“I’ll go get the doctor,” Pyro says leaving the room.
“How long have I been out?” I ask Krista.
“About eighteen hours,” she says, and I see tears well in her eyes.
“Hey now…” I say wiping a tear that falls. “What’s this about? I’m fine.”
Her chin wobbles. “I know, but I was so scared. When I got the call to come to the hospital and we were in the waiting room for hours, I wasn’t sure that I’d ever see you again.”
“Come here, babe,” I say softly.
She gently gives me a hug. I feel tears at my neck where she’s resting her head.
“I’m okay, babe. I’m right here,” I say while rubbing her back.
Minutes later, the doctor comes in and I tell him that it’s okay for Pyro and Krista to hear what he has to say. I don’t have any secrets from them. They might as well hear so that I don’t have to repeat it.
“Krista, it’s good to see you. I’ll leave the instructions for his care. We would like to keep him for a couple more days, but I’m sure that he will be in good hands when he goes home with you,” he tells her, and she nods her head.
“I’ll take care of him,” she says softly.
He nods his head and leaves the room.
I’m glad that I only have to be here for a couple more days because I hate hospitals but, really, who likes them? It’s probably because Krista is a nurse and knows what kind of care I need that I am able to leave the hospital as quickly as I am.
I don’t stay awake much longer. I feel exhausted. Krista sits beside the bed with Pyro but never lets my hand go.
It’s only seconds before I’m asleep.
Krista
I’m glad that Blake finally woke up. It was the longest eighteen hours of my life. I could barely get any rest. I wasn’t too comfortable sleeping on Declan’s lap and I’m sure that he wasn’t very comfortable either.
Once Blake falls back asleep, Declan tries to tell me that we should go home and rest. I start to shake my head when Sophie and Trigger sneak into the room.
“You two need some rest. You guys are walking zombies. Go get something to eat and then go home and take a nap. Bullet will probably sleep the whole time that you are gone anyway,” Trigger says.
I nod my head reluctantly.
“Okay, only for a few hours,” I say looking at Blake. I really don’t want to leave him, but I’m dead on my feet and starving.
Declan stops at a drive thru on our way back. We eat as soon as we get home and we both collapse on the bed afterwards. He has me in his arms and we are both asleep within seconds.
When I wake up, I realize that we both slept the day away. It’s evening now and Declan is softly snoring beside me.
I slowly get up and head to the bathroom. I brush my teeth and start the shower. I don’t want to waste any time getting back to Blake.
Declan must have heard the shower because he comes into the bathroom as soon as I’m getting in.
“I’ll join you in a second, babe,” he says. He brushes his teeth before joining me in the shower.
We clean each other up, but there’s nothing sexual about it; however, it still feels intimate in ways that sex doesn’t.
I brush my hair and throw it in a ponytail. There is no point in doing my makeup if I’m just going to the hospital. I just want to be with Blake again.
When we get downstairs, Declan’s phone rings. “Yeah. Alright, let me drop Krista off at the hospital and I’ll be right there.”
I look at him when he hangs up until he speaks. “That was Steal. He said that there was Church. You can stay with Bullet while I head over to the clubhouse. We’ve got shit to deal with.”
I nod my head. There isn’t much that I can really say because I know that Church has to deal with whatever happened when they found Cutter.
I know better than to ask about club business, and I know that my man will take care of me. “I’ll be fine with Blake. Do what you’ve got to do,” I say softly.
He nods his head and kisses me hard before we are out the door.
I walk to Bullet’s room. Sophie is sitting by Blake’s bed and a prospect is just outside of his door in the hall.
“Hey darling,” I say as she looks up from her phone.
“Hey,” she says with a soft smile.
“How is he?” I ask.
“He’s fine. He has been sleeping the whole time just like I thought he would. Trigger just left for Church as soon as a prospect came to guard the door,” she says. I sit down next to her grabbing Blake’s hand.
“Well thank you for coming. I know that you have been busy with your bakery lately and it is probably difficult that, with the club being on lockdown, you haven’t been able to be there,” I say.
She nods. “Yeah, but hopefully I will be able to go in the next couple days. I trust my staff to take care of it but, still, I need to bake. The brothers eat everything so fast that it feels like I just take it out of the oven by the time it’s gone,” she says with a laugh.
I nod my head. “Yeah, they are greedy for your cooking.”
We both laugh and make small talk until Blake wakes up.
Pyro
I walk into Church with all the brothers already there.
I know that this meeting has to do with what we
