Set after Waverly is shot in 1x11.
"Do you think it'll scar?" I ask Wynonna while she puts a bandage on my bullet wound.
"Dudes dig scars," says Wynonna trying to keep the situation light.
"Do chicks?" I ask innocently. Trying to open up a conversation to tell her about Nicole and me. Wynonna gives me a strange look and looks like she might say something, but Dolls comes into the kitchen before Wynonna can say anything about my comment.
Wynonna and Dolls start discussing the fact that the assassins were after Dolls and not Willa or Wynonna. I'm not sure how I feel about that. I tune them out and begin to wonder how I am going to explain a bullet graze to Nicole. If I were still with Champ then I might not have to say anything, but Nicole would certainly notice if I was in pain.
I guess I don't really have to tell her anything or explain what happened. I mean so far we have only made out once on Nedley's couch and couple of times at Nicole's apartment. It would have gone farther earlier before the Poker Spectacular, but was working security. I mean we haven't even been on a first date yet and I really want to see Nicole in a sexy black dress.
"Earth to Waverly." Wynonna was saying as she waved her hand in front of my face.
"Huh. What?" I say.
"Maybe we should run you by the hospital, baby girl," says Wynonna.
"No. I'm fine. Dolls said it was just a graze. I was just zoning out for a minute. What did I miss?"
"I was just saying that Sheriff Nedley and Officer Haught are on their way. One of the neighbors must have called in a shots fired," says Dolls.
"So what are we going to tell them happened?" I ask.
Dolls looked straight at me before responding, "That it is classified."
I nod. I was expecting that. Nedley and Nicole are going to love that. Normally I would be excited to see Nicole, but when revenants attack Nicole always makes mention about how odd it is. She's convinced that something 'weird' is going on in Purgatory. She just hasn't worked up the nerve to say anything about the supernatural to me, yet. Wynonna told me she was going to tell Nicole about the revenants before they were both taken by the Jack of Knives. Wynonna decided that, for now, Nicole should stay in the dark. I agreed with Wynonna after it first happened, but after hearing some of Nicole's theories I think we should tell her. She is getting pretty close to the truth on her own. I want to tell her so that she doesn't go looking for trouble when the revenants are involved.
All to soon I fear the police cruisers coming up the drive. I stood up and walked over to the window. It might be the only one in the downstairs that wasn't shot through. I pull the curtain back and see Nedley and Nicole getting out of their cruisers. I smile when I see Nicole's trademark braid and her Stetson in her hand. Her back is to me and she is talking to Nedley over the roof of her car. Wynonna and Dolls went outside to meet them and start to discuss what happened.
I see Nicole's eyes drift towards where I am standing in the house. I guess Dolls has gotten to the part where everything that has happened is classified. Nicole looks annoyed and has clearly stopped listening. I gave her a small smile and a wave. Nicole excused herself from the group and headed towards me. I saw Nedley getting back into his cruiser to head back to town. He clearly didn't want to stay here longer than necessary especially if Dolls wasn't going to even try and explain what had happened. When Nicole was inside. I let the curtain fall back down and nodded towards the living room and we both headed that way.
"Are you okay?" asks Nicole, "It looks like a warzone here."
"Yea, I'm fine. Just not looking forward to cleaning all this up." I say and I step into her personal space and then wrap my arms around her neck for a hug and I lay my head on her chest. I instantly feel safe being so close to her. She wraps her arms around my waist, but when she does that her arm brushes up against the graze on my side.
"Ow," I say breathing in a lot of arm and pulling out of Nicole's arms all at once.
"What? Waves what's wrong?" asks Nicole worriedly. She drops her arms immediately and takes a step back from me.
I sit down on the couch and take another steadying breath to calm down. My side feels like it is on fire.
"You might want to sit down." I say patting the couch next to me.
"Wave? What happened?" she asks as she sits down.
"During….well… during what happened I was grazed by a bullet." I tell her. I look up at her and her face remains mostly expersionless, except when I hesitate on what to call the attack. To Nicole's credit she seems to decide to let that go for now. She simply just takes one of my hands and puts her other on my knee trying to give me comfort. I put both my hands over Nicole's on my knee.
"Nicole, I'm fine. Really."
"You sure?" Nicole asks cautiously.
I smile at her concern for me, "Yes, it stings and I won't recommend it, but Dolls and Wynonna said it was just a scratch."
"Was it something… I mean did you recognize the assailant?" asks Nicole. I look at her. I don't want to lie to her and I don't want to actually have to use Dolls 'that's classified' line. I want to keep her safe and the best way is to keep her in the dark about the curse, but that didn't really help her when the Jack of Knives took her. While tonight had nothing to do with revenants, eventually another one will attack. I don't want her getting hit in the crossfire. I know I am falling for Nicole fast and I don't want to see anything bad happen to her. Seeing her in the hospital bed after Jack was bad enough I would do anything to not repeat that experience.
I look down at our hands that are in my lap and say, "I'm sorry Nicole, but Dolls…"
"Says it's classified. I know." She sounds upset when she finishes my sentence, but when I look up at her she gives me that same smile from the bar when I first met her.
"Do chicks dig scars?" I ask suddenly remembering my conversation with Wynonna in the kitchen.
"What?" she laughs.
"Well, Wynonna said that dudes dig scars and I was wondering if chicks do too."
"I mean, I guess so, but personally, I would prefer you not getting hurt at all."
"That's so sweet."
"How about I stay and help you guys pick all this mess up," says Nicole as she gives the room a once over and gets off the couch to start picking things up.
"Actually would you mind if we just went over to your place? I don't really want to stay her tonight." Between the clean up, the assassins and Willa, I would rather stay anywhere but at the homestead tonight.
"Whatever you need, Waverly."
I get off the couch and give her a quick kiss, before turning to go grab some stuff from my room and tell Wynonna I'm leaving.
"What was that for?" she asks.
"For being so understanding about everything."
"Do you need any help?"
"No, why don't you wait by your cruiser. I'll be down in a minute."
Nicole turns and walks back out towards the cruiser. She is such amazing person and again I feel myself falling for her, but I'm not sure that is such a good thing. The closer I get to Nicole the more likely she will be a target. If revenants see Wynonna or me hanging around her, they might come after her. I decide that I will bring up telling Nicole everything to Dolls and Wynonna tomorrow because Nicole should have all the facts before she decides if dating me really is worth it. A big part of me hopes she decides it is worth it, but a small part of me hopes she gets in her car and never looks back. At least that way she would be safe. I shake my head and head up to my room to grab some stuff.