Peter sighed and sat down on a chair in Cal's room, keeping an eye on the machines. He glanced to Emily who had fallen asleep again and smiled slightly. She was young and she was beautiful. He couldn't help but think the same thing about Gillian. The bad part was that he was twenty. Too old for Emily and too young for Gillian, but he couldn't help himself from noticing how amazing they both looked.
Zoe was attractive too. Not like Gill and Em though. She had a very tough facade and Peter admired it, but she wasn't his type. He laughed at himself. He was checking out the family of the patient! He stood up and walked over to Cal, "How are you doing buddy?" He took Cal's hand and wrapped Cal's fingers around his own, "Squeeze lightly if you can here me." There was nothing and Peter sighed, letting Cal's hand fall back to his side.
Gillian was the first to wake up and she smiled at Peter, "How is he?"
"Well his vital signs are good." He whispered, rubbing the tiredness from his face. He fell onto a chair with a sigh.
"You should sleep." Gillian whispered.
"I would, but I'm the only doctor here." He stood back up and stretched with a small yawn.
"What time is it?" She asked.
"Around 1." He whispered.
"Hey, Pete. I can take over." A man said, walking into the hospital room.
Gillian stared at the man. He was mid 30's probably and he was extremely attractive. He had a chiseled face and broad shoulders along with what looked like some nice abs under the smocks. She smiled a dorky smile that made him chuckle, "Hello, I am Daniel, or Dr. Dan." He said, his smile growing as she took his hand.
"Gillian." She whispered, shaking his strong hand.
"I will be... co-doctor here with Pete."
Peter nodded and yawned again, "I'm gonna go hit the hay, call if you need to know anything." He smiled and glanced at the machines again.
"You do that." Daniel said, "I'll be here until tonight."
Peter nodded and was gone.
Gillian sighed and sat up in her chair, "So." She whispered.
Daniel looked over Cal's machines and nodded, "He seems to be doing well."
"He's a fighter." She said, lightly rubbing his hand that was in hers.
Daniel saw this and smiled. She must really love this man. He could see how she wanted to cry. A small sigh escaped his lips and she looked up at him, "Sorry." He walked around Cal's bed and took his hand like Peter had done earlier, "If you can hear me, squeeze lightly." There was nothing and he sighed again.
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Cal didn't know where he was, but he was scared. And as much as he hated to admit it... he was terrified. The one thing that made everything seem better was the presence of Gillian, and Emily of course. He could tell when his hand was in Gillian's and when it was in one of the doctor's. Her's was smoother and warmer and more comforting. He liked having her around.
It was dark. Always dark, and there seemed to be people, like the man that had taken Gillian before, who just stood there on the edge of the darkness, waiting for him to be alone. Gillian would let go of his hand and the people would creep closer. Right now, Gillian was his lifeline and he worried whenever her hand slipped from his. He worried that the people from the darkness would get her. He worried that the people from the darkness would get him. He worried that she wouldn't come back. He worried that she might get hurt while he was away. He worried.
He could usually hear the conversations going on around him. He could hear Zoe and Gillian and Emily and other people that he didn't know... mostly males. Which made him worry more. Males. Around Emily and Gillian? What if the men hurt them? What if he couldn't do anything?
When asked to squeeze the males hand he usually ignored it. He didn't want to do what the man asked. He didn't know who the man was. Plus... he doubted that he could squeeze his hand anyway. He tried, with all his might, to squeeze it when he had Gillian's hand, but for some reason it didn't work.
Another thing he noticed greatly was the pain. There was chest pain. He couldn't breath, but something was doing it for him. His hip hurt along with his knee. He wwas just in all around pain. It would sometiems get really hot, but he felt like he had blankets piled over him that he couldn't get off. Or he would get cold and feel like he was completely naked. It switched and everytime made him wish that he could look at Gillian or Emily or even one of the men and ask for something to help. As much as he hated being dependent on others... this was an excepetion.
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Gillian looked at Cal. He wasn't moving. He hadn't since she arrived. The scar was too noticable and it made her wish that he had a shirt on so she couldn't see it. He was pale and at times was sweating crazily. She knew that it was the poison and could only pray that Mac would get the money soon.
She looked around, "I have to use the restroom, I will be right back."
Daniel nodded and looked back to the book he had.
"I won't be gone for long." She promised Cal, "Don't do anything dangerous while I'm gone."
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He loved the sweetness in her voice. Hell. He always had, but he never had the guts to tell her that. He could feel her hand breaking away from him. "No." He said, but he knew that she couldn't hear him.
He squeezed his hand into a fist, but it didn't move at all.
.:.
She gave him a quick kiss on the cheek and started to pull away. She felt his hand moved, but assumed it was from her own movement. Something stopped her and made her walk back to him and stand still. Any other time she would have ignored it and continued on, but she stopped and leaned over him. His finger lightly twitched and tighted around her hand. Her eyes widened and she crouched down and put her mouth by his ear, "Cal? Squeeze twice if you can hear me." There were two small twitches and she yelped in excitement.
"What is it?" Daniel asked, walking over quickly.
"He just squeezed my hand." She said, a huge smile on her face.
WELL, I am going out of town for a couple days, sorry for the cliffhanger! Please leave reviews! I will update on Sunday or Monday, thank you for reading!