Title: Life and Death
Author: Emily
Disclaimer: I don't own CSI, or any of the characters. Although I do own Carrie and Lexi. Basically, if you recognize it, it isn't mine.
Author's note: I'm new to all this, and it's my first WIP, so please don't be too hard on me. But all reviews are appreciated, good or bad, because I want to know how I'm doing. I won't continue if nobody's reading it.
Chapter One: Prologue
Nick Stokes rushed into the hospital with a look of worry and fear etched across his handsome face. Glancing around the room, he spied the person he was looking for. He walked up to a little girl of about seven years and sat down next to her. She was silently sobbing into a rag doll but looked up when he entered the room.
"It'll be okay, Lex. Everything's going to be okay." At that, she turned to face him, her tiny hands wiping her eyes.
"No it won't. Daddy, I don't want Mommy to go yet." She looked up at him, her big chocolate-brown eyes breaking his heart in two.
"Couldn't you ask God to let her stay for a little longer?" Her request startled him. They had talked about this. She knew that there was nothing any of them could do when the time finally came. Which, inevitably, it had, but it seemed all too soon.
"Come here, shortcake." He pulled her onto his lap and she wrapped her tiny arms around his shoulders. "You know I can't do that, sweetie." He hated that feeling of such helplessness. That feeling of wishing so hard to be able to soothe his baby girl, his little angel, and knowing that all the wishes in the world would never amount to anything. Carrie was going to die, and there wasn't a single thing he could do about it.
As his daughter cried into his shoulder, he thought about the events that brought him here. It had been six months since the whole ordeal began, but it still felt just like yesterday.
A.N- please read and review!
Author: Emily
Disclaimer: I don't own CSI, or any of the characters. Although I do own Carrie and Lexi. Basically, if you recognize it, it isn't mine.
Author's note: I'm new to all this, and it's my first WIP, so please don't be too hard on me. But all reviews are appreciated, good or bad, because I want to know how I'm doing. I won't continue if nobody's reading it.
Chapter One: Prologue
Nick Stokes rushed into the hospital with a look of worry and fear etched across his handsome face. Glancing around the room, he spied the person he was looking for. He walked up to a little girl of about seven years and sat down next to her. She was silently sobbing into a rag doll but looked up when he entered the room.
"It'll be okay, Lex. Everything's going to be okay." At that, she turned to face him, her tiny hands wiping her eyes.
"No it won't. Daddy, I don't want Mommy to go yet." She looked up at him, her big chocolate-brown eyes breaking his heart in two.
"Couldn't you ask God to let her stay for a little longer?" Her request startled him. They had talked about this. She knew that there was nothing any of them could do when the time finally came. Which, inevitably, it had, but it seemed all too soon.
"Come here, shortcake." He pulled her onto his lap and she wrapped her tiny arms around his shoulders. "You know I can't do that, sweetie." He hated that feeling of such helplessness. That feeling of wishing so hard to be able to soothe his baby girl, his little angel, and knowing that all the wishes in the world would never amount to anything. Carrie was going to die, and there wasn't a single thing he could do about it.
As his daughter cried into his shoulder, he thought about the events that brought him here. It had been six months since the whole ordeal began, but it still felt just like yesterday.
A.N- please read and review!