A/N: Ok, sorry chapter two was so short. I was pretty brain dead when I wrote it and I was trying to figure out what was going through her mind when she was unconscious. For those of you who were confused about that thought about checking the mail, it said in chapter one that she was hit while checking it so she wished she had checked it earlier. Hope that clears the confusion up! And hope you enjoy the next chapter!

"Eric just go away! Leave me alone!"

"Can you just hear me out?"

"No! Go!"

Eric reflected back on when he and Calleigh were fighting. It all seemed so worthless and stupid now he wished he could take back everything that he had said. He sat down by the bed where Calleigh was now asleep.

He had hardly moved a muscle, worrying that something might happen when he was gone. He had been there for hours and hadn't slept or eaten. He was tired and wanted all of this to be over. He could feel himself drifting off but fought against it. He wanted to be awake when Calleigh woke up again.

She was only wake for about ten minutes and it took her a while to register who she was and who everybody else in the room was. It scared Eric, he hoped what Alexx said wasn't going to come true.

He took her pale white hand in his and squeezed it. "Come on Cal, your my fighter, you have to get through this, you're one of the strongest people I know." Eric thought he was dreaming but he could have sworen he saw Calleigh smirk.

A soft knock on the door made him turn around, he saw Jesse and Natalia. Normally, if it wasn't two in the morning and he wasn't worrying like crazy, he would have noticed they were holding hands, but he didn't.

"Hey how is she?" Natalia asked as the two came closer.

"Better, she woke up but then she went back to sleep."

"Eric, you look awful," Jesse told him as he looked from Calleigh to Eric.

Eric felt awful but he didn't say anything. His stomach growled and he noticed how hungry he was but he ignored it not willing to leave Calleigh's side.

"Why don't you go get some sleep? Jesse and I can take the next shift," Natalia offered but Eric shook his head.

"I want to be up when she wakes up."

"It might be a while." Jesse and Natalia shared a look. They were obviously concerned about him. Maybe he looked worse than he was letting on.

"I don't care," Eric said softly.

"Okay, well why don't you at least go get something to eat?"

Eric knew it would be good for him to walk around for a while and he reluctantly nodded. With one last glance at Calleigh Eric got up and walked out of the room. He could hear Natalia and Jesse whispering behind him.

Eric hoped they would transfer Calliegh out of the ER section soon. He didn't think he could handle all the painful noises that he was hearing walking down the halls. He finally reached the cafeteria and looked around. It was mainly empty except for a few people here and there. He grabbed a sandwich, chips, and a coke from the food section. He debated whether he should stay and eat in the cafeteria or go back to Calleigh's room.

In the end, he decided to stay. He had a feeling some of the doctors would give him a hard time about the food and since he was exhausted he knew there was even more of a chance for him to get into an argument. He choose a table, sat down, and bit into his sandwich.

He had never been more happy to eat in his life. His original plans for dinner had been altered when Calleigh had to go to the hospital. "Hey Eric!" Ryan said as he sat down at the table with food of his own.

"Ryan what are you still doing here?"

"I wanted to see how Calliegh was and...I fell asleep in the waiting room," he admitted.

"Ahh...I see, is H still here?"

"He was but he got a call for a body was found and he had to go."

"Oh, does he need help?" Eric didn't really want to go but he knew all of the team was here and Horatio would need help.

"No, he told us to stay here. He's gonna use Walter and the night team," Ryan explained. "Hey Eric-" he was cut off as a figure approached the table. Eric turned around to see who the figure was and he wished he had never looked. Standing there was none other than, Jake Berkeley, Calleigh's ex.

"Hey boys," he smiled as he pulled out a chair and sat down.