Author's note: This is a long one. Enjoy!

Disclaimer. Once again, Not a lawyer. :)

Chapter 14:

Julie's cell phone was ringing. Tim rubbed his eyes and looked for the sound.

It was just close enough he could reach it. It said "Landry Clark".

Tim answered.

"Hello?"

"Who is this?"

"Landry… it's Tim."

"Ohhh hey! Is Julie there?"

"Well she is but she's all drugged up on Morfum. She's asleep."

"Morphine?"

"Yeah that. Pain medicine. What's up?"

"Well actually I was calling to let her know some information… um… from my dad."

Tim was instantly alert. He knew Landry's dad was a cop.

"What is it?"

"Well it's confidential Tim… my dad only told me because of being on the team…"

"Landry… has JD been charged?"

God I hope he hasn't been released. Tim thought as he kissed Julie's head. She was still softly snoring.

"Yes. 3 charges. He is being held in his own cell. His arraignment is on Monday."

"What happens at that?"

"Tim… that's when he will enter a plea and a judge will maybe set bail and send to his house or send him over to the juvenile jail if they find he needs to be kept."

"Oh shit… then what?"

"Well then it can go a couple different ways depending on what JD pleas. If he is released on bail my dad said he won't be allowed to leave his house except for possibly school. If he is kept he will go to the juvenile jail until he is sentenced. They will probably call you and Smash as witnesses and Julie may have to testify."

"Oh shit…"

"Yeah… I just uh… I wanted her to know he is in jail… at least till Monday."

"Yeah well she's gonna be here in the hospital till Monday too. She had surgery this morning… I'm not sure how much you know?"

"All I know is that JD was charged with one count each of assault, sexual assault and attempted rape…. And then I saw her in tears hiding in your arms last night and JD knocked out with his pants around his ankles. I am kind of piecing together a not so pretty picture Tim. Plus my dad has read all the information and is very firm in his belief that JD should be locked up and I should never talk to him again."

"Yeah… well I agree with your dad and uh keep this to yourself and I guess your dad but she has 3 cracked ribs and a broken wrist that needed surgery. As far as I know JD only had a broken nose… curtesy of my elbow."

"Wow…"

"I know man… It's hard to know what to say… if I hadn't of seen it with my own eyes I would think it was bull. He can barely hurt anyone on the field. But Smash and I both saw him and she said no. And she is hurt pretty bad. I think she's gonna be okay…"

"I know Tim. Let her know I'm here if she needs anything."

"Thanks, I will. And thanks for calling her. I think she'll be happy to know he is in jail."

"Talk to you later Tim."

"Bye"

Nurse Lisa came in as Tim hung up.

"Oh… well you two got cozy."

Tim blushed.

"Um… she just…"

"No no… it's okay. I'm not judging as long as you don't pull out that IV."

"Yes ma'am… or uh… no ma'am we won't."

Lisa checked Julie's ice pack and decided to get her a new one.

"I have to check her BP… She'll probably wake up."

Lisa reached over him and put the cuff on Julie's arm. As it pumped up, Julie did wake up.

*Yawn*

She winced from the pain her yawn caused in her ribs.

"Hey…" Julie said to both Tim and Lisa.

"Hey there… any pain?"

"Um… only when i yawned and well my back is sore… what can I do about that?"

"You could try massage…"

Julie blushed.

"or sitting up."

"YES! Please. Can I do that?"

"Sure."

Julie got a text.

Coming now with clothes. Mom is going to bring dinner and GB later. Need anything else right now?

"What is GB?" Tim asked after reading it out loud.

Julie laughed. "Gracie Belle."

"Oh."

"Tell him…"

Nope. All good here. Just woke up from a nice nap. ;) Going to try sitting up!

"Um… Tim could you… uh… step outside for just a minute please?" Julie asked hesitantly.

He kissed her cheek. "Sure."

"Lisa…?"

"Yes?"

"My dad is bringing me clothes. Could you help me change when he gets here?"

"Of course."

"And… am I allowed to shower? I haven't since… well since I was… um… assaulted." I guess that is the word i should use. Punched and nearly raped just sounds... yeah assaulted is what i'll go with.

"Yes… of course you are allowed but let's let Dr. Collins check on you first and get his instructions on unwrapping your wrist. And yes a nurse or two will help you shower just to be safe."

"Thanks."

She smiled.

"Do you want me to tell your boyfriend to come back in now?"

She blushed a scarlet.

"Oh he's not my boyfriend…. He…. I …. we haven't… um… Yes i'd like him to come back please."

"Sure hun. Let me know when your dad gets here."

Tim noticed right away something was off.

"Jules why are you like bright red?"

"Oh um… it doesn't matter. Lisa is going to help me sit up when my dad brings my clothes. That way we can do it all at once."

"Sounds good. I answered your phone before Lisa came in it was Landry. He uh… he wanted you to know JD is now in jail."

"They charged him?"

"Yes. One count each of assault, sexual assault, and attempted rape."

Julie flinched.

"That's a lot… he's… I mean he's probably going to actually serve time."

"Good."

"Tim… well… I mean... yeah ok… good. Did Landry say anything else?"

"Just that the arrangement is on Monday at the court house."

Julie nodded.

"Arraignment... but yeah... Okay then."

A few minutes later Eric showed up with a duffle bag and Julie's favorite pillow.

She smiled.

While Lisa helped Julie get dressed, Tim and Eric went for a walk and Tim told him all about Landry's confidential call. Tim figured Eric had just as much right to know.

Lisa helped Julie put on panties and dark blue fuzzy cookie monster pj pants and a black tank top, she still had on her blue hospital socks with the bumps on the bottom.

"Are you cold? It looks like you have a few t shirts we could layer…?"

"No this should be fine plus I have the blanket. Okay so now I'm dressed now… how do I sit up without my ribs hurting and keep my wrist elevated?"

"Were going to try and have you in the recliner there."

Julie hadn't seen it before because it was on the other side of the room but now it was moved next to her bed.

Lisa helped Julie sit and then pushed a pillow behind her back and covered her with an extra blanket and propped her arm with 2 pillows and put an ice pack on top.

"How's that Julie?"

"Actually i feel better like this. Thank you."

"Of course hun."

"Lisa when does the IV come out?"

"Oh don't get to excited to get rid of that… you are still getting a low dose drip of pain meds and a small antibiotic to prevent any infections. When that fun stuff stops you will be in pain. I'm actually very surprised you aren't in any pain now."

"Well don't tell Tim or my dad… but I am… my wrist feels like it's weighted in cement and my ribs hurt every time I move. If I don't move I'm golden well except my back... but I'm hoping that was just the bed."

"Ok listen up little missy. If you don't want your loved ones to know you are in pain I'm not here to judge but you have got to communicate with me and any other nurses or doctors. I'll up your drip a little bit and the ice should help."

"Thank you."

Her dad peeked in the window and saw that she was sitting so they came back in. Her dad leaned in and kissed her head and hugged her gently.

Tim flopped on her bed.

"Feel better sitting up?" Eric asked sitting next to her.

"Uh… yes and no. Ask me in 15 minutes and it will probably just be yes… I'm tired from moving and sore. Apparently cracked ribs make getting dressed very difficult."

"Yeah. Sorry hunny. Mom said to tell you if she missed anything to let her know."

"No she did a good job….she even got my… Hey Tim! Get off my pillow!"

"You're not using it Julie. Let Tim get some sleep."

"Fine."

Tim smiled at her.

I really likes this pillow… it smells like vanilla…

The rest of the afternoon was spent chatting and Julie drifting in and out of sleep. The upped dosage of medicine was helping her relax.

At 4:50 Dr. Collins came in.

Tim was asleep face down on the bed.

Eric and Julie were watching a police show called Rookie Blue. Julie liked all the action.

"Hey there Julie… You are sitting up and looking good. Much better than that guy." He pointed to Tim.

She smiled.

"Yeah he's had a long 24 hours." Eric said.

Julie nodded.

Dr. Collins pulled up a chair in front of Julie.

"How are you feeling?"

"Um… alright… no… okay… I don't feel very good. Every time I move my ribs hurt right here." She used her left hand to show him on her right side below her breast.

He nodded.

"Yeah. I hate to be the barer of bad news but we don't have a lot to do for cracked ribs. The prescription is rest and ice. Sometimes we wrap them with compression but I don't recommend that yet. I see ice on your wrist have you had any for your ribs?"

"No." Julie moved the ice pack from her arm to her ribs.

"Okay now tell me about your wrist. How does it feel?"

"Honestly like a big paper weight. It hurt a ton earlier but I was given medicine and went to sleep. At this exact moment I feel like an ache but not the stabbing awful pain I had earlier. If that makes sense."

"Makes perfect sense to me. Sounds like Lisa has got you covered and I believe you should have Natalie overnight. She's roommates with Lisa, they act like twins."

Julie smiled.

"Okay… ice cream! Are you a chocolate girl or vanilla?"

"Both… but if I have to choose…"

"You don't I can do both!"

Julie smiled!

"Dad…? Want some ice cream?" Dr. Collins asked.

"No thanks."

"And what about sleeping beauty? What's his flavor?" He asked Julie.

"Uh… I don't know… dad?"

"I think…"

"Chocolate." Tim sleepily said.

Everyone smiled.

"Alright coming right up." Dr. Collins said leaving.

"Figures you wake up for ice cream." Julie said.

"I woke up sometime around big paperweight."

"Oh." Julie said.

"Hey mom texted. What do y'all want for dinner?"

"I think I get food here dad…"

"Okay but we don't… Tim?"

"Anything is fine."

"Oh crap… I forgot to ask about showering. Dang." Julie said frustrated.

"Well he's gonna bring the ice cream back hun…"

"Oh yeah! I forgot."

Eric raised his eyebrows at his daughter. Her drugs must be real good. Eric thought.

A few minutes later Julie and Tim had ice cream and Julie had a frustrated answer that she should just go ahead and wait till tomorrow afternoon or night to shower before trying to unwrap her arm.

Julie was having trouble and almost dropped the bowl.

Eric pulled the little bed table as close as possible to her and then held the bowl still while she tried to eat left handed.

"Ugh. This was supposed to be a treat not hard work."

"Just keep trying Jules. You have to try." Tim said from his crisscross location on the bed.

"Easy for you to say Mr. I have two working hands." She grumbled.

Tim smirked… feisty Julie is coming out to play…

Eric just kept his mouth shut and held the bowl still. He was not going to earn himself Julie's wrath. Nope.

"Just try Julie." Tim added.

She glared at him but did as encouraged and was able to get a small bite of creamy chocolatey goodness.

Finally she gave up and gave puppy eyes to her father.

"Okay baby... here ya go." And he fed her the rest.

Julie was brought a dinner tray but it had some questionable things on it. She ate the fruit and the pudding. Tim ate the bread and tried the meat lump and decided it tasted like chicken. The rest went untouched.

About 2 hours later they heard some commotion in the hall. Eric went to investigate.

Tim was sprawled on his back watching another episode of the police show. He liked it too. The Dov character reminded him of someone… he couldn't decide who though. He liked the little prankster.

Andy was actually relaxing in the recliner. They had figured out the foot rest and she was actually pretty comfortable.

Eric poked his head back in.

"Well… I found the noise." He said.

Julie and Tim looked up to see Smash, Landry, Tyra and Lois along with Julie's mom and baby sister.

"Oh my gosh, what are y'all doing here?" Julie asked excitedly.

Tim wondered… where is her police guard? Hmm…

"The Smash is here to see you baby." He said kissing her cheek carefully and handing her a stuffed cat.

Julie was 4 different colors of red.

Along with her stuffed cat she got a few balloons and some kind of yellow flowers and 2 brand new books from Lois.

"Thank you so much you guys." Julie was genuinely happy to see her friends…

"Mrs. T. brought your dinner so we won't stay too long but we love you and miss you and wanted you to know we are thinking about you." Tyra explained.

"I didn't know I needed it but I did and I am so glad y'all came."

Tim smiled and zoned out. Tyra would be Gail Peck on the cop show... totally bossy but in a kick ass way.

Soon their friends waved and promised to visit once she went home.

They ate chicken salad sandwiches and chips.

All pretty easy for Julie to handle one handed. Good choice Mrs. Coach. Tim thought.

"Why did he bring you a cat?" Eric wanted to know. He was now suspicious that Bryan Williams might be interested in his daughter. He saw the kiss on the cheek.

She shook her head and shrugged.

"I have no idea. But it's nice. They are so sweet… which one of you told them to come?" She accused.

Tim held his hands up "Not me, I've been with you basically all day."

"Mom?"

"At Applebees…I may have mentioned to Bryan and his mother that you were in your own room. I didn't tell anyone to come though. That was their own sweet decision."

"I like that they brought Lois for you." Tim said.

Julie smiled. "I know! I think it was Smash… I know she likes him and I'm thinking he might like her."

"I dunno about that… Smash and Lois don't seem like…" Tim started

"Who knows? The heart wants who the heart wants." Eric supplied.

Julie giggled. Tim smiled. Tami just shook her head. Gracie Belle tried to reach for Tim's hair. He was holding her so Tami and Eric could eat. He had already inhaled 2 wonderful sandwiches.