Heyyy. I'm finally done writing chapter 2. :-D. I know it took al little long but with those damn exams... Thanks for the reviews!!! Kas7 Thanks for the idea. I'm definitely going use your idea in one of my next stories. by the way does somebody know where I can find some information about how serious bullet wounds can be?? You'll see why I need it in the chapter :-D
About half an hour later Steve entered community general. On his way to the waiting room he ran into Amanda "Hey Steve, I just saw Jesse brought in! What happened?" Amanda asked worried.
"He got shot in the chest. He lost a lot of blood. I hope he will be okay." Steve said while entering the waiting room.
"Of course he will be okay. Mark's operating on him. Don't worry." Amanda said trying to comfort Steve.
"Don't worry!" Steve yelled at Amanda. "What if he dies? Then it would be my fault." Steve said crying now whilst he sank in the nearest chair.
"Steve listen to me. Jesse won't die and it's not your fault. "Amanda said to Steve but he wouldn't listen.
"Yes, it is! He wanted to go surfing and I had to finish of that stupid report first! I should have gone with him at once. Then none of this would have happened!" Steve said tears streaming down his face. He put his head in his hands. Amanda went to sit next to Steve and laid her arm around Steve's shoulder.
"I'm sorry that I yelled at you." Steve said finally a little calmer.
"Don't worry about it." Amanda said. "You're just worried about Jesse."
"Thanks Amanda." Steve said while hugging her. "You're welcome." She said.
Steve was getting slightly nervous because for the tenth time in about half an hour he stood up, started passing through the waiting room and then went to sit again.
"Steve would you relax a bit please! That's the tenth time in half an hour time that you did that. I'm getting really nervous of you, you know? Amanda said.
"Sorry but what's talking them so long? Something must have happened." Steve said getting worried again.
"Steve it's supposed to take that long. If it didn't took so long THEN something would be wrong." Amanda said trying to comfort Steve again. "And will you sit still!" She said.
For a while they just sat there thinking about there friend. Steve was thinking about the first day that he met Jesse. At first he didn't like him. What did he think? That he could replace Jack just like that. But then he get to know Jesse and they actually had fun. They went on a few camping trips but one way or another they always got themselves in trouble. And then they bought Barbeque Bob's together. Of course they did a lot of surfing too. By that thought Steve got angry again. ' If I find the guy who did that to Jesse then I'm personally gonna strangle him!'
Amanda to was thinking about the first time that she met Jesse. At first he was like really shy. But when they got to know each other he was always very enthusiastic about everything he did: his job, helping Steve out with his cases...
Finally after three very long hours Mark entered the waiting room.
"Dad! How is he?" Steve asked worried while he jumped up from his seat.
"It's not as bad as we first thought. There's no major damage but he still lost a lot of blood. He's in a not so deep coma right now." Mark said.
"When will he wake up?" Amanda asked.
"I don't now. It could be now, it could be in a week." Mark answered.
"Can we see him dad?" Steve asked his father.
"Sure. Follow me." Mark said while heading of. On their way to Jesse's room they were hold up several times by nurses that wanted to know how Jesse was. Everyone of the nurses staff liked Jesse a lot. So no one was surprised anymore about the fact that he dated almost everyone of them. " Phew, I didn't know that there were this much nurses in the hospital." Steve said when they reached Jesse's room. "Me neither." Amanda said in agreement. When they entered Jesse's room Steve immediately went to sit next to Jesse.
"Amanda, can I talk to you outside for a minute?" Mark whispered . "Sure Mark." Amanda replied while following Mark outside.
"What's wrong?" Amanda asked worried.
"Nothing in fact. So how's Steve holding up?" Mark asked Amanda.
"Why don't you ask Steve that?"
"You know him. He will be saying that he's okay while he isn't." Mark said.
"Right I get your point. He's holding up fine actually. At first he was yelling at me then he started crying. But then he calmed down but he still thinks that it is his fault that Jesse got shot." Amanda reported to Mark about what happened earlier.
"Yeah I thought that he was going to feel guilty about this. But Jesse is going to be fine and I now for sure that he isn't going to blame Steve for what happened." Mark sighed.
"I know that, you know that but does he know that?" Amanda said sighing to.
"Let's go back inside." Mark said. -------------------------------------------
Steve heard Mark whisper something to Amanda. He saw them leave the room. ' What was that all about?' he wondered. He looked at Jesse. He laid there so peacefully that it was like he was sleeping. "Hey Jess! I don't know if you can hear me. But I'm gonna find the guy who shot you and I swear if I get my hands on him I'm gonna strangle him myself." He said to his best friend. For a few minutes he just sat there looking at his friend. Then he started talking to him again. "Jess I'm really sorry. I should have go with you at once and finish of that stupid report later then maybe non of this would have happened."
"Steve this isn't your fault and I'm sure Jesse isn't going to blame you for what happened." He heard his dad say. He hadn't hear him or Amanda come back in. They went to sit in a chair on the opposite side of Jesse's bed.
"Yes it is my fault and yes he's going to blame me for what happened." Steve said looking back at his friend with a sad expression on his face.
"Steve, Jesse isn't going to blame you. I'm sure of that." Mark said to his son in a very stern voice.
"I agree with Mark. He is never going to blame you for that. By the way you couldn't now that he was going to get shot, could you?" Amanda said.
"No I guess not but I still feel guilty for......it!" Steve said yawning.
"Steve why don't you go home. I'll keep an eye on him. I'm taking over Jesse's shift so I will be in the hospital all night." Mark said.
"No I think I'll stay here so that I can keep an eye on him my self." Steve said.
"Steve your way to tired. You really need your sleep. Besides you have to work tomorrow. " Amanda said.
"No I don't. I phoned the chief and told him what happened and he gave me a couple of days of."
"Then who is on the case?" Mark asked.
"A partner of mine Cheryl banks I think you met her a few times . And we of course but then unofficially. "Steve said with a grin.
"I see. But I must be heading home by now. The babysitter is already doing to many overtimes." Amanda said. "Jess I'm going home now but I'll be back in the morning okay." She said against Jesse. "Bye guys." She said against Steve and Mark.
"Bye Amanda." Mark and Steve said together.
"Well I've got to go on my rounds. If something's wrong just call me or let somebody page me. I will come check on you and Jesse later this night okay?" Mark said.
"Okay." Steve replied to his father.
"Goodnight son."
"Goodnight dad."
Mark headed of. ' I wonder how long it will take before Steve falls asleep' Mark thought by himself. When he went to check on them later that night he found Steve fast asleep.
The next day
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The next morning Mark headed back to Jesse's room to check up on Jesse. He found Steve still asleep in the chair. ' Jesse seems to be doing good.' He thought. He quietly left the room and headed of to the doctors lounge for some coffee. It had been a quiet night apart from a car crash with two victims that were back okay and a guy with a broken leg nothing happened. He grabbed a cup of coffee and went to sit on the couch . He checked his watch it was only 9 o'clock. His own shift started back at 2 p.m. He hoped Steve would wake up soon so that they could start to investigate about who shot Jesse. At that moment Amanda entered the doctors lounge.
"Hey Mark, how's Jesse doing?" Amanda asked Mark.
"Oh hey Amanda. He's doing fine actually." Mark answered as he looked up to her.
"So is Steve still sleeping?"
"Yeah unfortunately he is. If he wakes up maybe we can do a little investigation of our own." Mark said with a grin.
"That's what I was hoping for." Amanda replied also with a grin.
"Hey Amanda, dad." They heard Steve say from the doorway.
"Hey Steve slept well?" Amanda asked. Of course she could guess the answer. Those chairs were really uncomfortable.
"Nooo." Steve said hardly suppressing a yawn.
"Steve do you think you can get some information from Cheryl about Jesse's shooting?" mark asked.
"yeah sure I will go to the police station right now and see what they got." Steve answered trying to rub the sleep out of his eyes.
"That's great." Mark said.
Steve left the doctors lounge. ' I hope they found something yet .' He got in his car and drove to the police station. ' My luck again.' He thought by himself as he stood in front of a red light again. Finally he reached his destination . He walked toward his office. He found Cheryl sitting at her desk.
"Hey Cheryl." Steve greeted his partner.
"oh hey Steve. Let me guess you're here to hear me out. See if we got something." Cheryl said with a smile.
"yes ." Steve replied with a smile. "So what did you found out?"
"Nothing in fact. But I've got a list here with people who were released, or taken to another prison." Cheryl said giving Steve the paper.
"Okay can you copy that for me?" Steve asked while giving her the paper back.
"Sure I'll be right back." She said.
A few minutes later she returned with the paper. "Here you go." She said while handing him the copied paper.
"Oh Steve if you find anything then call me so that we can investigate that okay?" She asked. But she was pretty sure that he wasn't going to call if he found out anything. He, his dad and Amanda would probably solve this mystery by themselves.
"Sure Cheryl! See u." Steve said while heading of again.
"Bye Steve."
On his way back to the hospital he had more luck with the traffic lights.
He went back to the doctors lounge to see if his father and Amanda were still there.
"Hey dad, Amanda.!" Steve said while entering the doctors lounge.
"Hi Steve, so what did they found out?" Amanda asked.
"Nothing but Cheryl gave me a list of people who were released or taken to another prison." Steve said while showing them the paper.
"Alright let's take a look." Mark said.
For a few minutes they just sat there in silence studying the paper.
"So anybody you know? "Amanda asked.
"Yes Eddy Gonzalez." Mark said.
"Oh yeah right. He killed his ex-wife and her fiancé." Steve said now remembering the guy too.
"But he was taken to another prison so maybe it was just a relative from some one that you busted that wanted revenge." Amanda said.
"Could be but I'm gonna call the prison were they taken him anyway to be sure." Steve said. He grabbed his cell phone and went outside for a minute so he could call that prison. "Guess what? He never arrived there." Steve said as he entered the doctors lounge again.
"So that's probably our guy." Amanda said.
"Yeah but what does he have against Jesse? Me and dad caught him. Jesse had nothing to do with that. He was ill that time remember?" Steve said. Thinking back at the time they arrested him. Jesse had a food poisoning then.
"Oh yeah I remember that. Maybe for the same reason that he killed his ex- wife's fiancé: revenge. Didn't he killed the guy too because he blamed him for taking away his wife?" Amanda asked remembering it too now.
"That's right she fell in love with the guy and then wanted to divorce Eddy. When the divorce was round he killed them both." Mark said as he remembered the case.
"Alright. I'm going to the police station and ask Cheryl if she can find some information about Eddy: relatives, friends, where he can be." Steve said.
"Okay. That's good. My shift starts in a few minutes so I'm going to do my rounds. Steve I've you come up with something just let me know okay?" Mark asked his son.
"Okay. Bye dad, Amanda." Steve said.
"Bye son."
"Bye Steve."
For the second time in one day Steve headed of to the police station. This time he had more luck with the traffic lights.
"Hi Cheryl." Steve greeted his friend and partner.
"Hey Steve back so soon? Found something?" Cheryl greeting Steve again.
"Yeah a guy called Eddy Gonzalez. We busted him a year or two ago. He was supposed to be transferred to another prison but he never arrived there. So I'm here to do some research that can help us find him." Steve answered her.
"Great! Need some help? Because a whole day long doing paperwork is really beginning to get boring." Cheryl said almost begging Steve to let her help.
"Sure. Alright you do some research about places where he lived. Places where he can hide and send his photo to other police stations in the area. And I'm going to do some research about his family." Steve replied glad to have some help. That way he would save up some time.
"Okay. Oh and Steve thank you." Cheryl said glad to do something else then that paperwork all the time.
"You're welcome. Now let's search!" Steve said smiling at her.
Back at the hospital
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"I hope Steve finds something. I need to get going now my rounds are starting in a minute. So what are you going to do in the meantime?" Mark asked Amanda.
"I'm going to Jesse's room. Maybe he wakes up and can tell us something more." Amanda said.
"Okay. Bye Amanda."
"Bye Mark."
Amanda headed of to Jesse's room. She went to sit next to Jesse's bed. She laid her own hand onto Jesse's.
"Hey Jesse. We think we found the guy who shot you. We're doing our best to bust him as soon as possible. Steve's now searching information about him. You know, Steve feels really guilty. But then again he always feels guilty as something happened to you, me or Mark. He really loves you like a little brother you know? I'm pretty sure he would never admit that though. You know I really can't figure out why somebody wants to hurt you. You're always kind and friendly to people even if they don't deserve it. "Amanda said looking sadly at her young friend.
Back at the police station
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One hour was passed since they started searching for information.
"So found something?" Steve asked.
"First tell me what you found." Cheryl said.
"Okay both his parents are dead. He has one brother and a sister. His brother moved to Spain. And his sister lives here in L.A. Here name is Natasha Gonzalez. Wait a minute I know her from somewhere." Steve said while looking at here photo.
"I remember! That's the women who asked me how Jesse was!" Steve exclaimed as he remembered her. "Can you see if she got a record? "he asked Cheryl.
"Sure." Cheryl said while checking if she got a record.
"She's got no record." Cheryl said.
"Okay. So what did you find out?" Steve asked.
"That same women rented a few days ago an apartment in Malibu. I've got the address here and she owns a house in L.A. I've got that address too but nothing on Eddy's name." She replied while handing over the two addresses to Steve.
"Thank a lot Cheryl! But I better get back to the hospital. Bye Cheryl. " Steve said.
"Okay by the way you owe me a dinner." She called at him while he was walking away.
"Sure thing." Steve said smiling at her.
At the hospital
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Amanda left Jesse's room and headed back to the doctors lounge. ' I hope Steve finds something so that we can catch him or else I'm going after him myself.' Amanda thought angry. She sighed. Getting angry wasn't going to help them. She just hoped that they caught him and that Jesse woke up soon. They were all so worried especially Steve.
She arrived at the doctors lounge and grabbed a cup of coffee and went to sit on the couch.
"Hey Amanda. Seen dad because I've found some things that might help us." Steve greeted his friend as he entered the doctors lounge... again.
"No but I'll page him." She said.
A few minutes later Mark entered the doctors lounge.
"Hey son, Amanda. Found something interesting?" Mark asked.
"Yeah. When Jesse got shot there was this women who asked me how Jesse was. It turns out that it is his sister and a few days a go she rented an apartment although she's got her own house. So my guess is that she rented it for him. I'm going to her house right now. Want to come with me?" Steve asked.
"Steve why don't we do that tomorrow? It's nearly 10 p.m." Mark said looking at his watch
"Yeah you're right. Then I'm going to Jesse's room for a while."
"Okay but you're not going to sleep there tonight." Mark said.
"Okay." Steve said while thinking. ' We'll see about that.' He felt quite guilty for not seeing Jesse all day so the least he could do was stay there all night even if he would sleep bad again.
He entered Jesse's room and went to sit in the same chair as the night before.
"Hey buddy. We found the guy who shot you. I'm gonna question his sister tomorrow. Don't worry hi's gonna pay for what he did." Steve said as he looked at his friend. For half an hour he just sat there looking at his friend.
"Steve, go home. I'm going to cover Jesse's shift again so I'll be here all night again. I'll come check on him later okay?" Mark said. Luckily he slept a little last night and during the day. "Okay. Bye dad. See u tomorrow." Steve said.
"Goodnight son."
Steve walked out of the room and waited behind the corner until his dad left the room. He waited a little longer so that he was sure his dad was gone. When he was absolutely sure that he was gone he sneaked back into Jesse's room. He went to sit in the chair again. Finally he drifted off to sleep. A few hours later he woke up. He saw Jesse stir.
"Jesse? Can you hear me?" He heard a familiar voice saying. When he opened his eyes he saw Steve looking down on him.
"Steve?" Jesse asked in a weak voice.
"Yeah I'm right here buddy. How are you feeling?" Steve asked.
"Like I was shot." Jesse replied.
Steve laughed. "Stupid question huh?"
"Yeah." Jesse said this time in a stronger voice.
TO BE CONTINUED...
So far for chapter 2. I hope you enjoyed it ( probably not.) I will do my best to post chapter 3 as soon as possible. :-D