-1The Accident

"Well, Miss Duquesne, you're good to go," Dr. Stevenson said to Calleigh.

"Thank you, doctor," she replied. She could take Noah home now. As she gathered her things, she wondered what was taking Ryan so long to get to the hospital. Maybe he hasn't gotten the message yet. Oh well, I'll go to his house and surprise him. He'll like that. She smiled, and was just about to go and get Noah when the phone rang. Maybe that's Ryan. She picked it up. "Hello?"

"Calleigh?" It was Horatio. There was something wrong, his voice sounded different that it usually did.

"Horatio? What's wrong?" Calleigh asked.

"Calleigh, I have some bad news," Horatio seemed as though he was trying to keep from crying.

"What happened?"

"Calleigh…it's Ryan," Horatio stopped.

"Ryan?" Calleigh asked quietly. She froze, wondering what happened. "Horatio..where's Ryan? What happened to him?"

"There was….there was an accident, Calleigh."

"What kind of an accident!" Calleigh was trying very hard to keep calm, but she felt tears coming into her eyes. "Horatio, tell me!"

"It was a couple minutes ago," Horatio said. "I was there. We were leaving the crime scene when this car came speeding up the street." Horatio stopped a minute, he heard Calleigh gasp on the other end of the phone. "There was a little girl playing with a ball on the other side of the street. The ball rolled out into the street and the girl went after it. The car didn't seem like it was going to stop. Ryan saw it, and he ran out into the street and went after the girl. He knocked her out of the way. Then.."

"Oh, god…" Calleigh sat on the edge of the bed. She suddenly felt sick.

"Then the car hit him," Horatio finally said. "It all happened so fast, I couldn't save him."

"Horatio.."

"I'm sorry, Calleigh. Ryan's dead."

Calleigh sat for a minute, tears forming in her eyes. "Did…did he…suffer?"

Horatio was silent for a minute. "Yes," he said quietly. "After the car hit him, he was thrown pretty far. The car just drove away, didn't even stop. I couldn't catch the license number. I ran out to Ryan, I thought he was already dead, but he wasn't. He was choking and holding his stomach and…" he cut off for a moment. "and he was moaning and calling your name."

"Ryan.." Calleigh said. She suddenly broke into tears, then started sobbing.

"Calleigh, I'll be there in a few minutes," Horatio said. Then he hung up.

"Oh, god! Ryan!" Calleigh sobbed. She sobbed into the pillow. It was rather loud because the doctor came in to see what was gong on.

"Miss, Duquesne, are you ok?" Dr. Stevenson asked as he ran over to Calleigh. He sat next to her for a few minutes before Horatio came in.

"Calleigh," Horatio said as the doctor left. He sat next to her and took her in his arms. She cried uncontrollably, her tears staining Horatio's shirt. She finally looked up at him, her eyes bloodshot.

"Horatio, take me to him," she said. Horatio nodded, and helped her up. Before they left, they picked up little Noah. Horatio watched sadly as Calleigh picked up the baby and began to cry again. Here we go.

Ok, so I was almost in tears as I wrote this part. The next chapter is the last. But there will be a sequel!