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Hospitals suck. They had this really weird smell that makes your stomach (ironically) sick. Hope was barely aware of her body as a group of nurses and doctors carried her around. With every bum and turn a severe flick of pain ran thought her chest. She couldn't complain, anyway. She was already having trouble to breathe through the oxygen mask. That had been the worst. She had barely felt pain when JJ shot her; it felt more like a warm sticky sensation. The most difficult part had been the lack of air that forced her to make an extra effort for every single breath.
She had heard the confusion that ruled once that the Team got loose, the steps of the SWAT team when they broke into the room and finally she felt the hands of a young paramedic applying pressure to her wound. Jake, Morgan and her were placed in different ambulance cars but Penelope crying hysterically was not a good sign. Once Hope was carried to the surgery room, she lost consciousness and lat herself float in the space….
"How are you holding up, kid?" Rossi asked to Jake who was lying on the hospital bed choking with a big bite of a chocolate brownie.
"I'm barely holding up. You know what is cruel?" Jake carried on without waiting for a reply as he licked the chocolate remaining in the envelop. "You always wake up in the hospitals starving just to find out that the food actually sucks"
"You know, she woke up just minutes ago. Hotch is with the detective Hareton, explaining him the situation. You should go see her." Rossi got straight to the point.
"She stabbed me" Jake reminded while he reconsidered his options
"She totally had good reason for that." JJ step up entering the room. You could tell that she was tired but she still tried to put on a smile.
"You shot her." Jake seemed to have an internal debate.
"I had a good reason! " JJ defended herself and then kissed good bye Rossi and Jake. "Reid is taking me home. Think about it Jake."
"The nurses said I can't get up." Jake stated when he was left alone with Rossi.
"We don't have to tell them." Rossi winked his eye and helped the teenager to get up. It was a long way to the intense care unit but they were able to manage it.
"Is that the kid who got stabbed?" agent Sively pointed out when she spotted the two figures slowly passing at the end of the corridor. Agent Hareton responded by nodding his head. It was the seond time tonight that he was ready to leave and this time he wouldn't stop unless it was mandatory. "Nurses and doctors would deal with him" he replied as he parted whistling a popular melody.
"Shouldn't we tell agent Hotchner about it?" Sively was still struggling with her conscience, so he consulted Nick.
"He's already on his way home to see his kid. We could deal with them…" Nick left the phrase hanging as he offered agent Sively her coat. "...or we could grab something to eat. I know a good pizza place that just opened." he knew he had won the battle went she took her coat and started walking gracefully waiting for him to follow.
"What the hell?" Derek tried to stand up when he saw Rossi and Jake pass through the corridors but a firm grip stopped him.
"No way baby. You have to rest." Penelope ordered with a firm voice. She had stayed around as the doctor stitched Derek's face. He looked like a boxer after a long fight, with bruises and cuts all over his face. Despite that, Penelope still saw him as the most handsome man in Earth.
"The doctor said I could leave the observation area as soon as I felt better…" Derek felt like a little kid but he still knew his nurse too well to provoke her anger by disobeying.
"Well, that's his opinion." García rolled her eyes. "I'll take you home with me and I'll watch you through the night, handsome. That's what a good nurse would do." Penelope started picking up their stuff.
"You're a dam sexy good looking nurse, baby girl." Derek suddenly reminded a detail he wished rather to forget. "What about that boyfriend of yours?"
Penelope bit her lip and shifted her weight to one side and then another. That day she had been on the edge in a physical, emotional and physiological way. She, who rather preferred to be a rational and scientific person felt tempted to listen to her instincts. His best friend almost died today and that turned on an alarm on her. Every day he was out on the field it could be his last day. There was no time for regrets or second thoughts. She was suffering some personal dilemma with her moral but finally she solved it. Smiling she got near and gave Derek a soft kiss that he immediately tried to return, but she pulled away fast. "He can't be hurt for what he doesn't know."
"And…" Derek knew things couldn't be as good as they sounded. He had longed for that kiss more than he would ever confess and know that he had a taste, he wanted more. He knew this could ruin their friendship but after today's events he wondered if there was any point in letting their plans for the future keep them from living their present. What the hell, he was doing it, whatever the consequences it might bring!
"Tomorrow we'll forget about this whole horrible night and you'll blame it all to the painkillers" she seemed resigned with her solution but Derek knew there was no way to push her. She was too much of a good person to break up with Lynch and their friendship meant too much for her to ruin it. He decided to make the best of the rest of the night and then try to work out his feelings in the morning.
"Then let's leave already…the night is too short." Derek agreed as he kissed Penelope passionately grabbing her waist and pulling her closer. When they parted and she smiled, Derek knew that he was going to go throw hell every time he would see her kiss her boyfriend. Penelope knew that from that moment on, kissing any man wouldn't be as good as this kiss. Still, they left together, trying not to think about anything else but the moment they were living.
"Thanks for the ride, old man." Jake mocked of Rossi who was exhausted for carrying him around the hospital.
"No problem kid. Give her my best wishes." Rossi pointed out the patient's door as he walked away. After a long day, all he wanted was to take a good glass of wine and play his old records all through the night.
Jake smiled and patiently waited for Rossi to advance a safe distance. Then he checked if there was any doctor or nurse close before entering the room. What he saw took his breath away. Hope was connected to a bunch of tubes and things with sparkly little lights that checked on her vitals. Her olive skin had turned a soft gray pale brown and her eyes exhibited the evidence of a restless night.
"Hey." Jake didn't know what else to say. He took a seat next to her and gently took her hand. A silent tear escaped her eye and Jake felt a not forming down his throat. He managed to swallow it down and spit a few words. "It's ok."
"I stabbed you." Hope began crying with slight sobs." It's not ok."
"Ten stitches and two blood transfusions." Jake lifted his arm and pulled a bit the hospital coat to show the fresh bandage. "I'm still here because of you."
"Is everyone else mad at me?" Hope almost sounded like a little child. She hated to show her vulnerable side but the smile on Jake's face erased every single one of her fears.
"Well, García ended up taking Morgan home, so I guess if they were somehow angry, they'll forget tomorrow." Jake was amused by the surprise in Hope's eyes but he interrupted her before she could attack him with questions. "You need to rest, babe. I'll escape my nurse in the morning and come to check you out." Jake stood up and gave a sweet kiss to the girl he loved.
"No more red-haired girls?" Hope joked as they parted and Jake started walking towards the door.
"No." Jake confirmed as he closed the door. Moments later, the door opened again and Jake's face appeared. "But there's a blonde on the room next to you." Jake was quick enough to close the door before the shoe that Hope threw impacted on his face…
The End..
