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always done things for herself, this time she would swallow her pride. "Modesty isn't one of my
things, you should know that by now."
"It's just that everyone I know holds the bathroom as an off limits place."
"I don't, I never even close the door." She eased her T-shirt up part way to her stomach, a low
moan came from her parted lips. "Uuhhmm& help." Her ribs hurt like hell, she knew she
probably had some cracked ones somewhere and should be at the hospital to be checked out. One
problem, she hated hospitals and everything they stood for. Quality care wasn't what she got
when she went there other times, more like poking and prodding by a doctor, who was over
worked and would rather be on a golf course, than suturing her hand closed where she had sliced
it open on a metal banding strap at work. Having Levi help her would have to do until she could
go see her miracle worker of a grandma. Levi eased her T-shirt over her head and stopped when
she heard air sucked in through clenched teeth.
"Sorry Brody, I didn't mean& "
"It wasn't you, I forgot I have a cut on my back. My T-shirt was stuck to it."
Levi used two fingers to tilt Brody's face up, her eyes narrowed when in the brighter bathroom
she could see just how badly Brody had been beaten. Looking down at her chest, she let her eyes
follow down to the deep bruises that covered her left ribcage.
"You should be at the hospital, let me take you." She started to move away when a large hand
captured her smaller one.
"No, I'll be alright. Hate that place, anyway, snobby doctors think they're gods or something.
Speaking of snobby, I called the restaurant and some asshole hung up on me."
Pulling Brody's belt free, Levi unfastened her Levi's then helped her ease them down her hips
until she could pull them all the way off.
"You called and someone hung up?"
"Yep, sounded like a young kid. Snotty attitude, mightier than thou type."
"I'll kill that little bastard." Flames shot through her tired green eyes. "I never knew you called, I
was so pissed at you for standing me up." She turned the water on, adjusted the temperature, and
then helped Brody into the shower. When Brody faced away from her, she choked. "Brody that
cut is a gash and it needs sutures& a lot of them."
"I have butterfly strips in my medicine cabinet, those will work until it closes." Ducking her head
under the spray, a low moan escaped her lips when the water hit the gash on her back. It stung
like hell but she knew it would be better as soon as it was cleaned and dressed.
"I'll be back in a minute." Levi ran from the bathroom and back to her room so she could go
through into Brody's. She was thankful the hole was there, it saved time and she could always
watch Brody as she slept. When she came back from getting what she needed, she slammed right
in to Teddy as she was coming down the hall.
"What are you doing up so earlier?" Teddy asked a gasping little blonde.
"Haven't slept yet, Brody's hurt really bad."
Caramel eyes twinkled when she thought that Levi had knocked the shit out of the tall woman.
"Smacked her good did ya?"
"Well& I did hit her, but someone else did a good job before I got to her. I need your help." She
paused while she looked down at the stuff in her hands. "She's got some gashes and you know
me."
"Yeah steak tar tar makes you pass out. Come on, it can't be that bad."
Teddy followed Levi into the bathroom, she froze right outside the shower when the curtain was
pulled back and Brody stepped out stiffly.
"Holy shit! What train ran over you?" She reached up a hand and gently raised Brody's left
eyelid. The white of her eye was full of blood and the pupil contracted slowly. "Can you see out
of that eye, head hurt, nausea?"
"It's blurry and hurts like hell, a little of everything else."
"You have a concussion, and I don't like all the blood that's built up in your eye. Tomorrow I'll
call my Ma and make an appointment for you."
"Teddy, I appreciate your help but I hate doctors."
Teddy looked to Levi and raised an eyebrow.
"Brody, Teddy's Ma is different, she's the only doctor that we have ever seen." She led Brody
back to her room and had her sit down on her bed while she and Teddy took care of her injuries.
"Her Ma delivered both me and Shane. She would have done Teddy to but she hates pain and
was knocked out until it was over."
"So to make up for it, I've been a pain in her ass ever since. Now lay down so I can get a look at
your back." Moans and groans rumbled through Brody as she moved on Levi's bed. Dropping her
face into Levi's pillow, she took a deep breath and inhaled her soft scent along with the scent of
her shampoo. That was the last thing she remembered before her eye closed and she fell into a
deep healing sleep.
"Damn and I thought you fell asleep fast. Did she say how this happened?"
"All she said was that she was in jail."
"She's a mobster, happens sometimes."
"She's not, she works at Crusty's seafood on the docks." Levi felt her face go pale when Teddy
spread the gash open, sweat popped out on her forehead and she felt the walls closing in on her.
"Teddy."
Teddy turned her head to see her fading friend.
"Come on Levi, sit your ass down and don't look." She was guided to the edge of the bed and her
head was forced down between her knees. "Now stay that way, I'll be back, I need to get
something. Keep the fish Princess company."
"Ha! Funny Teddy bear. Hate this shit." She mumbled at Teddy's back. Taking a deep breath, she
rubbed her tired eyes and yawned. "I really need some sleep."
"Not yet, I may need your help."
"What are you going to do?" Levi asked as she raised her head and eyes to Teddy.
"Suture that gash up, butterflies won't help, it's too deep in places." She pulled a suture kit from
its sterile package, held up the curved needle to the light and grinned at a pale Levi. "Here goes
nothing." Teddy pushed the needle through Brody's back and heard a thump behind her. "Sleep
well little wuss." When she was finished with suturing Brody's back, she picked Levi up and laid
her beside Brody. "Now don't keep your hands to yourselves, feel free to free feels." Rearranging
Levi to her likes, she placed her small hand on Brody's ass and then covered them up with the
comforter. "Bad Teddy bear." She chuckled as she walked back to her and Shane's bedroom, it
was time to wake her lover up and let her know what was going on.
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Brody's eye squinted open at the bright light coming through a strange window, moving her head
just a bit, she could make out one wall of the room and recognized where she was. What
confused her now was the wetness that was running down her ribcage. She thought that maybe
her back was bleeding until she felt a warmth press closer to her side and heard a loud snort.
Raising the comforter, she looked under it to see a tousled blonde head resting on her back.
"She lives, she breaths, she drools." Was mumbled under the comforter. Turning on her side with
difficulty, Brody watched as Levi moved right along with her and snuggled up against her.
"If I fall on the floor will she go with me?"
"Most likely, she kills stuffed animals by hugging the stuffing out of them."
Brody jumped, flipped the covers over her farther and pretended that she wasn't talking to
herself.
"Morning guys, how& why& "
"Short memory loss huh?" Teddy remarked as she stepped past her wife. "How ya feel, headache
or anything?"
"Just really sore." She went to get up and felt Levi wrap her legs around one of hers to hold her
still. Brody flipped the comforter up and chuckled, Levi looked like a toddler when they hang on
your leg. "She's not gonna let go is she?"
Shane gave her a wicked grin, elbowed Teddy and told her to get Levi's alarm clock. "Get used
to it you're stuck with her."
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