Chapter 26

The next morning when Delilah just had been finished with her breakfast, she was surprised in good way as she saw Abby Sciuto coming through the door after she had announced to the visitor that he or she could come in. "Hey Abbs it's very nice that come by to visit me, because I really missed you a lot since I have been stuck here." The Goth smiled at the DOD cryptologist, being so glad that she hadn't lost her humor after all this drama she had been through and finally said:

"You look very good, how is the rehab going?" Abby asked as she finally sat down on a chair and got it right next to Delilah's bedside as she waited for the response from Mc Gee's girlfriend.

"I'm very happy to hear that Abbs and the rehab is going good so far, even if I still struggle with some pain in my right shoulder but Doctor Parker said that this would go away eventually, even if it may take a little bit longer than being able to walk on my own again." She didn't know why but Abby somehow got the feeling that Tim's girlfriend needed a hug now, so she got up from her chair and of course Delilah was pretty surprised as the Goth suddenly hugged her tightly. There were some minutes of silence between them, as Abby had finally sat back down on the chair next to the bedside of the DOD cryptologist and Delilah figured that she still had to get used to the fact that the Goth was so hyper but she was a very sympathetic person overall.

She had to admit that the first ever meeting with the Goth had been very awkward but in the end they had become very good friends and to break to silence between them she finally said: "

"Thanks for the hug Abbs; I really needed that right now because I honestly am a little bit frustrated the healing process doesn't go a bit faster." Delilah knew very well that patience really wasn't one of her virtues from experience over the years and she guessed that this whole thing had been passed onto her from her father.

Overall she was glad to know that Tim had put up with all her little idiosyncrasies, because not all of her boyfriends had accepted that in the past. Abby smiled at her finally and replied:

"You're welcome and continue to work hard in the rehab and you soon will be back to a hundred percent and don't forget that there are lots of people by your side to support you." The Goth hopped that this little pep talk would do the trick and make her see that whole situation from a little more optimistic point of view.

"When do you have your next rehab session?" Abby then asked and shortly looked out of the window of the room, enjoying the wonderful view you had into a sweet looking little park just outside of the hospital as she waited for the answer from Tim's girlfriend.

"My next session is at eleven o'clock and Doctor Parker says that I've already made great progress during the first session yesterday."

The two women kept on talking for a while, Abby suggesting that she, Delilah and Tim should do something together when Delilah was finally out of the hospital and of course the DOD cryptologist totally loved that suggestion. When somebody knocked on the door a little bit later, Delilah said: "Come in." A big smiled immediately appeared on her face as she saw her boyfriend walking into the room: "Hey you good morning, how did you sleep last night?" Tim asked as he had carefully closed the door behind him and while he waited for Delilah's answer he shortly greeted Abby, figuring that the Goth wanted to surprise Delilah with her unannounced visit in the hospital.

After Delilah had sipped on her cup of the tea, which stood on the little nightstand next to her bed she replied: "Pretty good I would say but it will be a lot better when I can finally cuddle with you at night."

As Abby watched this little exchange between the two lovebirds play out in front of her, she couldn't help but think: Awww….Those two are really just meant to be together and it's so adorable just to watch those two interact with each other.

Tim finally sat down on one chair on the other side of the bed and thought: Yeah I miss the cuddling at night with you too.

"Abby suggested that the three of us do something together after I'm out of the hospital, like going to cinema or eat something at my favorite Italian Restaurant." Delilah said before the silence between them would get too uncomfortable and deep down she already knew that Mc Gee would like the idea.

"That sounds really good to me." Mc Gee replied without any hesitation and of course he was also really looking forward to the day, when Delilah would finally be released out the hospital because it just wasn't the same when he slept alone in this very big bed in the bedroom of his apartment.

"What do you think about a little dinner at the Da Vinci?" Delilah then asked, of course not wanting them to force to do anything but because of their time consuming jobs she and Tim hadn't been able to actually go out for a nice dinner.

The two of them agreed on her suggestion and then Delilah said with a big smile on her face: "I'm really looking forward to our little dinner date and I'm still counting the days till I don't have to eat that awful hospital food anymore." Mc Gee just grinned at the last part of her sentence, knowing how critical she could be when it came to food and said with a grin on his face: "I talked to Tony yesterday and he would definitely volunteer to smuggle in some pizza for you. "

Delilah laughed at that suggestion and replied: "I will tell him that I will maybe take him up on the offer very soon." Abby now also joined into the laughter and the three of them kept on laughing for some minutes.

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