to the bed. "We're going to get them Eric, and you're going to wake up. Please, please wake up." The way she was talking could have broke his heart right there. The pain in her voice was enough to show him how deeply she really cared. Eric lightly squeezed her hand, and it was enough for her to look at him.
"Eric?" She said so faintly he almost thought he imagined it. Eric slowly opened his eyes and met hers. He immediately noticed the red rims surrounding her emerald eyes and the tears that were built up on the verge of falling. God, what did he put her through? How long was he out? "Cal…" He managed to say her name, his voice was raspy but it was enough to earn a teary smile from her. "Don't say anything, I'll get the nurse." And with that she was on her feet running out into the hallway.
Eric closed his eyes again on the verge of sleep, the clicking of her heels woke him up again. Calleigh had returned, but there was a nurse trailing behind her. "Hello Mr. Delko, I see you're finally up. My name is Christine, I've been your nurse for the past couple of days. Can you see okay? How are you feeling?" All Eric could do was give her a nod. He looked past the nurse to see Calleigh standing in the corner of the room. Did his nurse just say days? Before he could even ask the nurse came up to him with a glass of water. Eric chugged the whole glass, putting on the bedside table next to him when he was done.
"I feel sore, mainly in my right shoulder. Other than that I'm fine." The nurse nodded, jotting down a few quick notes on her clip board before speaking up again. "Very well Mr. Delko, I'll be back in to check on you in an hour or so, don't be afraid to push the nurse button if you need me." Christine was out the door before he could say thanks. Calleigh came close again, taking her seat. Her mouth opened like she wanted to say something, but nothing came out. "What happened Cal? The last thing I remember was that gunshot and then your face." Calleigh sighed, grabbing a hold of his hand as if it were her lifeline. "We went to a callout, Alexx and I were looking at the body while you went to look for evidence. I guess you saw a flash and yelled gun, everyone got down but they hit you in the shoulder. It was a through and through, we found the bullet but I haven't had the chance to match it up yet. You scared me Eric." She whispered the last part.
Eric looked over to his right and saw that his shoulder was indeed bandaged up. He went to move his right arm, but the pain shot all through his body causing him to wince. "Don't move your arm, that's going to hurt for a while." She said as she ran her free hand up and down his arm in a soothing matter. Calleigh's phone rang in her pocket, she pulled it out and flipped it open. "Duquesne." He heard some mumbling on the other end before Calleigh spoke up again. "Yeah H, he's up. In a little bit of pain but he's responsive. Yes, okay bye." She looked over at Eric and smiled slightly. "Horatio is on his way over. If you're up to it he wants to ask you a few questions. You're not in any sort of trouble, we just need to figure some things out." All Eric could do was stare out the window, trying to conjure up what had really happened.