Waverly Earp had been laying in her bed unconscious for the last two hours now. Doc Holiday THE Doc Holiday had come to find me in the hospital after Willa had shot me. Dick head, I think bitterly. Doc had told me there was something wrong with Waverly and that I should come with him to the Homestead. I immediately got myself discharged and drove Doc and I back to the Homestead. I had barely put the cruiser in park before I hopped out and dashed for the door.

I went straight for Waverly's bedroom upstairs in the house and stopped dead in my tracks to see Waverly laying on her bed unmoving and she had a huge gash on the temple of her head. Wynonna was sitting on the bed; cleaning the wound on Waverly's head.

"What happened?" I ask.

"We're not sure. She just turned on us with a gun and shot at us. Doc knocked her out and we carried her back here." Wynonna explained still dabbing the blood from Waverly's head.

"Was it the champagne?" That would be the only reason I could think of that would make Waverly turn on Wynonna.

"No, I'm pretty sure it was something else. There was some goo stuff by where Willa… where we were. I thought you would want to be here. Considering you are Waverly's girlfriend," Wynonna explained and she looked up at me and chuckled, "I don't know how I missed it. Talk about being oblivious."

"Thank you. Yea, I want to be here. I want to help however I can." Not really sure how helpful I would be deciding that now might not be the moment to tell Wynonna how oblivious she had been.

"Doc and I are going to find some revenant assholes, who might be able to help me with what is happening to Waves. Maybe find that dude I met at the edge of the Ghost River Triangle. We need you to stay here with her." Wynonna explained.

"I can do that," I say and begin dragging Waverly's desk chair over to her bed and sat down on the chair by the bed.

"These will keep her out of it." Wynonna says handing over a vial of something and a few needles.

"Is this really necessary?" I ask as I take the vial and needles from Wynonna.

"Waverly wouldn't want to hurt anyone and whatever is doing this had her shooting at Doc and me. It's better this way until we can figure out what happened," Wynonna said daring me to find fault in her logic. Honestly, I couldn't; I knew Waverly wouldn't want to hurt anyone and we can't exactly bring her anywhere. So, I nodded. Wynonna leaned forward and gave Waverly a kiss on her cheek and whispered, "I'm going to fix this, Baby Girl."

I watched Wynonna get off the bed and make her way to the door, stop briefly and look back at her baby sister before she headed out and I heard the front door open and close. My eyes went back to Waverly. I grabbed her hand in both of mine; I lift it to my lips and place a kiss on it. I put our intertwined hands back on the bed, but don't let go over hand.

"Come back to me, baby. We still have to talk about what you said in the station." I say. I had been thinking about Waverly's words to her sister: I love her. Did she? I know I felt that way, but was it a ploy to try and get Wynonna to give up the gun, Peacemaker? I am going to have to get someone to explain all of this to me eventually and not just the cliffnotes Doc had given me in the Black Badge offices. Waverly had said so softly, I'm certain I wasn't meant to hear it, but I did and I can't help but hope that maybe she really did mean it.

I stayed by Waverly's bedside for hours. I had mostly just watched her, but occasionally I had picked up and tried to read the book on her bedside table, but it had been in another language. I picked up a journal thinking that it might have notes on what Waverly had been reading, but it seemed to be more of a diary than a journal to keep the notes of what she was reading so I sat that down. I looked around her room hoping to find a translation dictionary, but couldn't. So, I just watch Waverly, if I didn't think about the vial on the table I could just pretend she was asleep and not drugged because something was what? Possessing her? I ran my fingers through her soft hair something Waverly had seemed to like me doing the one and only night we had shared together.

I had been so focused on Waverly, bringing her hand up to my lips for another gentle kiss that when Wynonna appeared in front of me on the other side of the bed she had startled me. I gently set Waverly's hand back on the bed, but did not let go over her hand.

"You really care for her, don't you?" Wynonna asked as she sits down on the bed next to Waverly.

I hesitate. I know that Wynonna knows that Waverly and I have been seeing each other, but I know Waverly would want to have a conversation with Wynonna about it before Wynonna and I had a conversation about it. But I decide special circumstance such as these would permit me to talk to Wynonna about Waverly and me without Waverly being too upset and I simply say, "I really do."

"How long have you two been together?" Wynonna asks.

Again, I hesitate before answering, "This is probably a conversation you should have with Waverly."

"I would, but I can't actually do that right now, can I." Wynonna snapped.

I relent, knowing she was right, "Only a few weeks. Right around when Gus sold Shortys. I think she was going to tell you, but then Willa came back and I guess Waverly never found the right time."

I look at Wynonna as she processes this. It's always a little jarring for people when their sister or friend say they are dating someone of the same sex. Wynonna knows I'm a lesbian and she didn't seem to care, hell she had even asked if I had been to the gay bar four town over yet. She said that she would take me if I hadn't been yet. As protective of Waverly as Wynonna is, I wasn't sure how she would handle finding out about Waverly and me; this is something that people tend to hate other people on site for and as an Earp; Waverly had already had enough of that to last a lifetime. Wynonna just looked down at her baby sister and said nothing about what I just said. I was reminded of when Wynonna and I had been drinking at the station before Jack had taken us. That Wynonna clearly cared deeply for her little sister, and had been worried she was pushing Waverly away from her. Whatever Wynonna was thinking about she seemed lost in it.

It was several minutes before Wynonna spoke again, "I meant what I said, Waves finally picked a smart one. Also, I guess I should apologize for accusing you of being a revenant."

That surprised me, "When did you…"

"That night in the morgue before Jack. I thought your interest in Waverly might have been about the curse and not. I guess you crushing on Waverly never really registered. I was going to have Dolls see what he could find in order to prove it, but then you came out to the Homestead to deal with the stripper and I knew you couldn't be a revenant. We probably should have told you about all of this awhile ago, but Dolls has his protocols."

"Why would coming out here prove I wasn't a revenant?" Again, feeling like I needed this story from the beginning eventually if everything was ever going to truly make sense.

"The Homestead is protected for the revenants."

"Okay…" deciding to let this matter drop for the time being, "Do you know what is wrong with Waverly?"

"No. I think we are going to need Dolls for this. This whole goo, black eye thing was covered by Daddy's revenant education when I was little. Waves, might be able to figure it out, but I get the feeling she isn't going to be in a helping mood."

"Where is Dolls." Realizing for the first time I haven't seen him since I was in his office yesterday.

"Arrested by his bitch boss."

"What are we going to do about Waverly?"

"Right now. You are going to keep watch over her and Doc and I are going to go strike a deal with Constance Clootie. Hopefully her freedom is worth enough to help Waverly."

"Where is this Constance at?"

"Buried in the salt lands. That's why we came back here. We need a shovel to dig her out and I wanted to check on Waverly."

"You buried a woman? Alive?"

"A witch and her head is sticking out."

"I..uh.." I stammer.

"Look, Nicole when we get Waverly back we should get that breakfast and I will explain everything." Wynonna says referencing the breakfast we never got because Jack of Knives had kidnapped us.

"Call when you know something?" I ask.

"Yea, sure." Wynonna says. She makes her way over to the door and stops, "Just so we're clear if you ever treat Waverly like Champ did I'll shoot you with Peacemaker."

I can't help myself now and ask the one question that's been burning in my head for months now, "What is the deal with that gun?"

"It sends the rev heads back to hell." And with that Wynonna turns and walks out the room.

I turn my focus back to Waverly on the bed. Okay, so getting threatened with Literal hell was knew, but I always figured that when Wynonna finally found out her promise of what she would do if I ever hurt Waverly would be interesting to say the least.