Alex knew that nothing was going to happen to Hope and he was going to make sure of it.  This man had better rethink his life if even tried to take Hope anywhere.  Currently Alex was not thinking of his own safety, just Hope so when the man pulled the gun out all he wanted to do was get Hope down and out of the line of fire.<br/><br/>All Alex heard was the two gunshots go off when he had hit the ground; in fact he didn’t even realize that he had been hit until he heard Hope yelling.  Alex moaned a little as he heard Hope; this was not what they needed right now with Alex trying to get Hope to realize that things were not always his fault.<br/><br/>Alex had sat up when he saw Jamie running to bring the car up as close as he could get it.  “Hope, calm down it’s ok.”  Alex said to Hope trying to get him to relax a little.  Actually Alex did not even feel anything that was in his arm.  He took a moment to unbutton his shirt and tossed it next to him after using it to clean up the rest of the blood.  There was actual more blood than the size of the wound.<br/><br/>Alex had to take a moment and cover his ears while Hope fired the rest of the gun into the tree.  “Hope, stop, Hope, stop.”  Alex was yelling at Hope trying to get him to stop.  Once the gun was emptied Hope got back on the ground still freaking out over Alex’s wound.  Alex could not think of any other way to get him to calm down so he leaned in and kissed him.  Alex began to run his tongue along Hope’s lips trying to get him to allow his tongue to enter.  Feeling his mouth slightly open, probably from the shock, Alex placed his tongue into Hope’s mouth deepening the kiss.  Once he was done he pulled back and smiled a little, “Hope, I promise I am just fine.”  Alex said showing him his arm, “It is just a little flesh wound.”