Chibs | This Life | Tig | Sons Of Anarchy || Book One

Avoiding Him

"I heard they're letting you out today."

Gemma said from her seat next to her niece. [Name] sighed and looked over at Gemma. It was true, they were releasing her today with a clean bill of health -- minus the road rash that was still present on her face.

"Yeah, getting to get out of here so I can go back to no job."

"What do you mean, baby?"

Gemma asked, confused by what the woman meant. She rolled her eyes, knowing that her aunt was playing dumb with her right now.

"There's no way Uncle Clay is going to let me work in the garage anymore. Not after the shit storm my mum brought to the Club."

Gemma shuffled in her chair and sighed, knowing she was right. Laura had went way off the handles this time. She had ended up smacking Clay in front of the Club and he couldn't do anything about it, not that he would have returned the smack, but it hurt his pride.

"You're more than welcome to work in the office and help me. Or work in the Club house. I could always use an extra pair of hands cleaning up after the boys."

"Yeah, no thanks. I've seen the Club after a party. I've heard the horror stories of what the men's bathroom looks like."

Gemma couldn't help but smile.

"That's a job for the prospects anyway."

She continued as she pushed herself up out of bed. She had been unhooked from the heart monitors this morning and had been free to roam the halls as she pleased.

But she had decided to stay in her room and away from Fiona as much as possible. Although Gemma has informed her that Fiona hadn't been in the hospital since yesterday, [Name] still confined herself to her room.

Her last meeting with the woman made her wanna choke the shit out of her. She had gotten all lovey dovey with Chibs -- knowing good and we'll that he had been trying to separate himself from her as much as possible.

And now there was no doubt in either woman's mind that after yesterday, Fiona was trying to pull Chibs back into her life.

"Why don't you swing by and see him before you leave today?"

Gemma asked, trying to get her to check up on him. She stopped at the foot of her bed and looked down at her feet before speaking out.

"Look, Aunt Gemma, I don't think that's the best thing right now."

"And why the hell not?" Gemma scoffed, standing from her chair and walking around to face her niece. "That man risked his life for you -- "

"And I'm grateful for it. But he shouldn't have. If he would have worried about himself maybe he would be -- "

Gemma shook her head and placed her hand on her niece's shoulder as she bent down to look at her fallen head.

"You gotta stop blaming yourself for what happened sweetheart. Chibs wouldn't have done that if he didn't care about you."

Her heart turned and her chest hurt. Hearing Gemma say those words made her want to puke.

"You need to go see him."

She offered again. [Name] just sighed deeply as Gemma pulled her into a hug. Knowing the pain she was going through right now.

Having the blood of someone else's life on your hands, it messed up your head.

And even though Chibs was very much alive, she still couldn't help but think about what would have happened if he would have died. She didn't know if she could go on with the pain of losing a friend like him, someone who had risked his life for her.