Secrets of the Past
Adam was lying there in the hospital. He could hear Kenzie's voice talking to him but he couldn't understand what she was saying. Her voice was too far away for him to hear it.
He began focusing, trying to hear her words and slowly he began to hear and feel things. Pressure on his hand was the first thing he noticed. It moved slightly and instantly he realized she was holding his hand. It was warm and reassuring to him.
Her voice was slowly becoming louder and clearer in his mind. He focused on it, on her hesitant voice that seemed to be struggling softly.
"Come on Adam, don't you dare die on me. I'll kick your ass if you die, Mac will tear you a new one too for making me cry. Hell, I'll kick your ass if you leave me alone with my sisters," Kenzie said, trying to put on a brave face for him. It wasn't working very well.
"I… won't… die," he said, his voice scratchy and it hurt.
"Adam," she exclaimed before he felt something warm and soft pressed against his lips fiercely. He instantly knew she was kissing him. He lifted his good arm weakly and ran his hand through her hair.
He hadn't even opened his eyes yet but yet everything was okay, he knew it. She accidentally bumped his arm and he groaned. Quickly she pulled away.
"Oh, I'm so sorry, are you okay? Can I get anything for you? Of course there is, I should get you a doctor," she stammered worriedly and he opened his eyes to look at her. "Yeah, that's it. I'll go get you a doctor, I'll be right back."
He reached out with his bad arm which hurt like hell and grabbed her hand.
"Stay, just for a bit," he whispered and she looked at him sadly before taking the seat next to him. "I won't be awake much longer anyways."
She just nodded and took his hand gently in hers. He sat like that for what seemed like forever but it couldn't have been more than a few minutes before sleep set in once more.
When he woke up he found Mac standing in his room with David lying on a couch nearby, obviously asleep. He sighed and Mac turned to face him.
"Hey Mac, come to give me a lecture about dating your daughter?" Adam joked, his voice rough from his sore throat.
"Nah, I think I'll leave that to her sisters, trust me, Mckayla looks like she'll kick your ass if you hurt Mackenzie," Mac said with a sigh before looking over at David worried.
"What's up," Adam asked, sensing the older mans concern as if it were a tangible object.
"The person who shot at you was after David. He's in danger, you're in danger, hell, even the girls are in danger and I'm not sure what to do," Mac said bluntly, for once telling it how it is instead of hiding it from everyone else like normal.
"Its strange how easy it comes isn't it," Adam asked glancing at the boy before looking back at his boss who looked at him confused.
"What?" Mac asked, his blue eyes, which were the same shade of blue as Kenzie's, staring back at him unsettled.
"The fear and worry. Hell, biologically I'm in no way shape or form related to David but I worry about him constantly. Last week he had a cough and I wanted nothing more than to rush him to the hospital. Over kill, I know, but still," Adam said until a coughing fit racked his body. He choked up and wheezed, pain flaring through his system reminding him or why he was in the hospital.
Someone had shot him while he'd been carrying David in his arms. He'd been lucky he hadn't dropped David when the bullet hit him. Adam had managed to place the boy gently on the ground before he himself collapsed away from him. The boy had been so scared but it had all faded away as soon as he'd seen Kenzie. She'd come into sight and everything else went black.
"Adam, are you okay?" Mac's voice asked and Adam looked up at his boss and the father of his girlfriend.
"Yeah," Adam said going to move his left arm but hissed as he remembered that was the shoulder one of the bullets had penetrated.
"Take it easy, my daughters will kill me if you died while I was in the room. They'd suspect foul play and I'd be their number one suspect," Mac said and Adam chuckled as the boy shuffled on the couch.
Then his eyes opened slowly. Adam smiled, feeling tired himself but willing himself awake.
"Daddy?" David asked as he glanced around groggily.
"I'm over here Davey," Adam said and the boy's snapped towards him instantly, his eyes wide.
"Daddy, you're awake," David cried scrambling off the couch and nearly jumping on him.
Mac grabbed the energetic boy before he did any unintentional damage.
"You need to be careful David," Mac said sternly. "Adam's still hurt and anything you do could hurt him, even if you mean it too or not."
"But…" the boy began but his eyes turned back to Adam before he nodded his head understandingly. Mac let him go and David walked over gently. "Are you okay Daddy?"
"I'm okay Davey, a little sore but pretty much in tact," Adam assured the boy, though his voice was still dry and it didn't make him sound very convincing.
"Don't lie daddy, it's not nice and it hurts peoples feelings," David said, his lip out sad.
"I'm fine, Davey, just a little thirsty. They got me on some pretty nice pain medication to help me feel no pain," Adam assured the boy and the boy smiled.
"Like super strong aspirin?" the boy asked and Adam chuckled though it hurt him to do so. 'Why was that boy so smart? Must have been the Taylor DNA,' Adam mused internally before glancing at his boss who was staring at the boy proudly.
"Yeah, kinda," Adam said nodding. Not really, but the boy didn't need to know that quite yet.
"Okay," David said when Adam yawned, failing to hold it back. "You're tired, you need some sleep. I'll be on the couch." The boy pointed towards the couch then smiled. "Somebody needs to protect you while you sleep."
Adam chuckled and nodded at the boy. "Okay, but who will protect you?" Adam asked glancing at Mac who was holding back a laugh.
"Grandpa Mac or someone else from the Crime Lab you work at. Did you know they've got really cool Science equipment," The boy said and Adam nodded. His eyelids were beginning to droop no matter how hard he fought the forth coming sleep.
"David, I think Adam needs some sleep now. Say goodnight to him," Mac ordered gently in that obvious I'm-in-charge tone of voice he often used. It was just watered down a bit for the kid.
He pitied David. David would have to deal with the whole Crime lab looking over his shoulders when he reached his teen years. That was going to suck for him.
"Night Daddy," David whispered jumping onto the bed gently and kissing Adam on the forehead before bouncing down and running to the couch once more.
"Get some rest Adam; we need you back at the Lab as soon as we can. Plus, Mackenzie and David need you when you're strong enough to get out of here," Mac said and Adam couldn't help but nod as he laid his head back into his pillows.
A part of him couldn't believe he and Mac had just had that conversation and blood hadn't been spilt and what's more, he felt like Mac accepted him and Kenzie being together. It was… weird.
Still, all those thoughts floated away as his mind passed into a comfortable state of slumber.
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[Well, I hope you liked it. I have one question; what do you think will happen? I'm curious to find out where people think this story is heading. Thank you for reading and thank you to anyone who reviewed… TVGirl09.]