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His eyes spark with amusement as people in the room once again laugh at my expense.
I decide to ignore them all as I turn around to face Trick and raise my eyebrow at him again when I see that he’s still holding his pain meds; he rolls his eyes at me and then smirks, shoving them all into his mouth and then taking a massive drink of water.
As everyone goes back to what they were doing, I take my gloves and jacket off and move over to him; he glances down at me with a smile as he wraps his arm around me, “I only insist because I worry about you being in pain and because of how much you’re doing that you probably shouldn’t be, you broke your leg Trick, a couple of weeks ago, you’re not healed. If you really are okay and can handle the pain level even with everything that we’re doing, then stop taking them, and I promise I won’t give you any shit. I just ask that you take the antibiotic because the last thing we need is for you to be taken down by an infection.”
He squeezes me, “I know all that, and that’s why I like to give you a hard time about it. If I’m being honest with myself, I was starting to feel it and needed to take my painkiller anyway. I just like it when you get all feisty and bossy with me.”
I turn to look up at him incredulously, my lips twitching in amusement, “You little shit.”
He shrugs and bends down slightly to kiss me before saying, “Yeah, but you love me.”
“Always,” I grin. “Right, what needs to be done before Alaric, D, and Ryan get here?” my eyes widen as thoughts of what we just traveled back from the barn in flashes through my mind, and I add before Trick can reply, “Oh shit, what if they can't get up because of the snow? What if they get stuck?”
Trick pulls me in front of him and puts his hands on my face so that I stop panicking and actually focus. It's impressive because it means that he's effectively balancing, thanks to his broken leg and his crutches hanging off his arm. “It will be fine, and we had the road cleared and salted, remember? It’s a hell of a lot safer than how you just traveled. Besides, they’re already on their way up with Lyric, Jynx, and the others. They’re taking it easy though, and have dropped their stuff at the house they’ll be staying in, so they’re going to take a bit longer than usual to get here.”
I let out a heavy breath as my body relaxes from the tension, “Oh, okay, yeah, that makes more sense, and actually, I had forgotten that we sorted out the road up here.”
“That’s okay; a lot has been going on recently. Things are bound to slip your mind,” he replies, smiling gently.
“That’s a really good point,” I reply, “now, I’m going to go and get changed quickly; you go and sit with Cash. You really should be resting, and I know for a fact that you’re not going to later, so do it now.”
Trick steps back with a chuckle and salutes me, “Yes, ma’am.”
I roll my eyes and walk past him and around the couch that we’ve put at this end of the extension to give us even more sitting options. I feel like I haven’t seen Cash properly for too long, even though in reality, it probably hasn’t been that long at all.
Regardless, I stop off at the table where he’s sitting next to Pete and drop a kiss on his head; his arm snaps out and wraps around my waist, pulling me close.
“Il mio cuore,” he smiles.
“Hey, are you okay? How’re you feeling?” I ask him and then add, “By the way, you’re my favourite patient.”
“I am?” he asks, raising his eyebrow and looking amused.
“Yep,” I nod, “you take your meds with no fuss, and you’re not overdoing it like the others too.”
“Well, that’s only because I know that overdoing it now means that it’s going to take me longer to get better and back to where I was before this happened; it's better and quicker in the long run if I just rest. We may be starting with research after Christmas, which could take a while, but it’s not going to be too long before we find Rylie and have to extract her, and I won’t sit on the sidelines while you’re all in danger.” Cash explains.
“Well shit,” Jensen curses from behind me, and I glance over my shoulder to see him frowning.
“Makes sense, doesn’t it,” I smirk, unable to stop myself.
Jensen nods, “Yeah, actually. I just never thought of it that way, and as frustrated as I am to take it easy and have people do stuff for me, I really do not want to be left behind when we do the extraction. I could not handle knowing that you’re all in danger and a man down, especially since something tells me that we’re going to need all of our skill sets and Jynx’s too, in order to get to Rylie. This isn’t going to be an easy job.”
“No, it’s not,” I agree.
“Alright, I’ll be more like Cash and rest,” Jensen smiles, leaning forward to kiss me quickly before he plops his ass in a seat and looks contemplative for a second before he immediately starts to get up again.
I burst out laughing, “Dude, that lasted like three seconds, seriously?”
“What?” he asks, looking mildly confused before his expression clears, and he grins, “Oh no, I’m still resting. I just remembered that there’s a new book series that I’ve been meaning to start, but I never stay still long enough to do it. Now is the perfect time, and it will give me something else to focus on and hopefully stop me from getting too twitchy.”
I smile, “That’s a great idea. Why don’t you sit back down and let me know where they are, and I’ll go and grab you the first one? Also, a man reading is super freaking sexy.”
He chuckles as his eyes spark with heat, and surprising me, he sits back down, which just goes to show how tired and how much pain he’s in, “Yeah, okay. I’d appreciate that; they’re in the front room on the bookcase. The first book is called Trying to Live with the Dead, and it’s by B.L Brunnemer.”
“Awesome series, you’re going to love it,” Rafe comments as he walks past us, heading toward the kitchen.
“He’s right,” I add, “it’s one of my favourites.”