Chapter 32 – Brenna
My family stayed for quite some time, Inara curling up on the bed beside me. She was normally a very active little girl, but I could tell that she was worried about me. We hadn’t told her about the baby, but she obviously overhead something because as soon as she got on the bed she kissed my belly.
When Beast decided I had had enough he suggested they head home for a rest and come back later with some dinner. I thought that was a great idea; working at the hospital I knew the food for patient’s isn’t the greatest so I’d love whatever they brought. I was actually quite tired as well and could use a nap.
Once they left the only people left in the room were Beast and Everly. Marie had left soon after I woke up, promising to come see me once I was home. She didn’t want to overwhelm me with visitors and I wasn’t going to be in hospital long. If all went well I would be released in the morning.
Everly came up to the side of my bed and sat in the chair beside me, gently running her fingers through my hair, avoiding my wound. “You look tired. Go ahead and have a nap. We’ll be here when you wake up.”
Beast came up behind Ev and nodded at me. “Everly is right Baby Girl. Go ahead and have a nap. You probably need it and we aren’t going anywhere.”
Obviously my body was just waiting for permission to give in to my need for sleep. This time I don’t remember dreaming at all. I closed my eyes and the next thing I knew I was waking up to the delicious smell of my favourite food, my mom’s lasagne. It had me waking with a smile on my face.
“There’s my beautiful girl. How you doing sweetie?” My mom was sitting beside me setting up food for not just me, but everyone in the room. When I took a look around I saw that Everly and Joker were here, as well as Griff, the rest of my family and of course Beast.
“Wow, what’s everyone doing here?” If it was night time already then I slept all day, obviously I needed it because I felt so much better than when I woke up the first time.
My dad came up on the other side of the bed and sat in the chair that was now there. “We all wanted to see how you were doing and decided to bring you dinner. They weren’t going to let us all in here, but your sister called Cody and he got it all arranged. He’ll be here later, once his shift is over.”
God I loved these people. Still not sure why Griff is here, but if the look on Danielle’s face whenever she looks at him is any indication something might be going on there. I’d leave that puzzle for another day.
Once mom had finished dishing out dinner she sat down beside dad, leaving that side of the bed free for Beast to sit down. “Hey Bren, how you doing baby?”
I smiled at him. I loved waking up and seeing him, even if I was in the hospital when that happened. “I’m feeling okay thanks. My head is sore, but not anything I can’t handle.”
I tried to sit up a little higher on the bed so that I was in a more comfortable position to eat. I flinched at the movement, causing Beast to jump up and give me a hand. “I got you babe. You good?”
“Yeah, that’s perfect, thank you.” I started to cut into my lasagne, the smell making my mouth water. My mom made the best lasagne I had ever had and she knew I always want it when I don’t feel well.
Partway through dinner there was a knock on the door and before anyone could say come in Cody burst through the door, followed by a quiet Ethan. “Hello my love. How are you feeling?”
He pushed his way in front of Beast, leaning over the bed and gently pulling me into a hug. I couldn’t wrap my arms around him, because my hands were full of my cutlery, so I just grinned over his shoulder at Ethan who was standing there waiting his turn and silently laughing at his husband.
Cody pushed away and looked down at me. “Well, you are looking pretty damn good doll. Not sure what all the fuss was about.” He gave me a wink and backed away from the bed, walking over to my parents to greet them.
Ethan took Cody’s place, actually excusing himself before walking in front of Beast. He leaned in to give me a hug, whispering in my ear “He was worried sick about you sweetie. We both were. I’m glad you’re okay.”
Giving me a kiss on the cheek he backed away and went over to where Cody was talking to my parents. He gave my mom a kiss and took a plate of the lasagne she had set aside for them. She loved her boys, as she called them. She treated them like they were her own.
“Oh mamma, your famous lasagne. Brenna should have minor car accidents more often if this is what we get.” Ethan joked.
Beast growled beside me and I turned to him with a smile and put my hand out for his. He took his eyes off of Ethan and grabbed my hand. “He’s just joking Gray. He would never actually want anything to happen to me.”
Overhearing us Ethan responded, “oh goodness NO. I would never want anything to happen to our Bren. We love her, but we love her mamma and her mamma’s lasagne is famous so any chance we get to eat it we get excited.”
Still not looking happy Beast gave him a nod and went back to eating his food one handed, keeping hold of my hand. It made it difficult for me to eat, but if he needed the contact I was okay with that.
Once everyone had finished their meal my family started to head out, every one of them stopping at my bedside to give me a hug before they left. Griff started to leave, but was stopped by Beast “Prospect.”
He stopped in the doorway with Inara in his arms. “Just walking them to their car and seeing them off. I’ll be back to sit outside once they are safely away.”
Looking over at Beast he gave Griff a nod and watched him leave. Once we were alone he came over to me in the bed and put his arms underneath me, gently lifting me up and moving me over in the bed so that he could get in beside me. “Gray, there isn’t a lot of room in this bed.”
Once he got himself settled he pulled me over so that I was lying on top of his chest. “It’s all good Baby Girl. You can just lie on top of me and use me as your pillow. I’m not spending another night without being in bed beside you.”
I got myself settled in and wrapped my arm around him, squeezing him to me. “I love you Grayson.” I couldn’t look up to see his reaction, I was freaking out about what he was thinking, but I couldn’t hold it in any longer. This accident was an eye opener and I didn’t want to waste any more time holding in my feelings. I know we hadn’t been together long at all, really only a couple of weeks, but I couldn’t imagine my life without him and I needed him to know that.
“Bren look at me.” Beast tried to get me to lift my chin and look up at him, but it wasn’t easy from the position we were in. I just shook my head and squeezed him tighter. “Baby, look at me.”
I turned my eyes up towards him only to see him smiling at me. “I love you too Bren.”
I started shaking my head at him, I didn’t want him to just say it because I said it. “You don’t just have to say that Beast.”
Beast sat up and rolled me underneath him. He looked down at me, resting his forehead to mine. “Brenna O’Reilly, how many times do I have to tell you I’m in this? I’m not just in this because you are the sexiest woman I have ever seen, or because you are carrying my baby. I’m in this because I love you. I love holding you in my arms as we sleep at night, I love taking care of you in the morning and making you breakfast, I love just spending time with you.”
Every time he said why he loved me my smile got bigger and bigger. “You love me that much, huh?”
“You better believe it baby. There are going to be some changes too. We need to pick a place to live, you choose. Your house, my house, or hell we can sell them both and start from scratch.”
I started to giggle underneath him. He’d lost his mind and I loved it! “You’re crazy. We’re spending every night together as it is, why do we have to change what’s working?”
He pulled away from me with a look of determination on his face. “Bren, you don’t get it yet do you? I’m not going anywhere. There’s no point in keeping two houses so you pick which one you like more or we can start to look for a new one.”
“Okay Grayson. Whatever you say.” I loved when he got all bossy. If he wanted us to live together I sure as hell wasn’t going to argue with him, I’d save that for when I wanted to get my way.