Simply Sonny: An SVU love story

Chapter 49: Over

"NYPD!" Someone shouts into the old air.

Sonny keeps his arms wrapped around me as I cry into his chest but yells back, "in here, we're unarmed! Detective Carisi of Manhattans SVU."

Bodies begin to pile into the room were all standing in and it takes only a moment before I realize Mr. Morales is being swept away from the scene, before he can be caught being involved, "no, stop!" I try to push myself away from Sonny, to tell them he can't just leave.

"Let him go. Addison." Sonny holds on to me.

"But he's--" I try to explain.

"He's the governor." He reminds me.

I sigh, returning myself next to him with defeat. I wrap my arms around him tightly, "Sonny, what the hell happened to you?" I hear Amanda Rollins voice before I see her.

She rushes over to where we are standing, eyeing him with caution. Olivia quickly behind her, "Lieutenant, how'd you get here so fast?" He asks.

She eyes me then looks back to him, "someone left the phone behind with all the information on it." I avert my eyes from her, "what happened here?" She looks down at Jacob's body.

Sonny responds, "you're gonna want to call the bomb squad. I shot him, my weapons down by that chair." He directs her with a point of his finger.

"Self defense?" Fin asks.

Sonny nods, "he was going to blow us all up, I didn't have a choice."

Olivia stops him from going on, "okay, stop talking right now. You know you have to go through IAB, get a rep."

My tears finally stop falling but I can't seem to let Sonny go, "alright. Sure, let me take her downstairs first?" He asks his boss.

"Stay down there while you're at it. Take a ride to the hospital, you look terrible." Olivia returns to him.

Sonny retorts, "I'm fine."

"You can't see what we see. Go to the hospital." Olivia directs again, "I'll follow you guys and take everyone's statements." Sonny nods, starting to walk me out of the building. As we go to pass her and the rest of his team, she adds on, "we're glad you're okay."

Once outside, we walk to a waiting ambulance. They go to check him out first but he tries to push me forward, "I'm alright, check her."

"Sonny, I'm fine." I try to assure him, still holding onto his shirt, afraid to let him go. I hope he can't realize how much I'm shaking.

He pulls me just enough of away from his chest to look at me, "hey, we're both gonna go to the hospital, okay? I'll wait here while they check you out first, then you can wait for me. Alright? I'm not going anywhere."

"Sir, we'd really like to get you looked at" an EMT interrupts us.

He semi rolls his eyes, nods to the man, then turns his attention back to me, "same thing, but I'll go first." He waits for me to nod, and I do. I release my grip on his shirt and he moves to take a seat on the edge of the ambulance. They begin to take his temperature, check his wounds and wipe at all the blood. The bruises on his face become more defined as the old dried blood is washed away. I find it hard to look at him and avert my eyes to his hands, watching at the EMT takes things on and off his fingers and arms, "hey, hey. Addison, you with me?" His voice brings me back from whatever reality I escaped to.

"What? Yea, ok." I mutter back.

"Okay, what?" Sonny asks, "it just took me 2 minutes to get your out of that trance, are you okay?" He asks carefully.

I nod, swallowing hard, "I'm fine. I just-- a lot has happened." I try to put it simply, really not knowing what I'm feeling or thinking.

"Alright, just take a seat. We'll get going soon." He goes to switch spots with me.

I allow the EMT to look me over, finding nothing physically that wrong with me. They tell Sonny to stay inside the van, needing to take him in for observation. He informs them, that I will be riding along and they don't argue. Before we head off, Olivia comes out, "we'll meet you at the hospital. Remember, don't say anything till you're district rep gets there."

"Got it, Lieu." Sonny returns to her, offering her a two-fingered wave off his forehead. She closes the doors on us and the ambulance takes off. The EMT riding in the back with us starts to work on him, checking numbers and wrapping wounds. Sonny keeps his hand wrapped with mine, "Sonny, how much trouble will I be in?" I decided to ask him, my stomach knotting inside of me.

"What? You won't be in trouble." He returns, his eyes clearly showing confusion wondering what I mean.

I shake my head, "I tricked the governor to come out and meet me. I sneaked away from the protective detail and I was carrying your gun around." I explain all my crimes.

He tries to sit up a bit from the bed he's lying on. The EMT shakes his head, "no, you need to stay put."

Sonny goes back down, rubbing his thumb over my hand, "with what the governor was trying to get you to do, and what Jacob claimed he did, he's not coming out to anyone that he was there. Also, I shot Jacob, with my own registered weapon, there's nothing to worry about." He keeps his voice low and calm, in turn, allowing me to sort of calm myself, "and there's nothing to worry about sneaking away from protective detail. You might've hurt a few ego's, but there's nothing bad about it. Alright? You didn't do anything wrong. I'll handle IAB and it'll be fine."

"Alright." I shake my head rapidly, "and I'm sorry, I know you were going to say not to come but I just couldn't let you die on account of me. I mean, if you didn't catch my case and everything between us then you never would've been kidnapped and beaten and--"

"Addison" He pulls me from my rambling, "I don't regret a thing. Okay? I want to be with you." I nod my head again, this time not as rapidly, trying to truly believe what he is saying to me.