Chapter 9
I woke up with an annoying beeping, distant voices, with clicking of heels on a floor a little ways from my ears.
That's what I woke up to no warm arms wrapped around me.
I slowly opened my eyes expecting Pete to be sitting on a chair next to me but he wasn't.
"Maybe he was checking on Steve." I said to myself but who was I kidding
I got up and walked up to his room but Steve was asleep and no one was in there.
I started to panic where was he.
I quickly ran back to my room hoping that he had just gone and got breakfast, as I got to the room Paul and Jacob where waiting there. Jacob and a paper in his hands.
"Hey guys whatcha doing here? what's the paper?"
"Well we were coming to say bye" I looked at them both confused "You need to sort things out here without us around will see you back at base" I smiled hugging them both thanking them for coming.
Just as they started to walk out Jacob turns to me
"Almost forgot" he handed me the paper "We didn't see Pete but we did see that guy brother?"
"Bov?"
"Yeah, yeah that's him. When we came in the room he was leaving said to tell you that Pete left you that and that he was really sorry"
I wanted to cry when I read the words on the paper but I couldn't "Your baby's down stairs figured we should drop it of before we leave"
"Thanks... did Bov happen to say where he was going?"
"Nah but I could hear him saying something about the wharf and-"
"Shit" I whispered "Thanks guy I have to get going I'll see you guys in a couple of days"
"Wait" Paul said "Last night in the bar" I giggled at the way he said bar "Pete called you his wife NOT his girlfriend… his wife… why?"
"He freaked out on me saying he was scared I wasn't going to come back so I wrote a contract up with him promising to do everything in my power to come back if we fake married right now. Cause the night you told us I had to go back Pete and I wrote on a piece of paper that we would love each other till they day we die that even if we weren't married by the government we were married to us." they laughed shaking their heads at me
"You're as weird as the day that I met you" I smiled and quickly ran off after they gave me my keys.
I drove straight to the wharf I tried to ring Red but she wouldn't answer as I drifted around the corner I seen the boys but then I see Shannon's car.
"Fuck" I pulled the hand brake up ripping to a stop next to her.
I jumped out quickly "Get back in your car" I yelled out to her when I see Tommy's right hand man came running towards her. I quickly grabbed something out of the car.
She seen and quickly jumped in Matt ran over asking if she was okay I started to look around looking for Pete but before I could find him I seen Matt go down he started to bang on the window
"Let me in, you slut! I'll smash this fucking window in! I'll smash this fucking window" I went behind him smacking him in the back of the neck knocking him down
I see Tommy walking towards us
"Tommy! Don't you wanna finish me off, then?" I froze hearing Pete's voice
"You're already finished, little Petey. The NTO will take care of you in a minute, you mug." I couldn't move what was he doing
"We didn't kill your son, Tommy! You did!"
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" I screamed I seen Pete look at me winking
"You should have protected him, mate." NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO "He was your son!" I see Bov running behind me wanted to see what he was doing but then I heard Shannon scream he must be helping her.
"Don't you talk about my fucking son!" Tommy ran towards him
"He was your son!" I ran towards them as Tommy started to beat Pete's face
"He's only a poor little hummer! His face was all battered and torn! He made me feel sick, I hit him with a brick! Now the cunt's not laughing or singing no more! He's not laughing at us...
"That's enough." I screamed trying to pull him of
I see Pete's body just go limp under his hits.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" I screamed before I could realize what I was doing I pulled out the gun that was Halsted in the back of my jeans,
I pointed the gun in Tommy's face.
"I swear to god if you hit him one more time I will blow your fucking crazy ass brain out!" I screamed out to him he stood up with his hands up and so did everyone else even the GSE boys. I stepped protectively over Pete with me feet planted on each side of his waist making sure not to touch him
Bov came running over jumping down next to him
"Pete! Pete! Fucking help him!" I grabbed my cell phone out of my back pocket chucking it to Dave he knew what I was saying
"Run Tommy Fucking Hatcher run far a fucking way and hope to god he doesn't die" I stepped closer to him so that my gun was pressed to his dick "because I will kill you slow and painful… RUN" I screamed
The NTO quickly ran out of there and so do most of our boys it only left.
Dave, Bov, Ned, Swill, Keith, Ike and Pete.
Once everyone was gone and the ambulance was on its way Dave turned to me
"When did you get a gun" I dropped down next to Pete grabbing his hand checking for a pulse I could feel one but it was light
"You stay alive do you here babe you stay alive I want us to get married and have a family so you have to live for me for us" I see him start to cough "Help me turn him to his side" They all scrambled to help me blood started to poor out of his mouth.
6 hours later
I see Pete's doctor come out I quickly ran to him
"How is he" I asked there was so much panic in my voice
"Elizabeth?" I nodded "Your husband is in critical condition he took a very hard blow to his head he is now in a coma from here on it's a waiting game" it was lucky someone was behind me because I fainted as soon as he said waiting game
"Elizabeth May Jones wake your ass up before I slap you" I giggled at Red voice yelling at me "Yeah that's what I thought wake your ass up" I sat up a little looking around seeing that I was back in my hospital bed with everyone around me even Bov now that pissed me.
I went to stand up but something pulled at my arm I looked and seen a drip attached to my arm
Shit. I went to say something To Dave but my throat was really dry I looked and seen a little water in a cup next to me I drank it back but it wasn't enough
"Red do me a favour" I said quietly "can you get me some water please…my throat is as dry as the Sahara desert" she laughed grabbing a jug sitting next to me
"Hey baby girl 'ow are we?" I smiled at Dave
"Like yesterday I had the shit beaten and then passes out after I found my fiancé is in a coma because his so called best friend." I turned to Bov "Decided that he was going to go and get the one person that could have killed us all to kill his best friends brother, then I wake up and see him standing next to me so you tell me how I feel big bro." I ripped the drip out of my arm standing up Swill and Ike tried to push me back down "touch me and I'll make sure your both in a bed next Pete" they cringed stepping back.
I walked over to him
"Get out" I punched him straight in the face walking up grabbing his shirt and pushed him out of my room. "Stay away from me and MY family or I swear to god I will kill you"
I walked back in and Dave was smiling at me
"Dam baby girl I think you hit him so hard his driver's licenses photo swelled up" I laughed
"Thanks" I turned to the guys "Can you guys give Dave and I minute please?" They all nodded smiling at me giving me a kiss and a hug on the way out.
"What's up baby girl" I walked over to my bed sitting crossing my legs and patting the spot in front of me
"Nah Liza you want to talk im standing," I nodded
"I need you to do something for me" he looked at me confused
I stood up grabbing both of his hands
"I need you to look after Pete for me if anything happens to me-" He cut me of yanking his hands out of mine
"NO!" He yelled actually scaring me Dave's never yelled at me before "Im not doing that you are going to be okay you're going to come back to us Liza. you're going to fuckin marry Pete your going have the cutest kids alive you going to be Reds fuckin brides fuckin maid and-." I cut him of running at him hugging him before I knew it he was breaking down on my shoulder
"I sorry" I squeezed him tightly "If I didn't have to go I would stay but I promise I will do everything in my power to make sure I come back here and have those kids with Pete and be Reds evil eye for her" he squeezed me back "I love you David" I felt the vibration from his laugh
"You to ELIZABETH soon to be Dunham" I laughed
We both talked for a little bit longer then walked down to Pete's room
I cringed at the sight of him if I didn't know better I would have thought it was someone else not my Pete.
I walked over to him lying in bed next to him Dave left giving us some space
"Hey handsome if you wanted to put of the wedding for a while you could have just said instead of getting your face bashed in." I laughed at my own bad joke.
"I love you I always will for better for worse in sickness and in health I will always be here for you I may not be here physically but I will always be in this big heart of yours. So you better wake up soon make me have something good to look forward to while im in that shit of a place doing the stupid shit I do" I leant forward kissing is fat lips lightly "I love you" before I got up to leave I started to sing our favourite song from the first time we kissed
"When the rain
Is blowing in your face
And the whole world
Is on your case
I could offer you
A warm embrace
To make you feel my love
When the evening shadows
And the stars appear
And there is no - one there
To dry your tears
I could hold you
For a million years
To make you feel my love
I know you
Haven't made
Your mind up yet
But I would never
Do you wrong
I've known it
From the moment
That we met
No doubt in my mind
Where you belong
I'd go hungry
I'd go black and blue
I'd go crawling
Down the avenue
Know there's nothing
That I wouldn't do
To make you feel my love
The storms are raging
On the rolling sea
And on the highway of regret
The winds of change
Are blowing wild and free
You ain't seen nothing
Like me yet
I could make you happy
Make your dreams come true
Nothing that I wouldn't do
Go to the ends
Of the Earth for you
To make you feel my love, To make you feel my love" I cried kissing Pete's cheek and started to walk out to the hall I seen a good twenty people standing there looking at me.
"Don't you guys have something fucking better to do" I screamed running out of there I fished around in my jeans pocket grabbing my keys that I knew I had left in there when I got to the hospital and drove to the one place I wanted to be
My home with the man I love that wasn't there
