This is probably going to be the shortest chapter of them all, but I had no other way to end it. I have a day off work tomorrow so I'm aiming for another two or three chapters. Hope you guys like this one.
Cougar had sat Jensen down and started working on him the second he saw the blood. Beth sat quietly on a chair in the corner, totally oblivious to what was going on around her until the click of Jensen's nose being put back in place made her wince. Cougar threw her a few looks of sympathy as he worked.
"Did he hurt you anywhere else?" Jensen asked Beth as Cougar wiped away the last of his blood. Beth shook her head. Jensen stood and made his way over to Beth as Cougar started cleaning up his supplies.
"You hungry? Tired? I can go out and get some food if you want. The rest of the guys won't be too long." Beth rubbed her eyes and shook her head again. There was a distant sound of running water, when the tap cut off Cougar entered with a glass of water and handed it to Beth along with some painkillers.
"Take these," he offered, "It'll take the pain away from your eye,"
"Thanks,"
"De nada," Beth swallowed the painkillers and leant on Jensen's shoulder.
"Lay down if you want," Jensen offered. The hotel door opened. "That'll be the rest of the guys. Wait here while I go and explain the situation, okay?" Beth nodded her head and Jensen left, followed by Cougar.
Clay tossed his keys and his wallet on the table beside the door and patted Pooch on the shoulder as he walked in after him, shortly followed by Aisha. Jensen noticed they were all smiling, that meant the job had gone well. Good. Aisha was the first one to notice the redness of Jensen's nose.
"What happened, Petunia?" she asked in a teasing tone, "Get punched or something?" When Jensen didn't come back with a sarcastic remark, he caught Clay's attention.
"Jensen! What the hell happened!" Clay strolled over to Jensen and cupped the younger mans head in his hands. "Who did this?"
"It's a long story actually, which is going to lead to me needing a favour," Jensen answered nervously, pulling off his glasses and pinching the bridge of his nose. He was doubting more every second that Clay would feel the need to help this girl.
"How much?" Aisha asked immediately.
"How much what?" Jensen replied, confused.
"How much money did you lose and now need to pay back?" Pooch answered for Aisha. Jensen wasn't surprised, he knew that's what they were all thinking. Cougar stood a few steps away from the door to the room Beth was in. He was leaning against the wall, arms crossed with an amused look on his face.
"I didn't lose any money," said Jensen, defensively. "Clay, there's this girl from around here, okay? Her name is Beth and she needs our help," Clay froze. He looked like someone had just appeared behind Jensen and was holding a gun. Jensen peeked over his shoulder just to make sure, only Cougar still stood behind him.
"What does she look like?" muttered Clay as he started pacing. And then Cougar clicked. He was across to the door within seconds. He grabbed Clay's wallet, opened it to a picture and held it up for Clay to see.
"Like this," Cougar said, "This is her," Clay grabbed his wallet of Cougar and stroked the picture in question with his index finger.
"Beth?" asked Clay, "Where is she," Jensen pointed towards his bedroom and Clay was in there in a shot.
"Told you," Cougar said to Pooch, "I'd recognise those eyes anywhere."
R&R, sorry again for the shortness of the chapter. Hope you guys are enjoying the story.
Let me know what you think x
