Will's P.O.V.
"Halstead incoming!" It was just another day in the ER with Maggie commanding the floor.
"What do we got?" The ambo had just arrived.
"A female in her late twenties with a bullet wound in her lower abdomen" The paramedics pull out the gurney and that's when I see her.
"Lexa?" Maggie noticed too because she called Connor over to take over. Maggie takes me over to sit in the break room
"Will, she'll be fine. Connor's going to take amazing care of her." She sits next to me while signaling a nurse to get Natalie. When she gets in Maggie switches places saying that she'll let Jay know, and Nat sits down next to me.
"Lexa was born with atrial fibrillation. She was a month premature, and wasn't breathing. Jay and I were both there. I remember her being blue, and not crying like everyone expected. Lex was in NICU for the first month. I was the first person to hold her. I promised her that I would protect her." I put my head on her shoulder while she ran her hand through my hair.
"Will this isn't your fault."
"She's the reason I became a doctor."
"I didn't know that."
"When she was born I was 7. I would watch her in the incubator for as long as they would let me: watch the doctors go in and out. When she was finally allowed to go home I promised myself that I was gonna do that; I was going to be the person that helped bring my sister home. Then when she was 2 she had a scare. Lexa stopped breathing for a minute. Mom flipped out and took us all to the emergency room. That's when she was officially diagnosed with atrial fibrillation, but she's had it since she was born. After mom explained what that meant I decided I wanted to be a heart doctor."
"Why didn't you?"
"She had a couple more scares, and after being diagnosed, there really wasn't anything we could do except take her to the emergency room to make sure everything was ok. Lex was already on meds, but it was just a precaution. There was this doctor. He had basically claimed Lex as his patient, and would go out of his way for me, Jay, and Lex. He was the one that was able to explain to Lex why she would sometimes have a harder time breathing. I decided that I was going to be just like him in hopes that I would be able to make it look less scary."
"You're really good at that, Will."
"But I couldn't do that for her. I wasn't there when she needed me. I broke my promise to her. What if she dies?" Tears started to well up in my eyes. All the guilt from not being there flooded into me.
"Will Lex is going to be ok, and then you can spend the rest of time being an amazing older brother. Besides you already have a way in."
"Oh yeah what?"
"Owen. Did you see them the other day? He loves her."
Jay's P.O.V.
Unfortunately, unlike Lex, Kevin had to come into work right after the trial. I think this is the most excited I've ever seen Kevin at work. Him and Adam were finishing off the box of donuts that Kim had brought in as a means of celebration. Kim and I were over at my desk watching them when my phone rang.
"Halstead"
"Jay it's Maggie I need you to come to Med as soon as you can." Her voice was panicked which made me slightly worried. I stood up, and got my stuff, while Kim looked at me in concern.
"Is Will alright?" Everyone was looking at me now.
"Will is fine. Jay it's Alexa. She's been shot, and is in surgery now." Everything stops. Is this what it was like for her when I was shot. Everyone was asking what was wrong, but I couldn't respond. I had to get there.
"I'll be right over there." I hang up, and then look straight at Voight.
"We have a new case. Lex has been shot." He goes right into boss mode telling Adam, Kevin, Voight and Vanessa to go to the crime scene to see what they can find while me and Kim are going to Med. Kim made me let her drive because my head was messed up. When she pulls up to Gaffney I get out and bolt before she can even park the car. As I get in there Maggie immediately runs over to me. Kim was just getting through the door.
"Jay, Connor's still in surgery with her. She came in with a bullet wound in her lower abdomen. Nat is with Will in the breakroom. She's gonna be fine." Maggie goes back over to the nurse's station. Kim puts a hand on my shoulder.
"Come on Jay lets go sit down." I let her lead me over to a chair before sitting down, and getting out my phone. I pulled up an album on my phone that I had of almost all of my pictures of Lex. The only times I looked at them were when I had a rough day. I stopped at a video that mom had taken. It was Lex's soldier solo. I just let it play over and over watching it.
"Did Lex dance a lot?" Kim held my other hand as a way to comfort me.
"All the time. Mom signed her up for dance classes when she was 2. This one's her favorite. She was 11 when I came back from my first tour. Mom and I were planning to surprise her at her dance studio's showcase because I was coming home the day before. Lex overheard mom talking to her dance instructor, and went to her dance teacher to help her choreograph her own solo. I was supposed to surprise her after the showcase, but when the dance teacher told mom that Lex knew she said it was ok for me to come onto the stage right after she finished her solo. Even though she was expecting it she didn't let go of me until the next day." Kim puts her head on my shoulder.
"Do you know if she still dances?" That was a really good question.
"I honestly have no idea. It was always her thing with mom so I never brought it up, and she did so much in high school I couldn't keep track." I look up at the sound of footsteps to see Nat, Will, and Owen walking over. I guess Helen must have had to drop him off, or Natalie's shift was over. Owen gives me and Kim big hugs before sitting on my lap: seeing Lex's soldier video.
"Auntie Lexi danced?" I look towards Will to see if Owen knew what was going on. He shrugged so I guess it meant a little.
"Yeah bud Auntie Lexi danced." It was actually funny that the only way I could call her Lexi is if I'm talking to Owen. He's the only one that is allowed to call her that.
"What else did she do?" Will looked somewhat intrigued too. That's understandable considering he didn't really know her when she was in high school.
"She did a lot of stuff. Lex did Crosscountry, Track and Field, and was on the Swim team. She also was a part of a lot that I don't remember, and the National Honor Society. While doing all that was also valedictorian." And while she was doing all of that she was somehow managing to deal with mom's death, dad, me returning from war, and going to a therapist almost everyday. I never really thought of that, but that girl has always been stronger than everyone else. She was the reason why I got better after coming home.
"Auntie's really cool." Owen had put his head on my shoulder, and before any of us could tell he was asleep. Little kids made everything feel better.
It had been an hour and we still didn't know anything. Both Natalie and Will had gotten changed into normal clothes, and Owen was still asleep. That is one of the reasons why I passed him over to Kim when Connor came in so I could go over by Will.
"Alexa is going to be fine. The bullet nicked her colon so we had to stitch that up, and the way she fell bruised a couple of her ribs. She also has a couple of bruises, and scratches on her face, but otherwise she will be 100% in a couple of months. She is also awake if you want to see her."
Lex's P.O.V.
All I heard when I woke up was beeping. Opening my eyes felt like one of the hardest things I've ever done. When I finally opened them a brunette guy, whom I recognized as Connor Rhodes. He was Will's friend. I've seen him at Molly's a couple of times, and he was at the trial.
"Hey Doc, how are you today?" He started to check my pupils with a light, probably for a concussion, and while he was doing that he responded.
"You know I should be asking you that. You definitely have your brothers scared." Oh...Will probably saw me when I arrived.
"It's not like I can control when I get shot."
"Good you remember. I'm Connor Rhodes by the way. I don't think we've ever been formally introduced." You know what surprisingly we hadn't. I don't even think I've talked to him before.
"Yeah Will has always been forgetful like that." I tried to send him a smile, but it hurt a little. Surprisingly I wasn't in that much pain.
"You're either really good at what you do, or I'm high on pain meds." That got him to smile. I really hope I'm on pain meds because I'm pretty sure that I think he has a nice smile. Feelings make me want to crawl out of my skin.
"I'll take the compliment. Do you want me to go get your brothers?" I nod slightly while everything starts to catch up to me. I was shot. He puts one of his hands on my shoulder before leaving to go get my brothers.
It only takes around 5 minutes before both of my brothers bursting through the door followed by Nat, Kim, and Owen whom Kim was holding. He looked to be asleep. Will went straight to my chart while Jay started checking the scratches on my face. Once they were both done with that I got light hugs from both of them, Natalie, and Kim after she handed Owen to Nat.
"Lex what the hell happened." Jay was the one to ask me that, and I'm not going to apologize that my law training kicked in.
"Is this going to be the official witness statement?" He looked confused, but nodded.
"I'm assuming that Intelligence has the case, and that means that you officially are off it. This means that you can't be the one to ask me that: Kim should."
"Why?"
"So I don't have to lie on the stand. Kevin's case wouldn't have gone as far as it did if they wouldn't have refused to take the deal. This will already be connected to that, and there are less witnesses for this case." Out of everyone that was there only Will caught onto what I was getting at.
"Lexa why would it be connected to the trial?"
"Other than the obvious timing? Whoever did this said that I 'shouldn't have gone against the blue line.'" Out of nowhere Jay bolted out of there. I gave Kim a look that said 'please stop him from killing someone' though I think it was implied.