The ticking of the clock in the waiting room was driving Kim insane, she couldn't take it anymore, she stood, she wasn't really sure where she was going but she needed to escape the room and the eyes that just kept watching her, she felt like an exhibit at the zoo. She felt a hand wrap around her wrist, "You okay?" She glanced back at Kev and shook her head. "I need to get some air."

Kev watched as his best friend stood in the sun, he knew she was hurting and every hour that Adam remained in surgery, he watched her die a little more, she was losing hope that he would make it out alive. "He's going to be okay" Kim pulled her eyes to him, "He was shot four times, I watched him basically die in the back of the ambo and he's been in surgery eleven hours Kev, I'm just trying to think realistically."

She sat on the bench and put her head between her legs willing herself not to cry. "He's still alive and he's fighting like hell to get back to Liam…and you." Kim shook her head, "Not me." She sighed and slumped back against the bench.

"Look, it's Adam, he will pull through, I gotta believe that for him, for me, for you and Liam and whether he moved on or not, he still loves you even if you don't see it." Kev took the seat next to her on the bench and pulled her to him.

"Hey!" Kim turned to the sound of Voight's voice, "Doc's in the waiting room, come on" he motioned for the two of them to come.

Kev grabbed Kim's hand and squeezed it, "He's going to be fine, I promise" he whispered as he pulled her to her feet.

Kim was on autopilot as she let Kev lead the way back to the waiting room, "Hey Kate" Kim snapped her head up, she knew she should have expected her but she was hoping with her not showing the last eleven hours that maybe she wouldn't.

"Sorry, my flight was delayed in Houston, I tried to get here as fast as I could, how is he?" The tall blonde was speaking a million miles a minute. "We're heading into talk to the doctor now" Kev ushered her towards the door eager to get the doctor to find out about his best friend.

"Family for Adam Ruzek?" the doctor questioned as the four stepped through the door, Kim nodded and moved to step forward but Kate beat her to the punch, "I'm his fiancée". Kim felt like a ton of bricks smacked her in the face, "I'm…I'm his ex-wife" she stammered quickly losing the little bit of nerve she had left.

The doctor glanced between the two women, "Who has power of attorney?"

"Actually, I do" Kim heard Antonio's voice from the back, Kim turned and gave Antonio a small nod, "How is he?" he questioned the doctor wanting to get Kim the answers he knew she needed.

"He's stable and in ICU, there was a lot of damage but we were able to repair it. I'm not going to lie he will probably need another surgery in the coming days but for now I'm hopeful we have everything under control."

Kim could feel the weight being lifted off her chest, "When can I see him?" she needed to see with her own eyes that he was okay, she needed to feel his heart beating in his chest.

"The ICU only allows two visitors at a time." The doctor informed them before he turned to leave.

"I have to see him" Kate sniffled, Kim didn't want to be alone with this woman especially in a hospital room with Adam lying in a bed but she knew she wasn't going to win this fight. She rolled her eyes and headed toward the door.

"Come on, I'm going so if you want to see him then it's going to be with me" she kept her eyes trained on the door as she passed Kate, purposely avoiding eye contact with the woman she never wanted to know.

The elevator ride seemed like an eternity, Kim was trying to ignore the sniffling blonde next to her but she had reached her limit, "Aren't you a nurse or something? Why are you crying?"

Kate looked at Kim confused, "Adam is hurt, I'm upset, it's what people do" she scoffed, straightening her stance, moving as far from Kim as she could in the elevator.

Kim rolled her eyes, "Someone who sees this everyday should be able to control their emotions better"

"At least I have emotions"

Kim could feel her blood starting to boil, her fists clenched and everything in her was telling her to beat the crap out of this woman standing next to her but Adam loved her, she knew that, she could see it anytime she saw them together and Liam liked her too.

"Think what you want about me but just know that I am always going to be here, I was here before and I'll be here after."

The doors slid open and Kim stepped off as quickly as she could and headed toward the double doors at the end of the hall that would lead her to the man her heart needed to see not caring if Kate was behind her.

"I'm here for Adam Ruzek" Kim told the nurse as she heard footsteps before her, "I am too" Kim rolled her eyes as she heard the blonde behind her, the gesture not lost on the nurse. "He's in room 1324, there is a thirty-minute time limit." She buzzed them through the doors.

Kim spotted the guard outside Adams room and stopped abruptly causing Kate to smack into her. "What the hell?" Kate spat out. Kim turned to look at her, "I can't do it" she shook her head.

Kim's legs felt as if they had been filled cement and she was regretting not waiting to come up with Kevin or Antonio or even Voight, anyone but this woman standing behind her that she despised with every ounce of her being.

"I'm going in" Kate pushed her way past Kim and disappeared into the room. "Kim" she looked at the guard really noticing them for the first time. "Tay!" Kim felt her feet move and wrapped her arms around the woman she had briefly called her partner. "I figured I would see you up here at some point once I found out who I was detailed too." Kim could hear the sadness in Tay's voice, "I'm sorry, I heard what happened, I'm glad you're okay though." Tay held her at arm's length and looked her over, "Adam's girlfriend?" Tay tilted her head in the direction of the room and Kim rolled her eyes, "The one and only" she sighed.

"I better get in there" she wrapped Tay in a hug and held her tight, "Look after him for me."

Kim took a deep breath, counted to three, and stepped through the door, Adam was sprawled out on the bed, tubes and wires sprouting randomly from his body, the beeping and humming from the machines attached to him drowning out any silence that remained in the room.

"His vitals are good" Kim moved her eyes to Kate for a split second acknowledging what the woman was saying. She needed to feel for herself, she was scared to move any closer, scared to touch him, afraid she would mess something up. She gathered her courage and stepped closer hovering her hand above his chest.

The machine behind Kim started to scream and she retreated her hand. "CODE BLUE ROOM 1324" the loudspeaker screeched above her as the room filled with nurses.