Chapter 35
Alex arrives at the hospital and walked up to the nurses' station. It's late afternoon and it's relatively quiet only a few doctors walking around and then disappearing into the hallways. "Hi, can you tell me what room Ryan Booth is in?" Alex asked the friendly red head behind the counter. "Good afternoon, may I ask you are in relation to the patient?" The lady asks Alex as she hands her a form to sign. "I'm sorry to ask this but it's hospital protocol." She explains. "I understand, I'm his wife." Alex answered smiling handing over her ID. The redhead nodded after Alex filled out the form and she checked her ID, and told her the room number.
She stood in the doorway looking at her husband who laid in the hospital bed. He looked up when he saw her, gave a small smile and waved his uncut arm at her. "Hey." He greeted lifting his head from the pillow. She walked into the room and hugged him, breathing in his scent just enjoying being in his embrace for a while after the stressful day they both had. "How're you feeling?" Alex enquired twisting his wedding band on his left hand since his right arm was propped up on a pillow and an ice pack looking thing that covered the cut in his forearm. "Besides from my arm that's throbbing I'm all right." He assured her squeezing her arm reassuringly. The doctor entered the room with the x-rays he took of Ryan's arm when he came there. "Hi I'm doctor Leary. I'm assuming you're Mrs. Booth?" The doctor said friendly extending his arm. "No doc this is this is my side line, Mrs. Booth is waiting for me at home." Ryan said laughing and Alex swatted his arm lightly. The doctor smiled at the two of them putting the x-rays up on the light board so he can have a look at it and see if there is any glass or debris that entered the open laceration. "All right, it looks like a clean cut and that there's no glass left inside. So I'll go ahead and disinfect it before stitching it up. He took of the ice pack looking thingy that was on Ryan's arm and wet a cotton ball with some liquid before he gently dabbed it on the open laceration. Ryan hissed in response the moment it touched his flesh and Alex couldn't get herself to look at it, instead she pressed her face into the side of the bed while holding his hand. The doctor stitched the wound and covered it up gently. The scratch on his face wasn't as bad and he only needed a small white band aid on the side of his forehead close to his hair line. "There you go all done. I'll give you a course of antibiotics you need to complete and some painkillers. You need to take it easy for a few days but you can return to work tomorrow. Be a secretary, no chasing criminals for at least two or three days." The doctor warned before he left the room.
It was around 5PM when they got home from the hospital. Shelby texted to ask if Ryan was okay and she replied to the text quickly before starting dinner. Ryan went upstairs to take a shower. Alex sat on the couch still contemplating what she wanted to cook when Ryan came down with the blood stained shirt on his hand walking towards the laundry room. "Uuuhhhh where are you going with that shirt mister?" She questioned hoping he wasn't about to do what she think he is. "I'm gonna throw it in the washing machine. It's one of my favorites shirts I'm sure the stain will come out." He said certain of himself. "Ryan Booth no. No way in hell that you're going to do that. You have plenty of others and that stain won't come out. You can throw it in the trash." She answered getting up so she can block the entry to the laundry room and he'll be forced to throw the shirt away. "Sometimes you make me wonder." Alex said softly shaking her head at her husband. "You owe me a shirt." He said when he came back inside walking over to the fridge to get some water and settled on the couch with his laptop.
After dinner they settled on the couch cuddling. Ryan was watching a national geographic documentary when Alex pulled him out of his deep thought by curling herself closer into his side. "Please don't ever do that to me again." She whispered. "After all of us were outside that building and we heard the shots and you and Caleb didn't come out I assumed the worst. And it was scary." She said honestly thinking back to the events that unfolded earlier that day. Ryan couldn't tell her that he thought they weren't going to make it out more than once since that would only upset her more. So he rubbed her back slowly while she continued talking. "I've never felt this way about anyone, Ryan. And I need you to promise that you'll be careful." She concluded looking up at him. "I promise." He said looking her in the eyes kissing the tip of her nose gently. She laid her head back on her shoulder as they continued watching the documentary.
"Did you have a chance to email those housing agents for a viewing of the three houses we've decided on?" Alex asked once the credits rolled. "Two of them yes, the third house is something we still need to discuss." Ryan said cautiously as he got his laptop from the coffee table and opening the webpage he bookmarked with the three houses that they've decided on. "I don't even think the third one is an option, it has four bedrooms, why would we need so many?" Alex questioned looking at the pictures of the house. "Because, what if we have like three kids. Then all three of them can have their own rooms." Ryan states his side of the discussion. "Or what if we have two kids and they can share a room the we have one for guests and a third one for storage." Alex said knowing that he'll disagree. He shook his head at her. "You know what, it's late and you're tired so you're not thinking rational right now. I bet once you've had some sleep you'll agree with me in the morning." Ryan told her as he closed the laptop. "You think sleep will make me change my mind?" She questioned her husband who got up and extended his hand towards her. "Oh, I know it does." He said smiling a she took his hand and walked up the stairs, ready to call it a day.
Just a small chapter about the two of them, nothing much. Thank you for the reviews on the previous one glad you guys enjoyed it. And thank you for all the follows and favorites. Let me know what you think about this one. Lovies-S.