AN: Blimey, I hadn't realised how I have taken between updates! I think my personal life kinda took over. I will try to update this at a more regular pace but note my use of try! It may not be as regular as you would like. If you think Becker's out of character then let me know, but I think a change once in a wile should be acceptable. Don't you? Thank you for all the reviews and hits they make my day and so you can all have virtual high fives :)
Anyway, enjoy.
I don't own the primeval characters apart from Izzy, although I wish I did :)
Beep. Beep. Beep. What's with all the beeping? I mean come on it's like a dodgy smoke alarm going off when it's running out of battery. Hold on, I remember, sabre toothed tiger, collapsing, Becker's eyes. Great, I'm in hospital. Must be serious then.
"How is she?" Is that Connor's voice? No it sounded too posh for Connor and it definitely couldn't be Cutter's. "I can't believe she did that. What an idiot!"
"I can hear you" I croaked. I opened my eyes to see Becker flush bright red. My, my captain, you do have a heart. Connor and Abby rush to my side.
"What the hell were you thinking? You almost got yourself killed!"
Connor definitely doesn't take after our dad. Dad was never a worrier.
"Where's Cutter? Is he ok?"
Abby looked at me "He's alright thanks to you, how are you feeling?"
"Like a ton of bricks have been dropped on my chest, but apart from that ok." To be honest I felt worse but I didn't want to worry anyone more then I already had.
"How long have I been out for?" I felt like I'd slept for days.
"About a day give or take. Becker wouldn't leave your side." Abby replied.
Becker had spent all his time with me. Just sat at the side of my bed, watching me and waiting for me to wake up. I must be having some effect on him, does he like me like I like him? Or is he just being a gentleman and-
"IZZY!" trust me to zone out again, especially when it involved the head of security.
"Becker is that true? Did you stay with me until I came round?" I looked Becker directly in the eyes. The eyes are the windows to the soul, are they not? Perhaps if I could try and read his expression then I would be able to decipher if he had any feelings for me.
"Yeah" he then looked at the floor, hmm was he embarrassed or can't be bothered, or shy? "I didn't want you to be lonely or wake up with no one around, I was only here when the others weren't."
"Of course, you have the ARC to keep safe; you can't spend all your time with the newbie. I have to be shared!"
"I should go" Becker said without even looking at me. He just walked straight out the room before I could even call his name. Connor was staring at me. "What's up Connor?"
"You and action man. Is there something you're not telling us?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, romantically"
"No way! Honest nothing's going on between us. Don't look at me like that!"
I'll believe you for now.
Little did Connor know how much I did want something to happen between us.
I returned back to work 3 weeks later. I had been discharged from hospital as soon as they would let me and insisted I took the rest of the time off work to recuperate. In that time, Connor, Abby, Cutter and Jenny all had either come to visit me or talked to me over the phone. Connor brought a huge pile of DVD's containing CCTV for me to watch in order to get up to date with what I would be doing. It gave me a real insight to what the ARC did seeing as I only had a brief encounter before a sabre toothed tiger knocked me unconscious. My memory was still a little hazy about the accident, although Abby did fill me in by telling me that Becker never left my side from the moment I closed my eyes till the moment I woke up. Surely that meant something?
I was half way through a report when there was a knock at the door.
"Door's open! Come on in!" I just naturally assumed that it was either Connor, Abby Cutter or Jenny. After all they had been coming to see me nearly every day this week so much to my surprise I turned round and saw Becker stood in the doorway.
"I've brought you some groceries. The others are busy."
"Oh erm just erm but them in the fridge" Was I stuttering over my words? Yes I was surprised to see Becker in my flat with me in my pj's, but talking to Becker never seemed to stop me before.
"I'll go and change. Make myself look decent."
"You don't need to. I was just going."
Great just what I needed.
"Why haven't I seen you?"
Becker stared back at me. "I've been busy, with work and stuff"
"So have the others. It's just you couldn't seem to stay away whilst I was unconscious and now you can't wait to get away from me."
"I told you I've been busy."
"Cut the crap Becker, why have you been avoiding me?"
"BECAUSE IT'S MY FAULT YOU WERE HURT!" I wasn't expecting that.
"I should have been protecting you. Saving you from the creatures, warning you of what to come and what do I do instead, nothing. I may have only known you for a month, but you really something special and I don't want to loose you."
I wasn't expecting that either. Had Becker just admitted that there was something between us?
"It wasn't your fault, I choose to step in front of Cutter, not you, therefore I'm to blame for not knowing about the dangers."
"But it's my job to"
"My decision. My life. Look if you wanna warn me of the dangers then come and tell me now."
Becker looks hesitant but then comes to sit down beside me. The whole of my left side of my body is pressed against his. It takes all my energy to not turn round and snog him senseless there and then. At least my feelings would be out in the open.
"I forgot to say, thank you for staying with me. Even if I wasn't awake for most of it."
"No problem"
I peck Becker on the cheek and he turns to smile at me. I smile back at him. This is the Becker I like, none military mode where his defences are down. He's moving in towards to me. OMG he's gonna kiss me. Please kiss me. Please kiss me!
My lips stop millimetres from Becker's just as Connor and Abby walk through the door. We quickly leap to our respected side of the sofa. Connor just stares at me and Abby smiles. So much for our kiss then.