Three months seemed to fly by as they rushed to get things ready during their week off they had gone home. Sandy wheeled herself around the house trying to keep from hitting things. She had already broken Nick’s lamp and knocked over several CD stands. She was getting frustrated as she tried to get something to drink from the fridge.
" San where are you?" Nick called out as he came downstairs.
" Kitchen damn it I can’t get to the glass." She shouted.
" Sorry babe if you move your chair back you will find them in front of you." Nick said sliding her chair back and showing her he had moved them.
" Oh. I didn’t know." She said dropping her eyes.
" I didn’t get the chance to tell you. Baby please don’t cry." He said lowering down to look into her eyes. He whipped the tears away.
" It’s not fair." She said looking into his blue eyes.
" I know but we will make the best of it as it is." Nick said kissing her cheek.
" When are the others getting here?" She asked him looking towards the fridge.
" Soon. Please don’t turn away from me baby. I know you still feel like I shouldn’t love you but I do everything bout you." Nick said kissing her neck and lifting her from the chair. She looked into his beautiful blue eyes and smiled. He carried her up to their room and laid her genitally on the bed. Kissing her lips and then her neck and then he locked eyes with her. His hands slid down her body sliding off her jeans.
Kevin pulled his car to a stop in front of Nick’s beach house as he looked over at Brian and AJ. Howie was to meet them in an hour he had family business to finish. Kevin got out and went to the door.
" Hmm I wonder where they are." He said looking to see Nick’s SUV was still sitting in the yard.
" Honey calm down. I have a spare key." Lisa said coming up behind them.
" Hey when did you get here?"
" Kev you have to learn to look out your back window." She said kissing his cheek. She put the key in the door and slowly opened it. The all went inside and looked around. AJ walked into the kitchen and noticed that Sandy’s wheelchair was sitting there and she wasn’t.
" Well I am thinking Nick and Sandy are busy." AJ said laughing.
" Well how busy can they be?" Howie asked looking at them. Lisa looked at him and punched his arm.
" Let’s see this is the first time they have been alone. And you’re asking how busy they can be? Geese D you’re really slow." Lisa said laughing at him. She walked towards the stairs and started up them.
" Baby where are you going?" Kevin asked watching her go upstairs. She heard giggled and moans. She walked up and knocked at the door slowly pushed it open.
" Hey you two lovebirds" She said entering the room. Nick rolled over and looked at Lisa who was standing in the doorway.
" Hello Lisa where are the others?"
" Downstairs they didn’t think I would actually come in here." She said laughing.
" Lisa that isn’t funny." Sandy said lifting slightly to look at her. Lisa smiled and shook her head.
" Come on you two get dressed and come downstairs I will have your chair waiting at the bottom of the stairs Sandy." Lisa said backing from the room. Sandy reached up and touched Nick’s face.
" Hey that means you have to help me get back into those." She smiled pointing the pile of cloths on the floor.
" Oh I do, Do I." He laughed kissing her again. She ran her hands up his back over his beautifully muscular back. He moaned into her mouth as she found a hot spot.
" Nick we have guests." She said finding his ticklish spot. He giggled and pulled away.
" All right let me help you then." He said helping her get dressed again and then getting dressed him self. He lifted her into his arms and walked from the room and down stairs. Setting her in her chair she turned around to face the group in the living room.
" Hey you two you did remember we were leaving today right?" Kevin asked giggling as he looked at them both. Both flushed and sweat soaked.
" I did." Sandy said wheeling into the kitchen to get the juice she had originally gone in there to get.
" Nick you didn’t remember we were leaving today." Kevin said looking at him.
" Sorry." He said lowering his head they all looked up, as there was a crash in the kitchen.
" Damn it." Sandy said wheeling out of the kitchen, soaking wet.
" Dropped the juice dear?"
" No I like being wet. Yes I dropped the juice." She spat angrily. Nick lowered in front of her and grabbed a towel and cleaned her face.
" Now San don’t be mad."
" It’s not fair I hate this thing." She said hitting her hands on the chair.
" Do you need help changing?" Lisa asked her friend.
" I have to shower." She whispered looking away from them all. She turned her chair and wheeled down the hall towards the lift Nick had had put in the house. She set herself up on it and went upstairs.
" I’ll help her." Nick said started up the stairs. Lisa caught up with him.
" Has she coped with being able to have to shower alone yet?"
" No she needs help. I haven’t had the chance to get a shower that is for her." Nick said silently he felt badly talking bout this with Lisa.
" Let me help her she might need a friend for a little while. Go down stairs and get your things into the car. I will help her shower and change then we will be right down."
" All right." Nick said turning round and walking down the stairs.
Lisa walked inside the room to find Sandy in the middle of the room crying.
" Honey calm down it’s nothing to be ashamed of. It was an accident."
" One that is going to happen a lot. He is trying to make things better for me but I still cant be independent" She sobbed as Lisa helped her change. She couldn’t believe that she had to have someone help her do the basic things. Lisa had set up a warm bath and had helped her into it letting her bathe herself.
" You doing ok honey?"
" Yea I am." She said sadly. Sandy just wanted to sink into the water and disappear but she knew that wasn’t going to happen.
" I have your clean cloths picked out do you want to have me help you dress or would you like me to get Nick for you?"
" Uh Nick please." She said from the bathroom.
" All right honey." Lisa headed down the hall and downstairs. Nick stood as she came down.
" What’s wrong?" Nick asked seeing she had come down alone.
" San wants you to go and help her to dress." She said looking at him. Nick stood quickly and headed upstairs.
" Why didn’t you help her?" Kevin asked looking at her.
" She didn’t want me to it was bad enough she was crying. Honey she is so bad off. I mean depression is something that has set in." Lisa said looking at everyone. AJ stood as he spotted the lift lowering as Nick and Sandy came downstairs.
" Hey kid how you doing?" He asked kissing her cheek. He could see that her eyes were red from crying.
" I am ok. Sorry it took so long." She said looking towards the floor. AJ put his hand on her chin and genitally raised her face to look at him.
" Sweetie it’s ok. You do know that right. We love you for who you are not who you wish you were." AJ said hopping to make her smile. She looked up in his brown eyes and smiled.
" I know I just don’t feel it’s fair my life was finally perfect and then this happens." She said as tears ran down her cheeks.
" San we love you for you." Kevin said coming over to her. " And we have set it up that you’re going to come along with us on the tour again. Had the buses set up so we can get you on and off of them."
" Without help?" She asked hopeful
" Yea without help." Kevin said as she smiled and looked at Nick. Nick smiled big and lifted her into his arms and kissed her sweetly.
" Well baby I have your things ready for you in the car and looks like we are leaving today. Do you want to ride with me or anyone else?"
" With you." She said with a smile.
Chapter 9