Chapter 12
Authors note: Thanks babybaby15 and Ealasaid Una for reviewing on the last chapter, I can't remember if I replied so sorry if I didn't. Sorry it's taken so long to update but here is the next chapter.
As soon as Sam's shift ended, he rushed out of the SRU building and straight home to his family. Today had been a close call. He had been shot four times, luckily all in the vest, one to the shoulder, one to the back and two to the chest. He had of course gone and been checked out at the hospital, reluctantly of course and had been given pain medication and told that the bullets that hit his back and shoulder just bruised and the two to the chest had caused a cracked rib which was what was causing him the most pain, not that be would admit that. He had managed to keep the team from calling Jules and telling her about it, wanting to inform her himself when he got home as not to worry her.
The minute Sam walked through the front door, Aiden ran full pelt at him and jumped into Sam's arms. Sam groaned quietly as Aiden wrapped his arms around Sam's neck, bumping his sore shoulder. Aiden squeezed him as tight as possible, his knee hitting exactly where his cracked rib was and his elbow once again hit his bruised shoulder. Sam cried out in pain and passed Aiden to a worried looking Jules.
"Daddy? What's wrong?" Asked Aiden as Sam fished some of the pain medication out of his pocket and swallowed them.
"Sam?" Asked Jules cautiously as Sam rubbed his sore chest carefully. Aiden looked to Sam then to Jules and back to Sam and burst into tears.
"Hey! I'm sorry bud, daddy's just a little sore that's all. Come here." Said Sam taking Aiden into his arms and holding him against the side that wasn't sore.
"Sammy, what's wrong? What's happened?" asked Jules and Sam shook his head and said "I'm fine, don't worry, I'll tell you later." Jules eyed Sam suspiciously but went off to pick up a now crying Sadie.
Later that evening after Aiden and Sadie were both in bed, Jules was getting ready in the bedroom while Sam showered. She noticed that Sam was taking longer than usually and made her way to the bathroom to see what he was doing. What she saw shocked her and she gasped causing Sam to turn around and face her.
"It's worse than it looks?" He tried and she shook her head and stormed out of the room. 'Yep, she's still hormonal!' Thought Sam as he pulled on a t-shirt and made his way towards the bedroom. Sadie was now a week old and Jules was still a bit hormonal as a result of the pregnancy. The lights in the bedroom were already off when Sam opened the door and he called Jules' name out softly, knowing that she wouldn't be asleep yet. He padded over to the bed and turned on the bedside lamp. Jules rolled onto her back and scowled at him.
"Get into bed and turn out the light because I'm trying to sleep." She snapped and turned back over.
"No. Not until you tell me why you're so mad at me Jules. You knew that I was hurt because of what happened earlier with Aiden, you know that it's all part if the job. Jules I know you can hear me so please turn over and say something." He all but begged. After a few more seconds of silence Jules turned over again.
"Sam I will only tell you this once more, get into bed, turn out the light and go to sleep like I am trying to. Or if you don't want to do that, turn out the light and then go and sleep somewhere else like the sofa because I really don't want to lose my temper with you but it's slowly wasting away." She said and then once again turned over. Sam sighed and got into bed and turned the light off, he tried wrapping his arms around Jules but she nudges them off.
"Ok Jules, that's it! I get that you're probably still hormonal from the pregnancy and that you're upset with the fact that I got shot today but you can't keep on ignoring me and shutting me out because I won't take it Jules, I won't." He says sitting up and once again turned on the light. This time Jules actually sat up. She pulled her knees to her chest and rested her chin in them.
"It's not that I'm upset that you got shot Sam, although I am. It's the fact that you didn't tell me. That you thought that you could just almost collapse in pain when our son accidentally hurts you and not explain to me properly why. I'm upset that I had to find out that you're injured by walking into the bathroom and seeing it Sam. I'm your wife! I should... need to look after you, make sure that you're ok, as much as you hate it Sam, that's part of our promises to each other." Jules is almost crying by the time she finishes and Sam wraps his arms around her.
"I was going to tell you Jules, I promise. I was just waiting for the right moment." He replies and kisses the top of her head softly.
"Will you tell me what happened?" She whispers and he nods against her head.
"The subject shot me four times, once in the back, once in the shoulder and twice in the chest." He could feel Jules tense in his arms and he rubbed circles into her lower back to calm her. "I got checked out at the hospital and I'm fine, just a cracked rib, I've had and felt worse."
"Promise me you'll take those pain meds they gave you Sam." Jules whispered to him, looking him in the eyes.
"I promise Jules." He said and kissed her on the lips gently. "Sleep now baby, I'm fine, ok?" Jules nods and Sam turns out the light and soon they are both asleep.
*Sam's nightmare*
Suddenly the sound of guns going off fills the air.
"Jules!" He shouts over and over again. He tries to run to her as she falls but he can't move. He sees Aiden and Sadie next to Jules, both of them lying beside her, their bodies lifeless, blood everywhere. He screams their names but its no good, he can't move and their gone...
*End*
Sam wakes up panting and sits up in bed. Jules turns on her beside lamp ad wraps her arms around Sam's shaking torso. She hated seeing him so upset and vulnerable.
"Ssh, it's ok Sammy, ssh, I've got you." She comforts as he cries. When his cries subside, Jules doesn't let go.
"Do you want to talk about it?" She asks and he nods and explains what had happened in the nightmare.
"Oh baby, we're fine." She whispers and runs her hand up and down his arm to comfort him.
"I need to go and see Sadie and Aiden. I need to see that they are ok." He says, his voice shaking and Jules nods. He gets out of bed and makes his way to Sadie's room first with Jules close behind him. He carefully lifts Sadie out of her crib and holds her in his arms before tucking her back into bed once again. He then goes to Aiden's room and kisses his son's forehead softly and strokes some hair out of his face. He then gets up and makes his way back to the bedroom where Jules is waiting. He gets into bed next to Jules and she holds him in her arms. They are both back asleep in minutes.
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