He laughed inwardly at her motherly instincts when she kissed him on the cheek. It was like she was trying to make all of his pain go away with that simple gesture.
He flinched a little, as her hand ran carefully over his wound. Horatio was in so much pain, and the medicines the doctors were giving him weren't do anything for him, but he was stubborn. He wasn't about to readily admit to a friend, not to mention a friend who worked for him, that he was suffering the way he was. He was glad to hear that she would stay in the lab, but he couldn't make the promise to her about staying away from the lab until he was %100 ready. He couldn't do it, and there was no way it was going to happen. In his mind, Horatio was going to walk through those doors the same time Calleigh did, none of that "one week" crap the doctors were telling him. If Calleigh was getting out the next day, so was he. He didn't care that his wound was much more critical than hers, and that he probably should take advantage of the time he had to rest. All he cared about was getting the guy who attacked his CSI.
"We'll see, Calleigh, we'll see..." was all he said to her. He sat up a little to get a drink of the water that was laid out on the table next to him, but in his weak state dropped it on the floor. He slowly closed his eyes, waiting for one of the nurses to enter the room. They were most likely going to yell at him for moving. No one came in. He opened his eyes and looked around. He must have blacked out, because Calleigh had returned to her bed, and the water was cleaned and replaced with a new one. A sharp pain hit his side like a hundred wasp stings. He cried out loudly in pain. He looked down to see what was wrong. He was bleeding through his hospital gown and the thick hospital blanket that someone placed over him. His eyes bulged with horror. He tried to call out, but his voice was still weak and his mouth was very dry.
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"Oh, Timmy, baby," Alexx got up from her seat and went around to Speed's. She squatted next to his chair and rubbed his back. "Tim, sweetheart. Everything is going to be fine, Calleigh is just feeling a little unsure of things. It'll work out, just give her a little bit of space. As for Horatio, don't feel guilty about that. He would jump in front of a speeding train to save a little girl's doll."