Right the ending is slightly unrealistic but I am very sunburnt, having a sugar rush and have been revising the second world war all day, blame my history exam for the end which probably won't make any sense right now. Thank you for the wonderful reviews on the last chapter and I hope you continue to enjoy it.
"Where is she?" Rick screamed as he ran over to where Lanie and Esposito where stood in the corridor, Esposito's arms wrapped tightly around Lanie who's head was resting against his chest, worry filling Rick's body as he watched the couple. Noticing the nervous man, Javier sighed before pointing in the direction of the room at the end of the corridor, Rick nodding quickly as he crept towards the door, more terrified than he'd ever been in his life. Standing outside the door, he allowed himself to calm down slowly before he knocked on the door, pushing it open to see that the room was practically dark except for a small light, showing Kate lying on the bed, her hand resting on her stomach as she looked at him, smiling once she realised completely who it was. Walking over, he knelt beside the bed, pressing a kiss against her lips as he moved a stray piece of hair away with her face, tears rolling down her cheeks as he moved away, still clutching onto her hand tightly. "I'm here, I'm here now" he whispered as she nodded, still holding onto his hand as he continued to stroke her cheek with his fingers slowly. "What happened Kate?" he asked gently, desperately wanting to know what had happened to lead to Kate lying in a hospital bed teary eyed.
"Can you?" she asked softly as she sat up and patted the bed. Nodding quickly, he kicked his shoes off before slipping in behind her, his legs on either side of her as she lay back and groaned, his hands slipping to her stomach slowly to join hers. "I went to the precinct, I'm so sorry" she whispered as he sighed, pressing a kiss against her head gently. "I was bored at home, Alexis was at school and Martha, Lanie and Esposito were at work so I just went along to be around people and to just feel like I was doing something" she admitted as he nodded, the noise he made urging her to continue. "Well I wanted to leave so I decided to walk down the stairs, avoid people because I didn't want to answer any questions that people had and I got to the stairs and I felt something on my back and the next thing I know I'm lying in an ambulance being told I was found at the bottom of the stairs" she explained, tears running down her cheeks as he sighed and kissed her head. "I'm so sorry Rick; I could have killed our baby by being stupid".
"Kate we all knew you were going to end up going to the precinct until your waters broke anyway, there's no way anyone could change your mind once your set on something, so it's not your fault because you weren't being stupid, you were being you" he explained as she looked at him, his lips moving to hers slowly. "And I wouldn't want you any other way Katie because I love you" he added as she bit her lip unable to smile.
"But I'm supposed to be her mom Rick, I'm supposed to protect her from harm and I failed before she was even born" she whispered, Rick knowing that she was beating herself up inside because of someone else's actions. "The doctor wants to keep me in for observation for a while, defiantly at least tonight but don't leave me" she begged as he nodded, sighing as he felt her relax in his arms. "Unless you have to go back" she added, his head shaking quickly.
"I'm not going back; the book tour doesn't matter to me. You're in hospital Kate, that's all that matters right now" he announced as she smiled, bringing her hand to her mouth and kissing it, the smile growing on his face. Hearing the door open, they both looked up to see Alexis standing there, worry covering her face as Kate smiled at her. "Hey pumpkin" Rick smiled as she walked over and sat down on the chair nearest to the bed and stared at Kate.
"Are you okay Kate?" Alexis asked quickly, Kate reaching across to hold Alexis' hand in hers, wanting to give comfort to the worried teen.
"I'm fine, we're both fine I promise, nothing's wrong with us darling" Kate admitted as Alexis quickly nodded and smiled. "Look, there's no point you being here Alexis it's late and you have an exam tomorrow which I know you've been revising really hard for" she whispered, the teenager shaking her head quickly, not wanting to leave. "Go on; take Lanie and Esposito with you otherwise they won't leave tonight" she begged, desperately not wanting to ruin everyone's lives because of her own accident. "Anyway I've got your dad to look after me, he'll protect us from anything" she added, smiling as Rick nodded in the direction of his daughter.
"Go on pumpkin, you know you want to revise again really" he whispered, Alexis sighing as she nodded and stood up, pressing a kiss again both their cheeks before slipping towards the door, waving once she reached it. Watching as Alexis left, she sighed before clutching onto Rick's hand again, a small sigh leaving his own lips as he watched her relax in his arms. "You're going to be okay Kate, you both are, I know it" he assured, pressing a kiss against her brown hair as she shut her eyes slowly.
"I shouldn't have gone in today Rick" she repeated, knowing she had been stupid even attempting to go into work. "Lanie, Alexis and Esposito all told me not to and I ignored them because the job was getting in the way again" she admitted, the tears streaming down her cheeks. "I could have hurt our baby; I could have gotten her killed".
"Kate, you didn't expect someone to push you down the stairs, you didn't exactly do this to yourself on purpose" he sighed, knowing she wasn't going to forget or forgive herself over the matter. "You trust everyone at the precinct and when I find out who did this to you, don't worry but please keep your gun locked up because I don't know what I'd do" he announced, a small smile creeping onto her face as she yawned. "You're tired, get some sleep. It looks like we're going to be here for a while" he admitted as she nodded and began to attempt to sleep.
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Hearing a large bang at the door later that they evening, they both instantly woke from their sleep, opening their eyes to see Lanie running in, shock covering her face as she stood there staring at them.
"There evacuating the hospital" she explained, her voice filled with panic as they both sat up, Kate groaning quickly as she touched her hips, letting a long breath out before staring at her friend. "Someone gave an anonymous tip about a bomb" she explained, Rick immediately climbing out of the bed as Kate groaned again.
"Kate what's wrong?" he asked, her head shaking as she got off the bed, forcing a smile onto her face as she bit her lip. "Kate don't hide it from me, if something's wrong I need to know" he announced, her head shaking once more at him.
"I'm fine, just a twinge" she mumbled, holding onto his hand as they began to walk out of the room, unable to run like the rest of the hospital. Groaning again, she continued to shut her eyes as Rick led her out, staring down at her to see the obvious pain she was in. "I'm fine Rick, stop staring" she begged, feeling his eyes on her as they began to walk down the stairs, Lanie close beside them. "Where are Ryan and Esposito? Are they okay?" Kate asked, desperately trying to get her mind off the twinges in her lower body.
"Trying to find the bomb with bomb squad, they panicked the moment they found out because of you, they don't want anything else to happen to you or that baby" she smiled, Kate shaking her head as they walked together, Rick's hand holding onto hers firmly. "Kate are you sure you're okay?" Lanie asked, noticing the continuous groans from her friend.
"Yeah, I just want to get out of the building" she admitted hoping they'd both ignore the obvious lie at the start. "When we get outside Rick, call Alexis, she'll be worrying about it all and will try to come down here" she whispered as she felt another twinge, her teeth sinking her lips as they began to reach the exit.
"Come here" he sighed, lifting her into his arms quickly, surprising them both on how easy he'd found it to pick her up. Wrapping her arms around his neck, she buried her head into his shoulder, desperately trying to hide her discomfort from the people who were closely observing her. Feeling the cold air on her body, she groaned as she felt another twinge, Rick slowly putting her down. "Lanie can you go and get a doctor for me?" he asked as she nodded, half guessing what was wrong with Kate but wanting to leave it to someone else, knowing Kate wouldn't be happy with her putting her judgement in.
"Rick I don't need a doctor, I'm fine" she begged as she sat down and smiled at him, trying to smile the pain away in a way. "I think it's just shock, I'm fine I promise" she whispered as he shook his head, smiling as their doctor approached. Kneeling beside the sitting woman, the doctor smiled at her as Kate stared.
"Your friend tells me you keep having these pains" the doctor announced, Kate quickly glaring at Lanie who shrugged at her. "Can you describe these pains to me Kate?" she asked, the sound of her tone worrying Rick who was watching her.
"I had some earlier but not so often, there like really bad period pains but now there more frequent" she moaned, feeling another pain again as the doctor turned to look at Rick who stood there completely worried. "Is my baby okay?" she asked, her hand rushing to her stomach as Rick knelt beside her as well. "Oh god, she's dying isn't she? I've killed my baby haven't I?" she sobbed, the nervous mother quickly appearing as Rick clutched onto her hand tightly.
"Kate, you're having contractions and pretty serious ones at that" the doctor said calmly, shock covering Kate and Rick's faces as she squeezed his hand, desperately wanting to wake up from her nightmare. "By the looks of it, your baby is on her way" she announced, tears streaming down Kate's cheeks quickly.
"Can I have a word?" Rick quickly asked, the doctor nodding as he pressed a kiss against Kate's forehead and stood up with the other woman, Lanie kneeling by a sobbing Kate as they walked away from her. "She's only seven months pregnant, how bad is that going to be for the baby if she has her now?" he asked, desperately hoping not just for himself but for Kate that everything would be alright with their first child.
"I've delivered babies earlier who have turned out to be perfectly healthy just small children" she announced confidently. "Yes, your baby might be smaller in comparison to other babies but I believe that they should be perfectly alright, just hopefully they open the hospital up soon" she declared, the two of them turning to look at the building that many bomb squad officers were surrounding.
"Rick" they both heard Kate yell as he turned and ran over, kneeling beside her as she touched his cheek and brought him closer to her, his forehead quickly resting against hers. "My waters just broke" she whispered, tears streaming down her cheeks as he turned to look at the doctor who was still staring at the locked down hospital, panic filling everyone's bodies at that moment.
Another thing can I state is that I've not had a baby (thank god because I'm only 16) so I have no idea what happens in childbirth especially premature childbirth and I'm basing all this on the internet, which you never known what is true or not, so if this is really off please tell me and I will try and improve it. ALSO LONGEST CHAPTER YET! Anyway I shall let you review or do whatever you need to do now and thanks for reading.