Rookie Blue: End of an era chapter 4
We made our way down the street behind the ambulance; I kept looking at Hannah from the corner of my eye. I could tell she was holding together; it hasn't been that long since she was in a similar position, I just wish she didn't have to deal with something like this again so soon after losing her best friend. We got to the hospital and waited for them to unload the wife and take her into the hospital. We stayed in the car and I took a deep breath.
I looked at Hannah "You ok?" she looked at me "Would you believe me if I said I was?" I shook my head; Hannah reminded me of myself when I was a rookie, I mean the number of times I was shocked by a call or by something that happened during the aftermath of a call and of course the number of times I would say that I was fine I mean it as crazy. I looked at her and smiled softly "Hannah, when I was a rookie I was shocked by so many things that when we would deal with a call like the one we had this morning, Detective Swarek always told me that I would be fine and I was eventually, and you will be too".
She smiled at me "Thank you, you are an awesome T.O." I smiled recalling the time Sam and I had a similar conversation "If I'm awesome, that makes you awesome" she looked at me "Thanks, although I don't feel awesome" I looked at her "You will soon don't worry; it's all part of the job" we got out of the car and made our way into the hospital; it was the same hospital where they took Sam and Chloe when they had been shot. I called Oliver and told him that we would stay and take the wife's statement once she was out of surgery. He asked how my rookie was doing "She's ok for now, she was a bit shaken when we got here but she is fine now, I kept her distracted with stories about my rookie days".
Oliver laughed "Did you tell her the story about the burnt out laundry place and how you went in and it took a couple of us to hold Sam back from going in after you" I laughed remembering having to keep his wife calm "No I told her about my first day" I could hear laughter coming from his office. I heard Sam ask if I was ok, I smiled when I heard Oliver relay what I told him. I ended the phone call and sat down beside Hannah. I suggested that we should get some coffee as we will be here for a while. We made our way to the cafeteria and got coffee; Hannah asked me to tell her another story, I could tell she was still feeling a bit shaken.
I smiled and told her about the undercover op I took part in a couple of years ago; she looked at me "What was it like?" I looked at her "It was a six month op; Detective Swarek and I had been broken up for six weeks and then I held a bomb and he told me that he loved me and he wanted to get back together, but by this point I wasn't willing to take him back as he had broken my heart… anyway I took the op and it was fine; I was scared at times I was with another officer and we had been sussed out well I had been sussed out and he was told to put a gun to my head and kill me. Instead he pretended to knock me out and then we escaped and I phoned Detective Swarek and he came and got us. It was the scariest thing I have ever had happen to me".
She looked at me with her mouth hanging open in shock "Did you and Detective Swarek get back together after you came back?" I shook my head and explained what had happened, she looked at me "I heard about Officer Cruz and how she hunted Ford down" I smiled softly "Hopefully nothing like that will happen to you" we finished our coffee and left and waited for news on our domestic victim. I looked at Hannah "You're going to be fine, you're a great rookie and you'll be an even greater cop. She smiled.