Summary: A ransom leads to a very long weekend for Walker and Alex
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A/N: This is my first W/A fic so be nice.
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Chapter 17
Walker had just gotten Alex settled into the bedroom at the ranch, when the persistent knocking on the door could be ignored no longer. Walker went to open it and found CD and Trivette staring back at him.
"We went to the hospital to check on Alex and they said she left. How the hell could you let her leave?" CD said, barging his way past Walker.
Once they were inside Walker motioned for them to be quiet, and all three settled down on the couch.
"It wasn't me, it was Alex. She refused to stay there. What was I supposed to do let her go home alone?"
"Well, I suppose if she was set against staying there was nothing you could have done about it, but dangit Cordell, that little lady is far from healed up."
Walker knew what CD was saying was true. He didn't have a clue as to help Alex if she really got into trouble.
"Look, I stopped by the pharmacy and picked up all her medicines, and I will take her back if she gets any worse. I just couldn't leave her there. You didn't see the look in her eyes."
Trivette knew what he meant. He an Alex had gone fishing and she had sprained her ankle getting out of the boat. Trivette had wanted to end the trip then and there, but Alex had insisted she was fine, and they had gone on to meet up with Walker and CD at the camp. Alex's ankle had flared up and swollen, but she refused to stop. Trivette knew how stubborn the counselor could be.
"Well, I guess we will be going Cordell. Give Alex our best."
Walker walked both men to the door, and promised they could both come back the next night to check on her. After he closed the door he went to check in on Alex. There she was sleeping, her hands tucked under the pillow, wisps of her blonde hair having fallen over her face.
She looked so peaceful. It was almost as if none of this had ever happened, until you looked at her arms, the cuts, the scratches from fighting off Roger Culliver. Walker glared at the ugly red marks marring her pristine skin. They were reminders that Alex would need him, need him to hold onto when the nightmares would come, and he was sure they would.
Pulling the covers up to her chin, Walker placed a gentle kiss across her lips and then shut the door. He had only walked a couple of steps when he went back to the door and opened it just a bit. His mind at ease he walked over to the couch and kicked his boots off. Walker laid down and his eyes began to droop. He was home, and the comfort of it had him drifting off to sleep in a matter of minutes.
Walker sat up, listening, his ears waiting for what had woke him from his dreams, and then he heard it again.
The scream, the heart wrenching scream, and he was on his feet running to Alex. Walker threw open the door and found Alex sitting up in bed, her face tightened up as another scream fell forth from her lips, her whole body shaking, her brow covered in sweat.
Walker went to the bed and called her name but Alex was still stuck inside her nightmare. Not knowing what else to do he sat down on the side of the bed, taking her hands in his, and started whispering words of comfort to her.
"It's all right Alex. Nothing here can hurt you. I won't let anything happen to you."
The reaction was so fast Walker almost fell from the bed. Alex clung to him as if he would somehow disappear if she let go, her fingers grasping his shirt and winding around the material.
"Alex, it's okay. I' m here," Walker continued to whisper to her.
Finally she began to settle down, her screams now only hiccuping gasps as she tried to catch her breath. Walker laid her back down, smoothing the sweat soaked hair from her brow and turned to leave, but he couldn't. Alex had his shirt still in her grasp.
"Stay with me," she said, her eyes begging him not to leave.
Walker scooted her over on the bed and laid down beside her. Pulling her gently to him, he wrapped his arm around her, and Alex laid her head down on his chest. Walker didn't know if he had done the right thing taking her from the hospital so soon, but one look down at the woman he loved told him there was no mistake. Again he closed his eyes, but this time he knew if Alex needed him he would be by her side.