19

                                    

                                          
I woke up to Nestor hunched uncomfortably in the chair beside the bed. I looked out the window and figured out I was in imperial city hospital.  My body ached and I had small gauze pads all over the place as well as thick bandages around my thigh. Nestor jumped up from the chair when he noticed I was awake and reached for my hand.
                          
"Who are you?" I asked as I pulled my hand away.
                          
Shock washed over him and he looked so uncomfortable I couldn't help but laugh. 
                          
"I'm kidding baby." I said as I moved over gingerly making space for him. "I told you I was fine."
                          
"Still a funny bitch." He said dryly before sitting beside me. 
                          
"You love it." I smirked and cuddled into him. "Can we go home now? Shit! Did anyone call SAMCRO?"
                          
I looked at his knuckles and saw the cuts and bruises across them. I knew without asking he had done what I asked him to do. His hair was tied up in a bun instead of his braids so I knew he had rushed here after showering. It must have been a bloody session if he needed to wash his hair. 
                          
"Shaky sent James to get them. They came down yesterday after picking up some Chinese takeaways." He said quietly as a nurse came in to check on me.
                          
"Glad to see you awake." The nurse said as she looked at my file. "Everything looks good, we were just waiting on you to wake up. We can get you ready to leave if you feel up to it." 
                          
I smiled and nodded enthusiastically, hospitals were never a pleasant place. "Please, I can taste the cancer in this fucking place."
                          
We pulled up to Nestor's house and he had his arm around my waist helping me limp inside. The quiet afternoon I had planned was ruined by the motorcycles and vehicles that pulled up soon after. I rolled my eyes at Nestor and he just shrugged. 
                          
"The sooner they see you're fine the sooner they will fuck off." He said as he got up to open the door. 
                          
My father and brother came in first looking like a before and after photo for a makeover. Neron dropped down onto the couch next to me and draped his good arm over my shoulder. 
                          
"That was stupid hermana." He said as he messed my hair up. 
                          
"It's because I've been spending too much time with you idiot. It's rubbing off on me." I said before signing in ASL, "still not as bad as your worst plan."
                          
My dad laughed and nodded at me before saying, "ain't that the goddamn truth." 
                          
Neron rolled his eyes and stood up. "You're obviously well enough to be making jokes so I'm heading back to the yard. Take care Gi, love you." 
                          
He kissed my head before heading to his bike and dad left soon after. 
                          
"What was with the sign language?" Nestor asked as he sat down and grabbed the tv remote.
                          
"I was saying this still wasn't as bad as what Neron's done before." I said before stealing the remote. "He didn't want to go to school so he stole a stick of dynamite of grandpa's. He stuck it in the school toilet but was too close when it blew." 
                          
I shook my head at the memory, god he was a little shit when he was a teen. "He destroyed his ear drums and lost his hearing. Mom made us all learn sign language, then when he was sentenced to juvie they let him have the surgery to fix it. I didn't know how he would've survived without his hearing."
                          
I put on Queen of the South before laying down on Nestor's lap. His hands, capable of snapping my neck like a twig, delicately traced the cuts on my cheek and brushed my hair back from my face. I could feel him watching me as I watched the show we had started a few weeks ago. With both of schedules all over the show we barely got time together to watch it. When we did we usually got distracted and ended up making love on the couch.