Disclaimer: See chapter one (I'm quietly proud of it – the disclaimer, that is)
AN: Chapter two! Thanks go to eilien, Ellen, cinderalla2122 and Jenny (who isn't me, I swear) for reviewing chapter one!
This chapter is about Weiss and Morales (but it has Kate in), so the "he" in the first bit is Weiss, just to clear that up.
And in Australia we spell anesthetic "anaesthetic", so that's not a mistake.
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He had got the phone call everyone who dates someone in the Secret Service dreads. The one that confirms your fears that one day the person you love would get hurt.
The hours after getting the phone call had been frantic, to say the least. But now that she was in her own room, peacefully sleeping and he knew that she was going to be fine things seemed… Almost peaceful.
He just wished that she would hurry up and wake up so that he could strangle her for getting shot. Not that it was her fault… So maybe he wouldn't strangle her, but he would definitely kiss her. Then he would remind her of how much he loved her…
He was so absorbed in his thoughts that he didn't notice Kate slip into the room until he felt her hand on his shoulder.
'Kate!' He exclaimed when he saw who it was. He stood up and gave her a hug.
'Hey,' Kate said, and pulled up a chair. They both sat down.
'How are you?' Weiss asked
'I'm okay,' Kate said quietly 'just a bump on the head. How's she?'
'The doctors say she should make a full recovery. They removed the bullet and now they're waiting for the anaesthetic to wear off and for her to wake up, but they say that won't be for a couple more hours.' Kate looked to Cynthia. Did everyone look small in hospital beds? Well, Cynthia certainly did.
'That's good.' Kate said sincerely 'How are you?'
'I'm terrible.' Weiss turned to look at Kate 'I was so close to losing her.' He stared at his and Cynthia's joined hands. Kate squeezed his arm and followed his line of vision to their joined hands.
Kate had met anyone who was more right fore each other than Cynthia and Alan. She'd met them back when she was in the Secret Service and Cynthia and Alan had been partners. Kate been in a few ops with them and had grown to be friends with both of them.
Even back then they'd been obvious. They'd look at each other when the other wasn't looking. They'd say things just to make the other smile. When they walked next to each other their arms would brush every now and then. They did it on purpose, they just didn't know they did.
It turned out that all they needed was a trip to Prague. Kate hadn't quite gotten all the details, all she knew was that something had happened and it had to be a big something because when they got back they could suddenly admit their feelings for each other. And it was love. Real love, not TV/movie/romance novel love where you can pick who's going to "fall in love" in the first five seconds, but real "I-want-to-spend-the-rest-of-my-life-with-you" love. And Kate had never seen them happier.
'Alan,' Kate said, drawing his attention. He looked at her expectantly. 'Cynthia, earlier, said that you've made her happier than she's ever been.' Weiss almost smiled.
'She's certainly made me happier than I've been.' Kate looked up to see Tony hovering by the door.
'I should probably go,' Kate said with a sigh 'but I'll be back when I'm allowed.'
'Thanks Kate.' Weiss replied. Kate kissed his cheek.
'You'll be arguing again before you know, Weiss.' He gave her a smile
'I look forward to such pleasures.' Weiss watched Kate leave before returning to Cynthia. After a few minutes he moved his chair as close to the bed as possible, crossed his arms, and laid his head on them, and fell into an almost sleep-like state.
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