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repulsivepangolin7 · 5 years ago

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Orig-fic: End of watch pt.1

Alright, so I decided to post this mostly original story here, just to see if I’ll get some response on it. Who knows, I might end up posting all of it in the end...

Word count: 12 506

"You bet your ass that when I get back home, first two things I'm gonna do is find a cold one, and get some caramel corn…" Coop chuckled as he steered the car they had acquired around another bend, "I swear, there's no limit to how bad I'm craving that right now…"

"Guys, you better believe him…" Duncan chuckled on the passenger side, "Lurch's cravings get real sometimes…"

"Hah… Shut it…" Coop chuckled good naturedly as he shifted down to second gear to make the shabby looking vehicle make the steep incline the road presented them with. The vehicle coughed a little, but climbed willingly, Coop groaned before he muttered under his breath, "Freaking worn stick shift…"

"-Or it's just you who can't drive it…" Dunc teased.

"Wanna switch?" Coop offered with a glance towards him, long enough to see his best buddy shaking his head. Then he looked in the review mirror at the three in the back, "Anyone?"

"No Boss…" one of the guys named Woods replied in a thick Boston accent, "But you could rearrange those massive feet of yours to find the gas pedal, I swear I saw a snail racing past us a minute ago…"

"You really want me to force this pregnant roller skate to go any faster on THIS road? One good bump and I think we'll be sitting on the gravel…"

Woods fabricated a sigh and rolled his eyes, "Alright, guess you're right. Everything would've been better if Monty hadn't managed to kill the Humvee earlier…"

"Well, that's why he's riding behind us on a motorcycle…" Dunc chuckled.

"Honestly, I could've switched with him right about now…" Coop squirmed a bit in his seat, "Windows open ain't doing shit here… And AC is a myth, obviously…"

"Complaining-complaining-complaining…" Dunc grinned, "is that all it is with you?"

"Right now?" Coop looked over for a quick second again, "Yeah, it's a hundred-and-hell degrees in here… Give me another ten minutes and it'll look like I just stepped out of the shower…"

"You are kinda sweaty…" Dunc admitted, "And it is on the limit of bearable in here…"

"It's past that…" Malik grunted, "I'm with Top, hundred-and-hell degrees in here indeed."

"What? Your North Dakota ass can't handle a little heat?" Oliver Redding teased back, wiping off his forehead with the back of his hand.

"Shut your pie hole Buck…" Malik scoffed back, "Your rodeo riding yippie-ki-ay ass ain't doing much better…"

"I ain't complaining yet…" Oliver shrugged back.

"YET being the operative word…" Chris Woods chuckled, "I'm about ready starting that little-kid 'DAD ARE WE THERE YET???' whining just about now…"

"Please don't…" Dunc grimaced, "We could tie you to the roof for half the price…"

"Please…" Woods rolled his eyes, "Gotta beat being squeezed between two sweaty as hell operators."

Cooper chuckled as he guided the crappy car around another bend.

"Sure about that, a wall of mountain on one side, and pretty much 40 feet of nothing on the other side." Dunc looked back over his shoulder at Woods in the middle, "I know this ride ain't first class, but I wouldn't willingly be strapped to the outside while that guy is driving."

"Sissy…" Coop winked over, earning himself a punch in the shoulder. Rubbing it and feigning hurt he looked over at Dunc, "Ow… You know that rule, 'Don't disturb the driver', it's a pretty good advice…"

"So now is the moment you decide that driving safety is a real thing?" Dunc chuckled, "Bro, I've seen you do all sorts of reckless stuff behind the wheel over the years. Like, taking your M4 and making Swiss cheese out of a guy with a rocket launcher…"

"Well, the rest of you were busy…" Coop shrugged.

"When was this? I can't remember that…" Malik asked.

"Oh, it was way back when…" Duncan shrugged, "Back before that lunatic made top position…"

"So… Before all of US then…" Buck assumed.

"Yeah…" Coop nodded, "Before you guys came along…"

The car was driven around another bend where the steep hill on the left blocked the view.

"We're meeting a truck up ahead…" Duncan said as he spotted a light colored truck a little further down the road, "Think we'll meet him in about three more of these scary turns…"

"Scary?"

"You behind the wheel and that steep a hill on one side?" Dunc chuckled, "You should be impressed I haven't found God all of the sudden. Started prayin' for all our stupid asses."

"I'm not a bad driver…"

"You ain't a pro either… And I'd like a pro on this road."

"I'd like a better car…" Coop shrugged and forced the poor car into a better gear, "Something a little sturdier would be nice…"

They drove around two more bends without speaking much.

"We're gonna meet him right by those rocks…" Dunc noted as he pointed to some large boulders on their side of the road, "Looks like we're lucky for once…"

"Yeah, would suck meeting anyone on the smaller parts of this donkey path…" Coop nodded.

They closed in on the rocks, and the other vehicle came closer too.

"Wait…" Malik swallowed, his eyes going wide, "Is it just me or is he picking up speed… Heading straight at us too."

"He is..." Dunc agreed, glancing over at Coop who was already mouthing cusswords soundlessly.

"This is gonna suck…" Coop growled as he realized there was no way around what was gonna happen next, "Brace yourselves!"

DELTA*SPECIAL

It was hard to breathe when he came to. Apparently the rust bucket they had taken had working airbags, which had deployed and filled the air with some sort of powder that made breathing sting.

He coughed a few times and let out a low growl. He did a quick assessment of his own state. Possible light concussion, nothing to worry about though. His left shoulder felt dislocated, quick fix most likely as long as Dunc was up for that task. Maybe a rib or two that had given in to the force of the airbag, or the steering wheel itself, that was gonna make pretty much everything miserable for a while. And then the subject of his legs. His left leg had to be broken, it hurt like possessed. His right had had rough handling too, but he wouldn't write it off as broken just yet. He looked down, didn't see anything wrong except that his legs were pinned in place by the collapsed front of the car.

Wincing he looked over and saw Duncan doubled over, completely still.

"Dunc…" Coop reached out with his right to lightly poke at his best buddy, "Dunc… Brother…"

No response.

"Dunc!" Coop could feel panic and concern rise up in his chest, as he gently started poking harder, "Bro, please wake up Dude…"

With a sharp jerk and a gasp Duncan sat up straight, wild brown eyes darting around to take in the situation.

"Dude, you okay?"

"Not really…" Dunc admitted as he once again doubled over, this time clutching his left arm with a groan, "Think I broke m'arm… You?"

"Pinned down pretty good." Coop tried keeping his voice level, "Gonna need someone to set my shoulder."

"Dislocated?"

"Yep."

"Left?"

"Yep."

"Anything else?"

"Pretty sure something's wrong with my left leg…"

Dunc took the liberty to look towards it, almost letting out an expletive as he did, "Yeah. There is. We gotta wake the guys in the back, someone's gotta do something about that bleed pretty quick…"

"Bleed?" Coop asked with a puzzled frown and looked back down, seeing the area around his left knee soaked in red, "Shit… That was not like that last time I looked down…"

While Duncan attempted to poke some life into the three in the back, Coop slipped his belt off himself one handedly and tread it under his thigh, then he tightened it, still using only his right as his left hung limply by his side. "Ought to do for now… How are the boys doing back there?"

"Woods and Malik are starting to come to…" Dunc reported, "Buck is still out cold…"

"Okay, okay…"

"Problem is, we need Buck awake to get the other guys out to help you?"

"Huh?"

"We're at the edge…" Dunc almost barked back, "Ain't a damn thing to step out on on my side…"

"Copy that…" Coop swallowed hard.

"What happened?" a grouchy voice interrupted them from the back.

"Buck? Buck is that you? You awake, kid?"

"Barely…" Oliver groaned, "What happened, did I get bucked off?"

"You're not at a rodeo now…" Dunc smiled, momentarily forgetting the gravity of their situation, "We crashed a bit… You okay?"

"Head's ringing…" Buck swallowed and groaned, "Think one of my ankles are sprained too…"

"Okay." Coop nodded in the front, "You able to get the two other goons to come around too?"

"I'll try…"

"They seemed closer to waking up than you did…" Duncan shrugged his right shoulder.

"Ah… You know Buck… Sleeps like he's dead anyway…" Cooper cleared his voice when he felt pain was seeping through his voice.

"You good Boss?"

"Been better…" Coop admitted, "And I'm stuck…"

"Stuck?"

"Yeah. Gonna need help to get outta here…" Coop admitted.

A couple minutes later, all three in the back was awake. All three having only minor injuries.

DELTA*SPECIAL

Monty pulled up behind the wrecked Mitsubishi just in time to see Buck, Woods and Malik crawling out of the back. Buck was limping heavily and had blood running down the left side of his face.. At first he couldn't see anything wrong with Woods or Malik, but when he got closer he noticed that Woods was guarding his right wrist, very unwilling to move it or to accidentally bump it towards anything. And that Malik looked like he was in some sort of pain too.

"Yo, guys! What happened?"

"Crashed…" Malik frowned and brought a hand up to press against one of his eyes, trying to stop his head from spinning the way it did, "Top needs help out."

"And Dunc?"

"Dunc needs to crawl over to the driver's side to get out…" Woods replied as Buck started tearing at the door to get it open. Luckily it came open quickly with a loud creak.

"Shit Boss…" Buck grimaced, "That's a good amount of blood…"

"Yeah. Thought so too…" Coop grimaced.

"Monty, look in the back… Find our radio and SAT phone… We need to call in medevac…"

"Is it that bad?"

"We need medevac anyway…" Buck nodded, "Better just do it straight away…"

Monty nodded and quickly opened the trunk to find something to call in with. Then he headed up to where Buck was leaning through the door to check on Cooper. He looked over at Malik and Woods who had gone to the back of the car to find something to place Cooper on once they had him outside.

He was just about to ask Coop how he was doing when Buck gripped a hold of the tallest man's arm and manipulated his shoulder back to how it should sit. Coop gasped sharply, before he exhaled long and slow.

"Will you call in?" Buck asked looking up at Monty, before he focused back on Coop.

"I think… Dunc… Dunc can call it in…" Coop winced, "Gonna need Monty to get me outta here…"

"Yeah, hand me the whatever… I'll get help for us…" Dunc nodded as he craned his neck in an attempt to meet Monty's eyes. Already reaching out across his body with his right arm.

DELTA*SPECIAL

"How are we gonna get you loose?" Malik frowned as he tilted his head to look at Coop.

"-Take his seat all the way back?" Woods suggested, trying to snake his left hand down towards the lever which would allow the seat to slide, "Gonna be easier…"

"Dude's 6'7"…" Malik glared at Woods, "I think the seat's as far back as it's gonna get…"

"Actually…" Coop sucked in a sharp breath, "Think there's a notch or three left. Buck was behind me, remember?"

"Why did the second tallest guy sit behind the tallest guy?" Monty frowned.

"Dunc, Woods and Malik got in before me…" Buck shrugged.

"Okay, take his seat back as far as it'll go…" Malik nodded, "Maybe it'll be enough to wiggle him loose…"

"Gonna hurt bad either way…" Coop frowned.

"I don't doubt it Boss…"

"Maybe we should just leave him there until the medevac arrives?"

"Don't think so…" Malik shook his head, "The truck we crashed with is smoking, and it's getting worse… And that truck is about two and a half feet inside he one we were in… It's gonna start burning soon…"

"Shit… It'll explode…" Woods looked up with frightened eyes.

"No…" Malik rolled his eyes, wincing when that move made him see stars and galaxies, "But it's gonna catch fire… Burn up fast. We don't want Top and Dunc trapped in there when it does…"

"Yeah. Right." Woods shook his head, then nodded, "Man… My head's a mess."

Woods finally managed to sneak a hand in to pull on the lever that adjusted the seat, sliding Coop back a few inches, while the tallest man tried to hold in a growl.

"You okay?"

"No…" Coop groaned.

"Sorry…"

Cooper just grimaced.

"Guys… Guys-guys! We've got flames…" Monty declared and shoved Woods out of the way. Leaving the guy from Boston letting out a sharp cry as he brought his right hand close to his chest to guard it.

"Shit man… We've gotta hurry…" Malik grimaced, "Sorry Top, gotta do this like a band aid…"

"Not a fan of that idea…" Coop winced, knowing he had no say in how it would go down anyway.

"One shoulder each?" Monty asked Malik.

"Yeah, think so…" Malik agreed, "Buck, can you guide his legs?"

"Sure."

"Look, my left wrist feels funky. Can I go on his left? Don't think I'll be able to pull his weight properly if I go on his right…"

"Yeah, sure." Monty nodded and waited for Malik to get a grip under Coop's left arm.

They lifted and Cooper let out a gut wrenching scream, sure to make everyone's hairs stand on edge.

"Sorry… So sorry Boss." Buck apologized as he guided Coop's legs, "Shit… This is really not good."

"Really not good?" Woods asked, "How really not good are we talking?"

"Boiled spaghetti leg?" Buck shrugged as Malik, Monty and him laid Coop down on a ground pad they had laid out, "Okay, it ain't THAT loose, but there's way too little resistance…"

"His leg's crushed…" Malik frowned as he crawled down to take a look at it, "Man, you've got every damn right to cry… Just… Open up the floodgates when you feel like it…"

Coop shook his head, but his eyes were squeezed tight and his lips formed a thin line over his teeth.

"We should find something to make a splint out of…" Malik sighed and looked around, "Not really sure how much good it's gonna do, but worth a shot, right?"

Coop nodded, as his grimace deepened a bit more, "Dunc… Anyone help him out?"

"I made it out fine all on my own buddy…" Duncan replied as he stood up from the driver's seat. He was holding the communication devices in his right as he simultaneously was supporting his left with that same arm. "How are you brother?"

"Feel like I'm about to pass out…" Coop answered, breathing hard, "Or at least I'm hoping I do…"

"-Ouch…" Duncan said more like a thought.

"Yeah." Coop agreed, before blowing some air past his lips. "Dude… This feels like… Like IT…"

"Like it-it?" Dunc asked hesitantly.

Coop nodded a little, "Yeah."

"No, you're gonna make it…" Malik interrupted, "You're not gonna die… That belt is slowing the bleed enough…"

"No… Another it…" Dunc sighed walking over and getting down on his knees next to Coop, "You really think so?"

"Feels like retirement, dude…" Coop grimaced, "Feels like retirement."

"Could feel worse than it really is…"

Coop shook his head, "No… This is what FUBAR feels like…"

"Well… Chopper's gonna be here in about 10…" Dunc sighed, "Anything you need in the meanwhile?"

"Enough painkillers to sedate a horse?" Coop growled and bit his lip a little, "I don't know…"

"Sorry… All we have are Motrin…" Malik shrugged, "I'll find some."

"How's the guy in the other car?" Coop pressed out after a couple of seconds.

"Dead."

"Sure?"

Malik nodded, "There's no way he survived being half-decapitated by his windshield when he broke through it."

"Yeah. True." Coop nodded, taking an unsteady breath, "Man, this hurts!"

"I believe you man…" Malik winced, "Retirement, huh?"

"Yeah…" Coop inhaled sharply, "That's the early guess."

"Let's get you to a doctor first, before you start taking guesses like that. It's clearly not good, but could be better than we fear."

Coop shook his head, "Nah… I can already tell you it's past broken… All I can really do now is be thankful I'm not a horse, or I'd be sent off to the glue factory already."

Duncan bit down on his lower lip to keep from laughing at the capitulated tone in Coop's voice. "Well, luckily you ain't no horse…"

Coop nodded, clutching his hands against the pain.

DELTA*SPECIAL

"Not that you probably give a rat's ass about this right now, but you have really nice veins…" Grant Weston commented as he fastened the strap around their patient's upper arm, a second or two later he had placed the line and captured the patient's eyes with his again, "In a couple of seconds I'll administer something that'll make you sleep. It's gonna take about 30 to 60 seconds and you'll be properly out and ready for surgery. Then, when we're all done here, you'll wake up in another room. The surgeon in charge over there, the one with… I'd say red hair, but that's covered… The one who's standing by your left hip just about now, he's going to come and let you know how the surgery went. Alright?"

The patient swallowed thickly and glanced towards the doctor Grant had indicated, then back at him. The man gave a short nod. "Please, just get on with it…"

It sounded almost like a plea, and judging by the scars he had already seen the patient having, Grant guessed it wasn't the guy's first time being sedated. Grant also guessed that the guy figured he wouldn't feel anything once he was under, not before he woke up high as a kite after the surgery. And then it would probably feel a bit better than it did right now at least.

But it would finally start hurting again. There were no way around that.

"Alright, wanna make a bet on how long you can stay awake from now?"

The patient shook his head, "Nah man… Just make sure I don't wake up before you're done…"

"Alright…" Grant nodded, smirking as he noticed the first signs of the patient being affected by the opiates. "How are you feeling?"

The guy blinked slowly a couple of times looking like he considered the question and how to answer it, before he nodded and slurred, "Better…"

"That's good…" Grant smiled and watched as the large patient finally drifted off.

DELTA*SPECIAL

"Hey buddy…" Duncan smirked as he finally was allowed to visit Coop after the surgery, "How are you feeling?"

"Right now?"

Dunc nodded, "Yeah, right about now…"

"Good…"

"Any pain?"

"Probably a lot worse than what I'm actually registering." Coop took a controlled breath and looked towards his elevated leg. "Doesn't hurt too bad right now…"

"That's good…"

"And you? Your shoulder?"

"Arm…" Dunc corrected, shrugged and nodded towards the sling his left arm was nestled in, "Broke it in two places. They decided to go both belt and suspenders with this one, at least for the first while."

"No way? Both cast and sling…?"

"Yeah." Dunc nodded, "And you… Is your shoulder and everything else well enough to allow you to start hopping around on crutches soon?"

Coop shrugged and moved his own left arm, testing it. "My shoulder is sore, not sure how stabile it is… But other than that I think I could've pulled it off. But I don't think I'm allowed to yet…"

Duncan nodded. "Let me guess…"

Coop waited.

"You're getting shipped home because of this."

Coop nodded, "Yeah. Doc was in here a little while ago, I'm going back home. He said I had shattered parts of three of the bones, and broke my kneecap in two as well…"

"Ouch…" Dunc frowned, "Shattered is never a good word."

"Like I said… Retirement." Coop sighed, "Felt like it."

Dunc nodded.

"Now, onto something a little more cheerful…" Coop attempted a smile, "When are you back in action?"

Dunc wasn't able to smile, "Not sure I want to…"

"What?"

"You know we kinda made a deal back when we were young and green, right?"

Coop smiled and nodded, then he schooled his features. "You don't need to quit. You've still got plenty of years left in you…"

Dunc shook his head, "I don't know if I want to continue…"

"Come on…"

"No…" Dunc shook his head, "We said we would retire together…"

"The kids still needs you…"

"…The kids…" Duncan couldn't help but smile. Yeah, that was exactly what they thought of the younger operators as. "Chris, Monty, Buck and Malik will be fine without us…"

"Honestly not sure if I'm ready to let them lose on their own yet…" Coop shrugged a little, wincing as it pulled on something in his shoulder, "They might still need adult supervision…"

Dunc harrumphed, "I think you still might need adult supervision…"

"I think I might need someone to look after me for a little while, while that leg attempts to heal…" Coop half agreed. "But seriously… It was the day before yesterday we were sitting and chatting about keeping on doing this for as long as we were able…"

"WE…"

"Come on… Don't quit because I probably have to…" Coop groaned, "Please…"

Dunc didn't answer, but he started biting dead skin off his lower lip. A nervous habit he sometime had.

"Come on…" Coop tried again, "Don't quit."

"Make it back here then…" Dunc knew it was way too much to ask of, the information he had about how badly Coop's leg was injured made that crystal clear. But he hoped Coop would take it for what it actually was.

Dunc got his answer when he saw something light up behind Coop's eyes, "Aw, come on… You know I'll be doing my best to get back out here… Just make sure my brother is here still fighting when I finally make it."

A brief smile crossed Dunc's features, pulling at the scar that cut across one side of his face. "Alright, I'll consider it…"

Coop chuckled a little, before his ribs reminded him how bad an idea that actually was, and he transitioned into a low growl.

"What?" Duncan pinned Coop with a worried frown.

"Cracked a couple of ribs too…" Coop grimaced, "Anything resembling laughing is a bad move…"

"That sucks…"

Coop just nodded, "Well, at least that's guaranteed to heal…"

"-Your leg's not…?"

Shaking his head, Coop let out a sigh. "Nah… It'll heal. -But the doctor couldn't say I'd ever walk without a limp. Or if I'd actually be comfortable walking at all…"

"Really…"

"Yeah…" Coop nodded as he started to wring his hands, "Sucks, man…"

"Really does, doesn't it?"

Coop just nodded.

DELTA*SPECIAL

"Hey Malik…" Monty drawled as he walked over and sat down beside the guy, "How are you doing man? Did the crash mess you up, or are you good?"

"I'm alright…" Malik nodded, "Just a whole bunch of bruises…"

Monty smirked a bit, "I bet…"

"Kinda envious of you though… First you didn't have to sit in a hotbox of a car, and on top of that, you weren't a part of the crash…"

Monty nodded, "Yeah… -How do you think Coop is holding up?"

"Top?" Malik tilted his head from side to side, contemplating it, "Prolly been better…"

"Definitely." Monty agreed, "I'm going to go over and check on him when Dunc comes back… Wanna come with?"

"Letting the two brothers have a little time alone first, are we?" Malik smirked.

Monty shrugged, "Figured since it seemed pretty serious, both of them could use it. Coop seemed pretty confident this would be the end of his active career."

Malik nodded.

"The two have been teamed up together one way or another since they went into the army… It would be like… Like if Buck and Woods spent the next 10 to 15 together, and then one of them got injured enough to…. To not keep on working."

"Or us…"

"Or us." Monty agreed, looking down on his boots.

"I bet both of them are worrying sick over this…"

"I bet they are…" Monty nodded,

"Top's leg looked awful…" Malik grossed, "-Do you think he'll ever walk again?"

"At all, or without a limp?"

"Without a limp."

"Nah… Probably not." Monty shook his head, "Could be lucky though…"

"When have any of us ever been lucky?"

"Think I was lucky once…" Monty shrugged, "Was in Cali once. A rattler tried to strike me. Missed."

"Well, that's lucky." Malik nodded.

"I was just about ready to buy a lottery ticket that day…" Monty nodded.

"I would've…" Malik nodded and clasped his right hand over his left wrist.

Monty saw what Malik did, and locked his eyes on the other man's slightly swollen left wrist, "Sure you're alright?"

"Bruised it." Malik nodded, "Got a lightweight splint to wear,"

"Then why aren't you wearing it?"

"If you'd let me finish my sentence, you would've known it was to wear when I was doing stuff. I hardly think sitting around here counts as doing stuff…"

"Alright…" Monty smirked.

"I swear, you're sounding like Dunc sometimes…"

"And that's cause you, my friend, have a tendency to sound like our leader…"

"I ain't that reckless."

"You ain't not that reckless…" Monty chuckled.

"Trying to trick me into agreeing because of a double negative?"

"Nah… You're not that smart, I don't have to trick you…"

Malik rolled his eyes and shook his head, "Excuse me… Who are you to talk?"

"Shut it…" Monty snickered, "Well, anyway. Wanna play some cards until Dunc gets back here?"

"Round up the other guys and play a little hold'em?" Malik tilted his head a little, a small smile making its way to his lips, "Are we gonna sell it as play for tasks, or for cash?"

Monty shrugged, "Whatever the others feel up for… I guess…"

"Works for me, but I'd really enjoy taking all of your money in a game…" Malik smirked, "Especially Buck's…"

"Still sore after he bluffed the hell out of you last time?"

"He bluffed the hell out of all of us…"

Monty shrugged and hesitated a little, "Well… True…"

DELTA*SPECIAL

Duncan sat silently on a chair in one of the corners while a nurse stopped by to check on Cooper, and check if he was as comfortable as his situation allowed.

Not surprisingly, Coop welcomed some offered cold packs. Once the nurse headed away, he started with placing two packs of ice on top of his cast clad leg. Spreading them as best as he could in an attempt to soothe his leg injury. Then he took the last, third ice pack and weighed it in his right hand before he placing it gently against his left shoulder.

"Sure you don't want an extra one?" Dunc questioned, and gently tapped at his own ribs as he nodded towards Coop, "Weren't some of your ribs…?"

Still squeezing his eyes shut from the sudden lack of boiling desert heat against his left shoulder, Coop shook his head a little. "Nah… I can rotate the one I've got against my shoulder… And to be honest both the shoulder and the leg, especially the leg, grab so much attention that I kinda forget that my ribs are aching too."

Dunc frowned and his eyes narrowed in on Coop's shoulder, and like if Coop had actually sensed it, he opened his eyes and locked his forest green eyes on Dunc, "What?"

"How bad's your shoulder?"

"I'm not gonna point it out on a scale from 1 to 10…" Coop replied slower and more pronounced than strictly necessary.

"Well, humor me…" Dunc shook his head, "I'm worried about you."

"Well, right now… Life is a shit-show. I can't lie about that." Coop rolled his eyes a little, knowing he had nowhere to run, and nowhere to hide. "And if my leg wasn't smashed, and I think that's the right phrase for it, I could prolly have ended up bitchin' and complainin' about my freaking shoulder. -If it would make you happy."

"Hey, bro…" Dunc shook his head, "Only thing related to this so-called shit-show that could make me happy, is news that says you're gonna be alright…"

"I'm gonna be alright…" Coop shrugged.

"Coop…"

"What? I don't think I've used up more than maybe 5 out of 9 lives yet… And I don't think this instance counts as a full one either…" It was obviously an attempt at a joke, but it fell completely flat, "I've got what? 4.5 lives left?"

"Man, you hit your head too or something?"

Coop hummed a questioning tone.

"Or did you leave your mathematics skills back in California?" Dunc chuckled quietly at the confused face that met him, "Dude, it would be 3.5… 5, plus say half a life, 5.5… That leaves 3.5 up to 9…"

"…Yeah… It does…" Coop nodded lazily, before arranging his best baffled look, "I… I blame the painkillers they are giving me. Which I didn't really think had an effect before now…"

"Your leg hurts a lot, doesn't it?"

Coop nodded a little, "Considering that I'm laying still, and haven't moved it since… Before the surgery I think… Yeah. Hurts."

Dunc's face fell a little.

"-But I'm gonna be alright…" Coop continued after a couple of seconds, "Can't hurt like this forever, right? I'm gonna get better, and we'll see what that looks like when that time comes…"

Dunc crossed his arms over his chest as best as he could with the cast and sling in place, not for the first time since stepping into the room Coop was in and sat back in his seat. "Hey, man… Right about now would be the perfect opportunity to freak out a little. I mean, I know it's not exactly your thing… But, just about every other human being would be freaking the heck out right now…"

"Would've…" Coop shrugged his right shoulder a little, "Don't really have the extra energy to spend on it right now…"

They both glanced down at the massive cast that wrapped around Coop's leg for the moment. Except for the watery blood which had seeped through the underside of the cast, it was fairly pristine and white.

"Kinda nasty looking the way it has seeped through…" Dunc swallowed.

Coop nodded a little, "Guess that happens sometimes… Think I heard them saying that they'd change the cast either tomorrow or the day after that…"

Dunc nodded and sat forward in his chair, then he let out a small laugh and focused back on Coop's face. "Hey… Wanna go for a jog when this is all over?"

The question was enough to pull a grimace and a pained growl from the blond. "Seriously dude, it's not fair to mention the j- or the r- words before my leg no longer resembles a 500 piece puzzle… -Actually, the w-word is off limits too, until further notice…"

"What? You don't wanna go for a walk?"

"You're evil. You know that?"

"Only a little…"

"Only a lot…" Coop countered.

Dunc chuckled a little, "Yeah… I know…"

Coop nodded and folded his hands over his stomach. He tapped his left index and ring finger on the back of his right hand a few times. "Gonna be hard to come home after this one…"

Dunc nodded.

"I'm gonna have to stay at home with mamma and pappa until I'm better…"

"Yeah…" Dunc agreed, "But… At least it's not too different than when you come back home in a healthy way."

Coop shrugged his right shoulder, "Well, think I might have to start looking into buying a house of my own now. I can't really imagine that thing healing as it should, at least not well enough to get back into active duty. -And since I probably won't be back working tours ever again… I should have my own place. Not just a basement apartment at my parents place."

Dunc didn't move or say anything at first. He let silence fill the room as he studied Coop's leg for almost a full minute. "Yeah. You're probably on to something…"

Coop nodded. "Weird how quickly life can turn around… Like… We were planning to work out when we got back to base. Now we're here, and I might have a permanent stamp on my forehead saying 'out of order'. Man, this blows."

"Life tends to deal out some pretty darn bad blowjobs, right?" Dunc smirked.

Coop chuckled shortly, and winced at the pain burning from where his ribs had taken a beating. "Shut up… I can't laugh. -But yeah, life should really take a few lessons on how to deliver BJs…"

Dunc smirked again. "So… Do you have anything you're looking forward to about going back home? Even in this condition?"

"Still craving caramel corns…" Coop smiled, "Think that cold one might have to wait until I'm no longer hopped up on painkillers of the kind they're giving me for that leg right now."

"Wise choice."

Coop nodded, "And you? Staying here, or are you getting shipped home too?"

"I'm staying…" Dunc shrugged one shoulder, "They figured I'd get good enough before this tour is up. Besides, I'm not the worst person to park behind a desk for a month or two…"

Coop offered a knowing smile, "You deal a little bit better with that than I do…"

"I'd say a lot better…" Dunc smirked.

"Yeah, okay. You do a lot better at that."

Cooper let his left hand travel down to touch the edge of his cast. It was okay enough to move his arm, as long as he didn't jostle his shoulder too bad.

The fiberglass was rough under his fingers. He offered a thought to how bad the next couple of months would be, and how difficult and painful they could be.

"Hey, it's gonna go better than you fear…" Dunc tried in a low voice.

"You really believe that?"

Dunc didn't speak up, he just shook his head a little.

"Yeah, me neither…" Coop made a sound that could resemble laughter, only it held none of the humor and sounded flat.

"You said it yourself… You said it felt like retirement."

Coop nodded.

They went silent for a spell, both feeling the full gravity of the situation.

The pause lasted for minutes. Both men found themselves with their eyes locked on Coop's cast.

"Hey…" Duncan finally spoke up after the red handle on the clock on the wall had made it past the top number 12 for the seventh time, and the longest black handle had gone from five past, to twelve past the hour. "What do you say? Think you're about ready for visits from the kids soon? I bet they're pretty shook up about you too…"

Coop trapped his lower lips between his teeth as his eyes scanned over his injuries and the room. Then he nodded rather slowly, "Yeah. Sure."

"You okay if I leave you to go get them?"

"Yeah." Coop nodded, a little more confident this time, "Yeah, I'll be okay in the meanwhile. Might zone out and take a nap if I can."

Dunc nodded, "Yeah, that might be good for you."

DELTA*SPECIAL

"Hell Top…" Malik frowned, "You look like shit…"

Coop managed to scoff in return, "Well, as long as I still look better than you, then I'm fine…"

Malik smiled at the attempted sting, "You've never looked better than me… Can't compete with this poppin' melanin look…"

"Okay. You win." Cooper shook his head a little, "But just cause I'm not up for a verbal sparring match."

"This thing really took it out of you Sport…" Buck tilted his head as he studied how Coop was laid up, "You look like you went 3.7 seconds with the wrong bull."

"More like I lost a fight with a bulldozer…" Coop tried covering a wince with a smile, but all of his friends saw straight through it.

"Or went ten rounds with that beast who beat you up once up on a time…." Dunc prompted, "What was it we nicknamed him? The Bear?"

"The Bear…" Coop nodded, "Furry bastard, but it wasn't him who messed up my hand that time…"

"No…" Dunc unwillingly agreed, "But he did break your arm. Something you forgot to check out. And then you really messed up your arm a few weeks later. And then you ended up looking a little bit worse off than this…"

"Hey, if it's a small consolation, I felt worse after the hand incident…" Coop smirked.

Dunc's only reply was to pin Coop with a stare.

"I felt worse back then…" Coop claimed again, then he admitted to the other part of that same truth, "But I might be in more pain now…"

"I don't know much about the hand incident, but I do believe this accident would be more painful than pretty much anything else you've experienced." Monty shrugged and walked over to the table standing by one of the walls, leaning up against it in a casual way. Buck followed him, attempting really hard to hide that his right leg was bugging him.

"Well, it wasn't any fun…" Coop shrugged his good shoulder, "That's pretty much all you need to know."

Malik nodded and let his eyes travel to Coop's right hand, like he silently said 'I bet'.

"So… You guys…" Coop tried to shift the attention away from himself and on to the others, "Y'all alright? Didn't get tossed around too bad I hope."

"Don't worry 'bout us boss…" Woods shook his head, "We ain't the ones laying in a hospital bed now, remember?"

"Hey, I count two wrist splints, one cast, one sling and a lot of bandages between the four of you guys who were in the car with me." Coop tsked, "And Buck, you look like you could use a crutch or two… At least for the next week or so…"

"Nah Top, it ain't that bad… Had worse…"

"You know, I expect a bull riding Okie to have experienced worse…" Coop smirked, "But I still think you ought to use a pair of crutches until it doesn't ache bad enough to make you limp quite obviously…"

Buck shrugged and reached up to press a couple of fingers against the bandage covering where his left eyebrow had received five stitches. "Nah, a doctor checked it out. It's all good."

"If you say so…" Coop rolled his eyes a little.

The other guys found places to sit down around the room.

"Woods got it worse, remember? He wasn't able to use his right hand back at the site…" Buck decided to remind everyone.

"What? You rat on people now?"

"You claim to be a person now?" Buck retorted with a sideways smirk, "I thought you were some sort of animal. Or maybe, what's its name… Homo neanderthalensis…"

"I'm not a Neanderthal…" Woods was on the way to cross his arms over his chest, but remembered in the last second that his right wrist would not take kindly to that, even if it was in a protective splint, "You're the Neanderthal…"

"Well, apart from this high-brow word tossing… You both could have fooled me into thinking that you were the missing link at least…" Malik chuckled and kneaded the backside of his fingers.

"Shut it." Both Buck and Woods spat at exactly the same time, before they went back to dissing each other with a few more phrases.

"Hey, boys." Dunc cleared his voice, "I don't know about Coop there, but I think at least one of us others have a concussion, and I can't think it's fun to listen your regular pissing match."

Buck gave a short nod, and straightened up a little. "Sorry."

Coop smiled, "It's fine by me… A little trace of normalcy is good."

"Good thing there's only a few months left of this tour, huh?" Malik smirked, "Imagine if those two besties started off like that each tour…"

"I thought the tour was up now…" Coop smirked, "Guess I ought to check out my calendar again."

Monty chuckled, "Yeah. But only thing that should be on your calendar now is getting better, and trying to make it back to us before the end of the next tour…"

Coop and Duncan fell silent, and Monty caught on to it.

"Wait…"

"Most likely… I'm done." Coop managed to admit after about half a minute.

"Doctors agreed with his early assessment…" Dunc added, "Chances are his leg won't heal well enough to make him a fully functional operator again…"

"Shit. Sorry…" Monty frowned and met Coop's eyes, "I didn't mean to…"

"Nah… It's all good." Coop smiled, but just for a split second before his face fell into a saddened expression, "I'll be fine. If I manage, I'll be back. But…"

"…Chances are…" Chris Woods filled in when Coop trailed off.

"Chances are." Coop nodded.

They ended up talking quietly after that. No loud or reckless behavior of any kind. Just the six operators relishing what would be some of their last hours as a full team. Four guys who had never known another team leader, a team leader who would very soon be shipped back stateside. For good. One guy who wondered how it would be to be there without his best friend, and one guy who wondered how life would be for him now that he had to leave what he considered his normal.

DELTA*SPECIAL

They spent as much time together as they could over the next week before Coop was shipped home. But of course neither of them felt like it was enough.

But Coop was thankful for every moment the guys were able to keep him company. It made the wait a little less boring, and even though it didn't really help with the pain, it kept his mind off the scary reality he was facing.

There had been an attempt or two to call home and deliver the news of the accident, but nobody had answered the landline and Cooper had been very clear in his 'if shit hits the fan notes' that it was okay if his superiors, or the doctors and nurses, tried calling the landline to his parents, but unless it was life or death they should refrain from calling their cellphones. Unless he was dangling by the thread, he didn't want them to worry if they were off visiting relatives in Norway, or on some other sort of vacation.

Then there were ten days where he was in a hospital at home.

And then he was finally cleared to go home.

DELTA*SPECIAL

It was a quarter past three, and he had just gotten back home.

Not like back from the store 'just gotten back home'. No. He hadn't been home in ten months. Technically he shouldn't have been home yet either.

He shifted the duffle bag he had thrown on like a backpack, before he took a better grip of his crutches. The few stairs up to the front door was a slow process. He almost wished he had accepted the taxi driver's offer to help him inside with the bag. But just like he's told the driver, he needed to get back to feeling like himself as quickly as possible. And being himself was to take care of himself. Right now that meant small things, like carrying his own damn duffle from the taxi to the house.

By the time he made it to the top, he was just shy of sweating bullets.

He grimaced and leaned against the railing of the mini-porch for a short minute, and hoped the storm of pain from his leg would calm down just a little. He faked a smile and turned to wave the taxi driver off.

"Okay, I'm good from here. You can drive off now… Thanks."

The driver who had helped him out and almost hadn't allowed him to carry his own bag still stood by the front passenger corner of the car. He looked a little hesitant, "Okay, are you sure?"

Forcing a friendly and not totally pained expression, Coop nodded. "Yeah, I'm good. Just enjoying this fresh Californian air for an exchange. It's been too long."

The driver nodded, "Okay. Well, the car's number is on the card you took, so if you should end up being unlucky before you get in. Just call me."

Coop nodded, "Thanks, but it's not my first time juggling sticks like this. I'll be fine."

The driver nodded again and started to head around the car to the driver's side, "I hope you heal quickly and well."

"Thanks!" Coop smiled without having to force it this time around, "I hope so too. -And best of luck with that lady. She sounds amazing."

"Thanks," The driver grinned, "I feel like I'm gonna need all the luck I can get."

Coop smiled and nodded, "You'll do fine!"

The driver gave him a thumb's up and got inside his car. Then he started the engine, turned the car, waved and drove off. Coop waved back.

Then Coop turned back to face the door.

Once he didn't feel like he was in over his head, he pushed off and hobbled a step or two to reach for the spare key that he knew would be hidden in the top left corner of the roof that was built over the small porch.

He found it quickly and gathered his crutches again, taking the two strides necessary over to place the key in the lock and unlock the door.

There still were no sort of alarm system in place, so all he had to do was hobble on in. He let out a low growl as the pounding in his leg intensified.

He made a quick decision that he'd use the living room as his bedroom for the time being. Either until he felt well enough to either climb the stairs up to his bedroom, or down to his apartment. -Or to when his parents came home from wherever they were. His early guess was Norway.

He shut the door and crutched towards the living room. A quick stop by the calendar in the hallway confirmed his suspicions. His parents were not in the US, at all. Then he carried on his slow process to the living room.

He stopped in front of the couch, and brought the duffle off his shoulders. Then he slowly and carefully lowered himself onto the couch, then he reached out for all of the pillows within his reach and made a pile of them to prop his leg up on.

DELTA*SPECIAL

He sat there for a while, just trying his best to relax and to forget the agony he was experiencing.

Exhausted and restless at the same time, his eyes wandered along the walls and every flat surface.

His eyes lingered on one photo frame which held a photo that always made him smile. The first one he always searched for when he made it back home. It was an old 80's faded picture of him and his brother. It was from the day Charlie had joined the army. Charlie had been 18 and some months, Coop himself had been a little shy of 3 years old.

Basically all of his life that picture had been right there. His older brother with him perched on one of his shoulder. Charlie was in his first uniform, Cooper himself wore some Sesame Street sweater and some still too big hand-me-down denim shorts. Coop had never really been sure of when his older brother became his idol, the man he wanted to grow up to be, but the moment right there could very well be one of the moments which led to it.

He let his eyes wander to the left, and found a second picture. In this one he was six or something, and Charlie was those good fifteen years older. They were in Norway, visiting their grandma and grandpa. And they were out fishing. The picture was taken right as Charlie helped him bait his hook. Coop still remembered the feeling of that day. The sound of the small waves lapping against the rocks they were sitting on, Charlie acting foolish just to make him laugh and the smell of their grandpa's tobacco, the one that Charlie also smoked when he got his hands on it.

His eyes found another picture, that one had a little more somber story behind it. But it still made it to the wall in their, his, parents living room. It was also a picture of him and Charlie, like most of the pictures in the living room. Only in this one Charlie was sitting on a camping chair out by the road, with one of his legs propped up on another camping chair. The leg was covered in cast from toe to hip. Just like his own was now. But it was one of those old kinds of cast, not fiberglass, and it was littered in 'get-well-soon' messages and small drawings. Cooper knew he had been the artist behind some of those drawings at least. His brother had his arms up like he was cheering for him. Which was exactly what had been going down while the picture was taken, and in the background Cooper saw what he had been told was his first successful skateboard ride down the steep hill leading up to their house. Charlie had been injured on a mission that time. Coop still wasn't sure of how bad it had been, but he had enough pieces of the puzzle to be almost certain it had been from the one mission that neither Charlie, Jack or Boxer would mention without a small, almost mandatory shudder. His guess was that it had been real bad.

He looked further, and found the picture that showed Charlie's 29th birthday. Coop had trouble remembering pretty much any of Charlie's birthdays, except for his 29th, and the later ones. And it made sense. His 29th had been the first birthday he'd been back home for since he was 20, and Coop had been a little young to remember Charlie's birthdays back then. But he had been around for the better part of Coop's birthdays, and that was something Coop was grateful for, even if the last one still felt a little bittersweet. Actually, he didn't like his own birthdays anymore… Everyone else's birthdays were good, but his own kinda sucked.

He shook his head a little to force the memory away, then he looked for another photo. One he always had to smile after looking at. It was almost hidden away between everything else, and you had to know where to look to find it. It was of him, Charlie and their mom. He was 15, Charlie was 30. Their parents had ended up having to drive both of them to the ER after some brotherly stunt had gone wrong, and their dad had captured a real kodak moment of both him and Charlie sitting there with one ice pack each, both with the ice pack rested on top of their dominant wrist, and their mom looking DONE. He remembered they had both spent the rest of that summer with their respective casts, and that they had been prohibited from surfing. He also remembered that they had gone skating often, against just about every advice they had gotten.

His eyes trailed along the shelf and found one picture that really hurt. It was from his birthday that year. It was Charlie proving that he could still manage to lift his younger brother. It looked like such a happy moment. And Coop had really believed it was. He had believed that his older brother had found some sort of miracle cure for the problems he had when he was home. A few days later he had learned the truth. A few days later was the first time he learned that the calm and ease his older brother had showed that week had probably just been a sign that he'd made the decision. And that was why that happy looking picture hurt so much to look at.

He shook his head forcefully, as if to pull himself away from all of that.

No, he couldn't sit around like this and reminisce old times with his brother. That usually didn't lead anywhere good in the long run, not when he was alone anyway.

He brought his phone out of his pocket and opened the contacts. Scrolled up and down the list to figure out who he was going to call. He scrolled the list all the way to the bottom, before he scrolled all the way to the top. He repeated that a few times before a name at the top of the list caught his eyes. Allie.

Allie.

He clicked his tongue a couple of times as he quickly tried to decide his course of action. He let his thumb hover above the green dial symbol before he chickened out and went back to the home screen.

He sat looking at pictures for a couple of more minutes before it seemed like something just forced him forward and he opened up the messenger app on his phone.

He didn't really have to scroll too far to find Allie. They had kept in touch over the years. Even when everything had turned out the way it had.

He bit his lip as he tried to figure out what to write.

- - - - -

'Hey. Up for facetime?'

It was a short and straight forward question, and she smiled when she got it.

'In a couple minutes, at the store right now.' She texted back, but could already feel the butterflies waking to life in her stomach. It had been way too long since they had talked, and she had 'forgotten' to mention a few details about her personal life the last time. Because back then her life had been all upside down and way too much stuff that needed to be done and gone through properly anyway.

It was all done now, and it felt like the best decision of her life. Without doubt. It felt wrong to think like that, but if she were to be honest to herself, it was the right decision.

She hurried along, and quickly finished the rest of her shopping list. She packed her groceries and went outside.

Those butterflies in her stomach had grown a lot, and she felt like she would have a problem sitting still while they FaceTime'd each other.

She pressed the icon and waited for him to answer.

- - - - -

"Hello you…" Cooper grinned as he saw Allie's sweet face.

"Hello you…" Allie grinned back as she tried to get a grip on the butterflies.

Coop shook his head a little, "I hope that guy of yours remember to tell you that you're looking good… If not, he's not doing his job…"

Allie giggled, honest to God giggled. She hadn't done that in forever. Not since… Not since the last time she spoke to Cooper.

"There you go, being all cute again…"

"Think I've passed the age limit for that now too…" Cooper winked as he flashed a brilliant smile, "Just sayin'…"

"No… You're going to be cute until you're fossilized." Allie grinned back, "Better just deal with it…"

Coop grinned, "So, how's life? What's going on in your life?"

"A lot…" Allie chuckled, and felt color creep into her cheeks, "A lot actually…"

"Something great by the way you're smiling…" Coop smiled.

"Some would say that's debatable…" Allie shrugged, "But I'm with you on this one… Great news."

"Okay? If it's debatable, then it's definitely not what I was about to start guessing…" Coop chuckled carefully, "What's up? How's Georgia?"

"I'm…" Allie started and grinned widely, "First off, I'm doing great! I've got two weeks of vacation, which started an hour and fifteen minutes ago. -But I don't live in Georgia anymore."

"What?" Coop wasn't able to hide his surprise, "I thought you would live there to you… Well, to you died."

Allie shook her head, "No. I got tired of it. -Needed a change of scenery."

Coop raised his eyebrows, but didn't question it. "So, where do you live now?"

"Medford."

"Medford?"

"Medford, Oregon."

"What!? You finally made it to the right side of the country?" Cooper grinned.

Allie nodded and smiled, "That's your words, but yeah. I'm living in a west coast state."

"That's awesome…" Coop grinned, "And Fred? He doing good?"

"Actually-" Allie shrugged sheepishly, "I'm no longer Mrs. Aldridge…"

Coop's eyebrows shot up almost comically, "Wait, what? What happened?"

"Nothing really happened…" Allie shrugged, "We just came to an agreement that it didn't work out between us…"

Coop blinked a few times as he tried to process whatever Allie was saying, "So, just like that?"

Allie shook her head, "We've been on the verge of this for years… It was nothing quick or dramatic… We just… Neither one of us were happy, and we figured out that whatever we tried to do to change that wasn't helping."

"Shit… I'm so sorry to hear that…" Coop bit the inside of his cheek a little, "Are you alright?"

"Alright?" Allie chuckled, "I'm great!"

"Sure?"

"Yeah, I'm sure." Allie nodded, "Like I said, it wasn't working out between the two of us anyway."

"When did this happen?"

"Well, we started talking about it after a year, but we tried to fix it…" Allie shrugged, "A couple of years ago we figured we wouldn't be able to force it… And six months and three weeks ago we got officially divorced…"

Cooper looked up like he was trying to scan through his brain for specific memories, "You… You were already divorced the last time we FaceTimed…"

Allie nodded, "I wanted to tell you then, but there was just so much happening around me right then… I was moving, changing jobs… And well… Everything was a little chaotic."

Coop nodded, "And you didn't want to break those news over text either…"

"No… I knew you were in the sandbox. Didn't want to distract you…"

Cooper let out a short laugh that was quickly followed by a pained moan and him pressing his hand and phone against his ribs.

"You good there?" Allie asked as her screen went dark until Coop eased back into his previous position.

"No." Coop shook his head as much as he dared, "I'm not up for laughing, or quick movements, or coughing… Or taking deep breaths…"

Allie frowned, "What? What happened? Are you hurt?"

Coop shrugged a little, before he decided that honesty was the best policy. "Yeah. Busted a few ribs a couple of weeks ago. They're still a little sore."

"Oh, that's not good…" Allie winced in sympathy, "Now that you mention it, you look a little drained."

Coop forced a smile, "Thanks. I know I look like shit."

"That's not how I meant it…" Allie chuckled, "So, ribs. How did you do that?"

"This airbag had it out for me…" Coop smiled sheepishly, "That or the steering wheel itself, those are the top contenders."

"Were you in a crash?"

Coop nodded slowly, "Yeah."

"Stateside or sandbox?"

"Sandbox."

"Did you hurt anything else?"

Coop hesitated.

Allie tilted her head and gave her best impatient look. "Coop…"

Coop waited another second or two before he nodded, "Yeah. I did…"

"Wanna share what and how bad?"

"Dislocated my shoulder, but that's not breaking news…" Coop let out a careful chuckle, "It's done that a few times before. It's sore for a while, and there's some things I shouldn't do with that arm before my arm starts feeling a little more stable… But all in all, not the worst…"

Allie nodded, "-And? You look like you're leaving something out…"

"Al…"

"Come on Coop… I don't bite…"

"What if I want you to?" Coop winked as his cheeks took on a red tint.

Allie chuckled.

"Hey, I had to use the opportunity to say that, didn't I?"

Allie nodded, "Yeah, but you still haven't answered my question."

Coop nodded, and let out a sigh. "Yeah. True."

"So?"

"So… I…" Coop frowned, "Let me just switch the camera around. Makes it easier…"

Allie waited patiently as Coop tampered with his phone, and after a couple of seconds her screen showed the wall in his parents' living room instead of his face.

"Nice wall…"

Coop chuckled, shortly followed by a strained groan.

"Sorry, Coop…"

"Don't worry 'bout it…" Coop replied, "Okay, so… Here's the worst part of the problem…"

She furrowed her brows and felt a stab of secondhand pain when Coop's cast covered leg came into view.

"Broke my leg too…" Coop sighed.

"How bad?"

Coop didn't answer straight away.

"Okay, that bad…" Allie frowned.

"Al, it's n-" Coop started, but cut himself off right before Allie would have, "Okay… That's a lie… It's actually pretty bad."

"How bad are we actually talking here?"

"Well…" Coop started, "I'll probably be able to walk again, but the doctors have made it very clear that I can't expect a pain free leg."

The view on her screen finally changed from Coop's leg, to his face, and Allie could swear her heart shattered when she saw how glassy his eyes had turned over the past minute or so.

"I hope Karl and Inga are treating you good…"

"They don't know yet…"

"What?"

"According to the calendar in the hallway, they left for Norway the day I did all this." Coop revealed, his voice on the verge of breaking, "They're coming home in 17 days…"

"It's still in Klamath you live?" Allie asked, not waiting for an answer, "I'm coming over, unless you refuse."

"You don't have to…"

"It's three hours. I've got two weeks off and basically no plans I really care about." Allie replied quickly, "And… -I miss you."

She could have beat herself when she saw a tear trail down one of Coop's cheeks. She had seen big, strong, tough soldiers at their weakest, but it never made it easier for her to be a bystander when those tears actually fell.

A lump formed in her throat as Coop did his best attempt to clear his voice before replying.

"I've missed you too…"

"That settles it then…" Allie smiled and wiped away a few stray tears, "I'll be there by the end of the day…"

"You don't have to… I won't be much fun to be around…"

"Don't you want me there?"

"I want you here, but I'm just stating the facts…" Cooper shrugged a little, "I'll be the most boring person you can imagine…"

"Bullshit…" Allie chuckled, "You're not in a coma. That means you can talk. And therefor you're automatically way past the most boring person I can imagine spending my time alone with…"

Coop chuckled, and winced.

"Sorry…" Allie scrounged up her nose.

"Well, at least it's starting to get better…" Coop shrugged, "Was a lot worse earlier…"

"That's good. That it's getting better I mean…"

Coop nodded, "Yeah."

"But… The faster I get off the phone and go home and pack, the faster I'll actually be in Klamath…" Allie smiled, "So… Maybe we should end this call soon?"

Coop's lips curved upward, "Yeah. Probably."

"Okay, see you later then…"

Coop nodded, "Okay, can't wait…"

"That's mutual…" Allie grinned.

"Nice." Coop grinned, "Okay… See you later."

"See you later." Allie agreed as they both found the disconnect button. Just as the screen turned blank she whispered the words she couldn't help but think anytime she saw or heard Cooper. "I love you…"

DELTA*SPECIAL

She knocked on the door twice before she opened it and walked in, "Hey, it's me…"

"Allie!" Coop's voice revealed that he was grinning, "I'm in the living room. Second door to the right!"

She left her suitcase in the hallway as she picked up her pace to get to the living room. Her heart was fluttering in her chest. It had been too long since they had met, and she could barely wait to actually meet him again.

She rounded the corner and was met by a familiar smile from the couch. He was just about to stand up to greet her welcome, and she could see it on his face that just the act of getting his leg down off the mountain of pillows he had arranged for it had been a hard task.

"No-no… Just sit…" she waved a hand as she hurried over to trap him in a gentle but firm hug, "So good to see you…"

She felt him relax in her hold, and her hear started doing all kinds of moves when he wrapped an arm around her back in return.

"Missed you…" Coop's deep voice was a little muffled against her shoulder.

"Missed you too, tough guy…" she whispered back.

DELTA*SPECIAL

Allie stood back up after the hug, and Cooper couldn't believe how beautiful she was. She still had the same vibrant red hair, her eyes were still as kind and warm as always, her freckles still stood as a contrast to her normally light skin. She used to be, and still was, one of the prettiest human beings Coop knew of. And she was definitely one of the kindest and gentlest too.

And her hair smelled awesome from the shampoo she used. That little revelation made him a little self-conscious seeing as how he hadn't taken a proper shower in almost three weeks. He had washed, but if anyone dared to say to him that they'd feel just as clean after a so called sponge bath, he would have to argue them. It did help, he didn't feel nasty or anything. But proper showers felt better, and made you feel cleaner. That was just the fact.

He couldn't go straight for the 'you look amazing' or any other version of that. Could he?

He was an innocent bystander as his lips opened and closed as he tried to provide some sort of decent words, or even a sentence.

"How was your drive?"

"It was alright," Allie smiled, "How has your day been?"

Coop smiled a little, "It just got a whole lot better now that you're here."

"How long did you take to plan that line?" Allie asked as she raised an eyebrow.

"Longer than I'm proud of…" Coop chuckled carefully, "It's so nice to see you in person for a change."

Allie grinned and nodded, "I totally agree, but I would have preferred it if you hadn't gone off and gotten yourself hurt first…"

Coop grimaced lightly and nodded, "You and me both…"

Allie smiled, then she placed her hands on her hips and looked at Coop's cast, "You really don't know how to thing half-assed do you?"

"Nah…" Coop gave a playful grimace, "My parents always told me to do things properly if I was about to do anything. Guess it stuck with me."

"Well, from now on, that does not apply to getting injured. Okay?"

"I'll try to behave…"

Allie nodded and studied the cast further, "That cast needs more color…"

Coop frowned, "Ain't I a little old for decorated casts…?"

"No." Allie grinned, "Certainly not."

"Alright…" Coop shrugged his good shoulder, "But you'll have to be the artist."

"It would be an honor…" she winked, "But first… Maybe I should place my suitcase where I'll be sleeping…?"

"That's a good idea." Coop nodded, "Okay, so you get three choices. Either the guest room, that tends to be neat. Or my old room, I have no idea about the level of mess that might be. Or my room in the basement apartment, but that means you'll have to go outside around the corner and down a stair to get to the entrance… But that room looked alright when I left it."

Allie nodded, "Where are you going to sleep?"

"Planned on not moving too far from this couch for the first couple of days. I've had a few nights here with this kind of cast before…"

Allie frowned and nodded. Then she glanced over at the short couch standing in 90 degrees to the one Coop was seated on. "Which room is closest?"

"Guest room." Coop answered, "To the hall and second door to the left."

"Okay, is it okay if I place my suitcase there, but I sleep on that other couch in here?"

"You would probably be a lot more comfortable in the guest room…"

"And you would also, probably, be a lot more comfortable in a bed."

"True… But that means I have to get settled another place too…" Coop shrugged lightly, "And, the less I have to move, the happier I am."

Allie nodded, "Okay. Then we both camp out here. Until further notice."

Coop smiled, "Alright."

"Second door to the left, right?"

Coop nodded.

"Okay, I'll be right back."

DELTA*SPECIAL

When Allie came back into the living room after her little task, she handed Coop a water bottle, "Figured you should probably remember to drink something."

"Thanks." Coop smiled, "Probably smart…"

Allie nodded and sat down on the short couch, and opened her own bottle. She took a good swig before she looked at Coop. When she realized Coop had caught her looking at him, she blushed a little bit and forced herself to take another sip.

"So… Medford." Coop twisted the cap off his water, "You like it there?"

Allie nodded, "Actually, leaving Georgia wasn't as bad as I thought it would be."

Coop nodded, "You do know that sounds a little weird, coming from a nurse who worked in the sandbox for months at the time… Right?"

Allie blushed and let go of a little laughter again, "Yeah, okay. Maybe. But that wasn't… That was never a permanent plan. You know…"

Coop nodded, "So… Medford. Permanent?" he made the question short, and took a generous sip of his water.

"Permanent-ish…" Allie shrugged, "Permanent for now…"

"Like, no other plans for now?"

Allie nodded, "Just like that."

"Cool."

"And you?"

"Me what?" Coop looked over, quite confused.

"Plan on staying here?"

He hitched up his right shoulder in an one-sided shrug. "Plan is to get as good as I can. If that means I'll be able to work like I used to, I'm going back. But the more doctors I talk with, the slimmer that possibility seems. So… Plan B is still getting as good as I can, and then buying a house of my own. If I'm not working out of country, it will probably be nice to not rent the basement here."

Allie nodded.

"But, I might have to wait until I'm better. Until I kinda know how well I'll be able to function. Worst case scenario, I'll have to take considerations like 'the house can't have doorsills', or 'wheelchair ramp, pro's and con's'… And 'limit stairs to a minimum'…"

Allie nodded again, "Do you feel sad about this?"

"No…" Coop shrugged a little, "I think pissed is more what I'm feeling. But it's not like I can do anything about it without causing myself more pain. And that's not something I want. So… I guess it looks more resigned and sad…"

"Yeah."

"But… Enough about that, right?" Coop smirked, "I kinda don't want to sit here and complain too much about that while I've got such an amazing girl on a visit…"

Allie blushed and had to look away for a second or two. When she looked back, she had a smug smile on her lips. "You think I'm amazing?"

"Always." Coop nodded, "Never kept it a secret either, have I?"

"No…" Allie shook her head, "No, you haven't…"

"Exactly…"

A couple seconds passed where neither of them said anything, before Allie cleared her voice and set her eyes on Coop.

"I think you're pretty freaking amazing too…"

Coop smiled in return, a silent 'thank you'.

DELTA*SPECIAL

The first couple of days went by in a weird blur. Even if they hadn't been strangers the past decade, they felt a little different now than what they had way back in the day, when they had been an almost-couple. Or was it an actual couple they had been?

Well, it didn't really matter much now anyway, not while they were sitting in the living room watching 'P.S. I love you'.

Allie had placed a couple of couch cushions on the floor, right beside the big couch Coop half-laid on, she leaned her back against the front of the couch, and Cooper had one arm wrapped around her. Partly because it felt right, and partly to allow easy access to the popcorn bowl Allie had placed in her lap.

"This is nice…" he whispered as he pulled Allie a little tighter, and he smiled when she nodded against him.

"It is…" she agreed, "Wanna see another movie afterwards?"

"Sure." Coop smiled, "Which one?"

"I don't know…" Allie shrugged, "Action, comedy, thriller?"

"Not comedy… Still hurts to laugh…"

Allie nodded, "Forgot that, so no comedies."

Coop nodded, "Yeah."

"So, action, thriller or something else."

"Action maybe…"

"Sounds good. But what movie? Point Break?"

Coop chuckled cautiously, "Nah… A few too many things I used to enjoy doing, but probably never will again…"

Allie nodded, "What about Lawless, White House Down, Once Upon a Time in Venice, or Speed?"

Coop chuckled, "It's been a while since I watched all of those…"

"Is there too much skating and surfing for you in Once Upon a Time in Venice?"

"Nah… Nah…" Coop chuckled, "I can deal with that."

"Okay, then I vote for that one."

"Me too…" Coop grinned, "And I vote for more popcorn afterwards…"

"Arrangements can be made…"

Coop smiled and figured the right moment had come around to take the risk. He leaned a little to the right and dared a quick peck on Allie's cheek.

And it had the exact outcome he had hoped for. She sat the popcorn bowl away, spun up to her knees and returned the kiss, with a slightly different placement. And one kiss led to another and neither of them really paid attention to the end of the movie. Whatever was going down in the living room was much more interesting to them.

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Hi, I am in the process of re-financing my mortgage on the property that I have bought two years ago. I have received the below email from the re-financing company. I see in HUD statement that we have Title Insurance at the time of closing. Also, title search has been done. Is the title insurance different from Owner's policy? How bad is this? FYI, I have had a lawyer, RE agent when I bought this property. Also, please let me know what kind of insurance should I be taking going forward? Thanks for all your help. We are trying to clear the first mortgage from title but the property was owned by PREVIOUSOWNER. Can you please find out if CURRENT OWNER(myself) purchased an owner's policy at the time they purchased the property from PREVIOUS OWNER. If they did purchase the policy we will need a copy of it.

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Do you have health insurance?

if so, how much is it per month? how old are you? what kind of deductable do you have? feel free to answer also if you do not have insurance?""

How much would car insurance cost for a 16 year old?

I'm 15, and I am thinking about paying for my own car insurance next year to help my parents out. I was wondering how much it would cost per month given the facts that I am a guy, and I was thinking about buying a used 2005 or 2007 Mustang for my first car. How much would is cost per month for my circumstances?""

Which Insurance is better ?

Hi Guys , I'm a beginner in IT industry. let me know which insurance or Tax exemption Payments are better .. LIC, TATA AIG or Kotak insurance or anything else ..""

Will like to know what car insurance company is the most affordable?

whats the most affordable car insurance out there? any one know's ?

How much insurance is it for a 16 year old boy in alberta?

just planning to buy a 1996 car any ideas?

Consequence of lending your car in terms of car insurance?

If I lend my car to my brother or sister, but I have car insurance, will they get a ticket when they drive? The car insurance covers the cost of the damage to the car, so does it matter who is driving it? What is the purpose of having someone as a secondary driver?""

Who will give car insurance with a drivers permit?

My DL was suspended and I restored them today due to parking ticket but I have to start all over so I have a permit so who will give me car insurance with a permit need A.S.A.P

How much is insurance for a 17 year old?

I live in MA and I'm just curious how much money I would have to pay for my insurance...if anyone knows how I go about finding that out it would be very helpful! Thanks

How to get insurance for ice cream truck?

I want to start a ice cream truck business but how do you get insurance for the truck

How much would it cost for a 50cc scooter to insure?

I dont want l plates anymore i think its 50-100 lol , and how much would it cost to fully insure it and the test aswell. Im 19""

How can we make health care insurance work like car insurance?

Everyone is familiar with how car insurance works. Its available to all. Its pretty cheap. They can't drop you from coverage even if you are a drunk driver. Once you have a accident they dont raise you rates too much. Why can't health care be more like Geico (insurance) and your local car repair man (doctor) and the DMV (government help)?

Title Insurance / Owner's Policy?

I'm getting quote 3000-5000 for insurance on a 1.4 Cityrover Solo ?!?

Shalom! I tried different cars with bottom insurance groups too, it's not going lower then 3k. Thats ridiculuous, anybody out there thats 19yrs old too and getting a better deal and HOW? Tried all comparison websites, direct co-op tesco everything!!! What can I do?! PLEASE advise. Thanks in advance.""

Question about car insurance/registration in Connecticut?

I live in Connecticut, and I just got a car. I am only 17 so the car cannot go in my name because I am not 18. My dad bought the car, but I live with my mom (my parents are divorced), and my license says my mom's address. Is there any way for me to have to car garaged at my mom's house but it be in my dad's name/can I go on my dad's insurance? Reminder: this is for Connecticut!!! I really can't find this information online anywhere, so if anyone knows the answer/ has had this problem please let me know! Thanks!!!!!!""

Does anyone know of any ortho dental insurance (cheap or reasonable) in Texas? ?

I need braces... I have Blue Cross Insurance but ortho isnt incuded in my plan. I am with Blue Cross through my job. I am so upset! I need this done. Or is there a place where I can get them for really cheap? (Braces)? Thanx for your help.

Health Insurance ?? I can buy on my own thats affordable.?

I own a small business and need some health and dental for me ,2 kids and my husband that is affordable and actually works. And that you dont have to be low income to qualify.""

How much would car insurance be for me?

I am a 16 year old boy and am looking at 95-99 Honda civic coupes manual transmission. I believe the insurance company is AAA and I'm in southern California

Can i put my car under my dad's name to have cheaper insurance?

if do, why insurance company do that, they should have known that this second car is for customers' child""

Is there short term car insurance?

I am going on a trip, and i am going to borrow a car from someone, and they don't have insurance on it..I wanted to know if i could get temporary insurance on it..""

Insurance cost for new biker?

Hi I would like to ask people in my group of age (24 yrs old) how much would I have to pay for insurance, just passed my CBT and I'm looking for 125cc Cruiser, didn't find anything yet, but I'm trying to calculate the costs. I've checked few insurance sites and made quotes, but still confused.""

Car insurance coverage - with temporary car drivers?

sir, i bought a car for my brother in india,on his name...he doesnt have any drivers license..so always had to rely on call drivers or temporary drivers for driving the car. in that case,if any acccident happens,will the claim still be honored even it is not driven by the owner..as long as the driver as the driver has a valid driver license. i came across a situation with my friend..where in the call driver ran away from the scene after the accident..can we still make the claim even in this case? i see in my car insurance it has owner-driver coverage...what is that.. is there any add on that i need to add to my insurance so that it covers even if driven by any temporary or call drivers..""

Does My job Have to Give me health insurance? New York?

I am employed in new york. My job offers health insurance to some higher up employees, but not to full time hourly employees. I heard from someone that the law was that if a business offers health insurance to an employee, they have to offer it to all. is this right?""

Can Auto Insurance Companies suspend drivers licenses?

Does anyone know for sure if an Auto Insurance Company has the right to suspend drivers licenses at any time or can the BMV only do that? We paid the required 20% down in car accident to get our licenses back, but can Auto Ins. Company suspend us now if we miss a payment after that down payment? Thanks for any help!""

What is the best car insurance?

What is the cheapest and best car insurance out there. im 18.

..new driver in CA? insurance?

does the DMV automatically alert your insurance company that theres a new driver? or do you have to yourself? and if i havent yet, what happens if i get pulled over? should i not be driving?""

How much would car insurance cost?

I'm 16 and I just got my first car. Scion tc 2008. (I'm a girl) My dad has insurance and we are going tomorrow to get insurance, we want full converge but i just want an estimate on how much it would be. We also live in texas if that means anything lol""

Why is michigan car insurance so high?

I am a 21 year old female with no little credit but I have no bad credit. I rent an apartment and pay all my bills on time. I have a 2004 monte carlo ss that I paid 3500 for. This is my first car. The cheapest quote I got was 350 a month and that's only for the state minimum. I already have health insurance. They want me to pay more for car insurance than my car is worth and if I get in an accident they wont even cover it.

Is minimum coverage car insurance the same as an SR22?

In Tennessee, is minimum coverage car insurance the same as an SR22? I already have minimum coverage but am now required to get an SR22. Is this something that needs to be added on or will minimum coverage suffice? Thanks.""

Cheapest place to get motorbike insurance?

hello im looking to get a skyjet125 ive got my CBT, this is my first bike where is the cheapest place to get insurance ? cheers""

Auto Liability Insurance help?

SO how old do you have to be to have only liability insurance? My son got his license and I might only get him liability insurance cause its cheaper. But, some people told me you have to be 18 to have only liability""

""Mortgage, HOMEOWNER INSURANCE, lost jobs advice.?""

I need some advice! (Please, please keep your advice to constructive criticism, please) We are coming out of a messy situation where we both lost our jobs. But now we have acquired ...show more""

Where can i find affordable health insurance ??

I am a single mother of two daughters. I make too much for medicaid, the kind my job offers is too much for me to pay, $332 per month. Is that good or bad, the $332??""

Car Insurance lower or higher if you lease it instead of financing it?

Hello, I would like to know if car insurance is lower or higher if you lease it instead of financing it?""

How long does it take to get billed for an ambulance ride?

I was given an ambulance ride back in April. My insurance had covered it and I am supposed to pay the co-payment as soon as I get the bill via mail. To this day, I still haven't received the bill and I'm told that the billing depends on the ambulance company when I call and ask about it. Does the billing usually take this long?""

What is the CHEAPEST homeowner's insurance around?

Along with flood insurance and car insurance, but the main thing is homeowner's insurance. They've gone up on us something fierce, and we don't live in a mansion. Affordable homeowner's insurance is the question. Thank you.""

For Piper Cherokee 140-160 Owners. How much does it cost to insure your plane?

I'm thinking about getting one of these little planes to build time in when I get back to the states. Just curious of insurance cost and things that can burn your wallet during an annual.

80's Monte Carlo Insurance cost?

Considering buying a Chevy Monte Carlo from the mid 80's, I know that early muscle cars have very high insurance cost, while an average cheap 80's car has a cheap insurance cost. The Monte Carlo is somewhere in between these two depending on how you view it, so should I expect 69 Camaro insurance prices or 88 Civic prices?""

Title Insurance / Owner's Policy?

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