That night after returning to HQ to drop off the charger and change out of his uniform, he rode up to a look out and sat on his bike, watching the lights of the city. Nothing…. was helping to clear his mind.

Luca was going to be suspicious as to where he had been all night, would he tease him again about being "on a date…... or something". As the sun began to rise behind him, he knew he had to go home. Shift was only a few hours away and he hadn't showered or slept. The streets of LA were beginning to stir to life as he rode home. The air was brisk and cool, and he struggled to keep his concentration on the road. Pulling up in the driveway he noticed Luca coming out the door.

"Cutting it close again man!" Luca teased.

"Yeah, I know" Street replied removing his jacket, Luca smirked and laughed. "Relax no teasing this time" he said patting Street on the back.

"Any news on Chris?" Luca asked,

"No nothing new that I've heard" Street said with exhaustion on his face.

Luca knew Street may have been by his old place looking for his mother, so decided to tease him for being out all night this time, "You coming in with me today or …"

"No no you go ahead… I'll ride in" Street said waving his hand at Luca.

Street stepped inside and shut the door. He stood with is back against it for a bit. Then after a long hot shower, he grabbed his gear, zipped up his jacket and picked up his helmet. His ride into work was a quick one. He was anxious to get there and distract himself from his own thoughts.

The locker room was empty when he arrived "Phew" he said to himself. He sorted his gear into his locker as he heard the door open.

"Hey man…" Tan said as he came through the door, "you look shattered! …. You ok?"

"yeah…. Thanks…...I'm ok just struggled to sleep" Street answered.

"you worried about something? … Chris?"

"Yeah and my mom and being on probation and …." Street sighed tilting his head and shrugging. "Look no excuses!"

"If you need anything man…... I'm here to help" Tan said kindly. Street wondered if Tan had picked up on how much he loved Chris and was hurting right now. Tan had known from the early days that Street had fancied her … but they hadn't talked about it since then.

"Thanks" Street said shutting his locker.

Their shift that day was a quiet one. Street drove himself crazy. 3 workout circuits and a boxing session with Deacon later he stood in the locker room looking in the mirror studying his own reflection.

'Ding', Street stood up straight reaching into his pocket for his phone.

Chris: "Good news, I got the all clear to start physical therapy today, being moved to a normal ward too, hopefully will get outta here soon"

Street smiled, this was great, she was doing so much better. He began typing back,

"Wow, that's great. Have you told Hon…?" 'Oh, hang on maybe she sent that to us all' he thought. Street walked out to find the team. Luca was running some new recruits through some drills and Cortez was talking to Hondo near the window and he couldn't see Tan or Deacon. None of them seemed to be on their phone though so he finished the text and hit send.

Chris: "yeah, I called him. Can't wait to get this moving" Chris was ecstatic that her recovery was doing so well, and she couldn't wait to get out of this hospital.

Street couldn't wait for her to be back either, but at the same time he was worried things wouldn't be the same as before. He had hated the way it had been in the two weeks between their kiss and the accident. If it was going to go back to that frosty, awkwardness he kind of dreaded her returning, then he instantly felt awful and shameful.

They traded plutonic texts for the last few hours of shift as Street worked in the armoury cleaning and fixing weapons, as knock off time approached, she messaged him to say that was she going to do some PT for an hour or so.

"Good Luck, you got this 😉" he sent back. He pondered whether he should go see her later? …. No…. She wouldn't want him to see her do her first PT session, just in case something went wrong, and she wasn't as strong as she had hoped. He knew she hated him seeing her vulnerable. He finished up his tasks and began heading for the locker room…...beep beep…beep beep….

All of their pagers were going off and Hondo called them all to the situation room. They were being called out to a home invasion and Street sighed with exhaustion.

By the time the situation was done and they on their way back to HQ to hand over to Rockers team Street felt like he could sleep standing up. Hondo patted his back as they climbed out in the carpool.

"you good Street?"

"Yeah….. just exhausted"

"Go home and rest…. Get your head together" Hondo said. Street nodded, knowing what Hondo had meant, he rode home still thinking of her and wondering how the PT session went.

Once home finally, Street lay in his bed watching the shadows on his roof and listening to the sounds of the East LA neighbourhood. A dog barked in the distance, kids' voices came and went, as they roamed around up to no good probably, doing some graffiti nearby? Street wondered. But all the while his mind was occupied with Chris.

Had he done the right thing telling Hondo he was in love with her? Was that going to cause her to pull away from him again? When and how should her try to tell her all of this?

"How did your PT session go?" he text her wondering if she was still awake. Within minutes she replied,

"Good, I think. Felt good to be pushing myself and active again."

Street sighed reading her message. He knew she was lonely and bored as hell stuck in that ward, and that her having time like this to be in her own head is maybe doing his job of talking to her a disservice. She over analyses everything and over thinks stuff way too much.

He began typing back "You need to rest then and save some strength for another turn tomorrow."

Chris: "Yeah, can't sleep though, why are you still up? Rough shift?"

"Touché, long shift, missed visiting hours, sorry, do u need anything bought in tomorrow? Street typed

Chris smiled, he was too good to her. Then her overthinking kicked in, she silently wondered if Street maybe on a date, or with another girl? She feared that he would find someone else and she would lose him, but then she felt selfish and ashamed. How could she expect him not to date when she was dating Ty and Kira?

"my head hasn't stopped either, hard to switch off lately with so much going on" Street blinked several times and replayed moments in his head.

Chris: "I hate being stuck in here"

"We all want u back ASAP, but we want u back at 100% kick arse Chris…. we want u healthy and strong"

Chris smiled, she knew Street respected the hell out of her and would do everything and anything he could to help her.

Chris: "Thanks, Miss u, I'm gunna try to sleep. Nite nite Street"

"Nite Chris, I miss u too"

Chris smiled, she wished she had the guts to tell him just how much she missed and wanted him.