Chapter 12.
Gracie looked into the palm of her hand where she had been clutching the necklace Dominic had given her. She hadn't even looked at it yet. She opened her hand and it was a silver cross necklace. An imprint of the cross was left in the palm of her hand, she turned it over and saw that Dominic had had it engraved.
More with every breath Gracie.
Dominic
She wanted to cry. So she did. She couldn't believe that this was happening, by this time she was in the waiting room and there really wasn't anyone else there. It was a slow day in the hospital besides the fact of Dominic coming in with a gunshot wound. The team was already at the hospital standing in the waiting room doorway but Gracie didn't see them. She was too busy sobbing and looking at the necklace that Dominic had given her.
Letty came over to her and wrapped her in her arms, she was crying too. As Gracie looked up she realized the whole team was in tears. All of them, the guys were more discreet about their tears but Mia and Letty sobbed openly with Gracie.
They sat in the waiting room like this for an hour until the doctor working on Dominic came to see them. They all stood up with hopeful looks on their faces in his presence.
"He's going to be fine. The bullet didn't hit any major organs. He got lucky, a quarter inch to the left and there would have been nothing we could to for him. He's been stabilized, he can see you now but one at a time.
They followed him down the hall to Dominic's room in the intensive care unit. Gracie let the rest of the team go first. Dominic was awake and talking to them, and he kept asking them if Gracie was ok, and they all replied that she was.
Finally it was Gracie's turn. She stepped into the door and shut it behind her. She kept her back to him. She couldn't look at him yet.
"Gracie..."Dominic's voice trailed off. He wanted her to turn around so he could see her. But even him saying her name didn't make her turn around. She just started crying and she wouldn't look at him.
"Please look at me sweetie." He said in his low growly voice.
Gracie finally turned around with tears streaming down her face. She went to his bedside and climbed into the side of his bed with him. She wrapped his arms around him because he couldn't move to put his around her.
"I thought you were going to die on me." She said through her tears.
"No I wasn't going to leave you that easy." He said. She looked up at him.
"You heard me when I said that?" she stared into his eyes.
"I heard everything that you screamed to me, I just couldn't respond back." He said resting his head on her shoulder. At this moment a nurse came by and yelled at Gracie to get out of the bed. In response Gracie flipped her off and Dominic laughed. The nurse walked away.
"I love my necklace." She said rubbing the cross that was now hanging from her neck.
"I'm glad...did you see the engraving?" he asked her.
"Yes I did. It made me cry." She said laughing now.
"I always do something to make you cry damnit." He said laughing too.
"Yeah well it comes with the territory." She said stroking his head that was now becoming stubbly.
"Gracie. I'm sorry that I got you pregnant." He said to her.
She sat up and looked at him.
"You don't want the baby?" she asked getting sad again
"No! It's not that I don't want the baby, but things shouldn't have to be this way. I should have been more careful, I want to be that baby's father and I wish that I didn't have to make it so hard on you and me." He said sincerely.
"Dom, I love you and this baby no matter what. Yeah maybe you can't be on the birth certificate, but this baby will always know that you're her father and that your going to be there for her." She said smiling at him.
He laughed.
"How do you know it's going to be a girl?" he asked her smiling
"I had another dream. Either way, I can just feel it." She said rubbing her stomach. He reached up and put his hand on her stomach. Knowing that he created that life with her was mind blowing. He leaned down and kissed her stomach and put his head on it. Dominic couldn't wait for this baby to be born. You couldn't tell she was pregnant by looking at her, but he hoped you would be able to soon.
"Will you marry me?" he asked her with his eyes close and his head still resting on her stomach.
"Of course I will. It's going to be a long engagement though, are you sure you want to make this commitment now?" she asked him rubbing his head.
"I've never been more sure of anything in my life." And after he said this he fell asleep.
She eased him off of her and left. Gracie knew that she had to do something big for him. He risked his life for her and the baby and she wanted to show him how much she loved him.
"Letty, can you take me for a ride?" Letty nodded her head letting Gracie know she'd take her wherever she wanted to go.
Gracie knew exactly what she wanted to do for him.
Gracie looked into the palm of her hand where she had been clutching the necklace Dominic had given her. She hadn't even looked at it yet. She opened her hand and it was a silver cross necklace. An imprint of the cross was left in the palm of her hand, she turned it over and saw that Dominic had had it engraved.
More with every breath Gracie.
Dominic
She wanted to cry. So she did. She couldn't believe that this was happening, by this time she was in the waiting room and there really wasn't anyone else there. It was a slow day in the hospital besides the fact of Dominic coming in with a gunshot wound. The team was already at the hospital standing in the waiting room doorway but Gracie didn't see them. She was too busy sobbing and looking at the necklace that Dominic had given her.
Letty came over to her and wrapped her in her arms, she was crying too. As Gracie looked up she realized the whole team was in tears. All of them, the guys were more discreet about their tears but Mia and Letty sobbed openly with Gracie.
They sat in the waiting room like this for an hour until the doctor working on Dominic came to see them. They all stood up with hopeful looks on their faces in his presence.
"He's going to be fine. The bullet didn't hit any major organs. He got lucky, a quarter inch to the left and there would have been nothing we could to for him. He's been stabilized, he can see you now but one at a time.
They followed him down the hall to Dominic's room in the intensive care unit. Gracie let the rest of the team go first. Dominic was awake and talking to them, and he kept asking them if Gracie was ok, and they all replied that she was.
Finally it was Gracie's turn. She stepped into the door and shut it behind her. She kept her back to him. She couldn't look at him yet.
"Gracie..."Dominic's voice trailed off. He wanted her to turn around so he could see her. But even him saying her name didn't make her turn around. She just started crying and she wouldn't look at him.
"Please look at me sweetie." He said in his low growly voice.
Gracie finally turned around with tears streaming down her face. She went to his bedside and climbed into the side of his bed with him. She wrapped his arms around him because he couldn't move to put his around her.
"I thought you were going to die on me." She said through her tears.
"No I wasn't going to leave you that easy." He said. She looked up at him.
"You heard me when I said that?" she stared into his eyes.
"I heard everything that you screamed to me, I just couldn't respond back." He said resting his head on her shoulder. At this moment a nurse came by and yelled at Gracie to get out of the bed. In response Gracie flipped her off and Dominic laughed. The nurse walked away.
"I love my necklace." She said rubbing the cross that was now hanging from her neck.
"I'm glad...did you see the engraving?" he asked her.
"Yes I did. It made me cry." She said laughing now.
"I always do something to make you cry damnit." He said laughing too.
"Yeah well it comes with the territory." She said stroking his head that was now becoming stubbly.
"Gracie. I'm sorry that I got you pregnant." He said to her.
She sat up and looked at him.
"You don't want the baby?" she asked getting sad again
"No! It's not that I don't want the baby, but things shouldn't have to be this way. I should have been more careful, I want to be that baby's father and I wish that I didn't have to make it so hard on you and me." He said sincerely.
"Dom, I love you and this baby no matter what. Yeah maybe you can't be on the birth certificate, but this baby will always know that you're her father and that your going to be there for her." She said smiling at him.
He laughed.
"How do you know it's going to be a girl?" he asked her smiling
"I had another dream. Either way, I can just feel it." She said rubbing her stomach. He reached up and put his hand on her stomach. Knowing that he created that life with her was mind blowing. He leaned down and kissed her stomach and put his head on it. Dominic couldn't wait for this baby to be born. You couldn't tell she was pregnant by looking at her, but he hoped you would be able to soon.
"Will you marry me?" he asked her with his eyes close and his head still resting on her stomach.
"Of course I will. It's going to be a long engagement though, are you sure you want to make this commitment now?" she asked him rubbing his head.
"I've never been more sure of anything in my life." And after he said this he fell asleep.
She eased him off of her and left. Gracie knew that she had to do something big for him. He risked his life for her and the baby and she wanted to show him how much she loved him.
"Letty, can you take me for a ride?" Letty nodded her head letting Gracie know she'd take her wherever she wanted to go.
Gracie knew exactly what she wanted to do for him.