Three to Tango
Chapter Eight: Untitled
Disclaimer: Still don't own them
AN: Thank you to all who have reviewed. CSigurlie07: your review cracked me up :). Seriously, I needed it after my long day. And as for your question, it will be answered in this chapter.
AN2: TISSUE WARNING! GET THEM OUT! In fact the next couple of chapters will be tissue warnings as well.
And I can't stand the pain
And I can't make it go away
No, I can't stand the pain
How could this happen to me
I've made my mistakes
Got no where to run
The night goes on
As I'm fading away
I'm sick of this life
I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me
Grissom and Sara made their way through the hospital doors, quickly walking through the ER to the nurse's station.
"Hello" Sara said to the nurse, "I'm looking for my husband Hank Peddigrew; he was brought in from a car accident"
The nurse nodded and typed in the computer "he's been taken up to surgery. Sixth floor. They'll be able to tell you more up there"
Sara thanked the woman and her and Grissom made their way to the elevators. On the sixth floor she was told the same thing 'he's in surgery'. The nurse up there did say that the doctor would be out to speak to her as soon as possible.
Grissom led Sara to the chairs.
"Grissom do you know what happened?"
"I'm not sure Sara. I was called to the scene because day shift was backed up. I saw that Hank was involved and called Catherine, Greg and Warrick to cover while I went to get you. I called Nick, so he should be here soon too."
Before Sara could respond Nick came running into the waiting room. He saw Grissom and Sara and headed towards them.
"I got here as soon as I could" he said giving Sara a hug. "Any news?"
"No, just that he is still in surgery"
"He'll be okay Sara. Hank is a fighter" Nick replied
"I just wish I knew something other than 'he's in surgery'"
"Can I get you anything Sar?" Nick asked
"No, thank you though Nicky"
"You sure?"
"Yeah" she replied
Over the next hour they sat in silence waiting for some word on how Hank was. Grissom occasionally got up to pace, while Nick held Sara's hand.
A doctor came out and called, "I'm looking for the family of Hank Peddigrew"
Sara looked up, "over here"
Nick helped Sara up as the doctor approached them.
"Hello, I'm Doctor Carol Ross, I was in the ER when Hank was brought in and I performed his surgery"
Sara shook her hand, "I'm Sara, Hank's wife"
Doctor Ross nodded, "Hank was brought in unconscious, and his vitals were stable at that moment. While in the ER he did flat line. We were able to resuscitate him using the paddles. He was brought up for emergency surgery once we discovered there was internal bleeding. While in the OR we did have to remove his appendix, which had ruptured as a cause of the accident. We also had to remove his gall bladder. We were able to stop the bleeding but Hank is in critical condition. He is stable for the moment. He is IV antibiotics to treat the infection caused by the ruptured appendix. As soon as he is moved from post-op he'll be in the SICU. I'll make sure that someone comes to get you once he is moved."
Sara nodded and thanked Doctor Ross.
Nick, Sara and Grissom sat back down, waiting for either the team to show up or the nurse to come and get Sara.
Catherine, Warrick and Greg came bustling into the room not twenty minutes later. Hugs were exchanged and Sara recapped what the doctor had just told her.
"So what did you find out?" Sara asked
"A drunk driver ran the red light and t-boned Hank in the driver's side. Officers arrested the driver at the scene. He was three times the legal limit. We collected the evidence, dropped it off at the lab for processing and then came straight here" Catherine said
"The DA called and said that she would make sure this guy didn't get off scott free, he is going to have to serve some time" Warrick said
About thirty minutes later a nurse came out and let Sara know that Hank was in his room and two people could come and see him. Sara asked Catherine to come with her. They walked down the hall in silence, Catherine holding Sara's hand.
"Hey baby" Sara said as they entered his room
Hank opened his eyes and gave a weak smile.
"Hey" he paused, "how are my two favorite girls?"
Sara smiled through her tears and took his hand, "we're fine"
Sara leaned down and gave him a kiss. "You're going to be fine baby" she whispered.
Hank smiled, and then noticed that Catherine was also in the room.
"Hey Cath, you gonna tell me who the daddy is?"
"What and ruin the surprise" she said to him. "Thanks Sara" she whispered in her ear.
"It was an accident" she claimed sitting down.
"Come on cath, I can keep it a secret"
"Maybe you can, but this one can't" she replied pointing to Sara
"I'm sorry"
"Sara, go to the hallway" Hank stated
"What!"
"I wanna know who the father is"
"But I just sat down. Your baby is tired"
"Fine, Catherine whisper it in my ear"
Catherine walked around to the other side of the bed and complied. Hank smiled and said "just as I suspected".
"Who? Who?" Sara said
"You sound like an owl Sara, but I'm not telling you, at least not yet"
Hank noticed Sara yawn, "Sara, baby, you should go home"
"No, I don't want to leave you"
"Please, get some rest for the baby"
Catherine walked back over to Sara, "come on, you can stay with me and Lindsey"
Sara agreed knowing she would lose the battle, Catherine helped her up and she gave Hank another kiss.
"I love you" she whispered
"I love you too, could you ask Nick to come in"
Sara smiled, "sure, see your tomorrow"
Hank smiled as he watched Sara and Catherine leave the room. He leaned back and waited for Nick.
Everybody's screaming
I try to make a sound
But no one hears me
I'm slipping off the edge
I'm hanging by a thread
I wanna start this over again
So I try to hold
Onto a time when nothing mattered
And I can't explain what happened
And I can't erase the things that I've done
No I can't
Nick entered the room a few minutes later.
"Hey Hank, how are you feeling?"
"Not that great. I really need to talk to you about something"
"Sure man" Nick said as he sat down "what's up?"
"I need you to promise me something"
"Anything"
"Promise me that you'll take care of Sara and the baby for me"
"What are you talking about, you're going to be okay" Nick stated
"Nick, I'm a paramedic, I know I'm not going to be okay"
"You're not the only one who sees stuff like this. I've seen people worse off than you come out okay"
"Maybe" Hank paused "but I can feel myself slipping away. I'm not going to make it"
"Well you need to fight" Nick said raising his voice "You need to fight for Sara and your baby. They need you"
"Nick, I'm dying. I need you to promise me that you will take care of them. Promise me you will be there for Sara. Promise me that you will tell my daughter all about me and how much her daddy loves her" Hank said with tears coming down his cheeks.
Nick, through his tears, whispered "I promise"
"I need you to do me one more favor"
"Anything"
"Can you get a pen and some paper?"
Sara couldn't sleep. Other than the fact that she was seven months pregnant and incredibly uncomfortable, she was worried about Hank.
Suddenly she got a nagging feeling in her chest. Something was wrong with Hank, she could feel it. She got up from the bed, noticing the clock read 3:23 am. She went into Catherine's room.
"Catherine" she said
Catherine awoke and mumbled, "Sara, are you okay?"
"Something's wrong with Hank, I can feel it. I need to be at the hospital"
Catherine, now fully awake, nodded and got out of bed. "Go wake Linds for me"
Sara nodded and left the room. She quickly woke Lindsey and the three women changed and were out the door in fifteen minutes.
Catherine broke records getting them to the hospital, leaving Lindsey in the waiting room, Sara and Catherine made their way to Hank's room. They increased their pace when they saw doctors and nurses running from his room.
Sara and Catherine stood in the doorway, shocked by the sight before them. Hank was intubated with the nurse now "breathing" for him. Another nurse was pushing a shot of something into his IV. The biggest shock was that Doctor Ross was ordering for the paddles to be charged.
Sara jumped when Hank was shocked and the monitor still read a flat line. Doctor Ross ordered a higher voltage and shocked him again.
Catherine put her arm around Sara, who had tears streaming down her face.
Before they knew what had happened they heard Doctor Ross say, "Time of death 4:05"
Sara started screaming. Catherine pulled her into a hug, attempting to calm her, but she knew it would be no use.
Sara had lost her husband
I've made my mistakes
Got no where to run
The night goes on
Stop fading away
I'm sick of this life
I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me
Untitled: Simple Plan
AN: Like the ER references. LOL