Disclaimer: I don't own Cold Case or the characters; nor do I own 'train-wreck', that belongs to Sarah McLachlan.
Chapter 20: Train WreckYour love in all it's finery
Tear up the darkness all around me
Until I can breathe again
Until I believe again
Lilly awoke to a room filled with a delightful spectrum of colours. She could smell the perfume that wafted around the room.
She tried to move, to sit up properly so that she could get up and look at some of the tags and see whom they were from, but was surprised to feel something restricting her movements. She looked down and found the cause of her problems. Scotty Valens had fallen asleep on her lap.
He looked so cute when he was asleep she thought to herself a smile creeping over her face. Hell, he's always cute.
She lay back on the pillows, staring up at the ceiling. He hadn't known what she'd meant when she'd told him she was sorry. She wasn't saying it about what had happened to her, where she'd ended up. She'd meant she was sorry for pulling away, for putting him through pain.
Now she didn't know what to do. She knew what she wanted to do; she wanted to be with him. It had all seemed simpler when she had thought she would never see him again. Yet here he was, asleep in her hospital, half of him on her bed.
What had happened over the last few days? It wasn't that she didn't remember; it was just that she didn't quite understand what any of it had to do with anything at all.
Lilly felt movement on her bed and was Scotty wearily lift his head up off the bed.
"Hey," he said sleepily.
"Yeah, good morning, or afternoon, I'm not sure which it is."
"Wow," he remarked as he looked around the room.
"What?"
"I didn't know you had friends," he said trying hard to suppress a smile that persistently begged to be shown.
"Oh shut it," she said leaning forward and hitting him hard on the arm.
"Ouch, shouldn't have done that," she said quickly lying back down. She had forgotten the part where the doctor had mentioned she had bruised ribs.
"You okay?" he said quickly forgetting the pain in his arm. She might be injured but she could still inflict a bit of pain on a person.
"Yeah I'm fine, I just forgot about my bruised ribs." Slowly she slid up into a half sitting position in an effort to be comfortable.
"How long till I can get out of here?" she said. She'd never been fond of hospitals.
"What, don't you like the shiny white walls, bad food and smell of cleaning products?"
"Oh well they're all great," she said sarcastically, "but I would love to get home to my cats." At the thought of them her eyes went wide. "Shit, are they alright?"
He moved closer to her and sat beside her on the bed. "Relax Lil, they're fine. Boswell brought them over after they had been processed by forensics and they are at my place."
Her face lit up with a smile and she leaned out and wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him on the check. Embarrassed by her sudden showing of emotion she pulled back a bit and tried to ease back into the conversation they had been having. "I thought you didn't like cats Scotty. I know Kite never liked them much."
"Well I guess they sort of grow on you, especially once they've taken over your house."
"Did you let them sleep on your bed?"
"Yeah the one night I did sleep. Why?"
Lilly laughed, "Well now they'll think that they pretty much own the place. Thanks for taking care of them. It means a lot."
"No problem. Oh and speaking of Kite he rang when he heard you'd gone missing. He was worried."
"Knowing Kite he was probably only worried about how it would look publicly if his ex-girlfriend turned up dead. He wouldn't have been worried about me"
"Well then he was the only one."
Lilly was slightly shocked when she felt him reach down and grab her hand.
"I'm sorry about what happened that night when I kissed you. I didn't mean to force you into anything I just…" he was cut-off there as Lilly reached up and captured his lips with hers. The kiss only lasted a few seconds, but Scotty would have sworn that they were the best few seconds off his life.
Lilly pulled away, her cheeks red with embarrassment. What if the last few days had changed his mind? What if she had just made a huge mistake? These thoughts of doubt were erased almost immediately as he leaned down and kissed her deeply and sensually.
They were interrupted by a voice in the doorway of the room. "Sorry to interrupt but I have a these for Lilly Rush." The nurse walked in and handed her a bunch of flowers with a tag written in neat cursive writing. It read-
Dear Lil,
Hope your feeling better. I'm sorry I couldn't come down and see you but we've been really busy interviewing and filing charges against some of the guys from last night. You've been issued with 3 weeks leave and that's not up for debate.
See you in three weeks,
Stillman.
Lilly laughed softly as she finished it. She now had three weeks leave that was not up for debate. What was she going to do for three weeks? While her mind was busy contemplating possibilities Scotty has tried to get her attention several times. Finally he succeeded.
"Huh?" she responded her mind still going over the three-week thing.
"Who's it from?" Scotty said painfully slowly making sure she took in every syllable of his sentence. She was totally off on another planet.
"Oh it's from Stillman. I've got three weeks leave now."
"Well you didn't expect to come back to work straight away did you? I mean your black and blue and have bruised ribs. You wouldn't have been much use to anyone like this."
Though she wanted to argue she knew it was pointless, he was right.
"Well when can I get out of here?"
"Sometime this afternoon."
After a little while Scotty got up and left the room so he could get something to eat. He had offered to get something for Lilly but she had politely refused. She wasn't feeling hungry.
She lay back and stared at the ceiling. She didn't know what was going to happen now, how things would work out in her life. She didn't know how things were going to work out with Scotty or whether he would just become another one of Lilly's failed attempts at humanity. But she did know she had a chance to try and make something with him, and she wasn't going to let that pass her by.
I've no fear at all
To fall so deep into you
Loose myself completely
In your sweet embrace
All my pain's erased
And your mouth, it's all that I wish
Mercy of your lips, just one kiss
Until I can breathe again
Until I can sing again
Trainwreck- Sarah McLachlan
THE ENDA/N: Well that concludes this story for now. I have an idea for a sequel and will hopefully start work on it soon. Thank you to everyone who has read and/or reviewed this story, your reviews make my day!
