Heal my Heart

Chapter 46 - Explanation

"Luke, could you drive me back at the clinic, please?" Grizz asked weakly.

"Man, you were so badass out there!" his best friend laughed while calling the others.

"Yeah, well, even badasses have to go to the hospital after getting shot in the leg." he said, limping to the car.

"Oh my God, Grizz are you hurt? I heard gunshots!" Jason ran to them, seeing his friend's bleeding leg.

"Just need a few stitches and I'll be fine. Guys, can you all come here, please?" Grizz asked out of the blue.

The whole team gathered around him in worry and Grizz suddenly pulled them all in one big hug.

"Thank you for picking my side, guys. I missed you so much while I was gone." he whispered.

"And thank you for making us come back to our senses, dude." Clarke smiled.

"That's what I'm here for, you dumbass." he laughed.

"Well, I love you all too but we really should get Grizz to the clinic before he bleeds on us to death." Luke said, walking towards the car again.

"Let's go." Jason agreed.

When they arrived, Kelly, Gordie and Sam were waiting in front of Grizz's old house.

"I was sure you'd be back soon, you shouldn't be walking around with your back injury, Grizz." Kelly said, helping out of the car.

"What?! You were injured in the woods, dude?!" Jason asked surprised.

"This time it was a wolf, man." he winked at him, giggling.

He then turned to Sam with apprehension. The latter took a look at his bloody leg before signing.

"You promised you'd come back unharmed." Sam signed with a cold stare.

"I'm sorry, love." Grizz answered apologetically.

"Cut the crap, Grizz. I'm sick of this." he whispered before walking into the clinic.

His reaction broke the young healers heart to no extent.

"What's his fucking problem, dude?!" Clarke said, waving at Sam's walking form.

"Let him be, Clarke. It's fine." Grizz whispered, hiding the tears already forming in his green eyes.

"It's not fine, you did it only to get the town back from his bastard of a brother." Jason agreed with his teammate.

"How did everything go with Campbell? Did you get Will and Allie back?" Gordie asked with concern.

"Yeah he did, like a badass!" Luke laughed in the background.

"Nothing's done yet. We still have to figure out who will lead this fucking town and how." Grizz retorted coldly.

"Well, you, obviously. The whole town will agree for sure." Clarke said.

"I have no intention of leading anyone, Clarke. I'm no leader." he said, while Kelly took him inside and asked him to lay down so that she could work on his gunshot injury.

"No leader, Grizz?! Who do you think you're kidding, man? You've been nothing but a leader for the past year." Luke said.

"I don't know what you're talking about. Being the town's healer doesn't make me a leader." he answered, wincing in pain when Kelly desinfected the wound.

"Man, you got the people to open up about their powers, you made a wonderful strong speech about tolerance and taboos, you opened a fucking speaking club, you leaded the exploration crew in the woods all by yourself, what more proof do you need?" Jason told him seriously.