Chapter 45: Work with me
"Holy fuck…" a voice said somewhere in the room, making me open my eyes and then shut them instantly as the room spun and the bile that sat in my throat finally came up. I leaned over the side of the gurney as I threw up.
"It's okay…" the voice said again and as I laid back a cold wash cloth was wiped over my mouth and then rinsed out and then wiped over my face. "I'm here…" he said and I open my eyes staring at Alcide.
I started nodding at him and he looked quizzically at me. "I think I like you in a suit" I said to him and then started sobbing. Alcide held me to him as I cried and when there was nothing more he pulled back and wiped my face once again.
"What happened?" he asked me and I shook my head. "I don't want to…" I started and he instantly nodded. "It's okay, let's get you out of here" he said and I took his hands sliding down slowly. My feet touched the ground and I took a step forward but cried out in pain and crumbled to the floor.
"It's okay, come on…" Alcide said as he picked me up and sat me down on the gurney again and funny enough when I winced from sitting down he winched with me.
Alcide opened the bag he brought with him and pulled a pair of grey sweatpants out. Crouching he started pulling the sweatpants up until he got to my thighs and stopped.
He kept staring and when I looked down I saw that my thighs were full of blood.
"I will buy you a new pair, I promise" I said to him and when he looked up at me I realized his eyes were glowing bright yellow. His wolf wanted to come out.
"Was it him?" Alcide said and I knew he meant the guy lying dead on the floor. "Yeah…" I said and Alcide growled low in his throat. He helped me pull the sweatpants up around my hips and then pulled a black tank top from the bag and pulled it over my head, making sure I was alright, he kissed my forehead.
Alcide picked me up and then walked out of the building and to his truck. After he put my seatbelt on he walked over to his side and started the truck.
"Do you want me to take you to…" "No…" I said quickly. I didn't want him to take me to Eric's house. He left me there practically to die. Not once but twice.
"Eric left me there, he knew I would die. But he still left me" I said and Alcide started growling again. "Please tell me that you are done with that fucker now" he said to me and I nodded.
"I am. For all I care he can burn and die. I just have one last thing to do" I said and Alcide sighed loudly. "You just said you were done…" he growled out but this time at me.
"I am. It's not for him. I'm sure you've heard what I did" I said and he looked at me with sad eyes and then nodded. "From who?" I asked him and he shook his head but I glared at him and he sighed again. "Sookie…" he mumbled out and I huffed as I shook my head.
"It doesn't matter anyway. I'm not doing it for Eric. I'm doing it for Godric, I owe him that much" I said and watched the trees as we passed them.
"Well you are not starting soon." Alcide said and I turned my head back to him frowning.
"You are hurt. At least two months, then you can start." He said and I gave him a small smile. "Alcide, Bill's blood should heal me almost completely by tomorrow" I told him and it was his turn to frown at me.
"Bill's blood? When did he give you his blood?" he asked me and I told him it was just before he came.
"He also just left you? Gave you his blood and a fucking phone then left…Fucking Fangers!" he yelled out and hit the steering wheel of the truck. Making me gasp and scoot away from him.
"Sorry…fuck, I'm sorry. Please don't be afraid of me." He said to me and I nodded at him and scooted back to my original place.
"Lean on me?" he asked and I swallowed and then nodded as I scooted over to him and laid my head on his shoulder which made him wrap his arm around me, pulling me closer. "Is this okay for you?" he asked me and I nodded into his chest and closed my eyes knowing when they opened again I would still be safe.
"Danalynne…hey come on. We're home" Alcide said as he shook my shoulder gently.
"Home?" I asked confused as I sat up fully rubbing my eyes. "Yeah my place, it's always home" he said and I nodded as I fully woke up. My door opened up and Alcide was standing there waiting for me. I slid down the seat and stepped down, as soon as my feet touched the ground I winched instantly from pain shooting up my body.
"Here let me…" Alcide said and proceeded to pick me up. He carried me up the few steps and then opened the door while still holding me to his chest.
Alcide took me straight to the bathroom and sat me down gently on the bathroom counter, saying he will be right back.
As soon as he was out the door I took his shirt in my hand and pulled it over my head, wincing as I felt my stomach muscles pull. I looked down to see that the wound did close but it was still red and stiff. Bill's blood didn't fully heal me. It just closed the cut, so now it looked like I went for an operation and the incision was three or four months old.
"Why did his blood not work fully?" Alcide asked and I then noticed he was standing in the doorway staring at me.
"I don't know. Eric's blood worked before" I said to him and saw him look quizzically at me.
"I was there for a while. They did experiments on me and I would need vampire blood to heal, they used Eric's. Maybe Bill's blood didn't work because he drank Lilith's blood. It's a very long and complicated story…" I explained to Alcide and saw him smirk at me.
"When are things not complicated with you" he said and stepped into the bathroom.
"Yeah…I guess you are right" I said and looked down but his fingers quickly brought my face back up. "It's not your fault…now come on, we need to get all this blood off of you" Alcide said and I nodded at him.
I gripped his shoulders as I stepped down, and then gripped the counter as Alcide went over to the shower and turned the water on.
I turned around and stared at my reflection, I looked like hell. Dark circles around my eyes and dried blood covering most of my stomach. I also looked much thinner than I was before. I grabbed the top of the sweatpants and pulled them down until they we're pooled at my feet and then stepped out of them.
"I'll help you, but I'm going to keep my boxers on" Alcide said behind me and I nodded and let him help me walk slowly over to the shower.
Once we we're both in, Alcide shut the door and I stepped under the warm spray of water.
I visibly shuddered from the warmth spreading over me as the water cascaded down my body and turned the water an orange colour as it went down the drain.
"Can I…" Alcide started and when I turned towards him I saw he was holding a washcloth already full of soap. "Yeah…" I whispered as I stepped toward him. Neither one of us broke eye contact as he started washing my shoulders and arms. Then moving lover he washed over my stomach gently. Once my upper body was clean he stared at me with worry in his eyes and I knew that he had to wash lower.
"It's okay…" I said and nodded at Alcide. He squatted down and started washing my feet and legs. I held on to his shoulders too keep my balance. I closed my eyes as I felt him move up and then gasped as I felt the washcloth touch me. Alcide stopped instantly and only started washing again after I told him to go on.
Once Alcide was finished I heard the cloth drop to the floor and felt Alcide wrap his arms around me, holding me close to him. I noticed then that my tears we're mixing with the water and sobbed out as Alcide held me tighter to him.
Once the water started turning cold, Alcide shut it off and stepped out onto the rug and grabbed a towel. He wrapped the towel around himself and then removed his soaking boxers, hanging them over the shower wall he turned to get another towel and wrapped it around me after I climbed out.
We walked back to the bedroom, Alcide behind me making sure that I didn't fall.
Once I took a seat on the bed he went over to his closet and searched through it. "Do you want sweatpants or boxers?" Alcide asked and I shook my head at him.
"I'm still sore, I think I'd like to sleep just like this if you don't mind?" I asked him and saw Alcide think for a bit end then nodded. He turned his back to me and quickly got dressed in boxers.
Alcide left the room and I took that time to pull the towel from my body and hang it over the closet door. I pulled Alcide's sheets back and slid down them until my head was resting comfortably on the pillows and the sheets tucked under my arms.
Alcide came back in with a glass of what I assumed was orange juice and set it down on the night stand. "You'll need vitamins" he said and I nodded at him and watched as he grabbed a pillow from him side and a blanket from the closet.
"You can stay in your own bed Alcide" I said to him and he stared at me and then shook his head. "No, you've been through a lot. The couch is comfy" he said and I arched an eyebrow at him.
"We both know the couch is like shit. Sleep here, you on top and me under" I said and realized my mistake as soon as Alcide smirked at me and my face went red.
"You know what I mean…" I grumbled and felt the bed dip as he settled on top of the covers.
"You sure this is okay?" he asked me and I nodded as felt the drowsiness settle and pull me into a deep sleep.
Two weeks.
Two weeks that Alcide has banned me to the bed, only allowed to get up if I needed the bathroom or a shower in which he always helped me.
After that I have been three months inside of this forsaken apartment.
"Alcide, seriously I am fine" I said to him as I sat in bed, wanting nothing more than to go walk around outside.
"You need rest" he said to me and I sighed. While his back was turned I slid out of bed and made my way to the kitchen. I got a glass out of the cupboard and poured myself a glass of juice. "Shit…" I heard him yell and arched my eyebrow as he came running into the kitchen.
"Need something?" I asked him and he growled low in his throat. "Yeah, you back in bed. Now" he said to me and I stared at him blankly before shaking my head. "Alcide, I have had enough rest for a lifetime. I am all healed up and going crazy staying in that room and in the kitchen and the living room and this apartment." I said to him and watched as he sighed and came around the counter to me.
"I want you safe, that's all" he said and I nodded at him and wrapped my arms around his waist and pulled him to me. "I am safe here, I'm always safe with you" I said and felt him wrap his arms around me as well.
"So what do you want to do?" Alcide asked me and I smiled brightly as I pulled back.
"Can we please go out?" I asked him and after batting my eyes at him he nodded and I made my way quickly back to his room to get dressed.
After three days of walking around in Alcide's clothes, I made him go to Eric's house and get a few of my things, the rest Eric could do with it whatever he wishes to.
I pulled some jeans and a lose shirt and leather jacket on, threw my hair into a ponytail and marched towards the kitchen. "Okay, let's do this" I said to him and he opened the door after looking me up and down making sure that I was okay.
We drove for a while until coming to a stop by a bar. "Two drinks, then we go home" Alcide said to me and I nodded at him. "And one more thing, this is a wolf bar" Alcide said and I stared with wide eyes at him as he made his way to my side of the truck.
"Why would you bring me here?" I asked him as I stepped out of the truck. "It's the only place I know that there will be no vampires" he said to me and ushered me to the door of the bar.
I was actually having fun. Alcide and I were seated right at the bar and we were just relaxing and talking. It felt great to unwind and be myself for a bit.
"Alcide…" a gruff male voice said and from watching Alcide drop his head down I knew he didn't want anything to do with this man. I turned towards the guy and was surprised to see that his one eye was blue and the other a dark brown, almost black.
"Hello, I'm Danalynne…" I said to the guy and held my hand out for him to shake, he took it and glanced between me and Alcide.
"I'm Alcide's…" "What do you want dad?" Alcide interrupted his father and I stared with wide eyes as I realized who this guy was.
"Can I not ask you how you are?" he replied to Alcide's question and then finally Alcide turned around to look at his father. "Yeah and after that? You going to ask for money? Because you lost a gamble or you drank it all away?" Alcide asked back heatedly.
"Alcide this time I was sure that I would win, but things went downhill" Alcide's father said and I could see that Alcide was fuming.
"Can we talk?" I asked the man and after glancing at his son he nodded at me. Alcide grabbed my arm as I stood up and was going to protest but I told him that I would handle it.
I walked to the back of the bar and as soon as I knew we were out of hearing distance I grabbed his hand and looked straight into his eyes, using my angel side to make him do as I say.
"You want to clean up your act, you are going to minimize your drinking to two beers a day. You won't gamble anymore, and you will get a good paying job. Prove to your son that you changed and be a father to him that he needs" I said and I felt the power go into him.
He nodded at me and then walked out of the bar without another word.
I walked back to Alcide and saw him frown at me. "What did you do?" he asked me and I smiled at him and I sat down.
"I persuaded him to clean up his act, who said it's not good to have Nephalem powers?" I said to Alcide and took a sip of my beer. "You what!" Alcide hissed at me and I turned to him with a frown. "Alcide it was nothing, you don't have to say thank you" I replied back to him but I could see he was still angry.
"I didn't ask you for help, you should have just left it alone" Alcide said and I glared at him. "Alcide, I just did that because you need a sober father and I could help, so I did" I said to him in disbelieve.
"But I didn't want you to" he growled out at me and I huffed at him.
"You still need it. Now I am going to go sit in that corner booth, while you chill the fuck out. Once you are done being irrational come tell me and we can head home" I said to him and took my beer and jacket. Sitting in the booth I kept an eye on Alcide as he took shot after shot, along with a lot of beers.
It was nearing one in the morning, and Alcide was stupidly drunk. He was still sipping on a beer and I lost count hours ago of how many he has had. "He belong to you?" a guy said next to me motioning to Alcide.
"Yeah, unfortunately" I replied back and the man chuckled and shook his head.
"I'm closing up soon, do you need help to get him to your car?" the bartender asked and I shook my head at him as I stood up and put my jacket on. I walked over to Alcide and took the trucks keys from his pocket, and he didn't even notice.
"Come on let's go home" I said to Alcide and he turned to glance at me. "I haven't said I'm sorry" he replied and I narrowed my eyes at him. "You can say sorry tomorrow morning" I replied back to him and he chuckled at me. "I'm not gonna" he said and I huffed at him.
"You guys are made for each other, how long have you been married?" the bartender asked and before I could reply Alcide laughed loudly. "That's good. Yeah, married" he said mostly to himself and I shook my head at him and helped him up. I walked carefully with Alcide to the truck and then made my way to the driver's side.
After the silent ride back to Alcide's house I helped him up the steps and into his room.
"Get in bed, I'll be right back" I said to him and walked to the kitchen to get him a glass of water and some Tylenol. Once I walked back into his room I saw that his closet was open and Alcide was currently on his knees on the floor.
"Shit…" I whispered and sat the water down quickly, making my way over to him I heard he was still muttering to himself.
"Come on, into bed" I said and tried pulling him up but he was resisting by pulling his arm down.
"Alcide you have to work with me here" I said to him and tried again and this time I got him onto one knee. Good, one to go I thought to myself and pulled again.
"Marry me…" Alcide said and as I looked down I saw he was holding a ring up to me.
