Two Kids, No Consequences
What Happened?
I glance up at John, looking at me with those big brown puppy eyes. I missed those eyes.
Wait, what the hell am I doing? I can’t do this.
“John…I’m so happy you changed, I can tell you have. You really are a sweet guy. I just…I’m happy right now as me. I think it’s time we start new chapters in our lives…without each other.” I glance up at him and see a flash in his eyes.
“I don’t understand what more you want me to do? Dammit Di, I did this all for you!” He pleads.
“John I’m sorry! This time it’s not you; it’s me.” I reach out to touch his arm. He pulls it away from me and glares at me. “John, please stop. We can do this. It will be okay. Can we at least try being friends?”
“Friends?” He laughs sarcastically. “No. It’s all or nothing Diana. And you really need to think before you make your decision.”
I sit there lost in thought. I’m going to miss John so much if I let him go. I have Alex in my life and I’m in love with him. John was my life, but Alex is my life now.
“I’m sorry.” I whisper looking down at the grass as my eyes well up with tears. I pluck at the grass aimlessly, waiting for him to say something.
“This is too much work. I really can’t believe you are picking that faggot over me. Are you blind or something?” John growls at me.
“Cut it out right now. I love him. The way you are talking makes me feel like you haven’t changed one bit John.” I furrow my brows, upset, still avoiding eye contact.
“You’re kidding right? That kid is exactly that. A KID. He’s in a band running around playing music. What is mature about that?” He yells at me.
“Well what’s mature about working at Domino’s?” I fire back.
“Screw you Diana. This is a bunch of bullshit. Hurry up and wake up. Realize that I am the only one for you. The one who can ACTUALLY take care of you.” John spits at me.
“You had two years John. Two fucking years! If you couldn’t do it then, how am I supposed to believe you are changed now?” I yell back to him on the verge of tears.
“FUCK IT!” John yells in my face. He stands up and starts storming off to his car.
“John STOP!” I yell at him, running after him.
John turns around and backhands me across the face. I fall and start rolling down the hill. My head hits a tree trunk and everything goes black.
7:30 PM
I wake up to the sound of machines beeping. I look around and see an empty hospital room. Groaning, I sit up. I look for my phone and see it on the bed next to me. I pick it up, activating the camera switching it back to the front camera. I gasp at my appearance.
My eyebrow is cut, and my head is throbbing. I touch the back of it and feel stitches. I freeze and hit the nurses button repeatedly.
Within a minute, a nurse is in my room.
“Hey there sleepy head.” A short woman with brown curly hair waddles towards my bed. “How are you?”
“My head is killing me. What happened? And have you contacted anyone?” I ask confused.
“Well a woman found you on the floor at the park and called 911. We rushed you over here and had to stitch up your head. You have 4 stitches. And we couldn’t find any information except for your name on your license. We didn’t know who to call. We were waiting for you to wake up first. We are planning on monitoring you until tomorrow, and then releasing you.” She explains as she fluffs my pillow.
“Woah, no. Please let me leave tonight! I have to leave tomorrow please. You have no idea, please please please.” I beg the nurse.
She looks at me thoughtfully and responds. “I’ll see what I can do. Rest up for now sweetie. Do you want food?”
“No thank you.” I say quietly.
She leaves the room and immediately I dial Alex.
“Hey babe, I was just thinking about you. What’s up?” Alex asks me.
“Baby, I need you.” I start bawling.
“What’s wrong? And what do I hear in the background?” He asks me panicked.
I explain to him what happened and halfway through the story, I hear his car start. I hear Jack in the background ask Alex what’s going on. I finish the story, still bawling.
“We’re on the way.” Alex says into the phone before hanging up.
Within 10 minutes, Alex barges into my room. He sees me and rushes to my bedside. He grabs my hand and kisses my face all over.
“Are you okay?” He asks me terrified.
“I don’t really know. I’m so sorry Alex. I was so stupid to lie to you. I just didn’t want you getting scared.” I explain, realizing that’s no excuse.
“Quiet.” He shushes me. “Jack is on the way up with food from Burger King next door. We’ll hang here with you until you are ready to come home.”
I scoot over and Alex lies in the bed with me. “Alex they want to let me out tomorrow.”
He stays quiet. “Don’t worry.” He says, although I know he is.
Jack comes in with three bags of Burger King. “Who’s ready to eat?” He asks grinning at me. He comes waltzing over plopping a bag in my lap and a kiss on my head. “How are you feeling?”
“Disoriented. But okay for the most part. My head hurts like hell though.” I reply grinning at him. He sits on the end of my bed cross-legged and Alex and I sit up, doing the same.
We start eating in silence and a nurse comes in.
“Hey honey. Just checking on you.” She stops as she sees the guys. “Aren’t you guys from that band…?”
“All Time Low.” Alex finishes smiling at her. “Yeah, hi. I’m Alex and this is Jack.”
“Oh my gosh. My niece absolutely loves you guys. Do you mind if I can get an autograph?” She smiles at them.
The guys scribble their autographs and a short note to the girl and the nurse smiles.
I take advantage of this opportunity. “See? This is why I need to get out early. They are going on tour and I am going with them. We leave tomorrow. I really need to get out. I can’t hold them back.” I beg her.
She looks at me and the guys for a long time. “Fine. But they need to keep a close eye on you for the next few days. I’m going to let you out but in a few hours. Don’t you dare tell the doctor!” She runs out.
We laugh and high five each other. Jack throws a fry at me. “Good going Diana.”
I grin at them, relieved for their support. I have no idea what I would do without them here. I just feel like such shit for lying to them.
We finish our food and I talk to them. “Guys, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have lied to you. I don’t even deserve to have you here right now. I won’t lie to you anymore I promise.”
They laugh and Alex kisses my cheek. “Shut up. We don’t mind. I understand. If you had told me, I would’ve gone with you. And who knows how that could have gone.” Alex shrugs.
I smile at them. “Thank you.” I whisper to them, tears rolling down my cheeks.
Alex wipes them off before they fall too far down my face.
“No crying punk.” Jack rubs my leg. “Everything is okay. We aren’t leaving you any time soon. Tomorrow, we will be on tour and you won’t have to worry about John.”
I feel Alex stiffen next to me and I rub his leg. He relaxes a little, but stays tense.
“I love you guys.” I say to them, laughing softly.
“We love you too.” They say together.
Wait, what the hell am I doing? I can’t do this.
“John…I’m so happy you changed, I can tell you have. You really are a sweet guy. I just…I’m happy right now as me. I think it’s time we start new chapters in our lives…without each other.” I glance up at him and see a flash in his eyes.
“I don’t understand what more you want me to do? Dammit Di, I did this all for you!” He pleads.
“John I’m sorry! This time it’s not you; it’s me.” I reach out to touch his arm. He pulls it away from me and glares at me. “John, please stop. We can do this. It will be okay. Can we at least try being friends?”
“Friends?” He laughs sarcastically. “No. It’s all or nothing Diana. And you really need to think before you make your decision.”
I sit there lost in thought. I’m going to miss John so much if I let him go. I have Alex in my life and I’m in love with him. John was my life, but Alex is my life now.
“I’m sorry.” I whisper looking down at the grass as my eyes well up with tears. I pluck at the grass aimlessly, waiting for him to say something.
“This is too much work. I really can’t believe you are picking that faggot over me. Are you blind or something?” John growls at me.
“Cut it out right now. I love him. The way you are talking makes me feel like you haven’t changed one bit John.” I furrow my brows, upset, still avoiding eye contact.
“You’re kidding right? That kid is exactly that. A KID. He’s in a band running around playing music. What is mature about that?” He yells at me.
“Well what’s mature about working at Domino’s?” I fire back.
“Screw you Diana. This is a bunch of bullshit. Hurry up and wake up. Realize that I am the only one for you. The one who can ACTUALLY take care of you.” John spits at me.
“You had two years John. Two fucking years! If you couldn’t do it then, how am I supposed to believe you are changed now?” I yell back to him on the verge of tears.
“FUCK IT!” John yells in my face. He stands up and starts storming off to his car.
“John STOP!” I yell at him, running after him.
John turns around and backhands me across the face. I fall and start rolling down the hill. My head hits a tree trunk and everything goes black.
7:30 PM
I wake up to the sound of machines beeping. I look around and see an empty hospital room. Groaning, I sit up. I look for my phone and see it on the bed next to me. I pick it up, activating the camera switching it back to the front camera. I gasp at my appearance.
My eyebrow is cut, and my head is throbbing. I touch the back of it and feel stitches. I freeze and hit the nurses button repeatedly.
Within a minute, a nurse is in my room.
“Hey there sleepy head.” A short woman with brown curly hair waddles towards my bed. “How are you?”
“My head is killing me. What happened? And have you contacted anyone?” I ask confused.
“Well a woman found you on the floor at the park and called 911. We rushed you over here and had to stitch up your head. You have 4 stitches. And we couldn’t find any information except for your name on your license. We didn’t know who to call. We were waiting for you to wake up first. We are planning on monitoring you until tomorrow, and then releasing you.” She explains as she fluffs my pillow.
“Woah, no. Please let me leave tonight! I have to leave tomorrow please. You have no idea, please please please.” I beg the nurse.
She looks at me thoughtfully and responds. “I’ll see what I can do. Rest up for now sweetie. Do you want food?”
“No thank you.” I say quietly.
She leaves the room and immediately I dial Alex.
“Hey babe, I was just thinking about you. What’s up?” Alex asks me.
“Baby, I need you.” I start bawling.
“What’s wrong? And what do I hear in the background?” He asks me panicked.
I explain to him what happened and halfway through the story, I hear his car start. I hear Jack in the background ask Alex what’s going on. I finish the story, still bawling.
“We’re on the way.” Alex says into the phone before hanging up.
Within 10 minutes, Alex barges into my room. He sees me and rushes to my bedside. He grabs my hand and kisses my face all over.
“Are you okay?” He asks me terrified.
“I don’t really know. I’m so sorry Alex. I was so stupid to lie to you. I just didn’t want you getting scared.” I explain, realizing that’s no excuse.
“Quiet.” He shushes me. “Jack is on the way up with food from Burger King next door. We’ll hang here with you until you are ready to come home.”
I scoot over and Alex lies in the bed with me. “Alex they want to let me out tomorrow.”
He stays quiet. “Don’t worry.” He says, although I know he is.
Jack comes in with three bags of Burger King. “Who’s ready to eat?” He asks grinning at me. He comes waltzing over plopping a bag in my lap and a kiss on my head. “How are you feeling?”
“Disoriented. But okay for the most part. My head hurts like hell though.” I reply grinning at him. He sits on the end of my bed cross-legged and Alex and I sit up, doing the same.
We start eating in silence and a nurse comes in.
“Hey honey. Just checking on you.” She stops as she sees the guys. “Aren’t you guys from that band…?”
“All Time Low.” Alex finishes smiling at her. “Yeah, hi. I’m Alex and this is Jack.”
“Oh my gosh. My niece absolutely loves you guys. Do you mind if I can get an autograph?” She smiles at them.
The guys scribble their autographs and a short note to the girl and the nurse smiles.
I take advantage of this opportunity. “See? This is why I need to get out early. They are going on tour and I am going with them. We leave tomorrow. I really need to get out. I can’t hold them back.” I beg her.
She looks at me and the guys for a long time. “Fine. But they need to keep a close eye on you for the next few days. I’m going to let you out but in a few hours. Don’t you dare tell the doctor!” She runs out.
We laugh and high five each other. Jack throws a fry at me. “Good going Diana.”
I grin at them, relieved for their support. I have no idea what I would do without them here. I just feel like such shit for lying to them.
We finish our food and I talk to them. “Guys, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have lied to you. I don’t even deserve to have you here right now. I won’t lie to you anymore I promise.”
They laugh and Alex kisses my cheek. “Shut up. We don’t mind. I understand. If you had told me, I would’ve gone with you. And who knows how that could have gone.” Alex shrugs.
I smile at them. “Thank you.” I whisper to them, tears rolling down my cheeks.
Alex wipes them off before they fall too far down my face.
“No crying punk.” Jack rubs my leg. “Everything is okay. We aren’t leaving you any time soon. Tomorrow, we will be on tour and you won’t have to worry about John.”
I feel Alex stiffen next to me and I rub his leg. He relaxes a little, but stays tense.
“I love you guys.” I say to them, laughing softly.
“We love you too.” They say together.
Notes
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