chapter five: "the one with the hotel room"
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I GOT TO BOSTON around ten at night and decided to go straight to the hotel my mother and sister were staying at and wait till tomorrow to go visit my father in the hospital. I knocked on their door, waiting for someone to open it. I then heard a faint 'it's open' and decided to go inside anyways. I smiled once I saw my sister sitting on one of my beds, even though it was a shitty circumstance, I was still very happy to see my family after these last few months. I gave my sister Chelsea a huge hug with a smile on my face. I then gave my mother a quick hug, setting my stuff down beside one of the beds.
"So? How has LA been baby?" My mother asked me and I smiled, shrugging my shoulders.
"It's amazing. Of course, I miss being at home and all, but LA is my happy place," I explained and my mother smiled, nodding her head with me, "How you guys?" I questioned and the room then fell silent, and I decided to not push it when it comes to asking questions about what had happened today.
"So, who is this David character your sister keeps telling me about?" she asked me and I rolled my eyes, hitting my sister with a pillow.
"He's a friend Momma. I promise," I chuckled as she nodded her head, deciding to leave it be. My phone then rang, and I saw it was conveniently Dave. I answered it and put the phone up to my ear, stepping out onto the balcony to get away from my sister.
"Hey, you at the hotel yet?" David asked and I replied with a sigh.
"Yeah, I am, I literally just got here," I explained and heard some screaming in the background of the phone call, "What the hell are you doing now?" I questioned and David just chuckled, hanging up the phone and then facetiming me right after. I smiled and saw Zane and Heath were at David's house drunk out of their minds.
"This is what I'm dealing with right now," David explained and I couldn't help but laugh as Zane and Heath both dancing on top of David's pool table, singing some stupid song from 2008.
"Is that David!" I heard Chelsea scream, making me jump a little from her barging in like that, "Hi! I'm Chelsea, her sister!" Chelsea said very excitedly and I couldn't help but laugh at how helpless David looked right now.
"Well, I'm David, your sister's new friend," he explained and awkwardly waved, making me laugh, Chelsea then left and I talked to David for a little longer, mostly about how dumb Zane and Heath were being right now. My Mother then came out to the balcony, with tears streaming down her face. I looked at her confused and saw she had her phone in her hand, her hands alone shaking like crazy.
"It's about your dad," he mumbled out, making me feel very nervous.
"Don't you dare hang up," I heard David say, he knew a lot better than I like to remember some days. I then grabbed the phone from my mother, it is the hospital.
"Hello? Ms. Dior?" A voice said, making me sigh.
"Hi, I'm Stella, Kyle's daughter," I explained and whoever it was just let out a large sigh.
"Hi Stella, I'm your father's doctor, and I just wanted to call and let you know that he has passed away a few moments ago," the doctor sighed and I didn't say anything, "I'm so sorry for your loss, but we did everything we could," the doctor explained, and I thanked him and hung up, not really sure what to do right now.
"Ella? What happened?" David asked me, and I held up the phone to look at him.
"Um, my dad passed away Dave," I said quietly, David's face falling into disbelief, "Can I, call you back?" I asked him, and he nodded his head.
"Yeah, I'm flying out with some of the guys to you tonight, you need your friends right now and I'm not waiting till you get back," he explained and I shook my head.
"Dave, no, seriously, you have shit you have to do there," I explained and David shook his head, pulling out his computer and showing me he already bought the plane tickets to Boston tonight. I smiled and thanked him, "Who's coming?" I questioned.
"Me, Jason, Trish, Jade, Scott, Kristen, and Zane," he explained and I nodded my head, thanking him once again, "Now, go and make sure Chelsea and your mom are alright, I will text you when we land," he explained and I nodded my head, thanking him once again.
"Be safe, okay?" I questioned and David smirked at me.
"Always Ella," we chuckled and hung up the phone, I walking over to Chelsea and holding her against me in a hug. My mother was a mess, Chelsea was a mess, so I needed to be the strong one right now. It needed to happen, if not for me then for them.
"Hey, Chels, can I tell you something?" I questioned once she calmed down a little bit, she then nodded her head, "What if I told you some of your favorite squad was coming up here right now?" I smirked and she sat up, looking at me shocked, "Jason Nash, Trisha Paytas, Scotty Sire, Kristen Mcatee, Zane Hijazi, and David Dobrik are getting on a plane as we speak to come up here and make sure we are all okay," I explained and Chelsea couldn't help but smile, hugging me tightly, "I also told them you were a really big fan and they brought some merch for you," I explained to her, earning an even tighter hug from her.
"Thank you, Stell, thank you!" she screamed and I smiled, happy to not see her so upset anymore "Can I go with you to pick them up?" she asked and I shook my head.
"No, you need to go to bed, it's almost midnight," I explained and she nodded her head, heading off to one of the beds in the hotel room we got. I decided to avoid my mother when she was like this because most of the time I only seemed to make it worse. I knew when she wanted me to talk to her, and right now she just wanted to be left alone. I then grabbed my stuff and told my mother I was going to get another room since Dave and his friends were all coming with him. She agreed it would be a smart idea and I did just that.
My new room was pretty close to my mother's. It was on the same floor, but just down the hallway a few more doors than her's. I was waiting anxiously for David and everyone else to get here because I wasn't a girl of sympathy. I didn't want people to see me upset and get the constant "are you okay?" question. Nor did I even want to think about people asking me 'how are you holding up?'. I hated it. I hated being looked at like a helpless little girl.
A few hours had passed and Zane just texted me saying they are on their way to my hotel and asked what the room number was. I texted him back all the details, sitting on the hotel bed watching 'Friends' on my laptop, as per usual. I soon heard footsteps walking up to the door, and saw Kristen open it, jumping on top of me and giving me a hug. I chuckled and hugged her back, not realizing how much I needed my friends til now.
"If one person asks me how I'm holding up, or how you feeling I will have to hurt you myself," explained and everyone nodded their heads, respecting my wishes, "I got a hotel room with two rooms, but they only had three beds," I explained and they all nodded their heads.
"Jason and Trish are staying with his mom, Kristen and I can share a bed, you can take one, and Zane and David can sleep together," Scotty suggested, making Zane and David instantly say no.
"I can share a bed with one of you two, just figure out who," I shrugged and turned back to my episode, feeling the bed sink beside me as David had jumped onto the bed. I chuckled a little bit and everyone went off to wherever they were sleeping, David, staying here with me.
"I know you don't want me to ask, but I don't apply to those rules," he smirked and I rolled my eyes, smiling at him, "How are you feeling?" he questioned and I shrugged my shoulders.
"I'm surprisingly okay. Am I upset, of course, but my dad and I got into a big argument before I left for LA, and he basically told me I wasn't allowed back home, that hurt," I explained and David laid back on the bed, looking up at me. I shrugged my shoulders and looked back at him with a smile, "what's on your mind Dobrik, you have your wondering face on," I questioned and David shook his head, avoiding the question, "Hello? Earth to Dave?" I smiled and waved my hand in front of his face, making him laugh.
"I just can't believe you're holding together this well, that's all," he explained and I nodded my head, happy he finally answered my question. David then set up my laptop on the edge of the bed so he could see it too, grabbing a pair of sweatpants and a t-shirt, walking into the bathroom to change. I quickly got changed into a pair of leggings and the same Clickbait hoodie I had stolen a few days ago from his house. Laying back in bed, I pressed play on the episode, tired of waiting for him.
"Don't you dare play that episode, Ella!" David screamed and raced back to the bed, throwing himself on it, landing on me in the process. I couldn't help but burst out laughing, as I knew he had slammed his hand right off the nightstand, "See? You caused my pain," he joked and I shook my head, curling up underneath the blankets and shutting my eyes, hoping to just go to sleep. I soon felt David do the same, and almost instinctively moved closer to him, laying my head on his chest, him wrapping his arm around my waist and mindlessly drawing shapes and lines into my side. That seemed to soothe me enough, as I ended up falling asleep almost right away.