A/N: Thank you so much for the support! Y'all are amazing! I just got a new job so I'm going to be working a lot on top of school so I'll try to post all I can. Here is chapter 5! Enjoy!
The doctor enters and explains to Andy that were slowly going to start waking Sam up. "He'll be confused and groggy at first, but the main thing you need to do is try to keep him calm. Then we'll assess how he is and go from there." Andy nods at the doctor and takes Sam's hand. She sits on the side of his bed because she just needs to be close to him.
As Sam comes to everything hurts. He can feel the bright lights before he even opens his eyes. His stomach is on fire. Everything just hurts. He feels someone holding his hand but he can't bring himself to open his eyes, but then he hears her. That voice that has haunted him on nights past. "Sam, please, open your eyes and let me know you're ok." He can tell she'd been crying. He hated that he was the reason for her tears once more. He slowly opened his eyes to see her sitting on the side of the bed with him. He looks straight into her big bambi eyes. What did I do to deserve her he thinks. Then he hears other voices. Why do they have to ruin my moment with her? But he quickly realizes it's the voice of a doctor and maybe a nurse or two. He pulls his focus from Andy to look around the room. The doctor removes the tube from his throat. It hurts but not as bad as his stomach.
Andy hands him a glass of water and he sips it. The doctor begins asking him questions, and Sam answers all of them. He's still amazed that Andy has yet to leave his side. Then everything starts slowly coming back to him; trying to find Ford, realizing he had come to the station, and getting shot. That's why my stomach hurts, but why has Andy stayed? What all did she tell me in the ambulance? Sam fights to remember her words, but they just won't come to him. The doctor starts to leave; "Detective, you are healing nicely, but you still need you rest. Try not to overdo it." "Don't worry doctor, I won't let him." That sounds like she plans on staying. Sam just couldn't believe his luck.
Sam looks back at Andy and can still see tears on her eyelids. "Andy, honey, please don't cry. I'm right here." "I know. I know. But Sam, I almost lost you for good." Sam doesn't know what to say back to that. Will she leave when I'm better or could this be our second chance? Andy can see thoughts running through his head. She desperately wishes she knew what he was thinking. "Sam?" Sam looks at her. "What are you thinking?" Sam has no idea how to ask is she's staying for good because deep down he's afraid of her answer. "Sam? Please? Don't shut me out again." Sam wipes the tears from her eyes. "Andy, I feel like this is a second chance. I just…. Well… I mean…" "Sam, what is it? You can ask me anything." "I…. Are… Are you staying for good?" he finally asks. "Yes, Sam I am. I'm not leaving anytime soon unless you want me too." Sam relaxes and closes his eyes.
Then it hits him. She was in the station too. Was she shot? Did she get hurt? He opens his eyes with a start; he starts to move his hand up and down her arms, looking her up and down. Andy realizes he's checking to see is she was hurt. She takes his hands; "Sam, stop. I'm fine. I didn't get shot or hurt." Sam breathes a sigh of relief and closes his eyes once more. He still can't remember everything she said to him in the ambulance, but she'll say it again if she wants.
He feels her start to get up. "Andy, please. Don't leave me." Andy could hear the desperation in his voice. "I'm not. I was just going to sit in the chair so you would have more room to be comfortable." He shakes his head "no" the whole time she's talking. "Andy, come back. Please. You could never hurt me." Sam pats the bed beside him and gives her a pouty look. "I'll rest better if you're beside me." He knows that will get her to lie down because she would do anything to keep him comfortable and resting.
Andy sighs. She knows he's right. She crawls up into bed beside him. Sam starts playing with her hair while she's holding his other hand. He can feel her breathing even out, knowing she's drifting off to sleep. He closes his eyes. Even though his' stomach has a hole in it, this is the happiest he's been in a while!
An hour after the doctor left, he returns to make sure Sam is doing fine. He opens the door and finds them both asleep on the bed. He checks Sam and everything is still fine. He knows they both need sleep so he just smiles and quietly closes the door behind him. He returns to the waiting room to update their friends. They all stand when he enters, fearing he has bad news. The smile on the doctor's face reassures them nothing is seriously wrong. "Sam is doing fine. If he continues to improve we will move him to a private room later this evening. He can possibly be released as early as two days from now as long as he continues to rest and not overdo it." The officers all breathe a sigh of relief. Frank speak up for them all; "When can we see them?" The doctor smiles. "They are both asleep right now. I'll be back in an hour or two to check on everything. I'll wake them then and let them know y'all would like to see them, but for now I think they both need some sleep." All the officers in the waiting room agreed with the doctor on that point. The doctor leaves and they sit to wait to some more before they can see Sammy. But this is the first time since he got shot they all realizes everything is going to be ok.