Sherlock story
Deleted Memories, Chapter nineteen
Warning: post Reichenbach spoilers. Hope you enjoy
Present day
John's worry deepened. He glanced a look at Lestrade who risked glancing back at him with questions in his eyes. John simply shook his head to indicate to Lestrade he had no idea what was going on. Lestrade nodded his understanding.
John noticed that Lestrade would periodically glance at Sherlock in the rear view mirror, a concerned look on his face. John as well would glance at Sherlock then turn the opposite way to look out the window. Sherlock's eyes remained close.
When John had looked at Sherlock for probably the tenth time in half an hour, Sherlock commented with his eyes still close.
"Would to two of you refrain from staring, it's the tenth time in half pass the hour; -it's-quite-annoying."Sherlock said in a singsong like voice, while opening his eyes and resuming to staring straight ahead.
John noticed with some relief the return of Sherlock's sarcasm.
"How could you possibly know that?" John asked, exasperated.
"Breathing patterns. You subconsciously hold your breath when there are sudden and substantial changes in head position. I counted ten changes in your breathing pattern, which means ten changes in head position, simple." Sherlock looked John in the eyes; he had one eyebrow raised and was smirking slightly.
A comfortable silence passed for a few second.
"I see," John said, "since your- um-awake, would it do me any good to say that you need to rest even if just briefly, that I need to look you over to make sure you didn't re-injure anything or need medical attention, and you need to eat and take medication for pain?"
"No," Sherlock replied flatly never leaving John face.
"Well then, drink this, it's a mug of tea, take one instead of two pain pills these are not your regular pain medication, it won't make you drowsy. Your mind will still be clear. The disadvantage is that it will only take the edge off of the pain, you'll still hurt some." John pulled out the pill.
Sherlock eye the pill with disdain then sighed took it and swallowed washing it down with half a mug of tea. John would have liked the entire container drank, but was happy with what he got.
"Thank you. I know that was hard for you," John said.
Sherlock nodded and looked out the window.
"John don't worry I'm …"
"Fine?" John asked gently.
Sherlock signed and said nothing at first, but then said, "Even if I was not, John, there are events playing out that's bigger than me. In addition, little Katie is an innocent caught up in the middle. I do not matter, John."
John frowned and spoke with sincerity.
"Don't ever say that Sherlock. There are people that you matter too…" with a slight pause John continued, "… you matter to me."
Sherlock said nothing but continued looking out the window.
"You once said you weren't a hero Sherlock..," John stated but was interrupted by Sherlock.
"I'm not," Sherlock stated flatly.
"I see." John said with a sad smile.
"Excuse me?" Sherlock turned to look at John with a questioning look.
"Nothing, only that's what a hero would say," John responded. Sherlock continued to look at John for a minute; a contemplative look on his face, and then back out the window. Sherlock spoke again this time his voice wavered a little.
"John you concentrate on keeping me together long enough for this to be resolved. I'll concentrate on finding Katie, and stopping what I think is about to happen."
"And, what would that be?" John asked with some trepidation.
"Chaos."
**Update: The surprise I was mentioning was that I have written a new story call A Study of the Heart by Zacha. The surprise is that; even though it can be read as a standalone, for those who are reading Deleted Memories, It is the untold story of the last conversation between Sherlock and Irene . It has six chapters and is complete so you will not have to wait for new chapters to see what happens.
*Time line wise: A Study of the Heart occurs after the introduction but before chapter one
*I think I like putting up multiple chapters, so more is coming soon for Deleted Memories.
*As always thanks for reading, a special thanks to all of you who take the time to review, comment, and favorite:)