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Chapter 7: Finding Out

15 minutes earlier

After their movie, Nick and Lindsey had dinner, which wasn't a romantic setting, but all through it, and even during the movie for that matter, it kept Lindsey's mind wondering about his true feelings for her, so as they were walking out of the restaurant, she couldn't keep quiet anymore. "Nick, can we talk about something?"

He smiled with a nod as he moved is hand towards a bench. "Ok, you want to sit down?"

She nodded as they go and sit down, and once they were, there was a pause before she looked over at him. "How do you honestly feel about me?"

Nick's heart started to speed up a little as he smiled. "You know how I feel about you, you're one of my best friends."

"I want the truth."

Nick then stands up and he shook his head. "That is the truth." Then he looked at her suspiciously. "But if you have something you need to tell me, go right ahead."

Lindsey stood up too, looking into his eyes. "I care about you, you're one of my best friends too, you've been one of my best friends since I moved here, and this last year I couldn't have imagined getting through it without your friendship. That's my truth."

Looking into each other's eyes, Nick nodded before he looked down and spoke softly. "I know, and I know that's all you'll ever see me as."

Feeling concerned, she places his hand on her shoulder and whispered. "Tell me, Nick, tell me how you feel."

When he looked into her eyes again, she could have almost gasped at the pain and sadness he was showing her. "I can't. I do not want be that guy, that brother." He took a breath before he stepped back, letting her hand fall. "So, maybe it's time I just take a step back."

She started to have tears in her eyes, still not wanting to lose him. "Nick, there has to be a way we can work this out? I don't want to lose you."

"And right now I don't know how that's going to work."

Before she could speak again, Nick's cell phone rang, so he cleared his throat and pulled it out of his pocket before answering it without seeing who was on the other end. "Hello...Hi mom...what's wrong?...Oh my god...we'll be right there...yeah, Lindsey's with me...Ok, bye."

As he was pulling his phone away from his ear in a dazed state, Lindsey spoke in a frantic tone, seeing his reaction after hearing his end of his phone conversation. "Nick, what's wrong?"

He cleared his throat again and spoke, almost not believing his words. "We need to go to my parents house, something happened to Kyle."

She gasped with tears in her eyes as she nodded before the two of them rushed to her vehicle.

15 minutes earlier

(Around the same time Nick and Lindsey walked out of the restaurant)

Nicole gasped as she sat up in bed after being asleep the last few hours, but realized her mistake as she placed a hand on her forehead, feeling a dizzy spell came over, then jumped a little at the sound of Bryan's voice as he was handing her a glass of water. "You ok?"

She gave him a little smile as she took the glass from him. "Other than this killer headache, yeah. I think so."

He watched her take a sip as he sat down on her office chair that he moved next to her bed before speaking in a soft/scared tone. "I was really worried, you know."

She nodded, and after one more sip she placed the water on her nightstand before she laid back down on her side, facing him. "I know, and I'm sorry I was there in the first place. I couldn't concentrate on my school work, and the flyer slipped under my door so I guess I took that as a sign I needed to get out."

Still looking concerned, he continued to speak. "Just please, the next time you are more careful on who you are taking drinks from, especially at a party like that."

"I promise." She sighed and finished sadly. "Because believe me, if I wanted to turn to alcohol, or pills for that matter, I would have already done it."

He looked at her sadly, his heart breaking as he took her hand without even thinking about it, having the strongest urge to comfort her, and she finally allowed him to do just that.

As the seconds passed by, Nicole laid there watching him as he was looking at her while running his thumb over the back of her hand, and in that moment she wanted to tell him everything, why she broke their hearts by pushing him away, so she took a breath, closed her eyes for a second before opening them back up and saying softly. "I thought I was pregnant."

She watched Bryan's eyes widen in a mixture emotions as he whispered brokenly. "Nicole."

He looked at her stomach for a few seconds, and when their eyes connected again, sadness joined the party, which she understood why that look became the dominate one, so she shook her head and squeezed his hand lightly. "I never was. I didn't lose anything, it just turned out to be the flu."

Before she could continue, he nodded while replying softly. "I remember that, you were so sick you wouldn't let me near you for two days. Then a few days later, you broke up with me."

"Yeah." She continued, going back to the original conversation after a sniffle. "The second 'pregnant' came to my mind before I found out it was just the flu, it rocked me to my core. I was so scared, and I knew that if I had asked you to slow things down, especially after I convinced you that we would be ok, you would have been sweet and went along with it, but I didn't want to do that to you, part of being in college is experiencing new things and I didn't want to feel like I was holding you back on experiencing that, so as hard as it would have been to imagine you with other women, I only wanted you to be happy. I thought I was doing the right thing."

Bryan shook his head while trying to keep his emotions intact as he cupped her cheek and ran his thumb up and down to wipe the few tears that leaked down from her eyes. "Do you remember what I said that night?"

She sniffled as she whispered. "You said a lot of things that night, a lot of wonderful things."

"Yeah, but what's one of the biggest things I said that you took away."

She didn't even hesitate. "That you loved me."

He gave her a soft smile as he said. "And..."

She paused for a second before replying. "That you wanted me to be your first, last and all the in-betweens."

He wiped a few more tears off her cheek as he finished. "Which that still hasn't changed."

She looked a little shocked as she tried to say. "But..."

He cuts her off with a loving smile. "I'm not going to lie and say I was never temped, but the thought of actually going through with it made me feel like...well like I was..."

He trailed off as she finished for him. "Cheating on me?"

"Yeah."

Nicole sniffled again as she whispered. "I'm so sorry Bryan."

He nodded again as he squeezed her hand again. "It's ok." Then he removed his hand from her cheek and placed it on her stomach, smiling a little as he continued. "You know I would have been there. I'll admit I may have been freaked out, but I still would have been there for you had you been pregnant."

She smiled slightly as she placed her hand on top of his while she nodded. "I do know that, and believe me, I wanted that future with you." Then she finished softly. "But not at 17. I wasn't, we weren't ready for that. I love my parents and I'm thankful they kept Nick and I, very proud of them even, but they were so young and I can only imagine how hard it was on them. Raising a child, two even, can be hard enough, but doing it while you're going to school and needing work can be even harder."

He nodded on more time as he spoke softly/comforting. "I know, and you're right, we weren't ready for that type of responsibility."

When his eyes went back to her stomach, she moved her hand to cup his cheek as she whispered. "But one day, I know you'll be the best dad any little boy or girl could ask for."

He moved his eyes to look at her with tears in his eyes. "And any boy or girl that you have will be the luckiest child in the world."

There was a pause before she asked while her heart was pounding. "I may have no right to ask this, but are we talking about the same children here?"

Bryan's heart started to pound, and he was about to open his mouth to speak when her cell phone started to ring from her nightstand.

She winced as she looked over at it, and after he grabbed it, he handed it to her and she took it from him, answered it and brought it up to her ear. "Hello. Hi mom...what's wrong?...Oh my god...Yeah, I'll let him know, it should come from me...alright, bye."

As she slowly moved her phone from her ear, she had tears in her eyes as he looked at her with more concern than he did when she had answered the phone. "Nicole, what's wrong?"

"It's uh...It's Kyle, something happened. I uh, I have to get home."

Looking shocked and even more worried, he nodded as he stood up. "Ok, I'll drive you, let's go."

She nodded as she slowly got out of bed, then after making sure they had jackets, keys and phones they walked out of her dorm room so they could go to her parents house to hear what had happened.

Once the teenagers made to the Caine house, which they couldn't help but be a little surprised that Nicole and Bryan showed up at the same time, but knowing that wasn't their focus right now, they brushed that aside, and Nick asked in worry as he was sitting down on the couch with Lindsey, and the new arrivals, Nicole and Bryan. "Dad, what's wrong with Kyle?"

Before Horatio could speak, Nicole did with tears in her eyes as she placed her hand up to her mouth. "He isn't...is he?"

She couldn't get the words out, but they were all thinking the same thing, and Horatio shook his head and walked to the coffee table before sitting down and placing his hand on top of her daughter's as Bryan's arm went around her shoulders for comfort. "No, sweetie, he isn't. All I was told was that his team was under attack, and he is now in the hospital, fighting for his life. We won't know more until he has woken up." The women had tears in their eyes, while the men tried to hold on to their emotions the best they could, and as Lindsey moved closer to Nick, he wrapped his arm around her for comfort as Horatio spoke again. "I'm leaving to go be with him, but I don't know how long I'll be gone, so I want you guys to help out your mom, please?" He sighed before finishing. "I realize you guys have a college life now, but..."

Nicole cuts him off while shaking her head. "Of course, we'll help mom out, no questions asked."

He gives her a small smile. "Thank you, I love you."

She sniffled with a nod. "I love you too."

He then looks at his son. "And I love you."

He nodded sadly. "I love you too, dad."

Horatio stands up, and kisses their heads before looking at Calleigh, and she nodded while holding out her hand, then after taking it, she walks them upstairs so he could pack to leave.

As he was finishing packing up his carry-on and suitcase, he shook his head and replied softly. "I'm sorry."

Calleigh ran her hand up and down his back as she whispered. "What could you possible be sorry for? You need to be with him, and as much as I would love to join you, you know that's not possible. We'll be ok, no matter how long it takes to get you two back here."

He turned around and cupped her cheek with his eyes shinning with tears. "I love you, sweetheart."

"And I love you, handsome."

She brings him close to her and they kiss with a little passion, not knowing how long they'll be apart and wanting to make it last as long as possible.

When they pulled back, they placed their foreheads together and she whispered. "Why don't we pick up Anthony and Jenny before we get you to the airport, so you can have a little time with them."

He nodded in agreement as they pulled apart, then after a moments pause, he grabbed everything he needed, with her help, before the two of them walked back downstairs, and after saying goodbye to the teenagers, they walked out of the house so she could take him to get their younger kids and to the airport.

After multiple hours and a few connecting flights later, Horatio finally found himself in front of Kyle's hospital room, which was closed at the moment, so he took a few moments to prepare himself of what he might see when he walked in, but the moment he opened the door, and saw his oldest son with a few cuts and bruises on his face while hooked up to machines with his eyes closed, nothing could prepare him for that sight and it made him lose his breath with his heart pounding.

When he was finally able to move, he took a deep breath as he walked fully in the room, then he walked over to his son, took his hand, bent down to his ear and whispered with passion, willing his son to wake up. "You fight Kyle, you have so much to live for, a family who loves you. Whatever happens after you wake up, we'll deal with it together. I'm not leaving your side until we both are going home, and you are, you hear me." He squeezed Kyle's hand before finishing, his voice cracking at the end with tears in his eyes. "I love you, and my world will not feel complete without you in it, so please come back to me, son."

With his head still bent down, he closed his eyes and prayed like he's never prayed before. He's lost too many people in his life, and he hoped above everything that he wasn't going to add his oldest son to that list.

AN: Find out what happens to Kyle next chapter. Thanks for reading please review.