Chapter 3 Clarification and Confrontation

A/n Hey everyone thanks to Josta for reviewing. I am not sure if I have fixed the punctuation problems please let me know. Oh yah I have finished the other story and have clarified what Steve asks Cheryl sorry for the confusion. Ok on with the story.

Summary: Chapmen describes to Steve what happened and Steve lets his anger go

The next morning Steve saw Detective Chapmen walking towards Cheryl's room.

"Good morning how are you doing? I Has their been any change?"

"Sorry now their has not been any change."

"Is the baby ok?"

"Yes thank god at least for now," Steve replied softly.

"Would you like to know what happened?"

"Yes please."

"Well as you know the call came in that our baby killer had been spotted. So Cheryl and I went to try and talk to him." "Well when we got their things seemed to be going fine and then all hell broke loose."

"What happened?"

"Cheryl said that she wanted to go look at something because it looked like I had everything under control with our suspect so I said ok." "She walked off in the general direction of the back of the house and then all of a sudden I heard gun shots and she collapsed to the floor and I saw our suspects brother standing their with a gun and he pointed at her stomach and said that maybe he enjoyed killing babies just as much as his brother did." Ben stopped speaking and just stared at Steve.

"So you're saying that you let her go off and didn't walk behind to watch her back…" "She is six months pregnant you should have been watching her more carefully." "She can't defend herself as well as she was able to before she was pregnant because she can't move as fast." "You are supposed to be her partner and your job as her partner is to protect her how could you let her down like that," Steve yelled angrily. All of a sudden Steve got up from his chair and punched Ben hard in the face several times.

Just then both Jessie and Alex walked in to the room. They had both heard the shouting and wanted to check it out.

"Steve Steve come on let him go," Jessie said as he pulled Steve off of Detective Chapmen.

"No let me go he all most killed my wife and my baby he is not fit to be a cop he is supposed to protect her," Steve said as his voice broke and he began to shake. Amanda had slipped quietly in to the room and glanced over at the other two doctors and nodded. Jessie let go of Steve and Amanda rushed towards him and took him in to her arms. All of a sudden he began to sob uncontrollably.

"Shh it will be ok," Amanda said soothingly as she ran her fingers in circles over Steve's back.

"Come on Ben lets go and get you checked out," Alex said gently guiding the young man from the room. Amanda glanced over at Jessie and he understood her silent look and left to go and get Mark.

"She has to be ok if she dies I will die to," Steve said shakily.

"Sweet heart she will be ok she is strong she is a fighter. She has to be to be married to you," Amanda said with a small smile.

"Oh hey thanks," Steve said with a small smile in return. All of a sudden the monitors around Cheryl's bed started to go off. Amanda reached over and pressed the call button. In a matter of minutes Alex, Jessie and Mark were in the room. G "Get me a crash cart stat," said Alex.

"Ok charging to 250 joules ok clear," Alex said. Cheryl's body jerked but their was nothing just the incessantly annoying beep of the monitor that indicated she was flat lined.

"300 joules," Alex said.

"Nothing still flat lined," said Jessie.

"350 joules," Alex replied.

"Finally normal rhythm," Jessie said in relief. The people let go of the breath that they all had been holding. In all of the confusion Amanda had released her hold on Steve. Suddenly she saw him.

"Mark come here," Amanda said quietly.

"What is it honey," Mark asked as he walked over to where she was now crouched down.

On the floor sat Steve with his knees drawn up to his chest and looking as if he were in shock.

"Steve can you hear me," Amanda asked softly.

"No response pupils are dilated he is in shock we need to get him admitted," Mark said. Together with the help of Jessie and Alex they got Steve of the floor and in to a hospital room.

"I am going to give him a mild seditative," said Jessie. "I don't want him to wake up tonight. "Is their anyway we can all take turns sitting with him? I don't want him to wake up alone."

"Sure I will take the first shift I just have to call my mom and ask her to pick up the boys," Amanda replied.

"Ok great then I will see you guys later," Jessie said as he patted Steve's shoulder and walked out. Amanda settled in for what promised to be a long night.

The sun was streaming through the windows before Steve woke up. Steve opened his eyes and frantically looked around. He recognized that he was in Community General but instead of sitting by his wife's bed side he was in a bed and their was someone sitting by his bed even though he couldn't recognize them. "Manda is that you?"

"Yes I am glad to see that you are awake" she reached for the call button and pressed it.

"What am I doing in here and why am I not with Cheryl?" Just then Jessie walked in to the room.

"Hey buddy how are you feeling today?"

"Ok but I am really confused. Please tell me what is going on."

"Well Steve Cheryl coded yesterday and it took three tries to get her back," Jessie said softly.

"Oh my god."

"Well after that you went into shock and were nonresponsive and we admitted you," Amanda finished.

"Do you want to go and see Cheryl," Jessie asked.

"No not ever again she and I can't be together anymore it is all over. I can't do this anymore," Steve said as he turned away and a tear rolled down his cheek. Both Amanda and Jessie stared in disbelief at what their best friend had just told them.