A/N: This chapter is short but I want to show Callen's thoughts... Enjoy! I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!
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Callen kept taking in deep breaths and letting them out. He was trying to calm his nerves but unfortunately he wasn't succeeding in doing that. He was still pissed as hell that Dawn's ex actually thought that it was okay to hurt her. He knew that he probably shouldn't have touched the guy but he when he heard everything he was saying he had saw red.
He wasn't sure why he was so protective of Dawn especially since he had just kind of met her but he was very protective of her. He wasn't going to let anyone talk bad about her. He wasn't going to let anyone hurt her again. He just wished that the elevator would hurry up and get up to the surgical floor because he wanted to find out if there has been any news yet.
He closed his eyes and let out a sigh. He wasn't use to feeling everything that he was feeling. He wasn't sure if he really liked everything that he was feeling but for now there wasn't anything he could do about it. For now he would just have to go with what he was feeling and hope that it wouldn't lead him down a wrong path.
He vowed that he would make sure that once Dawn was out of surgery that she was okay. He vowed that he would protect her in any way, shape or form that he had to protect her in. He vowed that he would make sure that Dawn knew that he was there for her. He vowed that he would get to know her. He vowed that as long as she lived he would do anything and everything in her power to make sure that she was never hurt again. He wasn't sure why he was thinking and making all these vows but it was what he was feeling.
When the elevator finally opened up onto the surgical floor Callen quickly exited it followed by Sam. When he got back to the waiting room he saw that Hetty was sitting down and he knew that there hadn't been any news yet. Instead of sitting down he decided to walk the waiting room floor. He didn't know why but he felt as if he sat down then something would happen so he wanted to be standing up because he had a feeling that something was going to happen and he wanted to be ready for it. He could feel both Hetty's and Sam's eyes on him but he didn't stop his pacing. It was as if he couldn't stop.
He looked at the clock on the wall and saw that it had been two hours since they had taken Dawn into surgery. He couldn't believe that it had been that long. He wasn't sure how that much time had past and he didn't even realize it. The only thought in his head was that Dawn had to pull through this.