Where Ever You Are, You Have To Come Back

CHAPTER 4:

EDDIE'S POV:

"Dad, dad, dad!" Christopher's voice woke me up.

"What is it, buddy?" He's sitting on my bed.

"You're sweating." He said.

I touched my face and I'm really sweating, a lot.

"Did you have a bad dream?" He asked.

"I don't think so," I got up the bed and I sat beside him.

"You're up early." I said looking at him.

"I have a question," He said looking at me.

"Okay," I got down on my knees in front of him.

"What is it?" I added.

"Did Buck leave?" He asked me.

What- How did he know?

"Chris, uh..." I don't know what to tell to him!

"He send this in the mail," He handed me an envelope.

"It's a letter from Buck, it says it's for me, so I already read it." He said.

"Can I read it?" I asked his permission.

"Yeah."

I opened the envelope. Inside, there's a letter.

-Hey Chris, I'm sorry I didn't say goodbye to you in person. I just want to say that I'm leaving for a while. Don't worry. I'll be back but that would be for a long time but I promise you that I'll be safe. I just need to breathe and give Bobby, Hen, Chim and your dad time that they need, and maybe time for myself too. I love being a firefighter and I love them so much, that's why I'm doing this, for them. I hope you'll understand that we won't see each other for another long time.
-Buck

"Here you go, thanks buddy." I said, giving him the letter.

"Let's eat breakfast." I got up.

"This one's for you.." Christopher said handing me another letter.

A letter too?

"Your name's on it." He said and I took it.

Again, it's in an envelope, I opened it and there's a letter.

-I sent you a voice message :)

Christopher left my room.

"Where are you going?" I asked him.

"In my room." He said while walking.

"Okay." I said and he walked in his room.

I opened my phone and played the message Buck sent me.

-Hi Eddie, Maddie must've told you that I left. I just want to say goodbye, and I don't know if I can do that in person. Because the idea of leaving all of you is making me regret what I'm about to do. But it's for the best. I am very sorry for what I did, I really didn't mean for all of this to happen. You already know that I did that to get my job back, the lawsuit I mean, and I'm really not proud of it. I love you all so much. And being part of the 118, being your best friend and being with all of you is the best thing that ever happened to my life. I want to see you all happy, I want all the best for you. I don't know if you're still mad at me and if you want to know that I'll be back, but I will. Tell Cap- I mean Bobby and to the others that I love you all. Thank you for listening, take care.

The message ended.

I let out a big sigh and shut my phone off.

BUCK'S POV: