Sorry it took so long, but here it is chapter 4
CHAPTER 4: A little Romance and Greg's story
Nick and Sara watched as the doctors worked on Megan. Nick held tight onto Sara's hand, seeing it as a source of comfort as the doctors fought to save his niece's life.
''As I said before Nick, she'll be fine. She has that tough Stokes gene in her'' Sara tried to comfort him
Nick huffed a laugh and looked over at Sara.
''Thanks Sara. You know, you've been here with me through all of this and I appreciate it, but you can go see how Greg is doing if you want''
Sara brought up her free hand to gently touch the side of Nick's face
''I need to be here to see how you're doing''
Nick took his free hand and grasped the one that was at the side of his face.
''Sara…I …um...''
Just than the door started to open and Nick and Sara released each other. Grissom came in and walked over to the viewing window.
''How she doing? '' He asked
''Better. We're just waiting to see the doctor. How's Greg? '' Nick said
''Good. He might be on crutches for a while, but they got the bullet out. It's in my pocket right now. I'm going to be heading back to the lab to get it to Bobby. I came to see if I could get the bullet from Megan''
The door opened again and the head doctor entered the viewing room.
''Evening, I'm Dr.Barrett''
''Dr. I'm Nick Stokes, Megan's uncle. This is Gil Grissom, her supervisor and Sara Sidle a colleague from the crime lab'' Nick introduced them all. ''What happened? ''
''Miss Connors was doing well when suddenly her pressure dropped and her heart rate stated to rise''
''Do you know the cause? '' Sara asked
''A broken rib probably from the beating she took, punctured her lung. We saw it on the x-ray before, but it didn't seem it be of any harm at the time''
''How she doing now? ''
''Much better. We repaired the damage to the lung and got the bullet out. I have the bullet with me'' The doctor reached into his pocket and pulled out the tiny bullet in a plastic bag. Grissom grabbed the bag and put it into his other pocket.
''Thank you doctor. Oh, if I may ask for one more thing? ''
''Yes Mr. Grissom? ''
''When they come out of surgery, can you please make sure that they are in the same room right next to one another? They need each other''
''I'll see what I can do''
''Thank you Dr.'' Grissom said as the doctor left the room. 'I'll see you two back at the lab''
With that Grissom left. Sara was about to go back to the window when Nick grabbed her hand and pulled her close.
''Nick what are you doing? ''
He drew close and kissed her gently on the lips.
''Sara, I'm sorry…I…''
Sara drew close and kissed him on the lips, she wrapped her hands around the back of his neck to keep him there. Nick didn't mind as he returned the kiss and put his arms around Sara's waist and pulled her closer. The kiss started to grow more passionate when their lips parted and they took deep breaths.
''You know, I've been wanting to do that for a long time'' Nick laughed as he leaned his forehead against Sara's
''So have I''
Warrick came into the room an found the two of them together
''Well, well I guess I'm not the only one with good news around here. Boy, I was wondering when you'd get up the nerve to make a move '' He joked
''Well I'm glad he did'' Sara told him ''and what's your good news? ''
''Well Greg's out of surgery and awake. Catherine and I are about to go get his statement, if you two can pull yourselves away from each other, you can come along if you want''
Nick looked back at the viewing window. Megan's surgery was over and they were taking her out of the room. Remembering Grissom's request to the doctor he agreed and he and Sara followed Warrick out of the room.
Greg lay in his hospital bed, a breathing tube in his nose and another tube in his arm that was dripping medication into him. His lip and eye lid were swollen from the hits he had taken from the guy back at the apartment. His gun shot wound still really hurt, but he managed a smile when he saw Nick, Sara, Warrick and Catherine heading toward him.
''Hey Greg'' Catherine said for all of them
''Hey''
''How you feeling buddy? ''
''As well as a shot and beaten man can feel''
''Well I can see that you haven't lost you sense of humour'' Sara acknowledged
''How's Megan? '' Greg asked
''She's doing fine Greg'' Warrick told him ''There were complications before, but now she's out of surgery, they got the bullet out and ''
''Grissom asked for her to have a bed right next to you. So I guess she'll be here soon'' Sara explained
'' They got the… bullet… out? '' Greg asked obviously confused, a worried look across his face ''She was shot? ''
''You didn't know? ''Catherine asked
Greg just shook his head and looked up at Nick
''I'm so sorry Nick. I should have done more to protect her
''Hey man, there's no apology necessary. I know you probably did all you could''
''Greg, we need to ask you some questions'' Catherine said
''Sure''
''First things first. Walk us through the night''
''Okay. Megan and I arrived at the apartment after getting the call from Grissom around 2:00a.m. Patrol told us what apartment it was and I headed up while Megan got the statement from the owner. After that she joined me in the apartment, but left to ask the neighbours if they heard anything. The door wasn't well shut and the door opened. She than saw the weed and called me over. She said that it was her find she was the lucky one that would get to process the room. I in turn went back to the other apartment and continued to process that room''
''What next? ''
''After finding nothing in the apartment I was processing I went over to the neighbours' to see how Megan was doing and found this guy holding her back and holding a gun to her neck'' ''
''What did you do than? '' Nick asked
''She was crying. I've never seen her look so scared''
''Greg, please''
''Sorry. Well he was raving on about how he wasn't going back to jail. I explained that that's not what CSIs do, but than he said that we weren't going to help the police get him either. Than he removed the gun from Megan's neck, pointed it at me and shot me''
''Is that all you remember? ''
''No. Megan, somehow got free of his grip and rushed over to me. 'hold on handsome you'll be okay' she told me'' Greg took a deep breath as he fought to hold back the tears in his eyes. ''Than the guy came up behind her, grabbed her and…hit her across the face. He than punched her in the stomach and elbowed her in the back, that's when she fell to the floor. I was trying to get up as fast as I could to help her. The bastard wasn't finished there though. He started to kick her in the chest, stomach and back. I finally managed to get on my feet and tackled the guy; brought him down to the floor, got a few punches in. he was stronger than me though. He started punching me and knocked me out. Next thing I know I'm waking up here'' He couldn't hold them back any longer as the tears started to roll down his face.
Warrick grabbed his hand
''Hey, hey buddy, come on, it's alright, it's over. You're fine and so is Megan okay. Now we are going to make sure that we catch this guy and make sure he pays for what he did to you''
''Thanks Warrick''
Just than the door to the room opened and two male nurses and one doctor brought Megan's gurney into the room and placed it right by Greg.
''Vitals are stable. The oxygen mask is just a precaution while the damage to the lung is healing. She'll probably be out of it a while longer than Mr. Sanders was, but it shouldn't be long''
''Thank you doctor''
The nurses and doctor left the room and they all looked at Megan.
''Just one last thing Greg was did the guy look like? ''
Greg told them and after saying good bye they left to head back to the lab. Leaving Greg alone with Megan.
''Hey beautiful'' He said to his sleeping girlfriend. ''Quite a night we had huh? I'm sorry I couldn't protect you more. I hope that when you wake up you will be able to forgive me''
Greg reached over and held Megan's hand
''Hold on beautiful, you'll be okay'' He whispered and went back to sleep.
What do you think? Pretty touching huh? Well I hope you like it and I hope that chapter five will not be long.