Fosters: Blackhawk (41 page)

"Daddy."  Jeremy reaches for my hand.
 I give it to him; he puts it on CJ's belly.  Nothing
happens.  He starts talking softly and I feel the kick.
 CJ laughs.  Holy shit, my baby's kicking.  I smile
at my boy, he's beaming.  He's so fuckin happy it looks like
he's going to burst.  

I look back at CJ, she's smiling.  I
remember she's thirsty.  "Can we get some water for my wife?"
 A nurse says she'll get it and walks out.  "She needs
the bathroom."  I tell the doctor.

"She has a catheter in.  It removes the
fluid from her bladder; it causes the sensation of needing to go."
 He looks at CJ then Jeremy who's talking to the baby.
 "What language is that?"

"The ancient language of Mohegan.  My
people use it to call the spirits for guidance and healing."
 I'm answering him but looking at CJ.

"Can I borrow him for another patient?"  He
asks shocking me; I look at him wondering if I heard him right.
 

CJ laughs.  Jeremy kisses her stomach
telling the baby he loves him then slides off the bed.  He
walks around and climbs up me.  I lean him down to kiss her
cheek.  "Mommy."  She tells him she loves him.  

He wiggles down and holds the doctors hand.
 "Christian."  He looks at me.

"He needs his brother and the other Indian.
 If you try to walk out of here with him a gun will appear
from the guards.  Make sure you have the Indian."  His
eyes go wide and he nods.  

Steve laughs, "Right here Cloud."  

I don't take my eyes off CJ.  "Thanks
Steve."  She's smiling.

"How does your head feel baby?"  I run my
finger above her scar where they shaved.  

"A little foggy and a little headachy but not
too bad.  What happened?" 

"Rachel's phone went off while you were in the
safe room.  Two guys were firing at it when Danny came in.
 He got the guys but you and Chet we're shot.  Chet
caught you when you were falling and took a bullet in the thigh, he
saved the baby."  I bend to kiss her shocked face.  "Chet
is fine, he'll be in a brace for a while but Mitch hooked him up
with her doctor."  

"Mom."  Brantley says crying.
 "Christian said it worked, the baby helped."  He runs to
her hugging her.  I lift his bottom half up and put him on the
bed with her.  

She laughs.  Fuckin CJ.  "I'm good
Brantley.  I guess the baby helped.  I was sleeping so I
don't know."  She sounds weak.  

"We did the chant to help him heal you.
 Aunt Aleena said we just have to believe and it would work."
 He touches her face so gentle.  "I'm glad we believed.
 The nurses think we're nuts but it worked and we don't have
to see them no more anyway.  That's what Jeremy said."
 

I laugh and can't stop.  Fuck it feels good
not to be worried.  Danny comes in.  I look to see if a
nurse is going to kick one of us out.  No one shows up so I
look back at CJ.  Danny slaps my back.  "Looks like she's
ready to go home."  I just nod. 

She smiles.  "I'm ready."  She makes
Brantley laugh.  I'm so happy just to watch her laugh.
 

Doc comes in with Taylor.  I hug my little
man kissing his head.  Sally comes in with Joey.  Holy
shit, I can't believe the nurses aren't kicking us out.
 "Where's Jacob?"  

"Tess took him and Jessie with some doctor, Bull
went with them."  Little Ben says he's holding Aaron's hand.
 I laugh.  "Brenna, Victor and Darren are with a nurse
and Driscoll.  Those nurses went from laughing at us to being
so nice asking us to see this person or that person.  I guess
we're not crazy anymore."  

Danny cracks up.  "Fuckin kids always break
it down."  

Steve comes in with Jeremy and Christian.
 Christian goes right to CJ, I take a tired Jeremy from Steve.
 "Was a little girl.  She's doin better."  He
smiles.  Little Ben puts his hand on Jeremy's back. 

The room is getting small.  I squeeze CJ's
hand.  "I'm going to call Jamie and let him know you're ok."
 She nods.  

I walk out with Jeremy on my shoulder.  The
doctor that took him earlier comes running down the corridor.
 He's all smiles.  "She's talking, they just called her
parents, her grandfather is with her."  He stops and looks
concerned.  "Is he ok?"  

"It takes a lot out of him.  He needs to
rest, you have all the people that help him helping other people.
 Doc, I need you to promise me this won't go any further than
right here.  You can't let the nurses tell anyone.
 That's why my wife was shot.  Someone's trying to get
the baby because of the healing.  My kids can't go anywhere
without body guards."  

He pales, "I understand.  I'll make sure
they understand, if they spread it around they lose their job.
 The little girl, she's been in a coma for months, she's the
chief of staff’s granddaughter.  She's talking.  He's
with her now.  I'll explain it to him."  

"I hope he understands it's a matter of life and
death for my kids and my wife."  

He nods.  "I wanted to thank your little
boy here.  Please tell him she's going to be ok.  She
thanked him.  She said he spoke to her with friends around a
beautiful lake.  His name is Jeremy right?"  He's
smiling.  

I smile back, "Yeah he's Jeremy.  He told
us she's going to be ok, but I'll tell him she said thanks."

"Can we do anything for him or your family?"
 

"Just keep them safe.  Don't let what
they're doing here today get out."  

Jeremy lifts his head.  My Littlest Ninja
is tired but smiling.  He holds his hand out to the doctor
when the doctor puts his hand up Jeremy moves his hand and folds
his fingers in then fist bumps him.  I laugh.  Fuckin
kids.  Christian comes to us.  "Jeremy said he wants to
come back to help. He said you have to wait until dad says it's
safe.  It's not safe now.  The bad men are still looking
for a way to get us.  Casey is going to be ok now.  Some
people can't get fixed; we should help the ones that
can." 

The doctor is looking from Jeremy to Christian.
 "Jeremy doesn't talk much."  I tell him, he nods looking
at Jeremy.  "We can probably find a way to come back.
 Without a family member in your care hopefully.  If you
get me a card I'll make sure you're on the day we come."  

He nods still looking at Jeremy.  "I need
to run some tests on your wife; we can move her to a room
downstairs once I get the results."  

"I just need to call my boss.  Don't move
her without me."  

"I won't.  I don't think the other guy
would let me anyway."  He says, I think he means Steve. He's
probably right.  Christian goes back to CJ room.  Jeremy
lays his head back on my shoulder. I turn away from the doctor and
call Jamie.  He's happy to hear it and he'll make sure she's
covered wherever she's moved.

Going back to her room I'm standing at the door
looking at all the people that believed and brought my baby back to
me.  Tess is touching CJ's stomach laughing.  Jeremy
lifts his head, "mommy" he whispers.

"My Littlest Ninja believed enough for all of us
and brought her back to me again.  I love you Jeremy.
 I'm so proud of you."  He kisses my cheek then puts his
head back down.

The doctor wades through people telling them
they have to let her get the tests done so they can move her to a
regular room.  Danny is holding Brenna, he gathers the kids,
they walk out to the waiting room.  Tess kisses CJ's cheek
telling her she'll be home tomorrow.  I laugh, fuckin Tess. As
she walks by me I bend and kiss her cheek thanking her.  Doc
is talking to the doctor and Sally stands listening.  Steve
takes Jeremy and I finally have a clear path to CJ.  She looks
tired.

"You can sleep after the tests baby, or maybe
even during."  I smile at her.  That was a lot of people
to deal with; I should have kicked them out.  

She smiles, "I'm a little afraid to go to sleep.
 I want to make sure I can wake up again."

"I won't let you go." 

Three months

CJ

Cloud is getting the kids in bed while I sit in
bubbles up to my neck.  It's been another good day. All the
houses are running smooth, the kids were their usual awesome and
Nunánuk came for a visit.  It's always a good day when she
visits, she has a special bond with the kids, I love it. We talked
about Brody and his family. They're planning a visit next month;
Eagle Eye has been video chatting with the kids, he's anxious to
see them. I smile, I had no connection to anyone but the kids, my
ex got the friends and his family in the divorce. For two years I
was drifting until Cloud landed in my life and changed it all in
the blink of an eye. Now I have the best friends and family always
ready for anything, anytime and anyplace.

I think about that, my friends.  Friggin
Kate makes me smile; we went to talk to the woman next door from
Rachel.  Her boyfriend started yelling to get rid of us and
tried to push us off the top porch step.  Kate called Chet
over and told him to take the guy out and cuff him to a tree. I
laughed, lightning was flashing in the sky.  She told the jerk
if he didn't watch himself she'd have Chet put metal cuffs on him
and leave him until the storm ends.  She was so friggin calm
while I was laughing hysterically.  The woman started taking
classes at the Center. Telling the guys what happened, Danny
thought this made Kate a Badass old lady, Ben just looked shocked.
"You tied him to a tree in a lightning storm?" Ben said it twice
making everyone laugh.  My friggin friends are the best.

"I hope that smile is for me baby?"  Cloud
says.

I open my eyes, "No but this one is."  He
laughs.  "I was thinking about Kate having Chet tie the guy to
a tree while it was lightning.  We have the best friggin
friends."  

He laughs, "No we have the craziest fuckin
friends on earth.  I wouldn't trade one of them for a sane
person.  Fuckin Tiny is the closest thing we've got to sane."
 I laugh, he's right.  He undresses and slides in behind
me.  "I'm glad you always get vanilla.  The guys would
give me shit smelling like flowers every day."  

"Vanilla works with your cologne. Flowers would
clash." I tell him pulling his arms around me.

He rubs his hands over my belly laughing.
 "Thank you baby."  He kisses my neck.  "The kids
are riding tomorrow with Danny and Tiny, did you want to do
anything?"

I move my neck so he can reach that spot that
feels so friggin good better. "We need to get the crib up and the
bags and boxes empty. We could do that before more boxes come in,
batshit crazy every one of them."

"Told you.  We can do that, I'll even make
you breakfast."  He kisses that spot. I moan. "I love feeling
my boy in you baby, it's so fuckin sexy."  He bites my
shoulder.

He makes me feel sexy even with a beach ball in
my stomach. "Show me." With an arm under my boobs he flips me so
I'm on my knees and my elbows are on the edge of the tub at the
back shelf.

He moves my arms and leans over me moving my
hair to the other side.  "My pleasure my beautiful wife."
 His voice is husky sending a shiver through me.  His
dick sliding in sends another.  "Tell me if it's too much
baby."  He says gathering my hair in his hand. As if! I moan.
And he starts moving. He's not all the way in, I bow my back, which
is easy with the beach ball. He moans and goes deeper.  Fuck
it feels good. Just as I'm ready to come he leans down and rolls my
clit, I'm done I scream his name and fight to hold myself up. He's
slamming into me breathing heavy.  I move his hand to my tit
holding my hand over his massaging it and moan when he squeezes the
nipple.  He comes that quick and falls forward kissing the
side of my head. "Fuckin hate it and love when you do that to me
CJ, my beautiful wife." He's still breathing heavy too.

I relax against the counter.  "I'm
exhausted; you'd make me come at least one more time if I didn't."
I say in two breaths.  "I love you." I throw out with the
third breath. 

"Fuckin woman."  I hear his smile.
 "Let me clean you up baby, I'll put you to bed." 

I let out a moan as he pulls out.  I could
use a nap. He sits me down against him and washes my front. "I
washed my hair this morning." I tell him so he doesn't get it wet.
He grabs a clip from the basket.

"Where was I?"  He asks as he twists and
clips my hair.  

It pays to be married to a man with long hair.
"At work. I got dirty in the shower and you got a call to
leave."

"Fuck."  He spits out.

I laugh, "I'm capable of washing my hair.
 I even rinsed it." He laughs and gets us out. He dries me and
gets a t-shirt from his bag.  Danny had Penny wash them. He
shows me the t and I laugh, friggin Tess.  'The heart of a
lion, love of a saint', is going across the front with a stick
figure family.  She even got Hawk, Nunánuk and Aleena. He
flips it and the back has all my friends and family. I cry. He
slides it on me and carries my crying beach balled body to bed.

He sits and kisses my head.  "Kuwômôyush my
beautiful wife. Sleep baby. I close my eyes feeling the tissue
cleaning my tears and smile.

Cloud

Once she's asleep I lay her on her side and pull
on sweat pants.  I kiss her head and grab my bag. I open my
laptop on the table and go through the file Little Ben sent me.
 Fuckin kids are unbelievable; they found what everyone was
missing. I watch the videos they attached shaking my head.
 Rob is going to die for putting the kids and CJ in danger. I
feel nothing for him.

Maybe Jamie's right, we get desensitized seeing
so much violence. I upload one of the files to my folder at
Baxter's and call Kevin.

"They found it.  It's marked 'surprise' in
my folder."  I wait for him to open it.

He sucks in a breath, “I need to get Jamie.
 Hold on."  I wait reading through it again. They were
thorough.  I'm so fuckin proud of them.  I hear Jamie and
Kevin talking back and forth.