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Chapter 6

Beep. Beep. Beep.

Ugh why is my alarm so annoying? Charlotte thought to herself. She slowly opened her eyes and the first thing she saw was an IV pole next to her bed. She started to wake up as she saw that she wasn't in her and Nick's room but in a different room. There was a TV mounted on the wall, and a spare chair next to her bed.

She looked outside and saw that it's sometime early in the morning since the sky was almost a clear blue. Her eyes wander to her arm where a white bulky cast was on her right wrist.

What the hell happened?

"Oh good you're awake," someone said.

Charlotte looked over and saw a nurse coming into her room. She had blonde hair and looked like to be in her mid thirties.

"What happened?" she asked. "Why am I in a hospital?"

"You were in a car accident," she replied. "I'll page the doctor in a second so he can explain everything to you."

Charlotte could only nod after the nurse did her job and left the room. She looked back at the wall in shock. She should remember what happened but things were a bit fuzzy. All she remembers was that the car hit her and everything just went to fuzz.

"Sweetie?"

She looked up at she saw her mom coming inside and rushing towards the bed, hugging her daughter lightly so she wouldn't hurt her.

"Mom? What's going on?" she asked.

"I'm just glad you're okay. Sure you have a broken wrist and just a few cuts and a bruise but you're okay," she said.

"Where's Nick? Oh god is Alex alright?" Charlotte asked frantically.

"Alex is fine and so is Nick," her mother replied. "You need to calm down. The doctor's going to be in soon."

She found herself calming down and leaning back on the bed. "Sorry mom it's just I-I don't even know how this happened," she said.

"It's alright," her mom said. A knock on the door interrupted them and it was Dr. Patterson standing by the door.

"I heard my patient is up," he said. "How are you feeling?"

"Confused and I have just a slight headache," Charlotte said.

"Okay I just want to do a basic examination just to see where we're at," he said.

After checking Charlotte over, Dr. Patterson did want her to stay for a few more days to recuperate before going home and back to work. She was schedule to go for another scan later on in the afternoon to see if everything was alright. After he left, Charlotte stare out the window. She was still in shock but it died down a bit after she was told what happened.

What didn't make sense was why would a car just leave like that? Sure hit and runs happen sometimes but nothing like this.

"Do you need anything?" Lynda asked.

"No I'm fine for now. You sure you're okay sitting here?" she asked.

"Honey I'm fine. Josh is coming out here Friday since that's the latest flight they had and I did promise to update him," she replied.

"The worrier that he is and yet I'm only two years older," Charlotte mumbled. "Can I ask you something and promise me you won't freak out or anything."

"It depends. Are you pregnant?"

"Mom!" she said, shockingly as she became red. "I'm pretty sure the doctor would've said something to you."

"You're right sorry. What is it that you want to ask me?"

Charlotte took a deep breath before she spoke. "Did you know that…?"

"Char!"

She looked up and saw that Nick came into the room. He looked like he didn't get any ounce of sleep since last night. He probably gotten a few hours after he left the hospital and luckily his job understood what happened and gave him the time off he needed until he came back. Nick walked to her and sat down on the bed, engulfing her in his arms.

"Thank god," he breathed out.

"I'm okay," she said, holding to him with her free arm.

He held on to her as long as he can. Nick took one look at her and he shook his head in disbelief, still wishing this was all a dream.

A few hours later, Lynda went home to get something to eat and rest before coming back to visit later. Nick stayed behind and refused to leave her side. He didn't know he fell asleep for awhile until he heard Charlotte's voice.

"You know you might have body aches for sleeping that long," she said.

He opened his eyes and saw her just staring at him with an amused look on her face.

"I'll survive," he said, getting out of the chair. "How are you?"

"Okay here and there. I just can't believe this happened," she said. "Just my luck huh?"

"I wouldn't really call it luck that you were in an accident but it's lucky that you're alive," Nick said, sitting next to her on the bed.

"Yep, my left shoulder's a little itchy though. I know how weird?"

"You want them to remove the bandages?" he asked.

"No I'll live it's just so weird," she said.

"What is?"

"My left shoulder, I don't get how I got a bandage like that on me. Weird but maybe it could from when I flew out of the car. I knew I should've put my seatbelt on again," she said.

"You had it off?"

"Only to grab my cell that fell," she replied.

Just as he was going to say something, a soft knock interrupted them and it was an orderly bringing in lunch for her for the day. After he left, Charlotte reached over with her unbroken arm and lift up the cover only to reveal it was a turkey sandwich with a chocolate pudding on the side with juice.

"You're not hungry?" Nick asked.

"Not really maybe later," she replied.

He just looked at her before checking his cell. "I just need to see Monroe about something," he said.

"How's the case going?" she asked.

"Still no leads and yet you're in a hospital bed asking about how work is," he said.

"I needed a distraction," she said. "Besides, I'm going to be stuck here for awhile I got to know something happening in the outside world."

"I'll come by later," he said.

"Then it's a date," she said.

He leaned over to kiss her on the lips. They pulled away as she held on to him a big longer. He didn't want to leave but he knew that he needed to see Monroe about the research he found before the accident.

As soon as Nick left, she stared out after him before she fell asleep from the medication.

A/n: Hi guys Happy Grimm week! I'm so thrilled that it's back Friday after so long!

This is just a filler on what happened with Charlotte and her feelings after the accident. Then we're getting back into the case and who caused the car accident.

Leave a review on the way out! I thank you guys endlessly for the patience and support! They mean a lot to me and I appreciate it so much!

Until next time,
Spike