JOHNBOY
This morning I was awoken by the voice of an angel, belting out some country song about drinking with a stranger. I lay in bed and listen to her sing. God, I could listen to this every day. I hear the water shut off and decide it's time to get up. I sit up and place my feet on the floor, run my hands through my hair a couple of times, scratching my head. I hear the door open and look at Lauraline, one eye squinted because my eyes haven't adjusted to the light yet. Damn, I think it's physically impossible for her to look bad.
"Well good morning. Nice to see you are finally awake"
"Why? Just why? I'm so tired" I say, pretending to be annoyed.
"Well, if you are so tired, then why did you wake up?"
"Cause you are so loud." I turn and grab the closest pillow and toss it straight for her head. She quickly grabs the pillow looking at me and says,
"Don't make me kill you,"
"Anakin, my allegiance is to the Republic, to democracy!" I reply thinking how lucky I am to have this geek in my life.
"If you are not with me, then you're my enemy."
"Only a sith deals in absolutes. I will do what I must"
"You will try."
She comes running at me with the pillow, so, I do what I must... Grab another pillow and swing back. Somehow in this crazy pillow fight, Lauraline starts to fall back and I tried to catch her but ended up falling right on top of her. Both of us laughing hysterically. She is laying under me, looking at me with her big, sparkling, blue eyes. She doesn't even realize how bad I'm falling for her. I want to kiss her, but will it end our friendship? What if I kiss her and she doesn't feel the same. Fuck it. I'm going for it. I brush a piece of her hair behind her ear and lick my lips as I come down to kiss this gorgeous angel, praying she feels the same and will kiss me back. But before I make contact with her full, juicy lips, the damn front door swings open, and I know it's time to go. I grab my shoes and head out the window and tell her to "call me later" like I always do. I leave Lauralines' house and see I have a missed call from my other best friend Alyx. So, I call him back.
"Hey man, what's up?"
"Hey, you're on speakerphone cause I'm driving. But I got Ryder and Tay and we are about to pull up at your house cause we wanted to hang. That cool?" Alyx asks.
"Yeah man, of course, I just got back from LJs'. Imma change and meet y'all outside."
"K, later man"
I head upstairs to my room and throw on a clean pair of black shorts and a white tee shirt. and head back to wait on the porch for my friend to show up. As soon as I get to the door I hear the car pull up. I go out and sit on the steps.
"Hey Johnny," Taylor says as she pulls me in for a quick hug. "You tell Lauraline you're head over heels yet?"
"Why, must you ask this, EVERY time I see you? Also, no, because I'm sure it would just ruin everything. Ass"
Tay laughs, "You know you guys were made for each other. I will never understand why you both choose to be unhappy."
"Ryder control your twin. She being fucking annoying" I say joking around
"You know as well as I, that she says what she thinks. There is no stopping her. And we all agree with her anyway. Just tell LJ already."
"I need to reevaluate my circle of friends." We all laugh.
Somehow we all start talking about the last episode of "The Mandalorian".What's gonna happen to the dark saber? What happens to Din? Will Grougu meet Kylo Ren? Taylor is looking annoyed and we start laughing, cause she keeps asking if we can talk about ANYthing else. I hear someone call my name and lock eyes on Lauraline. Is that blood?
"FUCK! Call 9-1-1!" I scream as I push past Ryder and Taylor not realizing what's going on.
Oh my god. I run faster than I have ever run in my life. How could he do this? Please don't let me lose her. I pick her up bridal style and take her back to my porch. Alyx is on the phone with dispatchers explaining the situation, scared out of his mind. Taylor is crying her eyes out into Ryder's shoulder. And Ryder is trying his best to keep her calm.
"It's ok baby girl. I've got you now. What happened? Why did he do this?"
"Ron t-told. Dad t-that. You stayed over. Last. Night. JB, s-something. Doesn't' f-feel right."
My heart fucking stops. I caused this. If I would have just brought home some fucking beer, this wouldn't have happened. What did I do? My eyes swell with tears.
" I'm so sorry. Just stay awake for me sweet girl. Everything is gonna be ok. The ambulance is on the way. You're gonna be ok."
"P-please don't leave me."
"Never, baby girl."
"FUCK! What's taking them so long?"
She closes her eyes and her whole body goes limp. Time seems to stand still as we wait for the police and EMS to show up. I'm holding Lauraline stroking her hair. Alex pulls the phone away from his ear to tell me that we have to take her inside. I scoop her up, still applying pressure to her side. Ryder opens the door and I lay her down on the floor near the front door. "Taylor, go get some clean towels," Alyx tells Taylor. "Ok," Taylor says, frantically running to the bathroom closet. She hands me the towels. Alyx tells me not to take the towel off if she bleeds through it, to just add another towel. I nodded, letting him know I heard him. She is so pale, Please god, don't take her from me.
Finally, I hear the sirens. She loses consciousness then her whole body goes limp. Tears start cascading from my eyes. The Cops finally get there with EMS right behind them. They put on their gloves and check to make sure she is breathing. The cops start asking questions, "What happened? If we knew who did this? What her name is? How old is she? Do we know where the attacker was? Is he home right now?" Question after question and all I can think of is why they are taking so long? She needs to get to the hospital. While I am being bombarded with what seems like a million questions, I am keeping my eyes glued to Lauraline, making sure they are doing everything they can to help her. I watch them evaluate the stab wound and add clean dressing to the top of the towel, taping it in place so it doesn't move. They put her on the stretcher and strap her down, look at me, and say "Let's go". I look back at the cops with pleading eyes. They say they will follow up with me. I yell back at Alyx, "Meet me at the hospital." I run to the front seat of the ambulance while they place the love of my life in the back, put on my seat belt, and then they throw the siren on and we rush to the hospital.
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