After they left the station:

Tim) "Way to pull off the fourth-quarter win."

Lucy) "thanks" She says quickly

Tim) "What?"

Lucy) "Nothing"

Tim doesn't believe her and grabs her left arm to stop her.

Lucy) "Nothing!"

Tim) "This isn't gonna work if you're gonna lie to me."

Lucy puts her head down and back up

Lucy) "Fine... Did you undermine me today because you're scared that I'm gonna make detective?"

Tim is puzzled

Tim) "What? No."

Lucy) "Tim--"

Tim) "No, And I'm upset you'd even think that."

Lucy) "Look, I don't know. Maybe it wasn't deliberate. Maybe it was subconscious."

Tim laughs dryly

Tim) "So--so now you're accusing me of being unaware of my actions?! That--that's not better."

Lucy) "You have to admit that what happened with Isabel was deeply traumatic for you."

Tim) "I've never not admitted it. I admitted it the first day we met, okay? So the only thing I did today was have your back. But i-if you can't see that then..."

Tim shakes his head while Lucy has tears welling up in her eyes

Tim) "You know what? I'm tired. You've got studying to do. So let's just take the night off. All right? I'll see you tomorrow."

Tim starts to head back to his truck While Lucy starts to follow after him

Lucy) "Tim..wait I-"

Moves to 1st person pov--

BANG

What just happened? All the sudden I can't feel myself. It's like my whole body went cold and I quickly fall to the ground

Tim turns around back at me and rushes to my side.

Tim) "LUCY... It's okay you're gonna be okay!"

It then clicks in my brain when Tim starts glancing around for a shooter. I just got shot..

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No... I rush over to Lucy and hold her in my lap while putting pressure on her gunshot wound on her stomach.

I look around to make sure the shooter is long gone and he was. No one else was around so I rushed my phone out from my pocket and dialed 911

"911, what's your emergency?"

Tim) "Officer down.. L-lucy chen. P-please help. Outside of station back right door.. g-gunsho..t woun-d"

I say with my voice cracking as I hang up

Lucy) "T-timm"

Tim) "Shh just focus on breathing you're gonna be okay.."

I say as I cradle her

The more and more she bled out the more my worry grew

I tried to be strong for her but I failed. The tears kept streaming down my face and they wouldn't stop

Lucy) "I-I'm sorry.. f-for arguing.. I was wrong and I-i hope you can forgive m-me"

She said as she struggled

I brushed my hand through her hair

Tim) "hey don't worry about it. Of course I forgive you. I'm sorry too"

Her little grip on my hand loosens and the warmth of her skin starts to fade.

Tim) "Crap"

I look in her beautiful eyes and pray with all my heart that this isn't the end

I look up and see Angela and a bunch of paramedics rushing towards me with a gurney

Angela's pov:

I look at Tim while rushing over to them. The pain in his eyes and the love of his life on the ground bleeding out gets harder and harder to see

Angela) "Lucy! I need to you to keep your eyes open for me okay? Can you do that?"

Lucy's pov:

I can barely hear Angela however I nodded my head slightly anyways.

Tim's pov:

By the time she's on the gurney and in the ambulance I find myself still holding her hand and trying to keep it together

After they hook up wires and tons of stuff to her she is still weak and bleeding but a little more stable as they rush us to the hospital

I sit beside her and rub her leg assuring her that I'm here for her She reaches up and brushes my face with her hand, more awake then she has been in a little while

Lucy) "B-abe promise me.."

Tim) "Promise you what?"

Lucy) "P-promise me you'll find someone-"

I shake my head violently

Tim) "N-no don't say t-that"

Lucy) "T-im.. it's okay..find s-omeone who loves you as m-much as they should"

She smiles weakly as my eyes pour like a waterfall

Tim) "L-luce.. you're gonna come out of t-this..I need you and I love you..so much"

I saw a small version of that bright smile that Lucy always gave. The one that showed me everything would be okay. She knew that was the first time I said I love you. And I hope she always remembers it

Lucy) "I love you too..."

Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep

I look over to her monitor and her heart rate has stopped and all the paramedics are trying to get it back while taking her off the ambulance and into the hospital we just arrived at

Tim) "No. Lucy c'mon!"

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As I sat in the uncomfortable waiting room chair my leg shook up and down. It wasn't until Angela made my leg stop that I even realized I was doing it.

Tim) "S-sorry.. it's just.."

Angela) "I know. Hopefully she'll be out of surgery soon. She's amazing and strong. She'll get out of this."

All I do is nod, I feel so numb.

Tim) "I'm gonna go splash water on my face"

Angela) "Okay, take care of yourself. I'll call you if I hear anything"

I walk towards the men's bathroom and slide against the wall onto the floor, fiddling with the blood stained shirt I still had on, wishing Lucy was in my arms right now, wishing I had never argued with her.

"She would want you to pull yourself together Tim" I thought to myself

I pulled my phone out and paused when I saw my lockscreen reflect back in my eyes. The love glistening in this photo was unreal



She is so beautiful.. Gosh 10:32 already? I better get back to Angela and see if there's been any news As soon as I stand up I hear my phone ring. Oh no.. I answer it

Tim) "Y-yes?" Angela) "Come here asap please" Angela says than hangs up This can't be good....

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I walk back to the waiting room and see Angela, she faces me as a tear rolled down her face..

I walk a little faster and grab her arm

Tim) "W-hat what is it Ange!?"

Angela) "Tim.. Lucy is out of surgery, they removed the bullet and they think she is gonna be okay."

I exhaled a sigh of relief but then stopped

Tim) "Wait? They think? Why aren't they sure??"

Angela) "Tim it's just very unpredictable. I'm sorry. But that's not all.."

My heart sank

Angela) "The shooter...they found him.. he's .. he-e's... Emmett.."

The anger started rising in my chest and I didn't know what to do

Tim) "WHAT... Emmett as in firefighter Emmett?...as in her ex??"

None of this made one bit of sense ——————————————————