Officer and Nobility

Chapter 23. Saphire POV.

You don't even know if it's him, just calm down until you get there. Everything will be okay, Topaz will operate, you know she's the best surgeon out there. That doesn't mean she's a miracle worker.

The cab ride to the hospital Topaz said she was in was painful for me. I had no idea who was hurt, was G alive or dead, all I knew was that the hostage situation escalated and there were casualties. Topaz wasn't clear on the details because she didn't know anything more either.

I just needed to know that G was alright, that he wasn't hurt, my heart would not be able to take it if I lost him now. I just got him. My mind was a big blur, my thoughts were spiraling out of control, death scenarios and lifeless bodies surrounded me and still I prayed he was fine.

The moment the car was in park I threw a few bills at the driver and ran off. I didn't even bother with the reception seeing as chaos reigned inside. Sirens going off and people rushing from one room to the other. I headed straight to the 4th floor where Topaz said they'll be and prayed the whole elevator ride that I see G.

The elevator doors opened and my heart barely contained itself from not jumping out of my chest. There he was. The man my life started making sense for, the man I wanted to give the world to, the one and only with who I wanted a forever. He was seated, head in his hands, pulling on his hair. It was as if he felt my gaze and lifted his head to meet my eyes. Defeat, grief, sadness, all of them played across his face but all I could feel was relief. Relief that he was in the waiting room and not the one on the operating table. I ran to him without even realizing I moved, and he met me halfway.

I grabbed onto him like he was my lifeline because in just a few months, he has become just that. He held me just as firmly as I did him, and I felt some of the tension ease out of his shoulders.

„What happened?" as I asked those words, my mouth tasted salt, and that's when I realized I have been crying for a good amount of time prior to coming here, possibly right after I ended Topaz' phone call.

„It's Alec," he whispered and my heart broke in half. His voice was filled with sadness and pain and I wished with all my heart to be able to take away his pain.

„Baby I'm so so sorry, is there anything I can do, anything at all..."

„Just stay. Please." It was so desperate on his part, as if I was ever planning on leaving him here like this.

„I'm not going anywhere, you understand?" I grabbed his head in my hands and made him look at me. I looked him straight in the eyes and repeated again, „I am not leaving you."

„Thank you," he laid his head down on my lap and I wanted to cry and fall apart for him right there. His biggest fear was losing people he cared for out there on the field, and now Alec was fighting for his life.

„Alec is strong, he'll pull through, I'm sure of it," I had to encourage him, I needed him to have hope, because he was on the verge of a breakdown and I couldn't live with myself if I let that happen.

„You can't know that," his voice was so weak, devoid of any emotion but pain for a dying friend.

„You're right, I can't know that. But I do know that Topaz is the one operating on him, and if there is anyone that can save him then it's her. So trust her to do her best like always."

„I don't know Topaz enough to trust her, but I know you, and I have never trusted anyone more in my whole life," I smiled through the tears and just when I mustered enough courage to speak Dave came in, followed by Camile, followed by the rest of their unit I presume.

„How is he?" Dave asked straight away.

„We don't know. He's in surgery," I replied while still holding Gus.