Chapter 39 - Tricked by a pouty lip
"You go back to bed now." Vince said to Nyssa when they were done eating.
"What difference does it make now? I'm already up, let me stay here and watch TV?" He started to say no. "Please." She stuck her bottom lip out and pouted. "I want to watch TV or play PS2, not sit in my room bored."
"The doctor said one week, nothing but bed." He hated it when she made that face. It was very hard to say no to that face.
"Yeah, but he's not here. I'm happy here, and I'm being quiet. I really can't be any quieter."
"You get off that couch and I'll lock you in our room." He capitulated.
"I won't move. Let's watch a movie!" The idea came to her in that instant.
"Ok, what one?" Leon agreed. He wasn't in the mood to be alone, but he wasn't going to go with Nyssa into her room either. He'd rather if they could all hang out together.
"I could watch a movie, why not." Vince agreed. He could almost sense Leon's need for company. "I don't know what one either though."
"Something funny." Nyssa threw out. She thought Leon could use the break from reality with a nice, funny movie. "How 'bout Rush Hour?" Nyssa asked. She knew Leon liked martial arts, and that movie had both fighting and funny.
"Good one." They guys answered her at the same time and chuckled. They owned that already so Vince went and grabbed it while Leon made popcorn. They started the movie and just vegged in front of the TV for the duration of the movie. Right at the first of the movie the rest of the team had come downstairs to see what they were doing and stayed for the whole thing.
Nyssa was glad for the company; it was nice to spend time with the team. It did make her miss Jesse. It wasn't a team activity without the mad scientist. By the end of the movie Vince looked down and saw that Nyssa was fast asleep. No matter how good she thought she felt, she was still weak. He put her to bed. He checked her scar while he changed her for bed. It looked ok to him. He was glad. He'd wanted to shout at her for being out of bed when he'd told her not to be. He didn't know if Leon had helped her to the living room or not, but he'd be willing to bet that Leon had found her in the living room already.
If Nyssa ended up back in the hospital Vince didn't know what he'd do. He had missed her plus he hated the hospital. He hated going, even to visit someone else. He knew he should make an effort to go see Jesse more, but he figured that Leon would tell them if there was any change, and Leon went to see Jesse all the time. Vince felt so busy taking care of Nyssa and working for Dom, plus worrying about how the stuff with Brian would turn out that he didn't seem to have time. He figured that they should all have gone to see Jesse that night, but that would mean leaving Nyssa all alone, after leaving her all alone all day.
Or pretty well all day, since Leon had snuck out on them for the afternoon. Vince had wanted to ask Nyssa about that but he didn't want to wake her up. He'd ask her in the morning, he decided, and also decided that he'd have to go see Jesse with Leon the following afternoon. He also made a mental note to tell her he knew that she'd gone to the living room on her own and try to figure out if he was right or not based on her reaction. He'd had a long day and was asleep minutes after going to bed himself.
The next day when he woke up and got up Nyssa woke up too.
"Hey." She said sleepily.
"Hey yourself." He answered. He sat back down on the edge of the bed. "So, yesterday, what was up with Leon?"
"He just had a bad day." Nyssa said, and then yawned. "He's down about Jesse." She elaborated then rolled so she was facing away from him and started to fall back asleep.
"So, you know I know you went to the living room on your own right?" Vince asked, trying to sound serious.
"No I didn't." She answered.
"Oh come on now, yes you did. Leon wouldn't'a come in here and offered to take you to the TV when he knew you were supposed to stay in bed. However if he came home and found you there, he would be the easiest one to convince to let you stay up." Vince reasoned out.
"Yeah, maybe, but it didn't happen. Are you gonna stay here and accuse me of stuff all day, or are you gonna go to work and let me go back to sleep?" She asked snappishly.
"I'm gonna go to work. However I trust that no one will find you up out of bed today. I'll expect to find you reading those god forsaken magazines you made me buy in this bed, or still asleep when I come home with your lunch."
"Whatever, just leave." She growled in her best impression of him and pulled the blankets over her head. He left with a chuckle.
The rest of the week passed pretty well without incident. Nyssa never let anyone catch her out of bed again. That wasn't to say she never left, but she never got caught again. That was until the 6th day after she'd gotten home. That day Leon came home early for lunch at home before he went to visit Jesse and found her again in the living room, watching TV again, only dressed in street clothes instead of her sweats or PJ's.
"What are you doin' up? Don't you know how hard V came down on me after last time? I covered for you like I said I would, but he knew. I could tell he knew."
"I'm up because one more day isn't going to make that much difference to my recovery. That and I know you're gonna go see Jesse after lunch and I'm coming."
"No way. No way am I taking you outta the house. Vince, Dom or both'll kill me if they find out. You're only allowed outta bed tomorrow. You're not supposed to do anything more stressful then walk around the house for another whole week after that."
"Leon, I'm coming wit you, or I'm going alone. It's really up to you."
"That's dirty." Leon frowned. He'd been read the riot act by Vince already, he didn't need them to find out he'd taken her out of the house. And Leon knew something she didn't. She'd have a hard time taking herself when Vince had hidden all her car keys.
"Yeah, but I'm not waiting another whole week to see Jesse again. I'll just take myself if you don't take me."
"You can't play that card girl, Vince took all your car keys and he didn't even tell me where he put them. So you won't be going anywhere in your cars, and I really don't think I'm stupid enough to take you anywhere." Leon smirked at the angry look on her face. It was kind of fun to thwart her like that, plus he knew Vince was in for it.
"Well, you'd be really surprised how easy it is to get into the 'stang without keys, how easy it is to start without keys for that matter." She smirked back.
"I don't buy it for a minute." Leon didn't think a girl who'd had to be taught how to change her oil could possibly know how to hotwire a car.
"Fine, don't. I'll see you there. It'll be nice to drive again, and it looks like a great day for a convertible." She turned back to the TV.
"Won't Vince be here with your lunch soon?"
"Likely." She was kind of mad at him and she didn't look at him while she answered him with one word answers. "I'll go after he goes back to work."
"Can you really hotwire your car?"
"Yeah." She was still ignoring him.
"Didn't you think of the fact that the doctor that released you on the condition we kept you quiet might see you and get mad and try to make you go back to the hospital?"
She could tell Leon was starting to cave. He hated to fight about anything, and he was seeing the fight this could develop into she knew. She also figured that he was worried about what would be the lesser of the evils he was faced with. Leave her home and have her drive herself and hurt herself that way or bring her and get caught by Vince or that doctor. "He might see me I guess, but it's a risk I'm willing to take. I'm fine. I've done nothing for the last 6 days. One short car ride and small walk through the hospital isn't going to hurt me."
Leon sighed. He didn't know what to do. Vince arrived with lunch then so he was saved from worrying about it for a while at least.
"What're you doin' home Leon?" Vince asked.
"I need some lunch before I go to see Jesse." Leon answered.
"Ok, you comin' back to work this afternoon?" Vince asked with a hint of sarcasm.
"Yeah, after I visit." Leon looked away. Vince chalked it up to Leon being upset about Jesse and shrugged it off. After they ate lunch Vince went back to work and Leon looked at Nyssa. "I'll bring you, if you promise never to ask me to do anything like this again." Leon hated to be put in the middle of this, hated to have to keep secrets from his friends.
"Deal." She agreed. She just really wanted to see Jesse for some reason. She'd woken up the second time with the desire to visit with Jesse, and she'd proceeded to try to scheme up a way to get to do it.
"I'm gonna regret this." Leon sighed. He ate then they left.
"You go back to bed now." Vince said to Nyssa when they were done eating.
"What difference does it make now? I'm already up, let me stay here and watch TV?" He started to say no. "Please." She stuck her bottom lip out and pouted. "I want to watch TV or play PS2, not sit in my room bored."
"The doctor said one week, nothing but bed." He hated it when she made that face. It was very hard to say no to that face.
"Yeah, but he's not here. I'm happy here, and I'm being quiet. I really can't be any quieter."
"You get off that couch and I'll lock you in our room." He capitulated.
"I won't move. Let's watch a movie!" The idea came to her in that instant.
"Ok, what one?" Leon agreed. He wasn't in the mood to be alone, but he wasn't going to go with Nyssa into her room either. He'd rather if they could all hang out together.
"I could watch a movie, why not." Vince agreed. He could almost sense Leon's need for company. "I don't know what one either though."
"Something funny." Nyssa threw out. She thought Leon could use the break from reality with a nice, funny movie. "How 'bout Rush Hour?" Nyssa asked. She knew Leon liked martial arts, and that movie had both fighting and funny.
"Good one." They guys answered her at the same time and chuckled. They owned that already so Vince went and grabbed it while Leon made popcorn. They started the movie and just vegged in front of the TV for the duration of the movie. Right at the first of the movie the rest of the team had come downstairs to see what they were doing and stayed for the whole thing.
Nyssa was glad for the company; it was nice to spend time with the team. It did make her miss Jesse. It wasn't a team activity without the mad scientist. By the end of the movie Vince looked down and saw that Nyssa was fast asleep. No matter how good she thought she felt, she was still weak. He put her to bed. He checked her scar while he changed her for bed. It looked ok to him. He was glad. He'd wanted to shout at her for being out of bed when he'd told her not to be. He didn't know if Leon had helped her to the living room or not, but he'd be willing to bet that Leon had found her in the living room already.
If Nyssa ended up back in the hospital Vince didn't know what he'd do. He had missed her plus he hated the hospital. He hated going, even to visit someone else. He knew he should make an effort to go see Jesse more, but he figured that Leon would tell them if there was any change, and Leon went to see Jesse all the time. Vince felt so busy taking care of Nyssa and working for Dom, plus worrying about how the stuff with Brian would turn out that he didn't seem to have time. He figured that they should all have gone to see Jesse that night, but that would mean leaving Nyssa all alone, after leaving her all alone all day.
Or pretty well all day, since Leon had snuck out on them for the afternoon. Vince had wanted to ask Nyssa about that but he didn't want to wake her up. He'd ask her in the morning, he decided, and also decided that he'd have to go see Jesse with Leon the following afternoon. He also made a mental note to tell her he knew that she'd gone to the living room on her own and try to figure out if he was right or not based on her reaction. He'd had a long day and was asleep minutes after going to bed himself.
The next day when he woke up and got up Nyssa woke up too.
"Hey." She said sleepily.
"Hey yourself." He answered. He sat back down on the edge of the bed. "So, yesterday, what was up with Leon?"
"He just had a bad day." Nyssa said, and then yawned. "He's down about Jesse." She elaborated then rolled so she was facing away from him and started to fall back asleep.
"So, you know I know you went to the living room on your own right?" Vince asked, trying to sound serious.
"No I didn't." She answered.
"Oh come on now, yes you did. Leon wouldn't'a come in here and offered to take you to the TV when he knew you were supposed to stay in bed. However if he came home and found you there, he would be the easiest one to convince to let you stay up." Vince reasoned out.
"Yeah, maybe, but it didn't happen. Are you gonna stay here and accuse me of stuff all day, or are you gonna go to work and let me go back to sleep?" She asked snappishly.
"I'm gonna go to work. However I trust that no one will find you up out of bed today. I'll expect to find you reading those god forsaken magazines you made me buy in this bed, or still asleep when I come home with your lunch."
"Whatever, just leave." She growled in her best impression of him and pulled the blankets over her head. He left with a chuckle.
The rest of the week passed pretty well without incident. Nyssa never let anyone catch her out of bed again. That wasn't to say she never left, but she never got caught again. That was until the 6th day after she'd gotten home. That day Leon came home early for lunch at home before he went to visit Jesse and found her again in the living room, watching TV again, only dressed in street clothes instead of her sweats or PJ's.
"What are you doin' up? Don't you know how hard V came down on me after last time? I covered for you like I said I would, but he knew. I could tell he knew."
"I'm up because one more day isn't going to make that much difference to my recovery. That and I know you're gonna go see Jesse after lunch and I'm coming."
"No way. No way am I taking you outta the house. Vince, Dom or both'll kill me if they find out. You're only allowed outta bed tomorrow. You're not supposed to do anything more stressful then walk around the house for another whole week after that."
"Leon, I'm coming wit you, or I'm going alone. It's really up to you."
"That's dirty." Leon frowned. He'd been read the riot act by Vince already, he didn't need them to find out he'd taken her out of the house. And Leon knew something she didn't. She'd have a hard time taking herself when Vince had hidden all her car keys.
"Yeah, but I'm not waiting another whole week to see Jesse again. I'll just take myself if you don't take me."
"You can't play that card girl, Vince took all your car keys and he didn't even tell me where he put them. So you won't be going anywhere in your cars, and I really don't think I'm stupid enough to take you anywhere." Leon smirked at the angry look on her face. It was kind of fun to thwart her like that, plus he knew Vince was in for it.
"Well, you'd be really surprised how easy it is to get into the 'stang without keys, how easy it is to start without keys for that matter." She smirked back.
"I don't buy it for a minute." Leon didn't think a girl who'd had to be taught how to change her oil could possibly know how to hotwire a car.
"Fine, don't. I'll see you there. It'll be nice to drive again, and it looks like a great day for a convertible." She turned back to the TV.
"Won't Vince be here with your lunch soon?"
"Likely." She was kind of mad at him and she didn't look at him while she answered him with one word answers. "I'll go after he goes back to work."
"Can you really hotwire your car?"
"Yeah." She was still ignoring him.
"Didn't you think of the fact that the doctor that released you on the condition we kept you quiet might see you and get mad and try to make you go back to the hospital?"
She could tell Leon was starting to cave. He hated to fight about anything, and he was seeing the fight this could develop into she knew. She also figured that he was worried about what would be the lesser of the evils he was faced with. Leave her home and have her drive herself and hurt herself that way or bring her and get caught by Vince or that doctor. "He might see me I guess, but it's a risk I'm willing to take. I'm fine. I've done nothing for the last 6 days. One short car ride and small walk through the hospital isn't going to hurt me."
Leon sighed. He didn't know what to do. Vince arrived with lunch then so he was saved from worrying about it for a while at least.
"What're you doin' home Leon?" Vince asked.
"I need some lunch before I go to see Jesse." Leon answered.
"Ok, you comin' back to work this afternoon?" Vince asked with a hint of sarcasm.
"Yeah, after I visit." Leon looked away. Vince chalked it up to Leon being upset about Jesse and shrugged it off. After they ate lunch Vince went back to work and Leon looked at Nyssa. "I'll bring you, if you promise never to ask me to do anything like this again." Leon hated to be put in the middle of this, hated to have to keep secrets from his friends.
"Deal." She agreed. She just really wanted to see Jesse for some reason. She'd woken up the second time with the desire to visit with Jesse, and she'd proceeded to try to scheme up a way to get to do it.
"I'm gonna regret this." Leon sighed. He ate then they left.