part 4

kate let her hand slid up to play with his tousled sand brown almost blonde hair but to her it was just soft and silky. the electric surging through her body had nothing to do with her injuries but more to do with how he was making her feel, alive.

the nurse had to show her identification to the officer at the door before she was allowed to enter kates room. once inside she turned on the dim light and saw kate asleep in the bed and nick asleep in the chair by her side. she thought it was sweet as they were still holding hands. nick heard her and woke up. he slowly took his hand back and asked the nurse what time it was. "its eight am" she whispered. nick rubbed his eyes and got up to stretch. "its time for breakfast" she told him and handed him the news paper she had in her hand. "i think you may want to read this before she wakes up" the nurse said to him. kate stirred but didnt wake. nick motioned to the nurse to go outside and the quietly left the room. in the hall the nurse asked nick how she was doing. "shes hanging in there shes a fighter" he told her. " yeah well she has taken a shine to you" the nurse replied. "shes growing on me too" nick said if only she knew he thought as he rubbed his neck with his hand out of stiffness but more out of his own embarasment. "its good she has some one to talk to just now" the nurse told him. kate called his name how he liked the way she said his name.

nick had bought kate some flowers today to cheer her up. he couldnt beleive how he felt about her after only meeting her a few days ago. there was no officer at the door when he got out of the lift. stopping at kates door he was about to knock when he heard someone calling his name. it was one of the nurses he had came to know called marge, a lovely woman in her late forties. "nick, shes not here im sorry" she told him. "where is she" nick asked. "they took her last night" she told him with sorrow in her voice. "who took her, where" he questioned. "the FBI" she said. "already, we didnt get to say goodbye" he said not really to marge but just out loud. "she gave me this to give to you" she said as she reached into her pocket and handed him a letter. nick gave marge the big bunch of pink lilies "maybe you could use these" he told her. marge thanked him and then left him to read the letter. sitting down he began to read.

nick, im so sorry that we didnt get to say goodbye. i want to thankyou for being there for me and i want you to know that ill never forget you. hey, ill listen to all of your music and remember. if you have a consert near me ill go but they say im not allowed to have any contact with my past and that includes you now. why couldnt we have met afterwards... these last few days have ment so much to me aand i cant even tell anyone that i fell for nick walker, it is our little secret we will share for all our life. we will always have the memories of that night you saved me, i will never forget.
goodbye
love kate


nick let his hands drop to his knees and leant his head back against the wall. letting out a sigh he got up and left the hospital. on his way to the lift he bumped into marge "you alright hunnie" she asked him. "tell me marge to believe in love at first sight" he asked. "i sure do love thats how i married my henery". she replied. "im sure you will figure out a way to let her know how you feel if you put your mind to it". he thanked her for her advice and her help then pressed the button for the lift.