HEY GUYS! LOOK WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU GUYS CHAPTER 15 THAT I JUST RECIEVED FROM MY LOVELY Beta(Baloo15)! I HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY THIS CHAPTER! ONCE AGAIN THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO READS THIS STORY AND HAS EITHER FAVORTIED, REVIEWED, AND FOLLOWED THIS STORY! AND A VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO THE READERS WHO HAVE BEEN WITH THIS STORY FROM THE BEGINNING! LIKE I SAID I HAVE AT TUMBLR ACCOUNT FOR THIS STORY AND I POST JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING FROM THIS STORY ON THEIR AND IT'S ALSO ANOTHER WAY TO GET TO KNOW MY THE CHARACTERS AND TALK TO ME! FEEL FREE TO MESSAGE ME ANYTIME WITH QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS STORY OR WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE SEQUEL! ALSO I HAD SOMEONE ON TUMBLR WHO READS THIS STORY SUGGEST I DO A ONE SHOT OF ONE OF THE MINOR COUPLES RELATIONSHIP! I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO THAT IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE JUST GOT TO LET ME KNOW WETHER ITS THROUGH A REVIEW OR PRIVATE MESSAGE OR ON TUMBLR AND ALSO WHICH COUPLE YOU WOULD WANT TO SEE! IF IT'S SOMETHING YOU ALL WANT THEN I'LL DO A POLL AND WHICH EVER ONE HAS THE MOST VOTES THATS THE COUPLE I'LL DO!
XOXO NATALIE
Luann had stayed with Natalie the whole night which Natalie was grateful for. She wasn't sure she could manage by herself right now. The doctor comes in and asks, "Are you the family of Mr. Lowman?"
Natalie looks up knowing she has to do a little lying, "I'm his fiancé and this is my mother."
The doctor nods, "Do you know if he has any other family?"
She nods, "Yeah he has his mother and aunt who are in Bakersfield. His mom has Alzheimer's and his aunt takes care of her." He nods and she says, "Look I'm a licensed medical assistant I know the risks and everything no need to waste your breath. All I want to know is how long is he going to be in induced coma and what is the extent of his injuries."
The doctor was impressed by the young blonde's directness and knowledge, "If his stats stay where they are and no complications arise I will take him out of it tomorrow. Now two of the three gunshots weren't as bad as we thought they were when he was brought in. We removed the two easily, the third one which barely missed his heart was tricky, but we were able to remove it as well."
She nods, "So why does he have a brace on his knee?"
"When he came in his knee was dislocated so we popped it back in. It's nothing major, he just has to wear a brace for a month, and once we discharge him he is to stay in bed for a month. So this means no strenuous activities."
Natalie and Luann thank the doctor and he takes his leave.
Once the doctor leaves Natalie looks at Luann, "You and I both know he is going to flip when he hears this. Can I run something by you that won't go outside these walls?"
"Of course," Luann says seriously.
"Something doesn't add up. He took three bullets for Marcus, but why was his knee is dislocated? He also has a cut above his eyebrow. They aren't telling me something."
Luann agrees with Natalie and says, "Yeah your right, but Natalie a word of advice, don't go prying. They obviously didn't tell you everything for a reason. If I were you I'd wait for happy to wake up and ask him."
Natalie takes in the advice and agrees, "Yeah your right." Her phone rings and she sees it's Kristina "Hey Kris what's up?"
"Nothing, heard about Happy you doing alright?"
"Yeah I'm doing fine had my cry now I'm good," Natalie sighs.
"Need me to come keep you company?" Kris asks.
"If you want, Luann is with me right now but she's leaving soon."
"Okay I'll be there, do you need anything from your apartment?"
"I do but Luann was going get it since she was going to Charming and coming back later," she says gratefully.
"Okay, don't eat the hospital crap I'll bring us something good."
"Okay, Kris thanks," Natalie laughs.
"Of course you're like a sister to me," Kris says sincerely.
She smiles, "See you soon."
"Yeah see you soon."
Once off the phone Luann says, "You got some awesome friends."
"Yeah I do, me, Kristina, Audrey, and Eva been friends a long time and been through a lot," Natalie agrees.
"Always good to have a few close friends. You going to be okay till Kristina gets here, I gotta get to the studio?"
"Yeah I'll be fine Luann, call me later," Natalie says hugging Luann tightly.
"I will and Nat keep your head up, I'll stop by later on," Luann says kissing the top of her head.
Natalie heard Kristina say, "There's my beautiful best friend. I brought you my mom's famous enchiladas and Mexican rice, she cooked lunch today."
Natalie gets up and hugs her, "Thanks Kris, they won't take him out of it until tomorrow. I don't know why, but I can't leave."
Kristina sits down at the table in the corner taking out the food for the two of them and says, "You don't wanna leave because you care for him, and you're hoping for some doctor to come in and say they will bring him back to you today."
Natalie laughs, "Yeah your right, when did you become the smart one?"
Kristina shrugs "That's a very good question. So I heard about Eva, I got myself tested to see if I was a match, but unfortunately I'm not. I know Rey did too and wasn't either which only pissed her off."
Natalie smiles, "Typical Rey."
Kristina nods and Natalie senses something is off and asks, "What's really up Kris?" as she takes a few bites of her food.
Kristina sighs, "If it wasn't for Happy my dad would have been killed by my cousin. I just don't know how to thank Happy for taking those bullets."
Natalie reaches across the table and rubs her arm, "You'll think of something, you always do and I highly doubt he'd want anything, but there's more going on. You can tell me you know I won't say shit."
Kristina runs a hand through her hair, "Tonio told me everything that went down and I'm glad Mando is dead, because if he wasn't taken care of he would of gone after you. I guess he has had some secret crush on you since I brought you around the family the first time."
Natalie takes in the information, and as nosy she is and wants to know everything, she wants to for once just wait and ask Happy himself. "Why am I always the person to go after? I can guarantee there are plenty other attractive blondes out there, I can't be the only one."
Kristina laughs, "There may be blondes out there but there's only one you."
"And there's only one you. You know I've been thinking I'm not even that far along and already this baby has been through a lot. I will do whatever it takes to keep my little one safe."
Kristina smiles and says, "You sound exactly like Happy."
Natalie laughs and shakes her head, "Who'd have thought I would sound like him?"
Kristina laughs, "I don't know, but I need some advice regarding my relationship with Tonio."
Natalie nods for her to continue and takes her last bite as Kristina says, "He gave me a key to his apartment and asked me to move in."
Natalie smiles "That's a huge step especially coming from him. It shows your someone special to him."
"Yeah but he is a ladies man and he has slept with a few other women while we have been together. I would look stupid to everyone at the clubhouse by moving in with him after he has cheated on me."
Natalie is pissed at Antonio for being such an idiot and asks to Kristina, "Does he know you know?" Kristina shakes her head no, so Natalie says, "Well I would confront him and give him an ultimatum. Tell him that if you move in he drops all the side bitches or you'll leave his playboy ass."
Kristina laughs and says, "Only you would put it like that, but he will just deny everything."
Natalie laughs, "This is Tonio we are talking about, he's like your brother; if you back them in a corner and lay all the facts out they will spill everything."
Kristina laughs, "Yeah that is very true especially when it comes to you and mom, I think they are low key scared of you."
Natalie laughs, "You make me sound so scary and evil."
"Nah, you're none of those things trust me. You're just too blunt for your own good, so you and Happy good now?"
Natalie nods, "Yeah we're good, still working on ourselves though. I still go to therapy and all that jazz."
Kristina nods, "You thought about what you're going to do with the offer?"
Natalie takes a sip of her water and runs a hand through her hair shaking her head, "In all honesty I really haven't. I'm torn because part of me wants to open it so bad, but then there's that half of me that cares so much for those type of people that knows that putting them in any type of potential danger isn't fair to them."
Kristina looks at her best friend of many years and can see the turmoil inside her and only wants to help, but isn't exactly sure what to say, "Well look at me, I used my dad's offer and nothing bad has happened."
Natalie nods, "Yeah but the Mayans don't have as many enemies as the Sons, and with my track record I highly suspect I'm much more of a target then you are."
Kristina shakes her head, "You need to stop getting in that head of yours and over analyzing everything. Just go with it, maybe you need to take some time for yourself and get your thoughts sorted out."
Natalie smirks, "You know the only way I get my thoughts straight is doing something that involves adrenaline. And I can't exactly do anything extreme right now."
Kristina nods, "Why not go to the shooting range, it's helped you before?"
"You make it sound like I'm some raging shooting aholic," Natalie laughs.
"Well you kinda are," Natalie playfully glares as Kristina laughs, "I'm kidding." Looking at the clock Kristina says, "Crap, I gotta go, I promised mom I'd help her clean."
"You're lucky he's in the hospital in Oakland," Natalie tells her rushing friend.
Kristina chuckles "I know right," giving Natalie a hug and leaving.
Natalie was reading a shitty magazine when Luann came in with her things and dinner. Natalie says thanks and they eat together. Once done they are just talking and laughing when Natalie asks, "Think sometime tomorrow you and me can go shooting?"
Luann laughs "Sure should we invite Gemma?"
Natalie shrugs "Sure why not, maybe shooting at some targets would do her some good."
Luann shakes her head at the blonde, "She's just going through somethings."
Natalie just sighs dropping the subject, "So I've decided that once the kid is here I'm going to start looking for a house."
Luann smiles at the blonde, "Plan on having more kids after?"
Natalie sighs and looks over at Happy and then back at the table, "I'm not sure what Happy stands on it but I have always thought if I were to have kids I'd want at the most four."
Luann looks at Natalie and rubs her arm, "I highly doubt that man could turn you down."
Natalie chuckles a little, "Don't let him hear you say that."
Luann laughingly agrees and gives Natalie a hug, "Let's try to get some sleep ok?"
NEXT DAY
The doctor had been in an hour ago to begin the process of taking him out of the medically induced coma. He had already taken out the breathing tubes since he was breathing on his own. She was just now waiting for him to wake up, growing frustrated she squeezes his hand and says, "Wake up damn it. I think you have slept enough."
She sees a smile appear on his face, "Thought you don't get scared," he rasps.
She wraps her arms around him not wanting to let go, "Please don't do that again," she whispers.
"I'll try not to."
She pushes the call button non stop until the nurse walked in, "Mr. Lowman, glad to see you're awake."
"Yeah, when can I transfer to St. Thomas?" he asks.
"I don't know, it shouldn't be too difficult to accomplish with your insurance," he raises his brow looking at Natalie as the nurse says, "Your fiancé here showed the paper work of you being on hers. I'll go get the doctor."
Once she leaves he keeps looking at Natalie, "Fiancé huh?"
She shrugs, "Had to say something for me to know what the hell happened."
"Since when am I on your insurance?" he asks gesturing for some water.
Shrugging again she says, "Since we got back together, figured I'd do it to ease my mind."
Luann speaks up, "I'll leave you two alone."
Happy shakes his head at the retreating woman, "No you're staying, the both of you are."
Luann sits back down as Natalie says, "Wanna tell me what the hell happened last night?"
He shakes his head, "Not right now little Quinn."
"Can you at least tell me why your knee is popped out of place and why you have the cut above your eye?"
"Not right now, just drop it," he says firmly.
"Whatever," she sighs. "I'm going shooting with Luann and Gemma later."
"Like hell you are," he says growing mad.
Natalie shakes her head, "Hap, I need to clear my head. So if I can't do something extreme or adventurous the only other way to release everything is shooting."
"Take your brother, Tig, and Jax with you," he says after a moment.
"Is that really necessary?" she grumbles.
"Yes, stop questioning just listen for once," he snaps.
"Okay, geez no need to get mad," she huffs.
Later that day Quinn, Tig, and Jax were watching the women three shoot while looking around making sure they remained safe. "Damn I never thought Natalie could get hotter but it's possible," Tig smirks.
Quinn shakes his head, "That's my sister and you're lucky Hap didn't hear that."
Jax shakes his head, "You notice how your sister is more tense and on edge even shooting?"
Quinn looks at what Jax is talking about and he has to agree with the V.P, "She's probably still digesting everything."
"Maybe she's knocked up," Tig says.
Jax laughs and says, "How does that explain the tense being and on edge?"
Tig just shrugs at him, then they both look at Quinn who shrugs and says, "Ask her yourself."
Natalie was shooting and could see why Happy didn't like the idea, it was uncomfortable and every time she shot her arm went back a little stretching more than she thought. She hears Tig shout, "Aye Natalie, you knocked up?"
She turns glaring at Tig, "You better rethink that question Tig I have a gun and I'm not afraid to use it."
She sees him turn to Quinn and Jax, "See told you."
She turns back towards the targets and finishes up the rounds. Setting the gun down she goes over to them and says menacingly, "You open your mouth about it to anyone else and I'll kill you."
"Calm down little Lowman," Tig huffs.
She laughs at his new nickname, "I was joking with you, I'm not mad."
The others laugh as Gemma and Luann come up with Gemma asking, "You're pregnant?"
She sighs, "Yeah."
"Congrats does he know," Gemma probes.
"Of course he knows," Natalie growls growing irritated.
"You keepin it," Gemma asks ignoring Natalie's irritation.
"Yeah, abortion isn't something I believe in."
"He's okay with your decision?" Gemma continues her questioning.
"Yeah he is. Gemma what are you trying to say?" Natalie finally snaps.
"Just making sure," Gemma says, "I'm trying to look out for you."
"No you're not, your just making sure your enforcer isn't getting forced into something," Natalie retorts. Looking at her brother she says, "I'm ready to go."
As she heads towards his bike he says, "You're not getting on my bike, deal with the car ride like a big girl."
HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYED THIS CHAPTER! LIKE I SAID ABOVE FEEL FREE TO TALK TO ME THROUGH HERE OR TUMBLR AND LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN IN THE SEQUEL! ALSO LET ME KNOW ABOUT THE ONE SHOT IDEA! IF IT'S POPULAR IDEA I'LL HAVE A POLL ON MY BIO PAGE HERE SO YOU ALL CAN VOTE FOR WHICH COUPLE!
XOXO NATALIE