Chapter 7.
Kelly moaned slightly as she woke up the following morning. She put her hand towards her head as she carefully sat up in her bed. She looked over at her nightstand, seeing a glass of water and her medications standing there, and she quickly poured down some of it before rising to her feet. She noticed that she was still wearing the clothes she had on yesterday, and she suddenly remembered what had happened. She sighed before she pulled of the jeans and the sweater, putting on some new, fresh clothes. She then slowly walked out into the livingroom, and she saw Kris, Jill and Ella sitting in the kitchen. Kris and Jill looked up at her when they heard footsteps.
"Kelly!" Kris said, putting down her cup of coffee and walked towards Kelly to help her sit down by the table. "Can I get you anything?"
"Some coffee could be nice." Kelly smiled as she sank down to the chair. She looked towards her daughter, but Ella was staring down into her bowl with cereals, kept eating without looking up at her mum.
"Ella?" Kelly said, trying to get the girls attention.
The little girl kept eating her cereal, not removing her eyes from the bowl. Kelly could read her daughter well, and she immediately saw that she was scared. Kelly felt a grip around her heart – she knew very well why Ella was so scared.
"Ella, honey? I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you yesterday."
Ella slightly looked up at her mother, tears were streaming down her face and her lower lip was trembling.
"Please, come here." Kelly said, stretching out her arms.
Ella looked over at Kris who sat down Kelly's coffee on the table in the same minute, and when Kris smiled and nodded, Ella quickly ran over to Kelly and got up into her lap. Kelly felt her own tears beginning to flow when Ella buried her face into Kelly's chest.
"I thought you died." Ella whispered.
"I'm sorry honey, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you."
Kris and Jill looked at each other, not liking the scene in front of them. Kris looked up at Kelly and Ella, and Kelly met her eyes. Kris could feel how hurt Kelly was by the fact that her own daughter was scared, but Kris knew that Ella would feel better once she noticed Kelly was recovering. Kris gently put a hand on Kelly's arm, giving her a reassuring smile.
"Don't worry, it will be better soon."
Kelly smiled gratefully.
"I gotta go, I'll be back later." Kris said, looking over at her watch.
"Where are you going?" Kelly asked.
"Just got some things to take care of, don't worry about it." Kris smiled, rising from the chair. Ella turned around, looking at Kris with wide eyes. "I'll be back honey, I promise." Kris said, and Ella smiled shortly, putting her head towards Kelly's chest again. Kris smiled to the gang, met Jill's eyes for a second before heading out of the house, getting into the cobra. She didn't want to tell Kelly where she was going, because she didn't want Kelly to worry even more. But Kris was worried, and she just had to go to Bosley's place and see how he was doing.
Kris pulled over outside Bosley's house and walked up to the door, knocking. Bosley opened up a minute later, and Kris smiled at him.
"Kris, hi! What are you doing here?"
"Just dropping by, wanting to see how you are." Kris asked, her smiled turning into a look of worry.
"I'm okay Kris." Bosley said, leaning against the door.
"Bosley, we've been working together for four years. I can see that you're not okay. Please, let me come in."
Bosley nodded, and Kris followed him inside. They sat down in the kitchen, and Bosley poured them both some coffee.
"Have you talked to Kelly this morning?" Bosley asked.
"Yeah, Jill and I spent the night there." Kris said, sipping her coffee in the same time as she realized what she just said.
"What? Why? Is she okay?"
"Sorry, yeah, she's okay. She… She forgot to take her medications and she passed out for a second, and scared the bejesus out of Ella, so Ella called me and Jill, and we decided to stay the night there just in case, but don't worry, she's okay."
Bosley nodded, sipping his coffee.
"But Bosley, how are you?"
"I'm… I'm okay, really. I just… I'm so tired of this, you know, and I was so scared when Kelly was shot. I saw her go down Kris. I was just standing there, I should have protected her Kris."
"Bosley, there was nothing you could have done to prevent it. I'm happy he didn't shoot you too, I don't know what I would have done in that case Bos. Don't feel guilty honey, you know just as well as we do that there was nothing you could have done. And Kelly's alright."
"I know she is, but I still blame myself. She was on her way home, she had been there the entire night and she just wanted to go home and get a bath. I should have taken Danworth myself and she would never have been hurt."
"Bosley, then he would have shot you, and might even have gotten away with it. You can't think these thoughts, Kelly are alright and she does not blame you for anything that happened."
Bosley nodded.
"I'm retiring Kris. I'm not going back to the agency anymore. Charlie's already hired an old friend of his to take over my place in the agency. Julie's resigned too, she's been offered a modeling contract with an agency in New York. Charlie told me to tell you that you're on paid vacation until you move to Washington."
Kris nodded, and she felt herself fighting the tears. The team was gone.