Hit and Run - Chapter 2
Sully and Ty walked into the Emergency Room of Mercy Hospital and ran into Doc and Carlos at the desk filling out paperwork. Ty saw Alex sitting in one of the exam rooms and became alarmed. "What's wrong with Alex? Why is she in an exam room?" he asked Doc nervously.
"Ty, she's okay. She's just in shock. The doctor put her in there to give her some time to pull herself together a little. She was shaking pretty bad when we got on-scene. I think the doctor gave her something to settle her down a little," he explained to him.
He wanted to rush in to her, but he also wanted to know how Kim was. "So, how bad is Kim?" Sully asked. "She's pretty messed up," Carlos started, before getting a look from Doc for being so callous.
Doc continued, "She's pretty serious. She has a skull fracture and some facial fractures, either from hitting the windshield of the car or the pavement. No one actually saw her land so we're not sure. She has a broken pelvis and a fractured femur. They think she has some internal bleeding also. They did an ultrasound and there's some blood in the abdominal cavity. They're gonna take her to the OR for the fractures, and they'll do an exploratory to check out and repair any bleeding they find."
"But, she's gonna make it, right?" asked Ty, still looking at Alex who didn't seem to see him even though she was looking right at him. Doc didn't answer right away and Ty brought his gaze over to him. "Right?!" he asked again.
"We just don't know, man. It's pretty bad. Did anyone get hold of Jimmy or her Mom?" Doc asked Sully. "Faith and Bosco went over to tell him. I'm sure he'll be here any minute," Sully explained as he watched his partner walk into the room with Alex. "You know, we were on our way to that call with them because Davis had a gut feeling that something was gonna happen. We got detoured to a domestic though," he said with that 'what if' tone in his voice.
"Yeah, well Bosco and Faith were there, but it sounds like everything just happened so fast that it didn't matter. At least Bosco was able to get a description of the car," said Doc, trying to console Sully a little for something that was beyond his control.
"Yeah, but we haven't come across the car yet," said Sully as Bosco, Faith and Jimmy came into the ER.
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"Alex?" Ty said quietly as he walked into the room where Alex was. No response. "Alex," he said a little louder. Slowly Alex's gaze drifted up to Ty and her eyes filled with tears that slowly spilled down her cheeks.
"Ty. Oh my God," was all she got out before Ty knelt down and held her in his arms, gently rocking her and smoothing her hair. "It's okay, Alex. It's gonna be okay," he just kept saying to her for the next few minutes, feeling her body shake with sobs.
"Are you okay?" Ty asked her after a few minutes. "Did you get hurt at all?" he asked, noticing the blood on her hands.
She shook her head, wiping at her tears with tissues that the nurse had brought into her. "I'm fine. Not a scratch. It's not mine, it's Kim's," she said noticing that he was looking at her blood-covered hands and jacket. "I just don't understand what happened? One minute we were joking about another false alarm with Bosco and Faith and the next I saw Kim flying through the air. It was awful," she finished as fresh tears started to fall from her eyes.
Ty moved forward to take her in his arms again and said, "It was fast. Bosco said the car came out of nowhere with no headlights and then just kept going. He couldn't see the license plates, but he gave out a description of the car right away. We still haven't turned up anything though," he said. He and Alex were looking at each other when Alex noticed Ty's eyes fill up just as he turned away.
"Ty, what's wrong?" she asked, thinking something had happened to Kim and he was too afraid to tell her. "What is it, just tell me."
"It's just.... I...," he paused taking a deep breath. "I thought it was you," he finally said. "And now I feel guilty because I'm relieved that it wasn't, but then it's Kim, one of my best friends," he said, letting a couple of tears fall. Now it was Alex's turn to console him.
"It's okay Ty. It's a normal reaction when you find out that someone you care for somewhat has possibly been injured. To be relieved is normal, despite the fact that the person hurt or sick is someone else you know," she said, trying to make him feel a little better.
"Someone I love," he said quietly in her ear. He felt her body tense a little at his confession and then relax into him. "Oh Ty, I love you too," she said and their embrace tightened.
They sat for a few minutes, alone together, Ty just offering silent support. Ty went over to the sink and got a warm washcloth and started to clean off Alex's hands. It felt so good to have his warm hands massaging hers. Suddenly Alex said, "I froze."
"What?" he said to her as he finished drying her hands. "I froze out there tonight. I don't even remember doing anything to help her. I don't remember anything after I saw her fly through the air," she said, the words coming quickly now. "Ty, if she dies, it's because I did nothing!"
"No Alex, I'm sure that's not true. You're too good at what you do to let your feelings about what happened stop you from doing what needed to be done," reassured Ty. She squeezed his hand. "Thanks," she said, suddenly looking out the window of the room and seeing Jimmy, Bosco and Faith talking to Doc.
"There's Jimmy," she told Ty. "I should go out there and see if there's any news," she said, starting to stand up and then swaying. Ty caught her and sat her back down in the chair. "You've been through a lot. You stay here. I'll go," he said, urging her to stay there. She gave his hand another squeeze and he left to go talk to Jimmy.
Doc saw Ty come out of the room and he talked to him for a moment and then headed over to her. He knocked on the doorframe and asked, "Alex, are you okay?"
Alex jumped at the knock and looked up to see Doc standing in the doorway. "Yeah, Doc. C'mon in," she said, a warm smile coming across her face for a moment. "Any news yet?" she asked him. He shook his head no and said, "Not yet. It's probably gonna be a little while yet," he told her. There was a long silence in the room and then Doc said, "You did fine."
"What?" she asked him, not knowing what he meant. "You. You did fine out there with Kim. All the right things. You didn't freeze," he reassured her. Ty must have told him what her fears were. "I don't know," she said. "I was pretty messed up."
"You weren't too messed up to do what you were trained to do. Faith said you didn't hesitate, not for a second. You probably saved her life, Alex," he told her. "You took care of her until we got there and then you fell apart," he continued. "And that's okay, that's to be expected. But don't ever doubt what you did out there to save her, because you did it," he finished sternly.
"Okay, thanks, Doc," she said, relieved at his words.
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Bosco and Faith were standing off to a corner of the room. "So, how are you?" he asked her, seeing her hands still shaking as she took a drink of her coffee.
"Man, that was awful. You know, I see this stuff happen all the time. It's just that it's different when it's someone you know, I guess," she said. "So, how are you doing? You saw the whole thing happen. She landed right in front of you."
"Yeah, well, I'm fine," he said too quickly. "Bos," she said. "It's me. I know you remember? I can tell just by the look on your face that you're not okay. What's up?" she prodded him.
"It's just... I couldn't stop it from happening. I saw that jag-off come flying around the corner and I couldn't stop him from hitting her," he said, clearly upset. "I didn't even warn her," he said, his voice cracking slightly.
"Bos," said Faith, gently touching his arm after looking around to make sure no one was watching them. They hadn't yet told anyone about their feelings for each other. "It was too fast. It all happened too fast. I didn't even see the guy coming. I just saw her flying through the air. You got all the information and you got it out on the radio right away. We're gonna find this guy," she said to him.
"I was with her once," he said suddenly, looking into Faith's confused eyes. "What?" she said, not understanding what he was saying.
"Kim. I was with her once. That night at the bowling alley, when those four teenagers died in that accident. Remember?" he asked her. She nodded, still not knowing what he was talking about.
"We were outside of the bowling alley, in my car, and we were doin' it," he stopped suddenly, looking at Faith, not wanting to hurt her. "I probably shouldn't be telling you this. I'm sorry Faith, it was a long time ago. I was a different person. It has nothing to do with us now," he assured her. She nodded to him to continue. "Anyway, Jimmy came out and she made us stop. She's still not over him," he said.
"Did you have feelings for her, Bos?" she asked him. "Some. Enough to let it get as far as it did," he said to her. "Enough that maybe it could have gone further if not for her feelings for Jimmy and my feelings for you," he finished, looking directly into her eyes, letting her know that she was who he wanted to be with. She held Bosco's hand and leaned in to give him a kiss, both of them forgetting where they were for a moment.
They were interrupted when Carlos came over and said that everyone was going to go down and give blood, something that the FDNY and NYPD did when one of their own was injured. It not only helped the person they were there for, it made them feel like they were doing something, anything, while the hours ticked by.
"Absolutely," Faith said and she and Bosco left to go donate some blood. "Great! How long before you think that's all over the precinct," Bosco said with a grimace on his face.
"Who? Nieto?" she asked with a surprised look on her face. "He wouldn't know a couple if he fell over one," she said and they both chuckled.
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TBC...
Sully and Ty walked into the Emergency Room of Mercy Hospital and ran into Doc and Carlos at the desk filling out paperwork. Ty saw Alex sitting in one of the exam rooms and became alarmed. "What's wrong with Alex? Why is she in an exam room?" he asked Doc nervously.
"Ty, she's okay. She's just in shock. The doctor put her in there to give her some time to pull herself together a little. She was shaking pretty bad when we got on-scene. I think the doctor gave her something to settle her down a little," he explained to him.
He wanted to rush in to her, but he also wanted to know how Kim was. "So, how bad is Kim?" Sully asked. "She's pretty messed up," Carlos started, before getting a look from Doc for being so callous.
Doc continued, "She's pretty serious. She has a skull fracture and some facial fractures, either from hitting the windshield of the car or the pavement. No one actually saw her land so we're not sure. She has a broken pelvis and a fractured femur. They think she has some internal bleeding also. They did an ultrasound and there's some blood in the abdominal cavity. They're gonna take her to the OR for the fractures, and they'll do an exploratory to check out and repair any bleeding they find."
"But, she's gonna make it, right?" asked Ty, still looking at Alex who didn't seem to see him even though she was looking right at him. Doc didn't answer right away and Ty brought his gaze over to him. "Right?!" he asked again.
"We just don't know, man. It's pretty bad. Did anyone get hold of Jimmy or her Mom?" Doc asked Sully. "Faith and Bosco went over to tell him. I'm sure he'll be here any minute," Sully explained as he watched his partner walk into the room with Alex. "You know, we were on our way to that call with them because Davis had a gut feeling that something was gonna happen. We got detoured to a domestic though," he said with that 'what if' tone in his voice.
"Yeah, well Bosco and Faith were there, but it sounds like everything just happened so fast that it didn't matter. At least Bosco was able to get a description of the car," said Doc, trying to console Sully a little for something that was beyond his control.
"Yeah, but we haven't come across the car yet," said Sully as Bosco, Faith and Jimmy came into the ER.
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"Alex?" Ty said quietly as he walked into the room where Alex was. No response. "Alex," he said a little louder. Slowly Alex's gaze drifted up to Ty and her eyes filled with tears that slowly spilled down her cheeks.
"Ty. Oh my God," was all she got out before Ty knelt down and held her in his arms, gently rocking her and smoothing her hair. "It's okay, Alex. It's gonna be okay," he just kept saying to her for the next few minutes, feeling her body shake with sobs.
"Are you okay?" Ty asked her after a few minutes. "Did you get hurt at all?" he asked, noticing the blood on her hands.
She shook her head, wiping at her tears with tissues that the nurse had brought into her. "I'm fine. Not a scratch. It's not mine, it's Kim's," she said noticing that he was looking at her blood-covered hands and jacket. "I just don't understand what happened? One minute we were joking about another false alarm with Bosco and Faith and the next I saw Kim flying through the air. It was awful," she finished as fresh tears started to fall from her eyes.
Ty moved forward to take her in his arms again and said, "It was fast. Bosco said the car came out of nowhere with no headlights and then just kept going. He couldn't see the license plates, but he gave out a description of the car right away. We still haven't turned up anything though," he said. He and Alex were looking at each other when Alex noticed Ty's eyes fill up just as he turned away.
"Ty, what's wrong?" she asked, thinking something had happened to Kim and he was too afraid to tell her. "What is it, just tell me."
"It's just.... I...," he paused taking a deep breath. "I thought it was you," he finally said. "And now I feel guilty because I'm relieved that it wasn't, but then it's Kim, one of my best friends," he said, letting a couple of tears fall. Now it was Alex's turn to console him.
"It's okay Ty. It's a normal reaction when you find out that someone you care for somewhat has possibly been injured. To be relieved is normal, despite the fact that the person hurt or sick is someone else you know," she said, trying to make him feel a little better.
"Someone I love," he said quietly in her ear. He felt her body tense a little at his confession and then relax into him. "Oh Ty, I love you too," she said and their embrace tightened.
They sat for a few minutes, alone together, Ty just offering silent support. Ty went over to the sink and got a warm washcloth and started to clean off Alex's hands. It felt so good to have his warm hands massaging hers. Suddenly Alex said, "I froze."
"What?" he said to her as he finished drying her hands. "I froze out there tonight. I don't even remember doing anything to help her. I don't remember anything after I saw her fly through the air," she said, the words coming quickly now. "Ty, if she dies, it's because I did nothing!"
"No Alex, I'm sure that's not true. You're too good at what you do to let your feelings about what happened stop you from doing what needed to be done," reassured Ty. She squeezed his hand. "Thanks," she said, suddenly looking out the window of the room and seeing Jimmy, Bosco and Faith talking to Doc.
"There's Jimmy," she told Ty. "I should go out there and see if there's any news," she said, starting to stand up and then swaying. Ty caught her and sat her back down in the chair. "You've been through a lot. You stay here. I'll go," he said, urging her to stay there. She gave his hand another squeeze and he left to go talk to Jimmy.
Doc saw Ty come out of the room and he talked to him for a moment and then headed over to her. He knocked on the doorframe and asked, "Alex, are you okay?"
Alex jumped at the knock and looked up to see Doc standing in the doorway. "Yeah, Doc. C'mon in," she said, a warm smile coming across her face for a moment. "Any news yet?" she asked him. He shook his head no and said, "Not yet. It's probably gonna be a little while yet," he told her. There was a long silence in the room and then Doc said, "You did fine."
"What?" she asked him, not knowing what he meant. "You. You did fine out there with Kim. All the right things. You didn't freeze," he reassured her. Ty must have told him what her fears were. "I don't know," she said. "I was pretty messed up."
"You weren't too messed up to do what you were trained to do. Faith said you didn't hesitate, not for a second. You probably saved her life, Alex," he told her. "You took care of her until we got there and then you fell apart," he continued. "And that's okay, that's to be expected. But don't ever doubt what you did out there to save her, because you did it," he finished sternly.
"Okay, thanks, Doc," she said, relieved at his words.
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Bosco and Faith were standing off to a corner of the room. "So, how are you?" he asked her, seeing her hands still shaking as she took a drink of her coffee.
"Man, that was awful. You know, I see this stuff happen all the time. It's just that it's different when it's someone you know, I guess," she said. "So, how are you doing? You saw the whole thing happen. She landed right in front of you."
"Yeah, well, I'm fine," he said too quickly. "Bos," she said. "It's me. I know you remember? I can tell just by the look on your face that you're not okay. What's up?" she prodded him.
"It's just... I couldn't stop it from happening. I saw that jag-off come flying around the corner and I couldn't stop him from hitting her," he said, clearly upset. "I didn't even warn her," he said, his voice cracking slightly.
"Bos," said Faith, gently touching his arm after looking around to make sure no one was watching them. They hadn't yet told anyone about their feelings for each other. "It was too fast. It all happened too fast. I didn't even see the guy coming. I just saw her flying through the air. You got all the information and you got it out on the radio right away. We're gonna find this guy," she said to him.
"I was with her once," he said suddenly, looking into Faith's confused eyes. "What?" she said, not understanding what he was saying.
"Kim. I was with her once. That night at the bowling alley, when those four teenagers died in that accident. Remember?" he asked her. She nodded, still not knowing what he was talking about.
"We were outside of the bowling alley, in my car, and we were doin' it," he stopped suddenly, looking at Faith, not wanting to hurt her. "I probably shouldn't be telling you this. I'm sorry Faith, it was a long time ago. I was a different person. It has nothing to do with us now," he assured her. She nodded to him to continue. "Anyway, Jimmy came out and she made us stop. She's still not over him," he said.
"Did you have feelings for her, Bos?" she asked him. "Some. Enough to let it get as far as it did," he said to her. "Enough that maybe it could have gone further if not for her feelings for Jimmy and my feelings for you," he finished, looking directly into her eyes, letting her know that she was who he wanted to be with. She held Bosco's hand and leaned in to give him a kiss, both of them forgetting where they were for a moment.
They were interrupted when Carlos came over and said that everyone was going to go down and give blood, something that the FDNY and NYPD did when one of their own was injured. It not only helped the person they were there for, it made them feel like they were doing something, anything, while the hours ticked by.
"Absolutely," Faith said and she and Bosco left to go donate some blood. "Great! How long before you think that's all over the precinct," Bosco said with a grimace on his face.
"Who? Nieto?" she asked with a surprised look on her face. "He wouldn't know a couple if he fell over one," she said and they both chuckled.
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TBC...