Casey was a little nervous about Johnny speaking to Aaliyah alone, but he knew that after Riley's illness both Johnny and Aaliyah had had chance to sort things out. I guess you could say Casey felt a little insecure around Johnny Cooper, he was still such a big part in Aaliyah's life, he was still her husband and Riley's dad and whether he liked it or not they shared a connection.
Aaliyah was propped up slightly when Johnny walked into the room "Hey beautiful" he smiled weakly, seeing her laid in bed like this brought a lump to his throat.
"Hey" Aaliyah replied groggily.
"Bet you didn't think you would see me here did you?" Johnny sighed as he sat on the chair beside Aaliyah's bed.
"Not really" Aaliyah smiled "How come they let you out, Casey said your younger brother confessed?"
"Yeah he did" Johnny replied coolly.
"You don't have a brother…do you?" Aaliyah wondered why Johnny had never mentioned him before.
"Yeh, he's my half brother actually" Johnny smiled as he took Aaliyah's hand "I've signed the papers you wanted me to sign"
"What?" Aaliyah gasped "You mean the divorce papers?"
"Yeah, it's what you wanted isn't it?" Johnny seemed a little confused by how shocked Aaliyah was.
"Yes of course it is, but I didn't think you would give in so quickly" Aaliyah admitted.
"Ali, I'm not going to lie and say I don't love you because I do. But I have realised that I have to let you go. I love you enough to let you go and be happy. Does that make sense?" Johnny tried to explain.
"Yeh I think so" Aaliyah was still trying to get her head around the news.
Before either of them had chance to speak again they were interrupted by a very excited little boy "Mum" Riley cried as he jumped on Aaliyah's bed.
"Hey Buddy" Aaliyah winced as she hugged Riley.
"Hey easy buddy your mum is still a bit sore" a familiar voice said from the door. As Aaliyah looked up she was shocked to see Aden standing in the door way.
Johnny looked less than impressed to see Aden; he didn't appreciate being interrupted like this.
"He wouldn't wait outside any longer" Aden excused his interruption quickly as he eyed Johnny glaring at him.
"That's ok" Aaliyah smiled, she frowned as she watched Aden turn and walk away "Hey Aden" she said quickly. Aden turned around to face her again "Thank you for what you did"
"I only did what anyone would have done" Aden replied modestly.
"No you didn't" Aaliyah answered quickly.
"Aaliyah's right, you put your life on the line for her, I'll never forget that" Johnny interrupted. Aden didn't reply he just smiled weakly at Aaliyah and walked away, Aaliyah realised instantly he must still be hurting over what happened before the fire.
As Riley snuggled into his mum there was a knock at the door Aaliyah looked up to see Charlie stood in the door with another police officer Charlie was in uniform, Casey was standing behind her.
"Hi Aaliyah how are you feeling?" Charlie asked cautiously, she still felt uncomfortable around Johnny even if she was in uniform.
"Ok" Aaliyah replied as she looked at Johnny and gestured towards Riley.
"Hey buddy did you want to go and get some ice cream, we can come back and see your mum soon" Johnny smiled at his son. Riley nodded quickly and followed Johnny out of the room. Casey took Johnny's place beside Aaliyah's bed.
"Ok Aaliyah I take it you know why we are here?" Charlie asked as she looked at PC Watson.
"You want to know what I remember." Aaliyah frowned "I can't remember much it's still really blurry, I remember going inside the house and seeing someone pointing a gun at me, I heard a bang and then everything went black"
"Can you remember anything about the person with a gun, colour of their clothes or shoes even, were they wearing a mask?" Watson questioned.
Aaliyah though hard for a few moments before remembering something important "Aaliyah what is it?" Charlie wondered.
"They were wearing a pink hoodie and blue skinny jeans" Aaliyah remembered.
"Are you saying it was a woman who shot you?" Charlie gasped.
"Yeah I think it was" Aaliyah replied. Charlie and PC Watson both shared a glance. That was the Johnny theory out of the window then they both thought.
"Is there anything else you remember Aaliyah this could be really important" Charlie said as she moved closer to Aaliyah.
"I don't remember anything else sorry" Casey could tell Aaliyah was getting distressed.
"Isn't that enough for now" Casey snapped "She needs to rest"
"Ok well if you remember anything else get in touch ok?" Charlie smiled before she and Watson headed out of the room.
Casey grabbed Aaliyah's hand and held it tightly "You ok?" He asked with a concerned tone. Aaliyah nodded "Yes babe I'm fine, I just wish I remembered more"
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Later that night Johnny had taken Riley back to Aaliyah's house and Brax and Heath were looking after Kyle. Leaving Casey and Francesca at the hospital, Casey was a little surprised Aaliyah's dad hadn't made an appearance yet.
Casey had just gone to get some coffee when Charlie arrived back at the hospital she wasn't in her uniform this time "Hey" she said softly as she knocked gently on the door. Aaliyah and Francesca's heads both shot up.
"Hi" Aaliyah smiled "Are you here on duty or off?" she wondered.
"Off duty" Charlie smiled as she perched on the edge of Aaliyah's bed "I wanted to see if you were ok?"
"Yeah I'm fine I just wish I remembered something" Aaliyah winced as she tried to move.
"Are you ok honey?" Francesca asked quickly but Aaliyah didn't reply.
"Aaliyah" Charlie gasped as she watched Aaliyah's head fall to one side "Oh my god Ali" she cried before getting up and rushing out into the corridor "Help please"
"Aaliyah" Francesca screamed as she watched a team of doctors and nurses rush into the room. One of the doctors pressed the buzzer on the wall. Casey was just walking up the corridor when he saw some doctors rushing towards Aaliyah's room. He dropped his coffee suddenly and ran.
Casey was horrified when he saw a team of medics standing around Aaliyah "We need to get her back into surgery she's bleeding internally" Sid ordered as he rushed her bed out of the room.
"Sid what's going on" Casey cried as she watched Aaliyah's bed rush past him.
"Her internal stitches have come undone" Sid replied quickly before disappearing up the corridor. Casey quickly rushed to Aaliyah's mum and hugged her.
"She'll be ok Francesca, she has to be" Casey said trying to reassure both himself and Aaliyah's mum. Charlie just stood and stared at the empty corridor trying to take in what had just happened.
Ok hope that was ok for you all, sorry for my lack of updates but I have been in hospital with a kidney infection, but hopefully am definitely on the mend now though. Please review and let me know what you think of this chapter much love Nikki x x x