I dragged my fingers along Corbin's face, taking in his features as he hovered over me.
"It's okay, I'm alive. See?" He grabbed my hands and swung them all around.
After a minute, he gave it a rest and placed my hands at my side.
"You're still not talking?" Corbin asked.
I didn't react and he sighed. "I'm sorry, Ali"
He dropped down onto me and kissed my neck.
I swallowed hard.
"I paid your hospital bills. Can I pay for anything else? What can I buy you to fix it?" He asked.
He was much happier now.
I had been visiting him a lot because sometimes in my sleep, I convinced myself that he was really dead.
I know that it hurt my parents that I was doing this to myself.
I saw the looks that they gave each other.
They still provided me with unconditional support and that's all I could ever ask for.
Corbin kissed all over my neck and face. "I love you. Thank you for being here"
I made the mistake of letting a yawn escape my mouth.
He rolled over behind me and wrapped his arms around me.
"Can you stay and sleep with me? I'm tired of sleeping alone."
I bit my lip and nodded my head.
When we woke up, Corbin took me to the cafeteria to eat.
"I really don't like it here" He said.
I drank my apple juice.
"You not going to eat?"
I shook my head no.
He pushed his plate of fried chicken towards me.
"Eat, Ali"
I didn't move.
He tore off a piece and held it up to my lips.
"It's good. It's catered."
I opened my mouth and he pushed it inside.
I closed my mouth and started chewing.
It was kind of hard to swallow, so I took a sip of apple juice to help.
He held another piece of meat up and I ate that too.
He got up and went to get more for me.
When he came back, he pulled me onto his lap.
"I'm sorry, baby"
He scooped up some rice and I ate that too.
I ended up eating the whole plate and he hugged me afterwards.
"I just want you to be healthy and happy. I didn't mean to scar you, I wish I could take it back"
My phone rang, and Corbin stood up with me.
He answered it. "I'm walking her as far as I can take her now"
Instead of getting in the passenger's seat, I opened the back door and got in.
After I closed it, I laid across the back seats.
"What happened?" My mother turned around, looking worried. "Did he hurt you? Do I need-"
I pointed to my stomach.
"How much did you eat? Was it two or three bites? Or four or five? You can hold up your fingers."
"A whole plate" I mumbled.
Her jaw dropped and she started to cry. "You ate that much? You talked to me?"
I inherited my crying abilities from her.
She quickly got it together and turned around, putting the car in drive. "I'm going to go to the store and get you some medicine, okay? Please try to hold it down for me."
Jahir
"You're ridiculous" Reno pulled my blankets off of me.
"The fuck you pick my lock for? I could have been mastur-"
"You nut over Alicia at night"
I scowled at him.
Bryce dragged me out of my bed. "Get up, because you're going to class today"
"Give it a rest" Reno said. "I talked to Corbin and he said that him and Alicia are doing much better. He sounds very happy, and he says that she visits him a lot and lets him kiss her, and he's trying to fix her and make it better. Just find a new girl. She was never yours to begin with. You just ain't know that"
I shot him a look.
I really don't care what he told me, because I knew that Alicia was putting up with bullshit.
Bryce pushed me into the bathroom. "If you don't shower, I'm going to cut the water on myself and throw you in. You got twenty minutes."
He closed the door on himself and I walked over to the sink.
"I don't hear water" Bryce said.
I cut on the sink and started to brush my teeth.
I took a long shower, and went into my bedroom wrapped in a towel.
They left me alone long enough to get changed.
I went downstairs to get some food.
"And before we go to class, you're going to get a haircut, you bum ass nigga"
I laughed and felt my hairline.
"Them fingers hurt, don't they?"
"I will beat yo damn ass, nigga. Stop playing with me" I mumbled.
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