Chapter 17; Being scared
Brian stared up at the hospital room ceiling, pulling together his thoughts. It had been 3 days since the fire, Jesse was kept in overnight but was well enough to return home the next day, Brian himself on the other hand, had suffered major smoke inhalation, Doctors said a few seconds longer and he wouldn't have made it out alive. But he had recovered fast and hoped he would be able to return home the next day, Brian smiled at the word home, since the fire the team had been much more accepting towards him. They seen his efforts for Jesse on the night of the fire as heroic but he was sure that any of the team would have done the same thing if in his situation. As a whole the fire had brought the team a lot closer
The garage had been declared unsafe and was going to have to be bulldozed down and re-built, the insurance covered some of the cost but not all of it, and money was becoming a big issue. Brian was sure if Dom had hair he would be loosing it, he seemed stressed about all the debts piling up. Another issue was who had started the fire, on the top of everybody's list was Leon's brother, but there were plenty of other people who held grudges against the Toretto family, namely Tran's family. Brian figured that Dom was doing a little investigating of his own, but then so was Brian.
Brian rolled over onto his side, his back facing the door. He had a room to himself and as it was night he had the lights turned out as he tried to sleep. He looked at the window, rain pelted the glass, the wind howled and there were flashes of lightening every so often illuminating the room. As he listened to the storm outside he heard the slight creak of his door opening and closing. It was a short creak, and he assumed it was a nurse just checking in. He continued lying still, watching the window.
"Brian," he heard a faint whisper from the corner of the room by the door. He turned in his bed and squinted towards the door, he could make out a silhouette of a small figure by the door.
"Hello?" Brian questioned rather than said. There was no reply. Another flash of lightening illuminated the room, and in the corner he saw a young girl standing near the wall, she was soaking wet, her brown hair plastered to her face and dripping on the floor. Her blue eyes stared at him, she had on a minimal amount of clothes and shivered in the cold. He noticed the old scars on the side of her face, aligned with fresh bruises to her cheekbones.
"Lottie?" Brian said gently. She didn't say anything, but stood silently in the shadows. Brian coughed quietly, "Um, you wanna turn on the lights?"
"No," she answered quickly, "Its okay."
"Alright," he told her back calmly. There was an awkward pause. He leant forward and pushed back the sheet. "No, you don't have to get up," Lottie said quietly, "Look I probably shouldn't have come, I'm sorry I'll go," she said quickly as she grasped the door handle.
"No, Lottie you don't have to go. Here," he picked up a towel and held in her direction, "you can use it to dry off."
She hesitated, then let go of the handle and reached out and took the towel, she pressed it to her face gently and then to her arms. Brian sat quietly on the side of the bed, the rain the only thing piercing the silence.
"You okay Lottie?" He asked softly. She obviously wasn't but he didn't see anyway else of phrasing it. She stayed quiet for a few moments thinking over this question.
"No, I don't think I am," she said slowly.
"Were you staying? You disappeared from the hospital."
"I dunno." she paused, "Brian I'm scared." She slowly slid down into a sitting position, grasping her hands tightly around her knees. Brian got up and sat down beside her, he put his arm around her, she tensed up at first but then laid her head on his shoulder. "What of Lottie?" he whispered into her ear. She trembled in his arms, he tightened his grip around her small frame. "I.I..," she nodded her head.
"S'ok just get some sleep," he said, as she leaned in tiredness into him. She closed her eyes and lay still in his arms. Both had questions to confront each other with but at the same time both knew now was not the time.
Brian sat on the floor with Lottie for a while, before he picked her up and laid her on the bed. She was almost dry but felt cold, so he wrapped the blanket around her. He lay next to her but on top of the blanket and as he was drifting off to sleep he heard her voice, "Are you a cop Brian?" He paused, "I was but I'm not any more", it was a confusing statement, he expected her to ask more details but she simply replied, "Ok, I believe you."
She aligned her body with his, her back against his chest, he wrapped his arms around her to give her some form of comfort and security, which he guessed she didn't get much of, she flinched at first but then relaxed. The both lay there with the sheet still between them. With her being so young he instinctively felt protective of her, but so many secrets surrounded her. He knew nothing of her past or even of her present, but then he guessed she knew nothing about him, so both were on even footing.
------Hey guys and gurls, once again a major apology for this being so late. Again I found it quite hard to write this chapter, it was quite a non-eventful chapter but I had to get that bit in, but I have a couple of more action chappies coming up as well as some racing (which there hasn't been much of sorry!). And don't worry I have no intention of getting Lottie and Brian romantically involved! Thank you ssoooo much for the reviews of the last chapter, im soooooooo grateful for them!! I'll try and post again as soon as possible and it wont take as long as this, a week at the most! Any reviews for this chapter will be much appreciated.
Thanks again for the reviews+sorry for the wait, Lisaxxx------------
Brian stared up at the hospital room ceiling, pulling together his thoughts. It had been 3 days since the fire, Jesse was kept in overnight but was well enough to return home the next day, Brian himself on the other hand, had suffered major smoke inhalation, Doctors said a few seconds longer and he wouldn't have made it out alive. But he had recovered fast and hoped he would be able to return home the next day, Brian smiled at the word home, since the fire the team had been much more accepting towards him. They seen his efforts for Jesse on the night of the fire as heroic but he was sure that any of the team would have done the same thing if in his situation. As a whole the fire had brought the team a lot closer
The garage had been declared unsafe and was going to have to be bulldozed down and re-built, the insurance covered some of the cost but not all of it, and money was becoming a big issue. Brian was sure if Dom had hair he would be loosing it, he seemed stressed about all the debts piling up. Another issue was who had started the fire, on the top of everybody's list was Leon's brother, but there were plenty of other people who held grudges against the Toretto family, namely Tran's family. Brian figured that Dom was doing a little investigating of his own, but then so was Brian.
Brian rolled over onto his side, his back facing the door. He had a room to himself and as it was night he had the lights turned out as he tried to sleep. He looked at the window, rain pelted the glass, the wind howled and there were flashes of lightening every so often illuminating the room. As he listened to the storm outside he heard the slight creak of his door opening and closing. It was a short creak, and he assumed it was a nurse just checking in. He continued lying still, watching the window.
"Brian," he heard a faint whisper from the corner of the room by the door. He turned in his bed and squinted towards the door, he could make out a silhouette of a small figure by the door.
"Hello?" Brian questioned rather than said. There was no reply. Another flash of lightening illuminated the room, and in the corner he saw a young girl standing near the wall, she was soaking wet, her brown hair plastered to her face and dripping on the floor. Her blue eyes stared at him, she had on a minimal amount of clothes and shivered in the cold. He noticed the old scars on the side of her face, aligned with fresh bruises to her cheekbones.
"Lottie?" Brian said gently. She didn't say anything, but stood silently in the shadows. Brian coughed quietly, "Um, you wanna turn on the lights?"
"No," she answered quickly, "Its okay."
"Alright," he told her back calmly. There was an awkward pause. He leant forward and pushed back the sheet. "No, you don't have to get up," Lottie said quietly, "Look I probably shouldn't have come, I'm sorry I'll go," she said quickly as she grasped the door handle.
"No, Lottie you don't have to go. Here," he picked up a towel and held in her direction, "you can use it to dry off."
She hesitated, then let go of the handle and reached out and took the towel, she pressed it to her face gently and then to her arms. Brian sat quietly on the side of the bed, the rain the only thing piercing the silence.
"You okay Lottie?" He asked softly. She obviously wasn't but he didn't see anyway else of phrasing it. She stayed quiet for a few moments thinking over this question.
"No, I don't think I am," she said slowly.
"Were you staying? You disappeared from the hospital."
"I dunno." she paused, "Brian I'm scared." She slowly slid down into a sitting position, grasping her hands tightly around her knees. Brian got up and sat down beside her, he put his arm around her, she tensed up at first but then laid her head on his shoulder. "What of Lottie?" he whispered into her ear. She trembled in his arms, he tightened his grip around her small frame. "I.I..," she nodded her head.
"S'ok just get some sleep," he said, as she leaned in tiredness into him. She closed her eyes and lay still in his arms. Both had questions to confront each other with but at the same time both knew now was not the time.
Brian sat on the floor with Lottie for a while, before he picked her up and laid her on the bed. She was almost dry but felt cold, so he wrapped the blanket around her. He lay next to her but on top of the blanket and as he was drifting off to sleep he heard her voice, "Are you a cop Brian?" He paused, "I was but I'm not any more", it was a confusing statement, he expected her to ask more details but she simply replied, "Ok, I believe you."
She aligned her body with his, her back against his chest, he wrapped his arms around her to give her some form of comfort and security, which he guessed she didn't get much of, she flinched at first but then relaxed. The both lay there with the sheet still between them. With her being so young he instinctively felt protective of her, but so many secrets surrounded her. He knew nothing of her past or even of her present, but then he guessed she knew nothing about him, so both were on even footing.
------Hey guys and gurls, once again a major apology for this being so late. Again I found it quite hard to write this chapter, it was quite a non-eventful chapter but I had to get that bit in, but I have a couple of more action chappies coming up as well as some racing (which there hasn't been much of sorry!). And don't worry I have no intention of getting Lottie and Brian romantically involved! Thank you ssoooo much for the reviews of the last chapter, im soooooooo grateful for them!! I'll try and post again as soon as possible and it wont take as long as this, a week at the most! Any reviews for this chapter will be much appreciated.
Thanks again for the reviews+sorry for the wait, Lisaxxx------------