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CHAPTER SIX
The Cody boys had to pull off their church heist and is was a problem from start to finish. Jessica hadn't helped them even though she had seemed so eager to do so. There were a few little problems that popped up and it left it up to Pope to fix them down stairs.
Deran and Craig were fine but the real issue came between J and Baz. First J had slashed his leg open on metal which would only leave a blood trail if they were smart enough to look where they broke in at. Second the safe and money was harder to get than what they assumed. With him being wounded, it only slowed them down slightly and in the back of Baz's mind did pop Jessica. She would have been extra help but they still managed to get away with it all.
All of them had met out in a little desert not too far from Oceanside or their homes but a place far enough to feel accomplished over everything they did. Pulling up to the other cars, Baz asked J if he needed help but he told him no.
"Did you guys get a hold of Jess yet?" He asked his younger brothers while hoping out of the truck.
Craig had already starting celebrating with a bottle of beer. He took a drink then shook his head. "No, she must have her phone turned off or something. She won't pick up. What's the deal anyway?"
Baz watched J slowly stepping out and limp his way towards the old sofa that Deran and Craig were sitting on. "He cut his leg open on a piece of metal and I need her to get down here before he bleeds to death…What about you Deran? You're the one closest to her"
Pope had been sitting to everyone's far right and scoffed at his comment. "I wouldn't say she is the closest to him anymore"
Baz ignored his comment while everyone looked towards him. Deran shook his head as well and looked back to Baz. "I've called at least ten times and sent a thousand text messages. She's not going to answer anyone"
Ruffling his hair, he debated on getting back in the truck and driving to her apartment. It was going to take at least forty minutes and he'd rather get it over at done. "Well it looks like we are going to do this the hard way then. Someone find something to stitch his leg up"
No one had moved until Baz order them yet again. They had searched around for something even though all of them wanted to get to the money first. J's leg was looking pretty bad and they could let it stay open as deep as it was. Craig had found a stapler and that was the best they could do for now.
"Dude, that is sick. That might even beat out when I got shot" Craig had sat back down while glancing at it.
J had to slip his leg out of his pants carefully as the pain was too much. He couldn't stop staring at the staple gun and there was no way that he wanted that to happen. With Jessica not answering, he couldn't leave the wound open as deep as it was.
"You're not going to staple my leg shut…Right?" J already knew the answer but he was still fearful.
"Oh man up already. I've been through a lot worse" Pope spoke walking over and bending down next to Baz. He had concentrated on what to do but he wasn't sure how well it was going to work. The staples wouldn't hold that much but it was a temporary solution.
Taking a deep breath, Baz reached into his back pocket for his gloves. "Until we can get ahold of her this will have to work. You sure you want to go through with this?"
"You never treated me like this when I got shot and Jessica wasn't even around to take care of my wounds" Craig chimed in watching the scene unfold.
The next morning J was in the worst pain of his life and his leg wasn't looking any better. He knew it had only been hours but the staples weren't holding. Two of them had ripped out of his skin from moving and taking a shower was the worst of it all. The blood had turned the water red completely and he hardly could stand on it. Aspirin wasn't taking the pain away and Jessica was still MIA. Deran was supposed to stop by her apartment but he hadn't heard anything yet.
Taking his time getting out of the shower, he hobbled back to his bed and sat down gripping his leg tight. J wanted to take a closer look at it but he already knew what it looked like.
"Oh hey…What happened to you? I saw the blood in the shower and…" Nicky had just stepped out of the bathroom and paused looking down towards his leg. Things were awkward as it was with her dating Craig so J tried covering himself up better.
"Nothing, I just hurt myself yesterday and it still keeps bleeding" He said calmly but winced when he moved.
Nicky stepped over and was in shock when she saw his leg. It was bad, very bad. She didn't understand how no one took care of it. "You need to go to the hospital, if that gets infected it's going to get a lot worse and you end up getting your leg cut off"
He shook his head no before speaking, "You know that I can't go. Deran is trying to a hold of Jessica for her to come look at it"
She had made a confused face and shifted her eyes thinking who he was talking about. "Who is Jessica?"
They two of them had yet to meet. "My Aunt Jessica" She had been looking at J still uninformed but nodded slowly.
"Well I'm going to call her because no one else is doing anything about it. Does Smurf know?"
After answering the mysterious call from a random girl named Nicky, Jessica couldn't keep her distance any longer. She was only taking a step back to do the things she needed to get done and didn't want to bother with her brothers. Hearing about J's leg however persuaded her because something terrible had happened and they definitely needed her for this one.
Arriving at Smurf's home, she knocked then stepped inside to the quietness once again. Nicky had jumped up from one of the living room chairs to greet her. Jessica slipped her shades off. "I'm taking it your Nicky?"
"And your Jessica, J's in his bedroom" She pointed before having her follow her in that direction.
Nicky had glanced over at her a couple of times without trying to stare. She wore a long aqua blue, white and black stripped skirt that was quite a pattern to look at. She wore a t-shirt that hung off one shoulder which was black but cut off mid torso which showed off her tone and tan body. Jessica had her famous blonde beach wavy hair once again; she looked like a typical surfer girl from California. She couldn't help it but felt somewhat jealous but Nicky wasn't going to say it.
"Now what happened? I leave you all to do with heist and next thing I know you're hurt. Let's see what happened" Jessica discovered that Nicky knew everything already and she was thankful she wouldn't have to tip toe around it.
J had managed to slip on a pair of board shorts so he had to lift them in order for her to see his leg completely. Stopping in front of him, her mouth had popped open when she saw the sight of it. Bending down, she didn't say anything and poked around the wound making him wince yet again.
Jessica let out a breath of air then looked at him. "Okay, good news is I'm here, the bad news is it's infected and needs a lot of work" She leaned forward to look at it closer. "Wait, who the hell stapled your leg shut?"
Her face had dropped when she realized that part of it. When he answered Baz, she shook her head heavily with annoyance reading her face, Jessica should have known. "Okay, well you're lucky you got a hold of me. Nicky, I need some towels, peroxide and a pair of scissors"
"What are you going to do?" J asked after hearing what she needed and Nicky disappearing to get them.
"I'm here to make sure you get better right? I'm going to close the wound properly then call Baz to have a nice little chat with him. Hang here while I run back to my jeep and get what I need"
Fixing J's leg up was sure a journey but at least Jessica knew what she was doing. Prepared with gloves, she began to dig out the staples and pour the peroxide on it which sizzled and J bit back as much pain as he could.
Nicky had broken Jessica's concentration but it was better than silence. "So how bad is it?" She had sat down on the floor watching and waiting just in case she needed something else.
"Not that bad that he'd have to get his leg chopped off. Eh, a little antibiotics and my work will look like a miracle" Pulling the last staple out, she wiped her face in her forearm then dug through her box of medical supplies.
Nicky leaned forward to see what she was digging through. J had looked as well trying to distract himself. "So how do you know all about this?"
Jessica smirked a little when she noticed them both interested. Grabbing some gauze, she started wiping some blood away before unrolling some string in order to stitch it. "Your Grandmother. Being a female in this family means not getting to do jobs with the boys so she persuaded me to get into the medical field. I don't want to be a doctor or a formal nurse, I wanted to be a chef but those dreams went right out the window. Anyway back to the long short story, she made me go just in case something like this happened. If one of my brothers got hurt, I'm here to do what I can since they can't go to a hospital"
"I wanted to be a doctor when I was little, well most kids do at that age" Nicky commented still curious. "You seem a little bitter about it though, how come?"
Grabbing the needle, she stuck it through J's leg and yanked the string through before glancing over towards her. "I didn't get to be what I wanted. I had to work my ass off to pay for school because I didn't get help. First, I was high all the time and had to get clean in order to concentrate and second I had to work at a strip club to afford school"
That had surprised both of them but Jessica's went back to focusing on the stitching she needed to do. She had to make sure to pull it tight enough in order of it to heal properly and without any more infection creeping around. She had shifted her blue eyes for a second as silence filled the air again. The questions didn't bother her as she knew J didn't know her and Nicky was still a mystery.
"So…Are you older or younger than Craig?" That made J irritated so he shifted before Jessica slapped his other leg to tell him to stop moving.
"Younger but not by much. He, Pope and Baz are older than me and Deran is my baby brother, same father if you are realizing the similarities. Mess of a family, right?"
Wiping the blood with the towel, it was at least almost over. Working her way through all the stitching, she had to wrap his thigh in gauze because it had begun bleeding due to all of the work. "Well now you need a tetanus shot which I don't have so I'll have to see if I can get some from the hospital, oh and some medicine"
"Is that where you work?" J asked trying to slip his shorts back on. Jessica began slipping the gloves off and Nicky went to help him.
"Sometimes when I have a job or I help doctor friend of mine. Believe it or not I've got a diploma and degree so you can't be that surprised about it. Anyway, Craig probably has some pain pills for now until I get you the right meds which I can do tomorrow or tonight. Had to get rid of mine for obvious reasons" The brunette had looked at her curious which made Jessica turn back to her.
"I snorted them all and it sent my dumbass to rehab twice. Two for those pain pills, two for coke and the last two was for…" Jessica had to stop realizing how sad and disappointing that made her sound. Sighing she continued on, "Second to last was sedatives and once again for coke"
Jessica's eyes trailed away and she moved into the bathroom to throw the gloves out. She needed to step away for a moment in order to regain her composure. It was something she was ashamed of yet wasn't afraid to talk about it. Smurf had thrown it in her face more than once and the first time she did made her feel indifferent about the situation.
Staring in the mirror, she looked at her reflection and reassured herself that she was in the right spot and doing the right thing. Jessica didn't look like a mess; she looked healthy and felt it. It was just another realization that she had to face once again.
Tossing the gloves into the trash, she stepped back out into the bedroom to clean up the rest of the mess. "You can walk okay right? I know it has to hurt like hell but I can't do anymore work" Jessica said grabbing the towels and glancing at his leg again.
"I'll be okay…" J was going to continue until he heard his phone go off on the dresser top. She told him she would get it for him.
Looking at the caller ID, she shushed him for a second before sliding her finger across the phone. "Hello, J's phone, Jessica speaking"
There was silence on the other line until the voice spoke. "Jessica? Where have you been? We've been calling you since last night"
"Do not try and pin this one on me Baz. I fixed his leg because some people didn't use their genius brain to come find me instead of blowing my phone up. Clearly I was trying to ignore all of you"
Jessica had continued to ramble on but Baz wasn't about to listen to it especially over the phone. Sighing, he tried his best to interrupt her and it eventually worked.
The two of them had to leave Smurf's home and go to Deran's bar in order to split up the money from the church heist. Jessica had to help J in and out of the car as well as into the building because he was going to hobbling around for a few days. The rest of the boys were already present when they had showed up.
As she moved his over to one of the chairs, J slipped his arm from his shoulder and winced when he had to move. Jessica snapped her head up towards Baz with a faint glare, she was still angry with him.
Deran and Craig of course were sitting next to each other, Pope sat to the far end, Baz stood towards the head of the table and Jessica took a seat by J. The all had exchanged looks, mostly towards her since he decided to show up and waited for him to speak.
"We did good as always and everyone pretty much gets an even share with a little left over that we still have to divide up. Pope and I counted through all of it so take your pick" Baz said while placing the folders on the large table with the money in it.
Each of them had taken their cut and opened it to make sure it seemed like a good amount. Jessica placed hers down, looked towards J then back towards Baz. "J gets the extra money"
"What?" Craig asked turning towards her. "No, we all get what's left"
"This kid has his thigh ripped open because your brother decided to staple it closed. It's infected, he needs a tetanus shot, medication and pain meds which I know you have and on top of it he can hardly walk"
"He doesn't even have to go to the hospital because you're here; he has no bills to pay. Besides, it wouldn't have gotten infected if you would have answered" Deran said.
"You know where to find me. If I'm not home, I'm at the beach. If not the beach then rehab or one of the clinics, I'm always around town. I'm the only one in Oceanside with a light blue jeep and bike. I'm not that hard to find"
Jessica wasn't that mad or anything, she was just irritated that she was in the situation. It would be blamed on her by the boys and Smurf for not answering any of the calls. Now all the boys decided to chime in with Jessica and J staying silent. Smirking a little at the scene she grabbed the folder again, stood up and made her way back out to her jeep.
The Cody's watched her leave and remained divided on the money situation. Deran got up and went behind the bar to get a drink. Craig headed somewhere and Pope turned towards Baz. "You better go get your girlfriend"
J raised an eyebrow at the comment. Baz glared towards him, "Seriously Pope, stop" Shaking his head, he headed off after Jessica and Pope knew exactly he would.
Reaching outside, he looked around for her car then moved in that direction in strides before she could leave. "Jess wait…Why are you storming out?"
She had just begun to buckle her seatbelt when she heard him so she looked in his direction. "I'm not storming out, I'm going home. Is that okay with you or do I need permission again?" He was out of luck because he couldn't stop her in a car compared to a bike.
"You're not mad or anything right?" Baz hung his arm on the side view mirror.
Jessica shook her head with a faint laugh. "I'm not mad Baz, I just want to know where in your little mind did you decide to staple his leg shut. He's only seventeen and in this mess because we rob people. Forget it, I'm completely over it"
He had given her a look knowing that she was at least angry with him. "Tell you what, let me make it up to you and you can call it even"
It was her turn to give him a skeptical look. Jessica glanced into the rearview mirror to fix a few pieces of her hair. "Making it up to me means your bedroom. Baz, I already know what that means and just because we slept together once doesn't mean you get me again"
"Who said anything about a bedroom?" He joked which made Jessica smile and in return him as well. "And you know if we are really counting it's been more than once"
Shaking her head heavily, she really didn't think he would have remembered but there was a surprise for her. Jessica didn't comment and started the jeep up.
"You're leaving me in the same spot again?" Baz asked backing away.
Sliding her shades on, she looked at him. "I told you I was going home and I'll see you sooner than later I'm sure…Besides, you enjoy this game"
"Oh so now we're playing a game? Fine, but don't blame me when I push you too far that you're not going to be able to back out"
Smirking towards him in an amused way, Jessica Cody left the mess that was starting to unfold.