Lena
I hung up as quickly as i could and called the police.
"Hi it's Lena Adams i just got a call from Alisha" i said once a cop picked up.
"We will track her phone" he said. "We should be able to find her from there"
Well thats a relief, I just wish Stephanie picked up. It's something about her that calms me down immediately.
"Ok… thank you" i said.
"Call us if anything else comes up" he said and then hung up. I sat impatiently waiting to hear from them while trying to ignore the throbbing pain from my wound. The pain meds are helping some but it's still throbbing like crazy and my head is killing me. After a little over an hour i got a call back from the same number i called earlier.
"Hey it's officer David Conner i wanted to let you know that we caught her and she is going to be in jail and can't hurt you anymore" he said and i was just so glad to hear they caught her.
Stef
I don't know why i'm obsessing over her. She's going to be ok and we caught her so it's not even the idea that i failed her. Speaking of the fact that we caught her i know David called her and let her know that we caught Alisha so my excuse to go see her is taken from me.
"Hey you going to the bar tonight?' Mike asked.
"Bar?" i asked.
"Yeah you know that place where normal people over 21 consume alcohol" he said and i rolled my eyes. I'm not huge drinker but when i do drink too get drunk it normally never ends well.
"Not tonight… i'm going down too check on Lena" i said and he laughed.
"Do you have a crush on her or something?" he asked and i rolled my eyes. "I mean i know you were serious about coming across as a boy at work but don't you think this is a little too far" he teased.
"You are hilarious… and no i'm just worried about her is all" i said.
"She's going to be ok" he said.
"I know it's just i was with her when she thought she was going to die, and i saw they look on her face that told me i was her last hope." i said and he nodded.
"I get it… you really bond with people in situations like that. Tell her i hope she gets better" he said and i smiled. It's rare when Mike gets completely serious but when we have cases like this or worse he gets serious. I know he loves this job as much as i do.
Lena
I was drifting in and out of sleep for about an hour when i heard a slight knock on the door. It's not closed so normally a nurse would just walk in, so who's at my door.
"Come in" i said maybe it's just a nurse and she wanted to announce she's coming in.
"Hey honey how you feeling" Alisha said walking in. I was frozen in panic. Part of me knows i need to yell for a nurse or something but the other side of me couldn't get my mouth too work.
"ive been so worried about you" she said sitting on my bed and moving the hair from my face.
"I missed you i know you are probably angry at me for not showing up before… after all my baby is in the hospital. I tried, i really tried to get her before now… but you know..." she said and hugged me kissing me on the cheek.
I woke up too my own screaming and felt arms holding me. No it can't be Alisha, it can't be.
"Hey you're ok… it's me Stephanie Elkin" she said and i opened my eyes to see Stef holding me because i had a death grip on her purple shirt. I got a sense of my surroundings and let go of her shirt.
"Sorry" i said sitting up but she didn't move.
"You alright?" she asked looking concerned.
"Bad dream…" i said honestly and she gave me a sad smile. I'm sure she's pitying me right now.
"You want to talk about it" she said and i tried to think of why she is here. They caught Alisha, right? So why would she have to be here.
"Oh no i'm good. Um is there something you need" i said as politely as i can do right now.
"Oh… no i just wanted to check in on you see if you are ok" she said and i tried to figure out why she would do that. Pity?
"You don't have to do that." i said and she looked like she didn't know what to say.
"Oh yeah i know, i wanted too. I didn't really want you to be alone." she admitted and she seemed like she generally cared.
"Wow… not all cops would do that" i said simply.
"I'm not like all cops… if you want me to leave i will" she said as if she realized i might not want her here.
"No… no… i'm really happy you are here actually. I could use the company" i said truthfully. I could use the distraction from everything right now and i feel like she will be a good distraction.
"Ok…" she started awkwardly.
"Well i don't know anything about you so…" i said.
"Oh right… well I'm 23. I just started working as a cop sixth months ago. I'm single and content with it…" she said and i laughed trying to ignore the pain in my side. It's rare that people are honestly happy being single and it's nice that she's happy without someone else.
"Nice…" i said.
"... Who needs men" she said and i smiled. Well that answers that question. Guess she is straight. Not that it matters i'm nowhere near ready for a relationship. I just thought that her coming here so i wasn't alone was a bit flirtatious, i mean it sounds it what was i suppose too think.
"...anyways tell me about you?" she said.
"Well i'm still in college trying to get a degree in teaching so i can be a math teacher one day…" i said and she shook her head.
"Oh i never would peg you as going for a math teacher… they're normally evil" she said and i laughed trying to figure out what she meant by that.
"What?"
"Math is evil so logically…" she trailed off.
"Math is evil? A bit of an over exaggeration don't you think?" i said and she shook her head confidently.
"Nope… it made my high school years hell. Especially algebra, why would you throw the alphabet in there too? Besides every math teacher i had hated me" she said and i rolled my eyes.
"I'm sure they didn't hate you… but i'm also sure you were a trouble maker." i said and she laughed.
"Oh yes send me too the principals office now" she joked.
"yeah i was… I used too circle X if i didn't know how to solve the problems that asked me to find X and argue when the teacher marked it wrong…"
"Well what did you expect?"
"I found X! Thats all the problem asked for. The worst thing i ever did was when the teacher wasn't in class briefly i erased her lesson and wrote a short childs story instead" i said and she laughed.
"Thats terrible."
"No it was hilarious besides the baby giraffe found his family in the end so no it was actually a pretty touching story. She didn't appreciate my story, she erased it and gave me a detention" she said and i laughed.
"Did she at least read it first?" i asked. If i student were to go through that much trouble too mess with me, despite being mad and frustrated, i would still read the story out of curiosity.
"No she was an angry old woman… " she said.
"Anyways so you're still in college…" she said.
"Uh yeah I just got done being a student teacher and now i'm working as a waitress in an attempt to make some money" i said and she smiled.
"Yeah i tried college but ended up dropping out a year in because i realized i wanted to be a police officer and i didn't need a college education to do so, so why pay for it" she said. I tried to think of something to say that doesn't have anything to do with how we met.
"You're parents seem nice by the way"she said.
"Oh yeah well my mom is being good because of me being in the hospital she's normally not like this" i said and she gave me a confused look.
"What do you mean?" she asked.
"Oh she's critical she thinks she knows best and anyone disagrees with her is wrong. Normally it's over the stupidest things" i said and she smiled.
"Yeah parents can be that way… my dad is so stubborn. I mean so am i so it caused some tension when i was a teenager." i said and she laughed.
"Yeah well it would be unnatural for a teenager too get along with her parents. I never had a problem with my dad but my mom and me fought constantly when i was a teen. I remember the one time i got so mad at her and ran away with my girlfriend. We didn't even leave town, half the time i was just around the corner and she just didn't see me" i said laughing with her.
"She always said I had a terrible taste in women… guess she can be right sometimes" i said and she held my glare.
"Can't help who you fall for" she said and i felt myself get lost in her eyes. There's definitely something about her. She makes an amazing distraction.
"Yeah i have too get it right eventually" i said hopefully finally looking away from her eyes.
"Yeah thats what you have too keep telling yourself" Stef said and then grabbed her stuff quickly.
"Shit i should go" she said.
"What?"
"It's not visiting hours and i'm not family, i'm not suppose too be here. I'll see you later" she said and kissed me on the cheek. She snuck in to see me?
"You snuck in?" i asked shocked. Why is this one of the sweetest things someones done for me.
"Yeah it's not hard, besides no harm done" she said and i laughed.
"You're leading a double life Officer Elkin" i joked and she laughed.
"You got me… get some rest you need it" she said before making sure the coast was clear and than left. I smiled. Why am i feeling this way for her?
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