Mrs. Tattoo (Book 2 of Mr. Tattoo)

Chapter 10

Jason's P.O.V.
  I wake up on the living room couch. The lights are off but the fireplace adds a low orange glow to the room. I try moving put pain shoots through my body. I can hear murmurs coming from the dining room.
  "Sarah!" I call out and the murmurs stop. A pair of feet come down the hallway and Sarah stands in the doorway.
  "Hey baby." She says coming next to me. She crouches on the floor so our faces are the same level.
   "Hi." I say trying to move again but just groaning instead.
  "I'm so sorry." Sarah says starting to cry.
  "Hey why you crying? You did nothing wrong." I say wishing I could hold her.
  "We should have never gone. I should have never answered that phone call." She sobs.
  "You did nothing wrong. I'm sorry I forced you to go." I say with a lump in my throat.
  "It's alright. So your pain, how bad?" She asks Turning he lamp on. I shut my eyes from the bright light but then open them when I adjust.
   "I'd say a nine." I say. She touches my face where I guess they put bandages on me.
  "I'll get you some pain killers." She says but before leaving she lifts my shirt up and lightly touches me. Pain shoots through me like a wildfire.
  "Fuck that hurts." I groan.
  "I'm sorry." She says turning to leave. She walks away and I realize the murmurs are back in the dining room. I hear more than one person come back with Sarah. Brandon follows close behind Sarah.
  "Here take these. You'll have to open your mouth." I do and she place three pills in my mouth. A cup of water with a stare in placed next and I swallow all the pills.
  "I'll be back in a while." Sarah says leaving.
  "Can you shit the light off?" I ask Brandon and he does so.
  "Sarah told us everything. We know from start to finish. You look rough." Brandon says standing above me.
  "Is it that bad?" I ask.
  "There's a cut above you eye, your lip, your eye is purple, you had a bloody nose, and your stomach is just black and blue." He says.
  "Wonderful." I say rolling my eyes.
  "We'll have to practice boxing or something when you get better." Brandon says.
  "Yeah that would be great. By the way, who's all here?" I ask noticing the murmurs are still there.
   "Olivia, Jeff, Kelsey, and James." Brandon says one by one counting off on his fingers.
   "James?" I ask.
  "Yeah he was the first over. He brought all the first aid stuff for you." Brandon says.
  "Damn." I say smiling internally.
  "He wanted to talk to you. Want me to go get him?" Brandon asks.
  "Yeah sure." I say and lay there. It feels like I'm in a hospital but all my care takers are the ones I love the most.
  "Hey Jason." James says walking into the room.
  "Hey James." I say.
  "I want to thank you for what you did. You protected my daughter and that means a lot to me. Thank you so much." James says.
  "Sir, I'd take a bullet for your daughter. I would never want to see her get hurt. So your welcome." I say.
  "Your a good kid." James says.
"Thanks." I say trying to smile.
"I'm gonna let you rest. Is there anything you need though?" He asks.
"I'm good right now thanks." I say. James leaves the room and I'm left alone. I lay there forever and the murmurs continue till they fade out.
"Hey babe." Sarah says next to me.
"Hey." I say.
"Everyone is gonna stay in a guest room for the night. I was ask in you needed to go to the bathroom." She says.
"Oh um yeah." I say.
"Okay let me get Brandon to help me." She leaves and comes back with Brandon. They both grab a hand and pull me.
"Holy fuck that hurts." I say tears brimming my eyes. I'm in a sitting position trying to take a second then they pull me up all the way. Brandon wraps his arm around my waist and walks me to the bathroom. I can walk but it hurts.
"I'll wait out here." He says stopping outside the bathroom. I go in and take my piss then wash my hands. I look at my self in the mirror and I look horrible. Cuts and bruises decorate my face. I lift my shirt to revile a nasty looking bruise. I can't look anymore and I walk out. Brandon grabs onto me again and helps me.
"I want you to get out of that suit." Sarah says when we get to the living room.
"Honey, we have guests." I say. Brandon laughs.
"I mean for your pajamas." She says walking over to me. She unbuttons my dress shirt and tosses it on the floor. I drop my pants since Brandon is in the room. If Sarah did it things wouldn't end in his favor. Sarah slips my pajama pants on and white tank top.
"Okay now your gonna have to lay back down. Hold our hands and we will guide you." Sarah says. I take their hands and slide down onto the couch. It hurts like a bitch but I try to go all at once. When I'm fully Kaye's out Brandon lays a blanket over me.
"Goodnight brother." Brandon says heading upstairs.
"Jason please don't ever pick a fight again. You went unconscious. I got really scared." Sarah says.
"I'm sorry. I just wanted to protect you and I thought what I was doing was right. I'm sorry." I say.
"It's okay and thank you for that. I just got really scared." Sarah shrugs.
"I want to kiss you." I say. Sarah leans down being careful and brings her lips to mine. She kisses me softly since I have a cut on my lip.
"I love you." I breathe.
"I do too, so much." She says.
"Where you sleeping?" I ask her.
"On the chair. I'll be fine." She says.
"Okay. Goodnight love." I say. She walks over to the chair and gets situated.
"Goodnight babe." She says. I close my eyes and quickly fall asleep.

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