“Enough with the sappy moments, let’s go to the cheesecake factory,” Nic said after moments of holding me.
“Oh my god, are you serious?” I said faintly smiling.
“Absolutely, let’s go!” Nic picked me up, lugged me downstairs, and put me in the car.
The whole time I was shouting, “Food, food, cheesecake, cheesecake!”
Chapter 36
I sat in Nic’s car as he drove. The Cheesecake Factory was a distance, but it’s the first thing I have been excited about in a long time.
When Nic picked me up from the bed I praise the lord the box of chocolates were in my hand. If not, I would probably die on the way from starvation. That would be sad, haha.
“So, what do you think you’re going to get when we get there?” Nic said.
“What do you mean?”
Nic let out a small giggle.
“What are you going to ear or try?”
“Everything,” I said with a straight face.
“What?” Nic eyes widened before we both burst out in laughter.
“I’m serious Nic!” I said with a small smirk.
“Well then, we’ll just have to see who can eat more than the other.” Nic smiled and then pointed at himself.
“Hey!” I lightly punched Nic on his arm, “Deal is on.”
As we approached an intersection, Nic turned on the radio.
“Oh, I love this song,” I said as I turned up the volume a little bit.
It was an old song by Nelly. I’m pretty sure everyone knows. I began to sing along.
“I said, it’s getting hot in here. So take off all your clothes. I am getting so hot, imma take my clothes off…”
Nic’s phone buzzed. It was a text message. I turned down the music a little and stopped singing.
“What does it say?” I said to Nic as he picked up his phone in his right hand.
“Oh, it’s my mom, I told her we were--,” I interrupted.
“Nic…”
“Huh?” Nic continued looking down at his phone.
“Nic,” I said again.
“Hold on,” he said.
“No, Nic! Look!” I shouted as he looked up from the wheel to see the car.
Nic slammed on the breaks, but by then it was too late.
Everything went black.
Chapter 37
“Charles, the bandages and scissors, stat! This one has got a lot of blood coming out of her upper corner head.” A random voice said.
My hands were numb and a mask was over my face. My clothes were drenched in blood, which, by the feels of it, wasn’t my own.
I found the strength to move my hand and began to cry and remove the breathing mask.
“No, no, my dear, you’re okay, you are in the ambulance.” A nurse who noticed my movement said.
“Can you open your eyes sweet pea?” She then said.
I nodded my head and forced my eyes open to be greeted by a bright white light.
“My dear, you had blacked out after being hit,” She paused, “You have a minor injury on your head but the doctor has sewn and bandaged it up. In a few minutes, we will arrive at the hospital where you’ll rest for a day or two, then your legal guardian may take you home. Do you understand me, dear?”
I told her yes, nodded, then closed my eyes again.
“Where is Nic? The boy who was in the driver’s seat.” I mumbled weakly through the mask.
“He’s okay, he has already made it to the hospital.”
I nodded my head and began trying to drift off into sleep. Two minutes past and the movement of the car was becoming sickening.
“Lookie here, we have arrived.” The same female nurse whispered as the car came to a stop.
Moments later, the doors of the ambulance were opened and they pulled the stretcher I was on, out, and began rolling me into the hospital.
“Charles, take her to Room 312.” The first doctor said.
”Okay,” The man I assume was Charles said as he and a few other people took me to 312.
They put me on the bed in the room and told me my food would be up in a few minutes.
The doctors and nurses left the room and shut the door behind them.
I looked around and scanned my surroundings. It was large, with no neighbors, just an empty bed, and curtains over the large windows.
“Nic, where are you?” I said quietly and tilted my head to the right.
The door opened and in came my mother.
“Thank you, Jesus!” She shouted as she ran over to me and gave me a small hug.
“Ow,” I said and tried to loosen her grip.
“I’m sorry baby.” She said as she wiped the tears on her face and sniffed her nose.
“What happened? How did you end up here? Where is that godd-,”
“Mom, it’s okay, I’m okay.”
“You sure as hell don’t look it,” She said as she pointed down at my now bruised body.
“Mom, I’m okay, please it’s nobody's fault. But, how did you know I was here, did Dad or Tia-,” I coughed a small chunk of blood came out of mouth and fell into my hand. I closed my hand quickly and moved my hand to the corner of the bed before wiping it on a napkin near the bed.
“No, I’m sorry, no reply from either. Tia blocked your number, why is that?” My mom said as she squeezed her face.
Tears threatened to pour down my cheek but I held it in before my mother would know something was up.
“Oh, she did it as a joke, she is going to unblock me later though,” I said as I faked a weak smile.
“Mhm, okay. The kids of today and their unexplainable, so-called, jokes.”
I turned my head straight causing me to now stare at the ceiling.
“Have you seen Nic?” I asked my mom
