FINAL Chapter (Ch. 23) ~ Several Days Later
Jessica hopped into Selena’s car giving her a hug and a kiss. “Oh, don’t you look pretty!” Selena said as she looked at her daughter’s new dress.
“Thank you!” Jessica smiled extensively. She then spoke in a light whisper as if telling Selena some juicy gossip, “Daddy’s fiancée, Jasmine, picked it out this dress for me.”
Selena smiled as she started to drive off. “Well, she did a good job! I like it. Did you tell her thank you?”
“Yep. Mom, she was so nervous around me…but daddy and I helped to calm her.”
“Very good.” Selena said happily.
Selena didn’t care that Justin had proposed to his girlfriend, Jasmine. As long as Jasmine treated Jessica with love and care, she could care less about Justin's relationship status with Jasmine. Selena had moved on from Justin, and it was for the best. Selena just wanted Jessica to know that both of her parents loved her very much even if they weren’t going to be together as a couple.
Selena and Jessica drove on to their destination as Jessica talked Selena’s ear off about her weekend stay with Justin and Jasmine. Once they reached their destination, Selena and Jessica stopped off at the gift shop and picked out some flowers. Jessica made sure to pick out the best looking flowers in the gift shop.
Moments later, they walked off the elevator, and made their way toward room 403. The door was slightly open. Jessica reached the door first and knocked. Not giving anyone a chance to answer that it was okay to come in, Jessica just walked right in. Selena went ahead and followed in behind her.
There stood Lt. Banks beside Mike who was laying on the hospital bed in an up position. He was dressed and ready to go. Lt. Banks turned around and saw Jessica and Selena coming into the room. He looked surprised and smiled. “Well, hello there!” “What’s up!” Jessica said joyfully walking further into the room.
Mike raised up a little and smiled showing his dimple. He hadn’t seen Jessica since that night Joe Carter had kidnapped her. Mike cheerfully said, “Hey!”
“Hey, Mike! My hero!” Jessica said walking around to the other side of the bed giving Mike a huge hug. She continued, “Look what I picked out for you! I know boys don’t get flowers, but hey, there’s a first time for everything, right?”
Mike laughed. “Thanks, Jessie, I really appreciate it. That really means a lot to me. They are beautiful. I can just add it to the rest of my get well gifts.” Mike said as he laid the flowers on his cart full of get well cards, get well balloons and plants.
As Mike and Jessica spoke, Selena had given Lt. Banks a heart warming hug.
“So, now that your arm and shoulder is hurt, are you still going to be able to back up all that talk you said at dinner that night?” Jessica joked with Mike.
Mike laughed and replied, “I am always able to back up my trash talk, miss lady. Handicapped or not! The question is, can you? See I have an excuse,” he said pointing to his right arm in a arm sling. He then tried to tickle Jessica with his free left hand.
Jessica laughed and dodged away from his tickling. “Yeah! We’ll see!”
”Yeah, we’ll see alright.” Mike said with a smile. He then turned his attention to Selena. He quickly looked at her up and down taking in her beauty. He thought she looked beautiful in her white outfit. He thought her legs looked amazing. He had to make himself stop staring at her, so he finally spoke, “Hey there.”
“Hi.” Selena smiled as she stepped closer to Mike on the right side of his bed. Lt. Banks moved down toward Mike’s feet.
“So what brings you two here? I thought you forgot about me.” Mike said.
“Forgot about you? Of course not. As a matter of fact, I came to visit you when you were still in your light coma. And…” Selena’s voice trailed off.
”Oh, okay. I guess I can let you slide.” Mike teased.
“Mmm hmm. But anyway, we are here today to –“
“To take you home!” Jessica exclaimed as she interrupted Selena finishing her sentence.
“Oh really?” Mike asked surprised.
“Wow. Well, that’s nice.” Lt. Banks said with a smile and lightly patted Selena’s back.
“Yeah, wow. So to what do I owe this privilege?” Mike asked with a smile.
“That’s the least we can do. You saved my life.” Jessica responded.
“Saved your life? Nah, that was your mom. She did all the work. I did nothing.” Mike explained while looking at Selena. “Oh, c’mon now. If it weren’t for you, we would not have found Jessie so quick. You did enough.” Selena said placing her hand on Mike’s shoulder.
“Well, hey, I guess that means you don’t need me then, right, Jonas?” Lt. Banks asked humbly.
“Well, I guess not…”
“Nope. Lieutenant, we got this.” Jessica said smiling big.
“You know what? You can really tell that Ramirez is your mother.” Lt. Banks said.
Everyone laughed.
Lt. Banks continued, “Well, Im outta here. Ramirez, listen to me. I want you to take that vacation. You really and truly deserve it. You take those three weeks and have fun.”
“Yes, sir. I will.” Selena replied with a smile.
“And Jonas, hurry and get better, take a week or two off, and we’ll see you back in the office. I will start you back on desk duty. I need you feeling 100% before putting you back out on the streets. Oh, by the way, I’ll go ahead and transfer you.”
“Huh? Transfer?” Selena asked confused.
“That’s what he asked for. Isn’t that what you wanted, Ramirez? A new partner?” Lt. Banks asked looking at Selena. Everyone looked at Selena waiting for her to respond.
“Well, if that’s what Jonas wants.” Selena hesitated.
Everyone then turned their attention to Mike waiting for his response.
Mike hesitated, “Well, it doesn’t really matter…I guess. I mean –“
“Oh what the hell, you both work great together…let's face it. But we can discuss that when you all get back from vacation. Im heading off to the gift shop to pick up the wife something. She’s been feeling a little sick.”
“Aw, well I hope she feels better. Jessie, why don’t you go help Lieutenant Banks pick out something for his wife.” “Okay, cool!” Jessica said as she joined Lt. Banks to walk out of the room. Selena could hear Jessica start talking the Lieutenant’s ear off as they walked out the hospital room with the door closing shut behind them.
Selena smiled and shook her head at how talkative Jessica was that day. She then walked around Mike’s bed to put her purse down on an empty chair. Mike watched her as she walked around to his left side. “You look…really nice today. Where you guys coming from?”
“Thanks. I had brunch with my parents, and Jessie came from church with her father.”
“So you told your parents what happened? And they don’t hate you after all, right?” Mike asked recalling their conversation a while back at his place.
Selena looked slightly surprised. She couldn’t believe he remembered their conversation. “Yeah, I guess not.” She smiled. “You know, for someone to have been in a coma, you sure have a great memory.”
Mike chuckled. “Well, they say I was in a light coma, maybe a day or so….so it wasn’t that bad.”
“So, how are you exactly? What did the doctor say?” Selena asked as she gently rubbed his left arm.
Taking a deep breath, Mike replied, “Well turns out, I have a concussion and I was shot about a hair length away from a nerve near my shoulder, which could have paralyzed my right side from my waist up. Thank God that didn’t happen. So instead, I have to wear this sling around my right arm and shoulder to heal my shattered cartilage in my shoulder.”
Selena whispered, “Poor thing.” She then continued speaking in a normal tone, “So what about that patch on your head?” “Oh, this thing?” he said pointing to it, “I have 34 stitches there.”
“Ouch. What did Carter hit you with?”
“I think it was some old metal pipe or some sort.” Mike responded.
“Are you going to be okay? Did you talk to your family?”
“Yeah, I talked to my sister. She said she wanted to see me before my job kills me,” Mike laughed thinking about how worried his sister sounded when he talked to her. “So what about you? How are you? I heard about you…that was quite a fall you took.”
Selena laughed a little. “Yeah, something like that. The doctor said I didn’t break anything, luckily. However, there are some possibilities that I will have muscle spasms in my back if I don’t exercise properly. Doctor’s orders.”
“Cool.” Mike said gazing into Selena’s eyes.
Selena gazed back into his eyes. She felt he looked so handsome even though he was injured. He wore a powder blue v-neck sweater and jeans. He smelled like fresh spring and was clean shaved. Selena suddenly looked away shyly and changed the subject. “So, what’s the hold up here? Why aren’t we leaving this place?”
“Waiting for the doctor. He had to write up my prescriptions.”
“Oh.”
Mike noticed that she looked as though she wanted to sit down. “Why don’t you have a seat. It may be a while. You know how slow doctors can be.” Mike smiled as he moved over on his bed making room for Selena.
“Yeah, you’re right.” Selena said and turned to sit down in the chair beside his bed.
Mike frowned. “No, no, no. I meant, have a seat here.” Mike said as he patted the space beside him on the bed.
Selena smiled and blushed.
“See I even made some room for you here.” Mike said trying to move over more for her to sit down.
Selena giggled. “Okay…okay.”
She made her way on to the bed. She leaned against him sitting on her side facing him.
Mike could smell her candy apple scented perfume. He inhaled saying outloud, “Mmmm…you smell so good.”
Selena laughed. “Thank you. I try to shower every now and then.” Selena said sarcastically as she teased him.
Mike laughed.
Selena then looked at Mike with a serious expression. “Mike…I don’t think you realize how much you being alive has made me feel. I mean…I thought I lost another partner. Don’t you ever do that to me again.” She finished as she playfully hit him in the chest.
“Ouch.” Mike teased her after she hit him.
“I think you deserved that.” Selena joked.
Mike smiled and paused to look intensely into her eyes.
Selena saw his eyes move from her eyes down to her lips and back up to her eyes. Selena licked her lips.
“So…what else do you think? Are you saying you still want me to be your partner?” Mike asked in a low husky tone. Selena thought he sounded so sexy when he asked her that. She continued to gaze back into his eyes. “Im not sure, but I think I do want you as my partner.” She paused as she looked down at his lips and back up to his eyes. Selena could tell their lips were moving closer to each other as she noticed Mike keeping his eyes on her lips. Selena continued in a soft voice, “I think I want you as my partner in more than one way.”
In almost a whisper, yet in his sexy tone, Mike replied, “So…what exactly are you saying?”
Selena gently placed her hand on Mike’s jaw line feeling him clench his jaw muscles at her touch. Selena whispered, “I think…I think I may be falling for you.”
Mike smiled as he looked down from her lips up to her eyes. Their lips were so close to each other, Mike could feel Selena’s warm breath on his lips when she spoke. Mike responded, “I think, I may have already fallen for you.”
Selena smiled.
At that moment, they kissed. They kissed a long, slow, tender and passionate kiss. As their kiss slowly ended, they both opened their eyes and looked at each other with a smile.
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Lindsey Cyrus has been convicted of second degree murder and accomplice to murder of Tara Lovato, and she has also been convicted of attempted robbery in San Antonio, Texas by confession. Lindsey has been sentenced to 60 years in prison. Joe Carter was pronounced dead at the scene.
“Thank you!” Jessica smiled extensively. She then spoke in a light whisper as if telling Selena some juicy gossip, “Daddy’s fiancée, Jasmine, picked it out this dress for me.”
Selena smiled as she started to drive off. “Well, she did a good job! I like it. Did you tell her thank you?”
“Yep. Mom, she was so nervous around me…but daddy and I helped to calm her.”
“Very good.” Selena said happily.
Selena didn’t care that Justin had proposed to his girlfriend, Jasmine. As long as Jasmine treated Jessica with love and care, she could care less about Justin's relationship status with Jasmine. Selena had moved on from Justin, and it was for the best. Selena just wanted Jessica to know that both of her parents loved her very much even if they weren’t going to be together as a couple.
Selena and Jessica drove on to their destination as Jessica talked Selena’s ear off about her weekend stay with Justin and Jasmine. Once they reached their destination, Selena and Jessica stopped off at the gift shop and picked out some flowers. Jessica made sure to pick out the best looking flowers in the gift shop.
Moments later, they walked off the elevator, and made their way toward room 403. The door was slightly open. Jessica reached the door first and knocked. Not giving anyone a chance to answer that it was okay to come in, Jessica just walked right in. Selena went ahead and followed in behind her.
There stood Lt. Banks beside Mike who was laying on the hospital bed in an up position. He was dressed and ready to go. Lt. Banks turned around and saw Jessica and Selena coming into the room. He looked surprised and smiled. “Well, hello there!” “What’s up!” Jessica said joyfully walking further into the room.
Mike raised up a little and smiled showing his dimple. He hadn’t seen Jessica since that night Joe Carter had kidnapped her. Mike cheerfully said, “Hey!”
“Hey, Mike! My hero!” Jessica said walking around to the other side of the bed giving Mike a huge hug. She continued, “Look what I picked out for you! I know boys don’t get flowers, but hey, there’s a first time for everything, right?”
Mike laughed. “Thanks, Jessie, I really appreciate it. That really means a lot to me. They are beautiful. I can just add it to the rest of my get well gifts.” Mike said as he laid the flowers on his cart full of get well cards, get well balloons and plants.
As Mike and Jessica spoke, Selena had given Lt. Banks a heart warming hug.
“So, now that your arm and shoulder is hurt, are you still going to be able to back up all that talk you said at dinner that night?” Jessica joked with Mike.
Mike laughed and replied, “I am always able to back up my trash talk, miss lady. Handicapped or not! The question is, can you? See I have an excuse,” he said pointing to his right arm in a arm sling. He then tried to tickle Jessica with his free left hand.
Jessica laughed and dodged away from his tickling. “Yeah! We’ll see!”
”Yeah, we’ll see alright.” Mike said with a smile. He then turned his attention to Selena. He quickly looked at her up and down taking in her beauty. He thought she looked beautiful in her white outfit. He thought her legs looked amazing. He had to make himself stop staring at her, so he finally spoke, “Hey there.”
“Hi.” Selena smiled as she stepped closer to Mike on the right side of his bed. Lt. Banks moved down toward Mike’s feet.
“So what brings you two here? I thought you forgot about me.” Mike said.
“Forgot about you? Of course not. As a matter of fact, I came to visit you when you were still in your light coma. And…” Selena’s voice trailed off.
”Oh, okay. I guess I can let you slide.” Mike teased.
“Mmm hmm. But anyway, we are here today to –“
“To take you home!” Jessica exclaimed as she interrupted Selena finishing her sentence.
“Oh really?” Mike asked surprised.
“Wow. Well, that’s nice.” Lt. Banks said with a smile and lightly patted Selena’s back.
“Yeah, wow. So to what do I owe this privilege?” Mike asked with a smile.
“That’s the least we can do. You saved my life.” Jessica responded.
“Saved your life? Nah, that was your mom. She did all the work. I did nothing.” Mike explained while looking at Selena. “Oh, c’mon now. If it weren’t for you, we would not have found Jessie so quick. You did enough.” Selena said placing her hand on Mike’s shoulder.
“Well, hey, I guess that means you don’t need me then, right, Jonas?” Lt. Banks asked humbly.
“Well, I guess not…”
“Nope. Lieutenant, we got this.” Jessica said smiling big.
“You know what? You can really tell that Ramirez is your mother.” Lt. Banks said.
Everyone laughed.
Lt. Banks continued, “Well, Im outta here. Ramirez, listen to me. I want you to take that vacation. You really and truly deserve it. You take those three weeks and have fun.”
“Yes, sir. I will.” Selena replied with a smile.
“And Jonas, hurry and get better, take a week or two off, and we’ll see you back in the office. I will start you back on desk duty. I need you feeling 100% before putting you back out on the streets. Oh, by the way, I’ll go ahead and transfer you.”
“Huh? Transfer?” Selena asked confused.
“That’s what he asked for. Isn’t that what you wanted, Ramirez? A new partner?” Lt. Banks asked looking at Selena. Everyone looked at Selena waiting for her to respond.
“Well, if that’s what Jonas wants.” Selena hesitated.
Everyone then turned their attention to Mike waiting for his response.
Mike hesitated, “Well, it doesn’t really matter…I guess. I mean –“
“Oh what the hell, you both work great together…let's face it. But we can discuss that when you all get back from vacation. Im heading off to the gift shop to pick up the wife something. She’s been feeling a little sick.”
“Aw, well I hope she feels better. Jessie, why don’t you go help Lieutenant Banks pick out something for his wife.” “Okay, cool!” Jessica said as she joined Lt. Banks to walk out of the room. Selena could hear Jessica start talking the Lieutenant’s ear off as they walked out the hospital room with the door closing shut behind them.
Selena smiled and shook her head at how talkative Jessica was that day. She then walked around Mike’s bed to put her purse down on an empty chair. Mike watched her as she walked around to his left side. “You look…really nice today. Where you guys coming from?”
“Thanks. I had brunch with my parents, and Jessie came from church with her father.”
“So you told your parents what happened? And they don’t hate you after all, right?” Mike asked recalling their conversation a while back at his place.
Selena looked slightly surprised. She couldn’t believe he remembered their conversation. “Yeah, I guess not.” She smiled. “You know, for someone to have been in a coma, you sure have a great memory.”
Mike chuckled. “Well, they say I was in a light coma, maybe a day or so….so it wasn’t that bad.”
“So, how are you exactly? What did the doctor say?” Selena asked as she gently rubbed his left arm.
Taking a deep breath, Mike replied, “Well turns out, I have a concussion and I was shot about a hair length away from a nerve near my shoulder, which could have paralyzed my right side from my waist up. Thank God that didn’t happen. So instead, I have to wear this sling around my right arm and shoulder to heal my shattered cartilage in my shoulder.”
Selena whispered, “Poor thing.” She then continued speaking in a normal tone, “So what about that patch on your head?” “Oh, this thing?” he said pointing to it, “I have 34 stitches there.”
“Ouch. What did Carter hit you with?”
“I think it was some old metal pipe or some sort.” Mike responded.
“Are you going to be okay? Did you talk to your family?”
“Yeah, I talked to my sister. She said she wanted to see me before my job kills me,” Mike laughed thinking about how worried his sister sounded when he talked to her. “So what about you? How are you? I heard about you…that was quite a fall you took.”
Selena laughed a little. “Yeah, something like that. The doctor said I didn’t break anything, luckily. However, there are some possibilities that I will have muscle spasms in my back if I don’t exercise properly. Doctor’s orders.”
“Cool.” Mike said gazing into Selena’s eyes.
Selena gazed back into his eyes. She felt he looked so handsome even though he was injured. He wore a powder blue v-neck sweater and jeans. He smelled like fresh spring and was clean shaved. Selena suddenly looked away shyly and changed the subject. “So, what’s the hold up here? Why aren’t we leaving this place?”
“Waiting for the doctor. He had to write up my prescriptions.”
“Oh.”
Mike noticed that she looked as though she wanted to sit down. “Why don’t you have a seat. It may be a while. You know how slow doctors can be.” Mike smiled as he moved over on his bed making room for Selena.
“Yeah, you’re right.” Selena said and turned to sit down in the chair beside his bed.
Mike frowned. “No, no, no. I meant, have a seat here.” Mike said as he patted the space beside him on the bed.
Selena smiled and blushed.
“See I even made some room for you here.” Mike said trying to move over more for her to sit down.
Selena giggled. “Okay…okay.”
She made her way on to the bed. She leaned against him sitting on her side facing him.
Mike could smell her candy apple scented perfume. He inhaled saying outloud, “Mmmm…you smell so good.”
Selena laughed. “Thank you. I try to shower every now and then.” Selena said sarcastically as she teased him.
Mike laughed.
Selena then looked at Mike with a serious expression. “Mike…I don’t think you realize how much you being alive has made me feel. I mean…I thought I lost another partner. Don’t you ever do that to me again.” She finished as she playfully hit him in the chest.
“Ouch.” Mike teased her after she hit him.
“I think you deserved that.” Selena joked.
Mike smiled and paused to look intensely into her eyes.
Selena saw his eyes move from her eyes down to her lips and back up to her eyes. Selena licked her lips.
“So…what else do you think? Are you saying you still want me to be your partner?” Mike asked in a low husky tone. Selena thought he sounded so sexy when he asked her that. She continued to gaze back into his eyes. “Im not sure, but I think I do want you as my partner.” She paused as she looked down at his lips and back up to his eyes. Selena could tell their lips were moving closer to each other as she noticed Mike keeping his eyes on her lips. Selena continued in a soft voice, “I think I want you as my partner in more than one way.”
In almost a whisper, yet in his sexy tone, Mike replied, “So…what exactly are you saying?”
Selena gently placed her hand on Mike’s jaw line feeling him clench his jaw muscles at her touch. Selena whispered, “I think…I think I may be falling for you.”
Mike smiled as he looked down from her lips up to her eyes. Their lips were so close to each other, Mike could feel Selena’s warm breath on his lips when she spoke. Mike responded, “I think, I may have already fallen for you.”
Selena smiled.
At that moment, they kissed. They kissed a long, slow, tender and passionate kiss. As their kiss slowly ended, they both opened their eyes and looked at each other with a smile.
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Lindsey Cyrus has been convicted of second degree murder and accomplice to murder of Tara Lovato, and she has also been convicted of attempted robbery in San Antonio, Texas by confession. Lindsey has been sentenced to 60 years in prison. Joe Carter was pronounced dead at the scene.
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5/19/2011
5/19/2011