Gone Chapter 9
Hey Guys. Sorry about the delay in getting this chapter up. Been struggling with some writers block lately. Hope enjoy and remember to please review.
After their discussion at the mission Hetty had given Nell a couple of days leave and they tried to spend as much time as they could out of the house enjoying life.
The two of them were walking through the park hand in hand when Nell felt his hand start twitch. She squeezed, but it was like his hand had taken on a life of its own.
"Callen" She whispered as she squeezed his hand.
"I know, it's from the tumor. The pills are helping. I need to take another one." He said as he pulled the bottle from his pocket and swallowed with a mouthful of water from his water bottle he had in his other hand.
After a minute or so his hand began to relax. He looked across and saw a worried look on his wife's face. "It's just a side effect from the tumor, that's all." He said as he smiled reassuringly at her. "Come on, don't let this ruin the day." He said as he put his hand on stomach.
"How is she doing?" He asked.
"Oh, she is active; I think she thinks kicking mommy's bladder is a good idea." She said as she smiled. Callen chuckled.
"Hey we should get going; meeting at the hospital is going to start soon." He said.
Nell turned her watch to her face. "Wow, I didn't think we'd been out that long."
"I guess time really does fly when you're having and enjoying each other's company huh." He said as he laid a hand to Nell's growing bump before exiting the park hand in hand.
Meanwhile back at the mission the team was preparing themselves to go their first meeting with Callen and Nell.
"How do you think Callen's holding up, first meeting looming on the horizon?" Said Deeks.
"I don't know I mean Callen's never exactly been one to go with the crowd. But I mean its good thing to have people there going through the same thing he is." Said Kensi
"You know G, he'll probably start panicking right before their gonna leave, but don't worry Nell and Gibbs, will get him there." Said Sam
"Wait Gibbs? What?" Queried Deeks.
"He's on standby to help Nell and Callen with any problems but he'll meet us at the meeting."
"We better get going; otherwise we're going be late." Said Sam as the three of them echoed for Eric to get a move on.
Sam walked over to Hetty to let her know they were leaving. "Uh Hetty we're heading off to the hospital to meet Callen." He said.
"Very good Mr Hanna. Wish Mr and Mrs Callen the best from you won't you." She said as Eric came down the stairs and they headed out to meet the others.
Meanwhile at Callen and Nell's, Nell was watching her husband, she knew he was nervous. She smiled and walked over to him.
"What's going on? You ready to go?" She asked.
"Yeah stumbled for a moment, yeah. Yeah. I'm good to uh, yeah, let's go." He said as he stuttered.
"Wait a minute, sit down." She said to her husband.
"I know you're nervous. Not a question." She said as she smiled at Callen, who smirked. "Hey, you've got." She said as she grabbed his hand moved it to her stomach. "We've got this, we're got you."
Callen inhaled sharply as he nodded as he got up as they headed out of the house for the meeting.
20 minutes later Callen and Nell arrived at the hospital and saw that Sam, Deeks and Kensi were already there. Nell glanced in the rear view to see Gibbs pull up behind them. Nell and Callen watched as the others got out of the car. Nell gave Callen's hand a reassuring squeeze, before they opened their doors and walked over to them.
"You good to go G?" Asked Sam.
"Yeah, yeah." He said as Nell felt him squeeze her hand as they headed into the hospital.
They arrived a few minutes later and he saw Dr Nolo greeting people at the door. He took a deep breath and walked over.
"Dr Nolo." He said as he approached him.
"Ah Mr Callen. Good to see you. How are you feeling after Washington?" He asked.
"I'm doing better, thanks." He said. "You remember my.."
"Oh yes your wife, how are you Mrs Callen." He said.
"I'm good. Thank you." She said. "I uh I hope its okay that we bought some our family with us." She said as she indicated to the team. "No it's good that he has some support here." He said as he smiled and welcomed them into the room.
The site they saw when they entered the room was confronting.
"Wow, it's, wow.." Whispered Deeks.
"I know Deeks." She said.
"Meeting will start in a couple of minutes" Announced Dr Nolo.
"I'm going to get a cup of tea, one for you?" Asked Callen.
"No. I'm good I'll go and get some seats." She said as she smiled softly at him.
Nell went over to the guys and Kensi. "Meeting starting soon."
"We'll sit back here." Said Gibbs as he sat down on one of the chairs that were off to the side as he watched Callen.
Callen picked up the cup and brought it up to the water cooler, his hand shaking slightly as he did.
"Damn" He mumbled.
Gibbs got up and walked over to Callen and stood next to him. "Callen? Everything alright? He said softly as he looked down at his hand.
"Tremors. Part of the tumor. That's all." He said.
"Alright, everybody take a seat. Meetings about to start." Came Dr Nolo's voice.
Everyone began to find their seats as Dr Nolo began the meeting.
"As you can see we have a new face to our meeting tonight. Please welcome to our meeting Mr Callen."
He watched as people acknowledged him nodding their heads slowly.
"What's wrong with you?" Came a voice from a gentleman who was twitching, across the room.
"Nicholas." Cautioned Dr Nolo.
Callen smiled. "No, no, it's okay. Uh Nicholas is it? We're here to talk about this. So let's talk." He said as his eyes connected with Nell.
"You can call me Callen and about 5 months ago I was diagnosed with a Glioblastoma Multiform.
Please review guys. I had a bit of trouble writing this chapter, bit of a filler content. Remember to review!
