Regine Iman Thomas
We were finally allowed to go into Denzel's room. I had been acting tough all this time but when I seen him in the hospital bed, bandaged up and attached to all those machines, I finally broke down.
Nicole went and sat by his side. I sat in the other chair across the room. "Did you tell his family?" I asked her quietly while wiping my tears away.
"Yeah, they're flying out here" she mumbled rubbing his hand. I just nodded quietly.
I had honestly forgotten Nicole was pregnant for a second until she began rubbing her belly. "I know you want to be here for me and all Reggie but can you give me some time alone with him? Please?" Nicole asked me. I nodded and got up to go back into the waiting room.
I sat down in a corner and thanked God for the jacket that was tied around my waist because it was freezing. I sat for a while, watching the episode of Spongebob that was on tv.
Before I knew it, I had drifted off to sleep.
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"I'm sick of trying man" he mumbled staring off into space. He was standing on the edge of the roof and I wanted so bad to run and pull him down but I was scared he would fall or do something even worse... Jump.
He was really meaning it...
And that's what scared me the most.
"Please don't do this" I pleaded with him through my panting. I had chased him up four flights of stairs and I wasnt in the best athletic shape but he was worth the stress on my body.
"Give me one good reason" he said dryly looking over at me. I had never seen him this void. This empty. Emotionless.
"I love you... And it would kill me if you actually did this" I said feeling a burning in the back of my eyes. I wanted to cry but I had to be strong.
Strong for him. Strong for us.
He chuckled and ran his tongue across his top row of teeth before shaking his head.
I could tell he wanted to cry too.
"How do I know you being genuine?" he said in that same emotionless tone.
"If you came down, you could find out."
He looked me straight in the eyes after I said that and just stared for a while. He was reading me. Trying to see if I was being honest. He was good at that.
He clenched his jaw and nodded before jumping down and I finally let all my tears fall. The only difference in this being that instead of tears of sadness, they were tears of joy.
"I can't take no more disappointment. Please don't let me down" he muttured walking past me back into the building.
"I won't. I promise."
My eyes shot open and set on the group of kids playing on the floor. I would have spent time dwelling on where there parents were but the dream that I had kept my thoughts more than occupied.
Although it ended well, it scared me. My heart was beating so loud and slow that I could hear it. I always believed that dreams were premonitions and I was now afraid that Joey was going to be irrational.
I glanced at the clock on the wall. It was 10:03pm which meant I had been sleeping for a few hours. That would explain the vicious pain in my neck. This chair was super uncomfortable.
I pulled my phone out of my pocket to see if Nicole had maybe texted or called me. I had four messages.
The first was from Nicole.
Nicole👑: You can come back now if you want.
I sent her a quick okay before going back to my threads. The last three messages were from Joey.
JoVaughn❤: I dont know if what i'm about to do is a mistake or not....
JoVaughn❤: But just know that I love you.
JoVaughn❤: And I hope you find somebody better than me and thats worth your time.
No. My mind automatically went to the dream I had.
He wouldnt.....right?
Me: Jovaughn ...What are you about to do?
My leg shook out of nervousness as I waited for a reply. The three dots popped up before disappearing. I waited ten minutes for a reply and realized it probably wasnt going to happen. The dots had come and go at least three times.
So I called.
No answer.
Again.
No answer.
I started to get a gut feeling. And that gut feeling was telling me to go and find him.
So I went to Nicole. When I walked in the room she was knocked out in the chair next to Denzel's hospital bed. I shook her a bit and she jumped up.
"Oh my gosh Reg you scared me" she mumbled wiping the sleep from her eyes.
"I need to borrow your car" I said to her.
"You wanna go home? Take it" she nodded to her keys and I grabbed the from their spot on top of her purse.
"Give me my ID and card and take my purse too please" she said to me. I nodded and did as she said.
"Ill be back" I hugged her and headed out.
I had to find out what was going on.
