Bray's Point Of View
I had ran downstairs, to grab some coffee. Ivy had finally fallen asleep about 4:00 in the morning. Every time she'd get close to falling asleep a nurse or a doctor would come in. I could tell she was so exhausted, but all the interruptions were getting in the way of her getting any sleep. Ivy told me she'd just catch up on sleep when she got home. That's something I'll make sure she does, I'm going to make sure I take good care of my beautiful little Ivy.
As stressful as these last few days have been, it's finally over. At least Ivy's nightmare that is. I've still got to deal with the fact that Luke is in trouble with the law, because he killed Mike, even though he was protecting all of us from a gun welding mad man. I'm still angry at everything Luke's done, and I'm not sure if we'll ever be able to fix everything that has gone on between us, but I know that I don't want him in prison for protecting me and the people I care about.
It still baffles me how he could do this, how he could of worked with Mike to keep Ivy from me. Not only that but how he'd keep such a huge secret from me. He should of known, I would of NEVER looked down on him, because of his sexual orientation. We still need to have a talk of course, but right now I need to focus on getting Ivy better, and Luke out of jail.
I opened the door to Ivy's hospital room slowly and quietly, hoping to not wake her. But of course she was awake because there was a nurse in her room again, then again it was about 6:30 so it was time for them to check her vitals. I smiled to her as I saw the nurse working on the computer, putting in the vitals I'm assuming.
I walked over Ivy and leaned forward to give her a soft kiss on the top of her head. Ivy smiled sweetly and let out a soft sigh. The nurse told us she was all finished and that the doctor would be in before noon, to check her over and hopefully discharge her before walking out the door.
"How are you feeling?" I questioned, running a hand gently through her hair.
"I'll be better once I'm out of this hospital bed, and in ours." Ivy sighed. "And in your arms."
Oh, you and I both my love!
"Oh, now that's something I can't wait for." I leaned forward to give her a soft kiss. "I've missed having you in my arms, every single night."
"Not as much as I've missed being in them." Ivy stated.
"I'm not all too sure of that." I laughed slightly, taking her hand in mine before bringing it to my lips.
Ivy smiled before turning serious. "So, any news on Luke?" Ivy raised a brow.
"He's going to be arraigned and hopefully they will set bail, so I can get him out." I explained. "Hopefully they will eventually decide not to go forward with the charges, it's obvious it was self-defense." I added, Luke was only protecting us, Mike would of most likely killed us all, he already shot me. What else was Luke supposed to do, I'd of done it myself if I had the chance.
"Luke did the right thing, he shouldn't be punished for defending himself and others." Ivy nodded.
That's right, hopefully he doesn't have to pay for it!
"I feel the same way, my love." I nodded. "Let's just hope the district attorney feels the same as we both do."
"Why don't you meet him at the jail?, pick him up once he's released." Ivy looked up to me.
"I have Braun waiting, so he can pick him up." I said, Braun was going to post his bail and pick him up, once we know if he's going to get out on bail or not.
"I'm sure he'd love to see you." Ivy said, interlacing her fingers with mine. "Don't you want to see him?, I know you guys have been friends for a long time. You can't still be angry at him, for what happened, when I first showed up."
Oh, you have no idea Ivy!
No idea at all, but now is not the time!
"There is a lot that you don't know my love." I shook my head, I didn't really want to get into all that right now. "But now, is not the time to get into that." I added.
"What is it?, it has to be something big." Ivy raised a brow.
"Not now, once you are home, and rested up I'll tell you everything." I sighed, taking the seat next to her bed.
"Bray." Ivy sighed.
"Not now, you rest for a while. You've gotten a total of what two hours of sleep?, you need to rest." I shook my head, leaning in to give her a soft kiss. "I love you, get some sleep." I smiled slightly.
"I love you too, but this isn't over." Ivy nodded, giving me a small smile.
Oh, of course not!
"Oh, I had a feeling." I smiled, giving her another quick kiss, before she closed her eyes, hopefully able to get so sleep.
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Ivy's Point Of View
I looked at the clock, it was about 1:00 in the afternoon. The doctor had come in, and given me the okay to go home, thankfully. He said it'd be about 30 minutes but it's been an hour and I'm still waiting. I know it's a hospital and people get busy, but I'm so damn tired and I just want to get out of this place and get home and into my bed, mine and Bray's bed.
Finally the nurse came, in a handful of paper work, and discharge instructions. I finished signing all the papers, and Bray had come back in the room after grabbing a bag with my clothes in it, he had Erick grab some clothes from the house. After I finished changing the nurse came in and gave me a pair of crutches and made sure I knew how to use them.
She told me to call the number on the paper to set up a physical therapy appointment, the doctor thinks I might need help after about a week or so of healing to get back on track faster. I told her I would and took all the paper work, Bray helping me make sure the brace on my knee was tight enough, before he helped me out the door.
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Bray and Erick both helped me up the front steps, and Bray helped me to the bedroom. He put the bags down, and pulled back the covers. "Bray." I sighed. "I don't need you to everything for me. You were just shot, you should be taking it easy." I shook my head, as I sat down on the spot that Bray patted on the bed.
"I'm perfectly fine. You how ever are not, you are still supposed to take it easy, and you are also not very steady on your crutches." Bray shook his head, sitting next to me.
"I'll get better with time." I shrugged.
"Until then, I'm going to be helping you. I don't want you to do anything that could hinder your recovery." Bray stated.
Oh, he worries too much!
"Bray, I'll be fine. I don't want you fussing over me." I shook my head, letting out a tiny sigh of frustration as he helped swing my bad leg into the bed. I didn't want him to hurt his arm, he was just shot in it. But he did pretty well not to hurt me or himself, just using one arm. "This isn't even my side of bed." I said, noticing that I was on the wrong side of the bed.
"I know, but I don't want to risk bumping your leg in the middle of the night, and this way it will be easier to hold you too." Bray stated, pulling the covers gently over my leg, giving me a gentle kiss when I winced as it dragged along my knee. "Sorry love." Bray said softly.
"It's okay." I sighed. "But I would still feel better about this if you didn't fuss over me. You should be taking care of your arm shouldn't you?"
"Doctor said it was fine as long as I didn't try to lift anything with the arm, and I'm not. So there isn't any use trying to get me not to fuss over you, because it's not going to work, I like taking care of you to begin with, and now you need help with things. It's my job to protect, love, and take care of you. And that's what I intend to do." Bray stated, with a very matter of fact tone to his voice.
This man is so amazing!
I'm truly lucky this man loves me so much!
I have no idea what I did to deserve him, but I'm glad I have him!
"Fine, whatever." I shook my head. "I'm home now, safe in bed. Why don't you go see Luke, I know he got out. I heard Erick and you talking about posting his bail in the car, I wasn't sleeping." I sighed, Luke had a 150 thousand dollar bail, and Bray paid it so Luke could get out.
"Not right now, you need me." Bray shook his head, crossing his arms over his chest.
"Bray, I'm going to be going to sleep. I won't need anything for a few hours, besides Erick will be here right?" I raised a brow, Bray sighing and nodding. "So, you go see him, and I'll sleep."
"I don't know." Bray sighed.
"How about I call you if I wake up early?" I raised a brow.
"Fine, as long as you promise not to try to get out of this bed by yourself." Bray stated.
"Fine, I promise." I smiled, agreeing to his stipulations.
Bray sighed, and nodded leaning down to give me a soft, gentle kiss. "I love you." Bray whispered against my lips.
"I love you." I smiled, giving him a peck on the lips, before he stood straight up. I could tell Bray didn't want to leave as he slowly stalked to the door, opening it turning around giving me a small smile and walking out the door.
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Luke's Point Of View
I sighed, as I sat in my apartment, I looked over to Braun. "You know, you don't have to be here." I said, knowing Braun didn't want to be near me. Not after what he found out I did to help Mike.
"I told Bray I'd stay." Braun shrugged.
I nodded. "You know, I feel bad about what I did." I admitted. "I do realize how wrong I was, I do hope one day everyone will forgive me. "I went on.
"Maybe one day." Braun nodded.
I heard a knock on the door, and stood from my spot on the couch and walked over to the door opening it. I smiled, surprised and happy to see Bray standing in front of me. "Bray." I smiled, slightly.
Wow, I'm surprised he showed up!
I didn't think he'd ever want to see me again!
"Can I come in?" Bray questioned, sticking his hands in his pockets.
"Sure." I nodded, moving to the side allowing him to enter, before shutting the door behind him. "I'm happy you stopped by." I stated. "How is the arm?, how's Ivy?" I added.
"Both are good." Bray nodded.
"That's good." I nodded. "Did you need something?" I raised a brow.
"I just want to see how you are." Bray shrugged. "Ivy said it'd be good to stop over and see you in person. She wants us to talk, and work out our friendship." Bray added.
"I see." I nodded. "Well, I'm happy you are willing to talk." I added. "Do you think we will ever get our friendship back?, to where it was before all of this?" I questioned, as I bit my lip.
"I don't know, I can't say yes. and I can't say no." Bray shrugged. "It's going to take a lot to build the trust back." Bray admitted.
"But you are willing to try to build it?" I raised a brow, very hopeful.
Fingers crossed!
I don't want to lose him as a friend!
"Well, I guess you can say I'm not going to write this off, just yet." Bray stated.
Thank goodness!
I nodded, that wasn't the answer I wanted, but it was something. "That's all I can ask for." I sighed. "I do want to tell you, I did some thinking last night. I was sitting in the jail cell, I kept thinking that I brought this all on everyone. If I wouldn't of been so judgmental, and dishonest this wouldn't of happened, you are right I should of known, you wouldn't of judged me because of sexual orientation. Not only that, I shouldn't of let my feelings for you, cloud my judgment of others, Ivy hadn't ever did anything to me, but I saw the way you looked at her, I saw the way you had this instant connection with her, and I was jealous. I'm sorry, I'm so sorry for everything Bray, and I do want to apologize to Ivy, when she's feeling up to it."
"Well, she's not right now." Bray shook his head.
Of course not!
She's been through a lot!
"I can understand that." I nodded. "I don't know, how this is going to work out, but I promise you, I'll never try to come between you and Ivy ever again. I know how much you love her, and I know how happy she makes you, you were miserable without her, and I don't ever want to see you like that again." I explained.
Bray nodded. "Well, thank you for that." Bray looked at his watch. "I should be going, I don't want to leave Ivy for too long." He stated.
"Well, thank you for stopping by." I smiled.
"I'll see you around." Bray nodded, walking to the door slowly. "I'll call you later Braun." Bray turned around long enough to tell Braun, then walked out the door.
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Bray's Point Of View
I walked into the bedroom, after talking to Erick briefly. I smiled when I saw, my beautiful Ivy fast asleep on the bed. I walked over climbing into the bed as quietly as possible, I didn't want to wake her. But I did of course, Ivy startled away. "Shh, it's just me." I shook my head, leaning forward to place a soft kiss to her temple.
"How'd it go?" Ivy raised a brow, her voice still sleepy.
"It went okay, but I don't want to talk about that now. I just want to hold you." I said softly, gently taking her into my arms, careful to not hurt her. "God, I've missed this." I said, placing gentle kisses on her neck, and collarbone.
"You and I both Bray." Ivy smiled, sleepily. "But you know, we still need to talk about Luke, now I know you don't want to do it now, so we won't. But maybe later tonight, or in the morning we should."
"In the morning, I'll tell you everything. You just got home from the hospital, you should just rest, and let me love you." I said, my hand running through her hair.
Ivy turned her head, and shot me one of her big, beautiful, bright smiles. God this woman has the most beautiful smiled. "Alright, tonight, I'll just let you love me. I'm just so happy to finally be home, in your arms. Where I belong." Ivy smiled, leaning forward, allowing our lips to connect, damn I've missed her. I'm it so happy she's back in my arms, and this is the way I want it to stay for the rest of our lives. Ivy and I are finally going to have a chance, with Mike gone, and Summer out of our lives, I still find it so crazy we didn't see through her. But it's done now, and Ivy and I are happy, and together and that's all that matters. I've got the love of my life back, in my arms.
A Note From The Author: Chapter 19 is here, hope you all enjoy it. I know, not a lot happened in this chapter, but I didn't want a real serious chapter just yet, I wanted something for Ivy and Bray, just a little bit of love for the reunited couple .BTW, is Bray not the cutest, the way he the way he takes care of her, and fusses over her, it's just too freaking cute. Hope you all enjoyed it, thank you to everyone who continues to support this story and it means a lot. Shout out to everyone who continues to read, review, follow, and favorite. You guys are so amazing! (HUGS)
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WWESpongefan- Thanks for reading, Yes Mike is gone, finally. Luke has a good lawyer, and he was protecting himself and everyone so maybe he'll get off. Thanks again :)
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