~ ~ Chapter Fourteen ~ ~

Gripping onto the edge of my seat I reached my hand out against the door window and steadied myself as Baden went flying into his driveway, coming to a skidding stop, half on the cement drive and half on the grass.

I have never seen someone pack something up so fast and jump into a car - though he did wait for me to buckle up first before flying out of the lookout and down the winding bends which had me terrified for my own life as well as Jeff's.

How the hell did he get shot? What on earth was he doing?

Jumping out of the car and running up the path behind Baden to his front door, he practically barged it open as he ran right on through, I shut the door behind me then ran after him into the kitchen where I could already hear a furious Jeff abusing someone loudly with very choice words.

"Oh shut the hell up dude!" Dougy shouted back, "Sit still!" he snapped as Jeff hissed another colourful word at him.

Coming to a halt in the kitchen doorway I froze, there was blood running down the side of Jeff's bare torso, the main source of blood coming out of his side down below his ribs and he looked murderous, if looks could kill - someone would be dead by Jeff's gaze right now. He cringed in pain and clenched his teeth as Baden walked up to him.

"What the hell happened?" he demanded, all the worry I seen in him before completely gone, now that he could see Jeff was alright as much as he can be after getting shot.

"That little backstabber Shorty! That's what bloody happened, I'm going to kill hi- mother fucker!" he cursed angrily as he swung out and clocked Dougy across the head who was sitting on a chair right next to him.

"Right! That's it! Clean your own bloody wound up!" Dougy snapped as he stood up, shoving his chair backwards as it fell onto the ground.

Baden turned to face Dougy, "Just do it already, we all know he is a baby at these things-" He suddenly shouted out with a grunt as the wind was knocked from him, Jeff had just punched him in the guts and was glaring angrily up at him.

Baden straighted up and smirked down at Jeff who was obviously in pain, "I'll get you something hard for that." then he walked over to the cupboards.

I was still standing there frozen in the doorway as my eyes glanced over to Dougy as he sat back down on his chair again, I cringed as Jeff hissed because Dougy had shoved a pair of tweezers into the bloody hole. I was in so much shock, then I snapped out of it.

"You're hurting him!" I cried out with wide eyes, what was he doing?

Both Dougy and Jeff's heads snapped in my direction, Jeff quickly looked away so he wasn't glaring at me, Dougy smiled, "He has bullet fragments in there, I need to get it out sis'." He spoke calmly, like this was an everyday thing.

Groaning, I knew I might regret this but I stormed over to Dougy and snatched the tweezers out of his hand roughly, "Move, I'll do it." I snapped as he looked at me in shock.

Then a smug smile came across his face, "Fine. Bet you can't handle it and chuck your guts up." then he stood up and made a sweeping motion for me to sit down.

I shot him daggers and sat down, looking at the relatively small hole in the side of Jeff's torso that had dark red blood seeping out of it still, it was everywhere and gross but I have always had an unusually strong stomach, I guess I just didn't realised how strong until right now.

Giving Jeff one quick glance and a soft smile, "I promise I won't hurt you as much as Dougy." then I slowly and carefully pushed the tweezers into the blood filled hole and touched around gently, waiting to hit something hard.

It took another full four minutes until I was satisfied there was nothing left in there. Then came the hard part, Jeff wanted me to stitch him up because I had been so gentle with the removal process and everyone else didn't want to 'hear him bitch anymore'.

"But, I've never stitched someone in my whole life." I protested, only for it to fall on deaf ears. Sighing loudly I finally agreed, mainly because I had no choice but Phil came and sat beside me and instructed me on what to do, he also sterilized everything for me already and Baden sat on the other side of Jeff, feeding him shot after shot.

It was gross and sent goosebumps through me as I tugged the line through his skin but like with the tweezers, he didn't complain or curse that much. It took me another good couple of minutes because I was going so slow and panicking I was hurting him, then when he did make a sound I froze up but I eventually got it done. Phil tied it off for me though.

Jeff faced me as I leaned back in my chair and wiped the beads of sweat off my forehead, "Thanks." he mumbled.

Phil turned and grinned at me, "Guess we found ourselves our own private nurse, huh?"

I shook my head, "No way, I'm not doing that again. If you fools want to get shot, you deal with it." I told them as I stood up and walked over to the kitchen sink and scrubbed at my hands, washing his blood off of me.

Turning around just in time as Baden was about to grab me from behind, I grabbed his waist and pulled him in close, sliding my arms around to his back as I hugged him tight, "You did great, beautiful." he whispered softly.

Nodding, "Yeah, but I can do with one of those drinks you offered me ages ago." I smiled up at him. He chuckled as he leaned down and kissed my forehead softly.

"I'll pour you a bourbon and coke." he offered.

Nodding he smiled at me and walked over to the fridge as Phil looked over at me, "Sorry I ruined your date night, how did it go anyways?" he grinned, winking at Baden who picked an apple out of the fridge and threw it at Phil's head, hitting him in the jaw.

I stifled a laugh as my phone suddenly rang, Phil cursed at Baden then picked the apple up and with a huge grin, bit into it, I shook my head softly at him, he is so immature at times. Pulling my phone out of my back pocket I smiled at the caller ID, "Hey Ambo."

"How's it going? I'm sorry but I just had to ring and find out if your outfit ruined it or not!" she gushed.

I laughed, "No. My outfit did not ruin the night, thank you very much. Hang on." I covered the mouth piece and looked over at Baden who was chuckling to himself, "Are we staying here now?"

"It's up to you, I think date mood has been ruined now though, why?"

"Can Ambo come over then and have drinks?" I asked, using my pleading face, knowing he still wasn't all cool with her still but maybe they just needed to spend more time around one another in a relaxed environment.

He groaned loudly, "Fine. Phil can go pick her up though." he muttered.

I  grinned, "Thank you, love you." then I uncovered the phone and put it back to my ear, "Hey, do you want to come to Baden and Jeff's place? We are having drinks here now, Phil will come pick you up."

She didn't answer right away, "Did Baden actually say I could?" she asked slowly, unsure.

I glared at Baden for making her feel so unwelcome, "Yes, I just asked him and he said it was cool." he rolled his eyes at me then walked over and sat at the table.

"Um, okay then. I'll be waiting." she replied happily and I hung up. Phil left pretty much right away to go and get her but not before they all stared at me with slightly shocked faces, glancing from between me and Baden until I snapped.

"Alright, what the hell is all your problems?" I demanded, hand on my hip.

Dougy looked uneasy, "You didn't have sex, right?"

My eyes flew wide open and I blushed, "What? You can't ask me that! I'm your sister, that's wrong and disgusting bro!"

Baden roared into laughter and shook his head, "No, we didn't and when we do, you will be the last to know because that is kind of wrong."

I blushed again which only made Baden laugh harder at me as he reached his hand out for mine, I refused him right away then finally walked over to him and he pulled me down onto his lap and handed me my drink which I quickly drank because they were all staring at me still.

"Seriously, what?"

Phil was the one who finally came out with what they were all thinking, he had a small grin on his face too, "You said you loved him." he teased, "Does that mean you finally admit you care?"

I blushed harder, "Leave me alone. I hate you all." I sulked as I pointedly looked away from all of their faces, only to have them laugh at me. Phil left at that point to go and get Amberly, which I will be glad to have a female companion here to not pick on me, and hopefully stick up for me against these jerks.

It's safe to say I was fairly drunk by the time Phil came back with Amberly in tow, she seemed a little nervous to be here but I soon changed that, "Ambo!" I screamed excitedly before rushing over to her and tackling her to the ground in a bear hug.

She let out a loud gasp then laughed, then hugged me back, "Wow Lee-lee, you're never like this when you drink." she smiled as I rolled to the side and laid on the floor, smiling at her, "In fact, I've never seen you get this drunk before."

"I'm a nurse now." I joked, she frowned, then I pointed to Jeff, "Mr Silent thanked me, the time warp is here, beware." I used my spooky voice and even made ghost noises. It made sense in my head but by the sound of loud laughter behind me, it didn't make sense to anyone else.

"We need to get you drunk more often Lee." Dougy muttered with a soft chuckle.

"I second that! She was always fun to drink with!" Phil cheered as he walked over to the fridge, copping a punch in the arm by Baden, "What the hell man?" Phil complained as he rubbed his arm dramatically.

Baden glared at him, "She was sixteen back then." he muttered in an annoyed tone.

I sat up and grinned at him, "You know I was fun to drink with back then." I teased.

"I never drank with you, so I wouldn't know." Baden smirked back.

I shook my head, "Yes, you did, at the club? At Phil's-"

"Phil should never have invited you to his." Dougy growled, giving Phil a dirty look.

I rolled my eyes, "Jeez, that was years ago Dougy, get over it, besides, you managed to ruin my fun anyway." I reminded him.

"You were dancing on a coffee table, drunk off your face in the middle of a crowd with the wrong type of people." Dougy snapped back, "And him draped all over you." he shot Baden a dirty look now.

Baden rolled his eyes, "I was not draped all over her." he commented.

"Whoa! Someone needs a Nana nap." I thought sarcastically, watching Dougy's eyes narrow, crap, "Did I just say that out loud?" I asked softly, wincing.

"Yes." came his flat unimpressed reply, then I burst out laughing.

"Just leave Leila alone and let her drink." Baden told them all.

Jeff looked over at me and smirked slightly, "What?" I asked.

He shook his head, "Nothing, just finding the arguing amusing, is all." he teased.

Wow, Jeff just teased me? The time warp seriously is here!

"Oh my God!" Amberly suddenly shouted, "What happened to you?" I looked to see she was pointing at Jeff's bandages with wide eyes, probably because the white bandages had a splotch of blood that had seeped through but it seemed to have stopped now, he just hasn't changed the bandages for fresh ones.

"I told you, I got to play nurse." I smiled.

She turned to face me, wide eyed, "What? I thought you were dribbling crap!"

I acted offended, "I don't dribble crap, thank you very much."

Amberly patted my head condescendingly, "I know.....but what happened to him?"

I shrugged, "He got shot for being a loser who can't dodge from a bullet."

"Hey!" Jeff shouted angrily, "You don't even know what happened!"

Smiling as I looked over at him, "It doesn't take a genius to know you can't dodge bullets since you have a bullet hole in you."

"Alright, Leila, stop picking on Jeff." Baden muttered with a smile.

I pouted, "But he never talks otherwise."

Baden rolled his eyes and Jeff groaned, I smiled sweetly as Amberly laughed at me then squealed loudly, I jumped and spun around to face her, "What is it? A spider? I hate spiders!" I shouted with wide eyes, looking around for the spider.

She suddenly smiled, "No but-" and she grabbed my hand, lifting it up and pointing to the bracelet, "What is this? Gosh, how did your date go? Was it romantic and perfect? Did you ruin it with your outfit - I didn't believe you when you said you didn't." she scrunched her nose up at me, "You totally did, didn't you? I told you to let me pick something out, gosh Lee-lee, your first date and you ruin it by being stubborn-."

I clamped my other hand over her mouth or she wouldn't ever shut up, "Ambo, I didn't ruin my date, obviously." then I turned and glared at Jeff, "But he did."

That was it, Amberly jumped to her feet and glared at Jeff, not even nervous or scared of any of them right in this moment, I grinned from the floor, "You're in trouble." I sang gleefully.

"How could you ruin their date? Why would you do that? She finally gets her act together-." she points at me behind her.

"Hey!" I protested but she ignored me.

"And you ruin it! What is wrong with you? Can't you see that they needed this? They are so in love and need alone time." she stopped as her eyes lit up, "Oh, I know, we can all go clubbing but not Lee-lee or Baden, they can, um, stay here."

"What?" I shrieked, "You're ditching me as soon as you get here? What kind of friend are you?" I stared at her horrified.

Amberly turned around and smiled at me, "You know you want to....I saw that look on your face after he left-."

"Shut the hell up!" I shouted as my cheeks flushed.

Phil and Dougy started laughing, Jeff smirked at me, happy to have the attention off of him and Baden looked amused.

"What?" Amberly asked innocently, "I was just saying......" she turned and glanced at the four boys, "Oh, sorry, my bad." she whispered.

I shot her daggers, "Wow, real awesome apology douche bag."

She frowned at me, "You getting up and drinking with me or what? Since apparently my option is off the table....."

"Your option can happen later, I just want to get blind drunk right now." I stopped and glanced up, blushing as I just realised what I said out loud. Damn.

Dougy looked murderous as he turned and glared at Baden, pointing a finger at him, "You are not sleeping with my little sister." he growled.

My mouth fell open, "Dougy!" I shouted, "Shut up! I've had sex before, you know!"

Dougy pulled an uncomfortable looking face, "I don't want to know."

"Then stop bringing it up!"

"Hey, you're the one who just said it can happen later." he pointed out.

I blushed, "I should stop drinking now......," since apparently things I like to think in my head keeping coming out my mouth.

Amberly suddenly smiled, "Nope, you're not getting out of drinking with me. You were sober when I rang and now you're drunk, so I need to catch up."