My Cousin's Ex

Chapter 10

                                  Jace's POV
"Mom for fuck's sake can I PLEASE go see her?!"

"Dom she's not doing well."

I sat up.

"What?!"

"She was talking one minute, the next she wasn't. They missed something when she was in surgery. They didn't fix it so, she was bleeding internally. Her heart stopped."

"What?!" I said as my voice cracked.

"W-why didn't you tell me sooner?!"

"You can't focus on anything that's not you."

"But mom! She's fucking dying!"

"I didn't say that."

"You basically implied it!"

"She's in surgery now. Kendall's been keeping me updated. Don't you know what happened?"

"No! There was so much blood! I couldn't see anything!"

"Her entire upper body was in it's mouth."

"What?! Jesus Christ!"

Evie...

I started crying. My mom walked away.

This is bullshit!

"If you don't stay in bed, I'll tie you to it. I'll let you know if anything changes. Work on school."

One day my mom walked into my room with a depressed look on her face.

This is it.

She's gone.

She walked up to my bed.

"She's on life support."

Tears started forming.

"NO! Please tell me you're fucking lying! She's fine! She's gonna be fine!"

"It's not looking like it. I'm sorry. I still can't bring you to see her. It's only family now."

"That's bullshit! I was able to see her when she was in Kansas!"

"That hospital is different than ours."

She's gonna wake up.

She's gonna wake up.

She's...

Going....

To....

Wake...

UP!

I started crying myself to sleep. My sister would hug me for hours.

I feel like my life is over.

And I'm only 17...

She went through hell...

Now you're telling me..

A shark is what's gonna kill her?!

I went to sneak out of the house but, the lights turned on.

"Dominik what are you doing?"

"Uhhh nothing?"

"You're not seeing her. I've been trying to get them to let you in. The doctors won't listen. I really am sorry. I tried my best."

I punched my bed and screamed into my pillow.

FUCK MY LIFE!

MY BABY!

MY FUCKING BABY!

Now it's almost been 2 goddamn fucking months later! Nobody's telling me anymore now!

I fucking hate sharks!

One morning, I was going through my medicine cabinet. I was getting rid of what I didn't need and things that were expired. I put everything in a garbage bag. When it was full, I brought it outside to the garbage can.

"Jace!"

"Hm?"

I turned around. My eyes widened.

"Evie?!"

I started running towards her. She ran towards me and jumped into my arms.

"I-I missed you! Holy shit!"

"I missed you too!"

"I-I thought you were dead!"

"Really?"

"Yeah! Last I heard, you were on life support. They didn't let me see you!"

"They didn't? I just thought you didn't want to come."

"No! That's not true at all! I was begging to see you!"

She stepped back and started scanning my body.

Fuck!

I didn't put a shirt on!

"Damn. He got you good."

"W-when did you get discharged?"

"This morning. I went home and showered. Then I came here. Bradley dropped me off."

I looked over her shoulder and saw her brother.

"Yo! You can come in if you want!"

"Thanks but, I can't. I have to do something with my girl."

I brought Evelyne inside.

"I KNEW THAT'S WHY MOM WAS LAUGHING!"

"Wait. Mom knew?"

"Yeah. I did. I figured you'd like a surprise."

"You have been really depressed."

"I assume you're not coming with us today?"

"Oh yeah no."

"You should really start to talk to Jonah more."

I went over to the sink to wash my hands.

"Nope. He can go fuck himself."

"You've been saying that for years now. Why?"

"Look. I was right. He was wrong. That's it."

After my mom and siblings left, me and Evelyne went to my room.

"So who's this "Jonah" dude?"

"My cousin. We got into a fight."

"Physical or verbal?"

"Both. He was drinking and I told him to stop."

"How old were you both?"

"13 and 19."

"So you're younger?"

"Yeah. I'm the second oldest boy though. To my knowledge, my sister is the youngest girl. On my mom's side at least. We don't talk to my dad and his family."

"Oh. Can I know why?"

"He's a deadbeat. That's all there is to it."

"I'm sorry about that. Mine's dead."

"How the hell were you able to say that so casually? I'm pretty sure I'd be u-"

Before I finished my sentence, she cut me off. It took me a second to realize what she was doing. She was kissing me. I pulled her closer to me, using her shirt.

What made her do this?!

Her hands started going down my body.

What the hell is happening?

I put my hands on her hips.

"W-what are we doing here?"

"Do you want to stop?"

"No!! I just worry about triggering you."

She shrugged.

"Sooooo...can we keep going?"

"Fuck yeah."

I picked her up. Her limbs went around me.