disclaimer: I only own Kylie Flack, unfortunately.
Here's Chapter 14. Hope you all like. I really have no idea what Kylie's illness is, I'm not a doctor I sort of just made that all up. However I do know you CAN get tumors from taking certain birth controls. But that's about it. I hope you like, and next chapter will be more Adam!!!!
Kylie fell back asleep as she waited for Adam to return. When he did, she was resting and he decided not to wake her. He sat quietly beside her and slowly dozed off as he waited for to awake.
An hour passed, and her eyes slowly opened. Once she had regained consciousness, Adam smiled at her. Then he asked what she knew was coming next. "What was so bad he couldn't say in front of me, Kales?"
She let out a sigh and closed her eyes. After taking a deep breathe she finally opened her mouth to speak. "It's complicated." She said. "I guess taking birth control for ten years is bad or something… I don't really know. It made a tumor and triggered some virus and so I have to get monitored. It's nothing I guess it will disappear when it disappears. I don't really know, but the good thing is I'm gonna be okay." She flashed a fake smile and he seemed to buy it.
"So everything is fine? You've got a tumor… but its okay?" He asked. She could hear the sarcasm in his voice. She saw how he scooted closer to the edge of his seat, and gripped her hand harder.
"That's what they say." She smiled. "Listen, I'm gonna be fine. You go sit with your mom. But if she asks what it was just say a bad flu or something. No one needs to know about this but me and you…" She trailed off. He knew not to say anything, so instead waited. "So you really wanna marry me or was that the evil thing inside me messing with my head. Makin' me hallucinate." She smiled at her own joke, but Adam knew at the same time she was being serious.
"I did." He admitted. "But I'm gonna take it back okay?" He asked. Her face scrunched up, waiting for an explanation. "I don't have a ring, and I want it to be romantic. Perfect. That was horrendous. You deserve something amazing."
"I don't want amazing." She laughed at him. "Weddings are stupid, rings are stupid. It's all-stupid. It doesn't matter how big the diamond is or how much money you spend on the wedding. The whole point is the love."
"Okay." He smiled, relaxing a bit. "I still want to purpose right, and I will. You'll get your ring and your wedding."
"Hun." She said. "I don't want a big wedding. Just me and you and Donnie and Lindsay and whoever you want. I'm fine with something tiny. Really."
"But you want something big." It wasn't a question. It was the truth that he knew. Every girl wanted it even if she wouldn't admit it.
"Not big." She said.
"What do you want?"
"A beach wedding, maybe." She smiled. "But really I don't want a lot."
"Okay." He said, wiping away the sweat from her forehead, and pushing back her bangs. "Beach wedding it is."
"Enough about weddings." Kylie started. "I'm starving!"
"When don't you eat?" Adam chuckled.
"Right now! So get me some food!" She said.
"What do you want?" He asked her.
"Cheese fries…." She said, pressing her finger to her chin. Hot buffalo wings…and an iced tea."
"Damn girl."
"What? I've been living off an IV for like ever."
"I'll be back in about ten minutes." He sighed kissing her forehead. "I love you."
"I love you." She said back. "Only if you bring me back food though." She joked.
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Four days later Adam's mother and Kylie were both healthy and on their feet. Adam and Kylie headed back to New York, and Emma stayed behind with Steven, with a ring on her finger from the doctor that cured Kylie.
This made Adam even more anxious. His little sister was provided with a ring and he couldn't even afford an apartment for himself, let alone give Kylie an engagement ring. Thankfully his mother gave him her mothers' for her. She thought Kylie would have a much better understanding than Emma would about how meaningful it was.
Now, all Adam had to do was figure out how he was going to re purpose to her. It seemed now was not the right time. She was always depressed and cranky. She had nearly bitten Adam's head off when he tried setting his hand on her thigh when they were at his mom's. She snapped and said "Not in your mother's house, Adam!" She jumped from the couch and hurried into Adam's old childhood room. Not surprisingly Adam had slept that night on the couch.
And the next morning he had even made it up to her by cooking her breakfast. Conveniently she wasn't feeling well that morning. On the airplane she had seemed to forgotten about their fight because she placed her head on his shoulder, closed her eyes and put his hand in hers.
However, when she woke up, she was prepared to find any little thing to argue with him over, but she failed. Adam was scared. He didn't understand what was going on. As far as he could tell she wasn't having nightmares, he would have noticed by her screaming and tossing and turning. As far as he was concerned there was no reason for her to be giving him the death sentence. He didn't even care if she didn't want to have sex. He didn't want it if she didn't. He just wanted her to get out of this slump, to see her smile again.
And then when the plane landed and he nudged her awake, she simply smiled. It wasn't the same smile, but he figured it was a start. She stood up, unlinking their hands and didn't speak until she was in her brother's arms. He hugged her and she kissed his cheek. "Missed you." She whispered.
"Same here, little sis." He smiled squeezing her a littler closer into his chest.
Then she pulled away and hugged Danny, with the same weak smile she had given earlier. Danny and Flack were both thinking the same thing. They were going to have a talk with Adam.
"Kales go get me some coffee." Danny ordered. She nodded and turned to stare at Adam, and he saw the fear in her eyes, even though he wouldn't admit it.
"What the hell happened?" Don said, clenching his fists together as soon as she was out of hearing range.
"She got sick. I don't know. She was in the hospital. Just the flu she was fine she was smiling and then two days ago she snapped into zombie mode. She flipped on me when I put my hand on her saying she wasn't going to have sex with me in my mom's house. That's not even what I wanted! I was trying to show her I cared." He stopped and took a breath.
"And then she made me sleep on the couch and I cooked her breakfast to try and make up for whatever I did, and she wouldn't eat it. She refused to be in the same room as me. I don't know what I did. I don't understand… I never hurt her. I was there and she just snapped within a matter of seconds."
He looked like he was about to cry, and Don knew he was telling the truth. It was too late to ask questions because Kylie was back, coffee in hand.
"Can we go home?" Kylie asked. "I wanna see Daddy."
"Okay." Don said. "Lets go shorty."
"Shorty!" Danny yelled. "Why didn't I think of that?" He thunked himself in the head and followed Adam who was following Don and Kylie.
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After they were unpacked, Adam asked Kylie if she wanted him to drive her to her parents. She sighed and then shook her head.
"Later." She whispered. "I owe you an apology." She climbed onto the bed in Adam's button down shirt and crawled under his arm. Her body curled into fetal position and her knees were held to her chin.
"It's okay, love." He whispered back, kissing her head.
"I had a dream that we died on the plane and you told me you were cheating on me." She cried. "And you were on fire and I wouldn't help you because suddenly I hated you, and I watched you die and then out of no where Danny showed up and shot me and then himself and then we were in heaven. And you had a girl with you and she was so pretty and angels were everywhere threatening to send me to hell because they could read my thoughts. I can't even repeat it. Adam I've never been so scared in my life. I called Dr. Roseberry. He said it was the effect of all the medication in me still, but I was scared to sleep again."
He didn't know what to say. But finally he thought of something, "You haven't slept in two days?" She nodded her head. "Oh God Kylie." He sighed. "Baby, go to bed nothing will happen I'm right here when you wake up."
She nodded her head and closed her eyes. Within seconds her sobbing stopped and Adam knew she had fallen asleep, finally. He was relieved a little by the fact she had been stressed over a dream and nothing else. It also worried him a bit that she was having nightmares like this. He knew this wasn't the only one she was hiding from him. There had to have been more than just one nightmare leading up to this, but he couldn't be sure if she wouldn't talk to him about it.
Slowly as he thought, he closed his eyes and dozed off into his own silent sleep.
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Kylie crawled out of bed and showered without waking Adam. She slowly dressed into work clothes, and attached her gun and badge to her hip. She then left a note on her pillow saying she had gone into work, and that she loved him and she would make up her hysterical outburst when she got home.
She hummed to herself as she took the subway to work and then walked three blocks to the crime lab. She opened the door to Mac's office and smiled when she saw him and Stella eating together. "Hey love birds." She smiled, gliding into the office. "What a cute little date. Was this what had you yawning last week Mackie?"
"Kylie." He groaned, turning a shade of rosy red.
"Guilty." Stella giggled. "Welcome back."
"Good to be back!" Kylie cheered. "Adam's mom is so adorable I love her already. I can't wait until he gets down on his knee and gives me a ring." She fluttered her eyelashes and battered her hair.
"Ha-ha." Mac said. "It's only been like 4 weeks."
"3 months." Kylie corrected. "Besides we lovvveeeee each other." She gushed the word love, making it ring about the room. "Where's Danny? He owes me a cup of coffee."
"Behind yah Shorty!" Danny chirped.
"Oh God." She groaned turning around. "You are callin' me that now?"
"Yup." He smiled, handing her an already made cup of coffee.
"Thanks." She smiled. "So what have I missed?"
"Not much. We've been slow." Danny admitted. "Adam still not coming back?"
"Wednesday." Kylie said. "He needs a few days after all the stress I've put him through."
"Agreed." Danny smiled. "Stop by my place tonight and I'll give you some old CDs and shit I'm throwing out. Give him a break."
"Kay." Kylie agreed.
"Work." Mac interrupted.
Kylie nodded and followed Danny into the DNA lab where Adam was usually situated. To Kylie, it felt weird not seeing him humming a tune in his lab coat, while analyzing DNA, and other unknown substances that were left to him. He usually got the dirty work no one else felt like doing, but he didn't mind as long as he was helping the case.
Kylie shook her head and winced as she saw Kendall working cheerfully with her high blonde ponytail. "Hey guys!" She said.
Kylie knew it was the fakest hey Kendall had ever given. She could tell by the jealousy in her eyes, and the glare she had given Kylie when she entered.
"Kales, we had a murder yesterday I'll catch you up once Kendall gives me DNA results." Danny smiled and held his hand out to Kendall.
She handed him the results and then turned to look at Kylie. "I'm not done giving up on Adam." She said.
"Good." Kylie smiled. "I like a challenge. Not that you'll be one." Her smile turned into a smirk when she saw Kendall's face turn bright red with anger.
"Does Adam know you're going to Danny's tonight?" Kendall asked regaining confidence.
"He will." Danny smiled. "Don is coming too so I'm sure Kylie will call him after work."
"Better." Kendall murmured.
"Hey guys." Lindsay smiled, entering the room. She even smiled at Danny witch made Kylie conclude they had gotten back together.
"Flack has a guy down town, Kylie you wanna come observe?" She asked Kylie.
"Of course." Kylie cheered. She followed Lindsay into the elevator to watch her brother interrogate a suspect.
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Kylie watched her brother grow more and more infuriated by the second as each question he asked Joey Caprioni was answered buy a smart reply. By now Kylie knew enough to interrupt if she felt Don couldn't handle this any longer.
She knew that this case involved a seventeen-year-old girl who was raped and killed while her twenty-nine year old sister was forced to watch. She was also raped, but somehow managed to survive, and escape for help. The DNA on the surviving victim's body led to this Joey Caprioni, though he was refusing to admit he was even in the girls' home. Kylie knew this was hard for Don to handle, but she also knew he could keep his cool better.
"Kylie, you need to calm him down." Lindsay finally said, breaking Kylie's train of thought. Lindsay was right. Flack was getting out of control.
Kylie turned to Angell and nodded her head. Angell smiled and opened the door, relieving Flack of his duties. Flack silently thanked her and left the room, his cheeks flooding back to normal color.
"Donnie what happened?" Kylie asked after he calmed down. He sighed and placed his head in his fists, and leaning against the one-way glass.
"Mandy Haden…" He began.
"The older sister." Kylie finished for him. "What about her?"
He looked up at his sister and saw the worry in her eyes. He hated seeing her so vulnerable because of him. He sighed, glanced at Lindsay who acted like she wasn't listening even thought they both knew she was, and then finally tried to explain his thoughts to his sister.
"She's… my girlfriend's sister. Mandy and Kate both."
"Are… are you sure? Maybe they just coincidently have the same last name." Kylie tried reassuring him.
"I met them three nights ago. It's them. I don't know how to tell Carmen. They don't have anyone left in their family. Nowhere to stay, no one Kales. They've got it rough as it is and this bastard decides to make it even worse. Carmen… she's going to hurt so bad when she finds out Kate isn't around and Mandy had to watch. I'm not sure how she's gonna take it."
"I'll tell her." Kylie offered. "You're off the case anyway now. You know I can talk to her. You probably don't want her moving in so I'll offer Hawkes' bed. He is moving out soon he wont mind the couch for a few days until they can go back to theirs, if they even can. I'll take care of it all, all you have to do is hold her when she falls okay?"
All he could manage was a nod. Kylie set her arm on his shoulder and pulled him into her. "What if she can't handle it?" He asked, and blinked away a tear.
"She will." Kylie whispered. She knew she couldn't promise it but the only way she could hope was if she said it out loud.