Don't Leave Me Again..

Chapter Eight

Everyone listen as the man talks about my Pops. I turn around to see a van. This is the third time I've seen the van drive past us. I lean over to Abel.

"Somethings wrong." I tell him he looks at me then pushes me to the ground as soon a gun shots start going off. The van drives off, and half the club runs to their bike to  follow it.

"Mommm," I yell out. She tells me she's okay. Abel stands me up and turns me around, checking me, and then he pushes his hand against my side when I look down. All I see is blood covering his hand.

"Happy she's hit." Dad and mom run around to Abel and I. My body falls limp, and Abel catches me.

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I can hear dad, Jackson, Tig, and Abel talking and a TV. I open my eyes but close them again when the lights are too bright.

"Will someone shut the lights off?" I ask  and they all start talking. Mom tells me she shut the lights off, and I open my eyes. Abel grabs my hand and sits next to me on the bed.

"Did anyone else get hurt? Can you get me something to drink?" I ask them. Jackson grabs a cup and pours some water into it.

"The man that gave the speech, a couple members, and then you. No one died." Tig says to me. His phone rings, and he leaves to take the call, but comes right back in.

"Princess, love you glad you're alive. We gotta go, they found the van." Tig says after kissing my head. Dad and Jackson kiss my head. Abels grabs my hand and looks at Tig.

"Sorry buddy, but we need you with us." Tig says to him, Abel leans over and kisses me. Mom tells him she's got me. Abel follows Tig out. Mom tells me to slide over so she can lay with me.

"It's probably just someone testing the club after losing their president. I think they want to see if Tig can handle shit as well as Pops did." Mom says to me. Someone knocks on the door and walks in. Mom jumps up, running over to him.

"Uncle Gilly, I haven't seen you in forever." Gillys comes over to hug me.

"I was trying to make in time for the funeral, but shit came up this morning, and then I heard my favorite niece got shot and rode right up." He says before sitting in the chair across the room. Him and mom get talking about Pops, and I zone out, staring at the TV before falling asleep.

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I wake up to someone snoring and see it's Thomas in the chair. I throw the remote at him, and he wakes up looking at me, then flips me off.

"Your mom and some dude left when I got here about an hour ago." Thomas says to me. When Gilly visited, the boys and Wendy were never around, so they never met him. I explain Gilly to him, and then he asks me if I'm alright.

After fifteen minutes, the door opens again, and Abel and Jackson walk in. They both bro hug Thomas, and then Abel comes and sits on the bed with me. We talk back and forth for twenty minutes before Abel gets a call for him and Jackson he kisses me before they leave.

"That's really what you want, him coming and going whenever he gets a call? You'll never be able to count on him, Gracie." Thomas says to me, then looks at the tv.

"Fuck you Tommy. You hate the club I get that but I grew up with the club around me, it's my family. You think I can't count on him but I know I can. Yes the club will come first most of the time but I know when I call he'll be there. I do choose him, I'll always choose him." I says to him sitting up.

"I'm so done with this shit you two are made for each other. Im done with this stupid fucking club, done with this town, and fucking done with you!" Thomas yells at me and the door opens I see mom and Wendy.  I wiped my tears. I didn't even realize I was crying.

"Thomas what the fuck? I did not raise you to talk to women like that." Wendy yells at him.

"Your right you did raise me but you did the exact opposite of what my mom and dad wanted. They never wanted Abel and I around the club!" Thomas yells back at her, and Wendy leaves the room.

"You don't get to yell at her. You're mad at me, so take it out on her. You want to hate me then fucking hate me Tommy. For you not wanting to be around the club and it's bullshit your still fucking here."I yell at him. Mom walks over to me and puts her hand on my leg, then looks at me then to Thomas.

"I think you should go, Tommy." Mom says to him, and he storms out, pulling the door open hard enough it's smacks the wall. Mom kisses my head.

"I'm going to go check on Wendy." Mom says, then kisses my head again before leaving the room.

Mom and Wendy come back, and they tell me all about Jax and Opie and some other club members that passed. When the door opens, dad, Jackson, and Abel come in. Wendy hugs me before hugging Abel, then says she gonna head home. Abel follows her out.

"What the fuck did Thomas say to her?" Abel says when he walks back in. Mom explains what happened and Abel lost it storming out of the room.

"Someone want to follow him? I got shot. I can't really chase after him." I say to mom, dad, and Jackson. They all look at me, and then Jackson and dad chase after Abel.

"Mom, they can't let him hurt, Tommy. As much as I hate him right now, he doesn't need anymore reason to hate Abel or the club." I say to her, and she nods to me before leaving the room to follow them.

Abel comes back an hour after everyone leaves he doesn't say anything he just climbs into the hospital bed with me and cuddles me. I listen to his breathing, and when he falls asleep, I turn the tv off and try to fall asleep.