Carry You ~Eddie Diaz

14

Sam's POV:

I moved my head slightly but it was a struggle to open my eyes. "Sammy?"

I focused on my eyes and even though they were heavy, I managed to open them. It took me a minute to focus. Everything was white, I looked around and when my vision came to, Buck was staring at me, "Buck," I whispered.

"How're you feeling?" Maddie asked.

"Like someone's sitting on my knee," I groaned. "Why does it feel like that?"

"What's the last thing you remember?"

I laughed faintly as if they didn't remember. "The tsunami was last night," Buck and Maddie looked at each other, "What?" I questioned.

"Sam, the tsunami was weeks ago," Maddie replied.

"So why am I in the hospital? Did something happen? W-where's Eddie? Is he okay?" I heard the beeps on the machine getting quicker and Buck grabbed my arms carefully.

"Sammy, he's fine. You need to relax,"

"Where is he? Buck, why can't I remember anything?"

Buck and Maddie looked at each other. "Buck will go and find Eddie, I will stay here with you and try to fill you in on what you've missed."

I nodded, "Okay,"

Buck kissed my forehead and made me smile. "I love you, Sammy. I'll be back soon," He took off and Maddie grabbed my hand.

"Sam, this is going to be difficult to hear, but your ACL snapped. It was already strained from the tsunami accident. Someone hurt you, we don't know who or why, but Eddie is trying to figure it out."

I started tearing up, I have to go through this hell again? "I can't go through that again,"

"Sam, last time you were alone, you aren't alone anymore. You have me, Buck, the 118, and Eddie. You're never going to be alone again."

I was starting to remember what had happened, I was in a rage room, and Eddie wasn't there. He had missed our date. Someone followed me outside but their face was blurry. They hurt me badly, I could practically feel the bruises that were beaten into my skin. I took one last look at the figure and her face became clear. "I remember who did this to me."

Eddie's POV:

I walked into the 118 firehouse and had my hands clenched tight into fists, I was going to kill Lena. "Hey, Eddie, what're you doing here?" Chimney asked but I ignored him and kept walking.

"Eddie, what happened to your face?" Hen asked, but I ignored her too.

I kept walking towards the workout area, Lena was there lifting weights, "Diaz, hey, I need a spotter," I crossed my arms and just stared at her. Lena put the weights back and looked at me, "What's wrong?"

I tilted my head and noticed her knuckles were bruised and she had a black eye. "What happened to your eye?"

"Oh, I was at the fight club last night."

"Yeah? Is that why your knuckles are bruised too?"

"Yeah, why are you acting so weird, Diaz?"

"Because you weren't at the fight club yesterday,"

"Yes, I was,"

"No, you weren't. Don't lie to me," I felt all eyes on me but I didn't care. "I was there. You weren't, you were with the 118 at the rage room. That is also where you decided to taunt my girlfriend and degrade her; when she tried to walk away you started a fight and put her in the hospital!" I was trying to keep my composure but was getting more upset by the second.

"What are you talking about? I would never do that!"

I started laughing, "Do you want to bet?" I held up the copy of the rage rooms tape.

"What's that?"

"This is the proof that you went after Sam, you seriously didn't check to see if there was a camera?"

I could see it in her eyes, she knew she had messed up. "Then you would see that your sad excuse of a girlfriend went after me,"

"That's pathetic, are you so insecure that you're trying to take it out on others by beating the shit out of them? Or at least trying to? I see my 'sad excuse of a girlfriend' has a nice, strong, swing. She left marks,"

"You should see what I did to her, I practically broke that bitch in half."

I rushed forward and Lena tripped over a weight, I stared down at her, "You could've killed her if I didn't find her when I did. You're lucky that no other harm was done to her because I used to kill people for a living, I have no issues adding another name to the list."

"You dare talk to me like that?"

"You dare talk down on my girlfriend like she's nothing?! She's more than you will ever be and if you ever come near her again, I will break your face in two and you won't ever be able to walk again because that's almost exactly what you did to her! Am I understood?!"

Lena stayed quiet and I walked away, "I'll kill her next time," I heard her mumble.

I turned around and walked back towards her, I lifted her by her shirt and looked her in the eyes. "You come near her, I will break your fucking neck, am I clear?" She didn't answer. "I said, 'am I clear'!"

"Yes," She muttered.

I let her go and walked away for the final time. I was met with looks from Bobby, Hen, Chimney, and Buck. What's he doing here? He should be with Sam, I walked over to Buck and grabbed his arm, I pulled him outside and gave him a questioning look, "What are you doing here?"

"I was looking for you, Sam woke up and she was freaking out,"

"Is she okay?"

"Yes, but she wants to see you." I nodded and was about to walk to my truck when Buck started talking again. "You really stuck up for her, that's always been my job. It's good to know that I don't have to do it alone anymore."

I smiled to myself, "Yeah, well, when you care about someone, you never let anything bad happen to them, and if something does, we take care of it."

"Hell yeah, we do,"

I got in my truck and drove to the hospital, I met Buck at the entrance and we walked to Sam's room. Buck walked in first and Maddie smiled, Sam looked and was moving around, I made eye contact with her and she started tearing up. I walked over to her and pulled her into a hug, "Sam, I'm so sorry. I'm sorry for everything."

"It's okay, I'm just glad you're here,"

She laid her head on my shoulder and I shut my eyes, "I'm not going anywhere. I promise."

"Good, because I don't know what I'd do without you,"

I was about to say something when a fake gag was let out by Buck. We turned to face him and Maddie smacked on the back of the head. "Nicely done, Evan." Maddie scolded making Sam and I laugh.

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I was able to take Sam home after a few days. She is on bed rest for 3 weeks, then she can only walk short distances for 2 months. Maddie, Buck, and I have a plan set up though, Carla has agreed to help which is really sweet, poor Sam is going to be board out of her mind for the next few weeks, but Christopher is going to keep her company and probably teach her how to play video games.

My little family is coming together and I'm not going to risk it again, that's why I have one fight left and then I'm done for good.