RECAP: Tig walked into her room to see if he could wake her up again. This time it only took her about half the time to wake up as it did the first time Tig was in her room. Once again when her eyes opened up she seemed confused and a bit disoriented. Although Tig was trying to be objective, seeing the girl in this state and knowing what she had been through seemed to really make his heart ache. He tried calming her down but it wasn't doing any good. She cautiously watched as he sat down next to her. Tears were still streaming down her cheeks and she was whimpering. Her whole body tensed up as he slowly put his arm around her shoulder in an attempt to comfort her.
"It's ok. I won't hurt you. You need to calm down or you'll wake up everyone in the clubhouse." He quietly stated
She remained silent as she was quite sure if she spoke or made any more noise then he would break his promise of not hurting her. When she had calmed down some he helped her get settled back into bed. He stood up to leave since she was in bed but she grabbed his hand. He looked down at her and noticed that this was the first time she'd ever looked into his eyes. He was sure she didn't really want him in bed with her but she was afraid of going to sleep alone. Taking a deep breath Tig sat at the edge of her bed while she still had a grasp on his wrist. He sat there watching her, observing her, until she finally drifted off to sleep. He selfishly hoped this would be enough that she wouldn't start having nightmares again that would wake him up for the third time tonight!
Tig was sipping on a cup of coffee when Gemma strolled into the clubhouse. The Matriarch took in the sight of the SAA and noted how rough he looked. She poured herself a cup in silence. Either he was lost in thought or hadn't gotten much sleep the night before.
"How'd things go last night?" Gemma asked
"That girl screams in her sleep. Like she's having nightmares." Tig retorted
"She keep you up?" Gemma questioned, noting the dark circles under his eyes
"Yeah. Had to wake her up twice to stop the screaming." He replied with a heavy sigh
"Oh? How did that go?" Gemma curiously asked
"She was scared I think. The second time, I was about to leave her room & she grabbed my hand. I sat on her bed until she fell asleep. Didn't have any more problems out of her." Tig stated, sipping on his coffee
Gemma went to check in on the young girl to find her cuddling her blanket, tears still staining her cheeks. She'd been crying in her sleep but the Queen wasn't sure if it was because her boys had killed any remaining family she had or just reliving past nightmares. Gemma wanted to take the girl under her wings, like she had eventually done with Tara, but knew it would be quite a while before she was even remotely ready for anything like that. Gemma finally exited the girls room and walked back into main room. Juice was up and Chibs was starting to wake up. She went to grab cups of coffee for the 2 men before heading into the garage office to get started on her day.
Chibs finally made his way to the bar to sit next to the SAA. The Scotsman looked over and noted just how bad Tig seemed to look. To him, Tig looked worried or at the very least like he hadn't slept all night. He decided on not chatting with the Sgt-At-Arms since he really didn't look like he was in a very good mood. Juice grabbed his coffee then headed to his "office" to check up on what he'd been looking up last night. Chibs took his coffee and sat down by the Intel Officer. They were talking quietly amongst themselves when the girl wandered to the doorway of the hall. Tig didn't notice her... at first. She stood there looking sheepishly at him.
She was hungry, and in pain, but since she'd never been to the clubhouse before she wasn't sure about the rules or where things were. Sighing, she finally turned and slowly made her way back to her room. When her eyes landed on the water bottle the curly headed man had given her last night a slight shiver ran up her spine. She had awoken him twice, that she knew of, and she began wondering when the punishment would come. Carefully sitting down on the bed she took a deep breath. What was she going to do now? Surely these guys don't want her pathetic ass hanging around? She's got no skills, no talents, no way of bringing in income, no home, no anything!
"Knock, knock! Hey der lassie. I'm Chibs, resident medic. Lemma take a look ah yeh." A tall man stated as he knocked on her door then walked in
She noticed the scarring on both sides of his face and wondered if one of these other guys had done it. Lilia remained silent as he checked her over and only nodded yes or no when an answer was required. It took her off guard when he asked if she was hungry. Swallowing, she slowly nodded her head yes. She was afraid of being yelled at for being so needy. Chibs gave the girl a warm smile before telling her there were muffins that someone had baked if she wanted some. He packed his kit and headed out the door. Then he stopped and peaked his head back in to see her staring at the door like she was internally debating with herself.
"Yeh can follow me teh deh main room. We won't hurt yeh. It would be good teh get some food in yeh." He stated
Dutifully she got up and cautiously followed him. She stopped where she had before to see 3 times as many guys hanging around than before. Juice was sitting at the bar next to Tig. Chibs gave her a warm smile as he nodded where Tig & Juice sat. She took a few steps into the room, catching Clay's attention, and then stopped as she was unsure as to where she should sit. Tig noticed her as soon as she'd stepped out of the hallway. Clay and Happy watched with slight amusement as Tig shoved Juice off the chair to give Lilia somewhere to sit. Juice frowned at being shoved so hard but grabbed his coffee mug and shuffled away. Bobby smiled before offering one of his home made blueberry muffins to the young woman.
Tig watched with intense fascination as she grabbed a muffin with a shaky hand. Her eyes never went above Bobby's chest like she was afraid of making eye contact or something. Chibs and Bobby got to talking about something, she really wasn't paying attention to anything other than the muffin she was eating, but Tig was watching her intently. He could tell she was nervous and quite uncomfortable but he didn't know why. Well he knew she would be apprehensive due to her husband and father but he wasn't counting on the young woman being quite like this. While his brothers were having muffins and coffee, Clay got a call from his wife about the work they had to do today in the garage. Clay repeated what his wife had told him making several of the guys groan.
Everyone filtered out of the clubhouse except Tig. He stayed sitting where he was next to Lilia. He told her to take several muffins back to her room so she could eat in peace. She nodded her head in silence, staring at the table before her. He frowned, although she couldn't see it, before gently placing his hand on her shoulder. Quietly, almost calmly, he told her he'd check in on her during his lunch break and sometime later that evening. Again she only nodded. She didn't know how to take to him or the attention she was receiving.