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Times Like These

Chapter thirty-five

A few days later, I was in the car with Brian headed home from the hospital. He had his hand in mine, and was singing along softly to the radio. I smiled as I looked over at him, thinking about how great he has been throughout this entire experience. Brian didn’t leave my side once over the four days I was hospitalized, except to use the bathroom and shower. If he was hungry, he had one of the guys bring food, and he slept in a chair right beside my bed. He fluffed my pillows, brushed my hair, and made sure I was as comfortable as I could get. He has been the perfect boyfriend. My parents and Dani spent a lot of time at the hospital as well, coming to visit before lunch and usually leaving in the evenings. Zack and Arin came to visit a few times, and Matt would come whenever Dani was there. Johnny spent a lot of time in my hospital room, sometimes bringing food and sometimes just coming to talk. Brian thinks that finding me the way he did really affected Johnny. He may be a smartass little shithead, but Johnny has a huge heart. As Brian pulled into our driveway, I let out a heavy sigh. My parents and Dani were already there waiting on us, and Zack’s vehicle was in the driveway as well. “You okay baby?” My boyfriend asked, squeezing my hand. “Yeah, I’m just really worn out. Who knew getting stabbed in the leg and losing a spleen would take so much out of you.” I joked, chuckling to myself. “Well, if you want I can help you to the bedroom and kick everyone out so you can get some rest. I know you haven’t been sleeping well.” He said, turning to look at me. I nodded and went to open the car door. “That sounds good. Then tonight we can order Mexican because I really want some nachos.” Brian laughed loudly and quickly made his way to the passenger side of the car to help me get out, “You got it, babe. Anything for you.” I leaned up and kissed his lips softly before linking my arm in his, “Come on. Let’s go kick everyone out.”

Once we walked in our front door, we realized that everyone was there. My parents, sister, Matt, Zack, Johnny, Arin, and the girls. There was a bouquet of wildflowers on the breakfast bar leading into the kitchen, and there was a buffet of Mexican food on the bar. “Oh my god, whose idea was this?” I asked excitedly, directing Brian to the living room. “It was Zack’s, he knew you’d be hungry.” Matt said with a chuckle. As I walked further into the living room, I noticed my sister talking to someone, and it wasn’t one of the guys. “WILSON!” I shouted excitedly, moving as quickly as I could to get to my best friend. “Hey you little shit.” He said, getting off the couch and pulling me into a gentle hug. “What the hell are you doing here?” I asked, feeling his chest rumble with laughter. “I figured you needed some best friend time. And I wanted to make sure you were okay.” Wilson said, giving me a gentle squeeze before pulling away. When I finally looked up at his face, my breath caught in my throat. “Wil, what happened?” I asked, already knowing the answer. “Well,” he sighed, helping me to sit down on the couch, “Michael came into Dave’s a few weeks ago, asking questions about where you were. When I wouldn’t tell him, he hit me with a beer bottle. He still didn’t get the information he needed when the cops showed up.” I sighed heavily and leaned my head against the back of the couch, “What the fuck is wrong with them?” I asked angrily. “Does anyone even know who told him here I was?” “Yeah, it was Stephen.” Dani said from her spot on the floor. “What? Fucking Stephen?” I seethed. “Nichole. Language.” My mom scolded. “No mom. Fuck that.” I said angrily. “I’m gonna kill him. I could have been killed, god knows what would have happened to me if Matt and Johnny hadn’t showed up, I probably would have fucking bled out from my femoral artery. All because my boyfriend from high school is still fucking bitter that I broke up with him because I was going to fucking college.” “Hey, calm down.” Wilson said, rubbing my back. “There’s no sense in getting so worked up about it. What’s done is done, Jeremy and Michael are both in jail, and Stephen’s punk ass will get what’s coming to him, I can assure you of it.” Wilson squeezed my hand and stood up from the couch, “Now that you’re finally home, I can dig into the buffet over here.” He said, making me laugh.

Shortly after everyone ate, Wilson brought up the subject of me and pain killers. “So, what pain meds did they have you on in the hospital?” The entire room burst into laughter, and I wanted to shrink into the couch. “Oh, they gave you morphine, didn’t they?” He asked with a chuckle. “Shut up, Wilson.” I grumbled. “They definitely gave her morphine.” Brian said with a laugh. “One minute she was laying there with her eyes closed, the next minute we hear ‘And I know you hear their voooooices’, and she laughed for like five minutes and said ‘hey, I’m M. Shadows.’ That was the funniest shit I’ve ever seen in my life.” Matt chuckled while I rolled my eyes. “I hate all of you.” “Oh no you don’t. Well, that’s not what you said at the hospital. You loved everyone. Even Michelle.” Lacey said. “Shut up. I didn’t say that.” I argued. “Oh but you did, sister. You also tried to seduce your boyfriend in front of our parents.” Dani said while Dad laughed loudly. “I never want to experience that again. I’m just glad you kept your hands to yourself and kept your clothes on.” I groaned and ran my hand down my face. “I did the wiggly eyebrows didn’t I?” I asked Brian, who laughed loudly and pulled me close to him, “Oh yeah you did.”


We continued talking and laughing for a while longer, until my body was so sore I needed to lay down. “I hate to do this, but I really need to go lie down. I hurt all over.” I said sadly. “Well don’t be upset, I’ll be in the guest room down the hall.” Wilson said, grinning when my face lit up. “Really Bri?! You’re the best boyfriend ever!” I said to my boyfriend, kissing his cheek. “Yeah yeah, I know.” He chuckled. “You ready to go upstairs?” I nodded and he helped me stand up. “Honey we’ve got to go, we have to be at the airport by 9.” My dad said, standing up along with my stepmom. I limped over to them and gave them both huge hugs. “I wish you didn’t have to go already.” I whispered into his shirt. “I know, babe. But we will be back soon, I promise.” Dad said before kissing my head. He walked over and shook Brian’s hand, “Make sure she behaves herself.” He joked while I scoffed. “Right, like I’m the one who always gets into trouble.” My stepmom chuckled and looked at me with a raised brow, “You are.” She winked. My parents left, and I started heading for the stairs. “You guys don’t have to leave just because I’m going upstairs. Please stay and have fun.” I said, standing at the bottom with my hand on the rail. As I was about to step on the first step, I realized that the pressure I was putting on the stitches in my thigh made my leg seriously hurt, and there was no way I was getting up the stairs by myself. I stood there with tears in my eyes, and bowed my head as they flowed down my face. I was in pain, and I was angry. I was angry that Jeremy was able to find me, and that I couldn’t defend myself enough against him. I felt a hand on my back and looked up to see Johnny standing beside me with a smile on his face. “Come on, munchkin. Let’s get you upstairs.” I wrapped an arm around his shoulders and leaned against him, picking my injured leg off the ground and leaning most of my weight on him. “Jesus you weigh a lot.” He mumbled, which made me laugh. “Did you just call me fat? What a dick.” I said as we ascended the stairs. “Watch what you say about my girl, Christ.” Brian warned. Once we made it upstairs Johnny helped me limp into the bedroom and made sure I had everything I needed before leaving the room. Once I laid down I turned on the tv and eventually fell into a dreamless sleep.

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Comments

caught up again, drunk Nikki and Dani are funny :D

Loved the updates :D I'm glad she's okay :)

Loved the update! Loving Zeus

Ugh there goes Michelle ruining shit. I’m glad she went to
him! I can’t wait for more

Oh no....I have a feeling i know where this is going...