Protector

3: Fast forward the sadness

Kennedy||

Two years later~

I sat in the white small waiting room that smelled sanitized I was use to the smell though... I watched as everyone busied around minding their own business while I sat in a paused daze my foot jumped up and down against the tiled floor.

Tonight was the second time dads given me a scare like this. I had went to his room luckily to check on him to find him on the floor passed out. I called the ambulance as fast as I could while I had held dads hand.

Now it was four in the morning and I haven't seen dad since we got here. His doctor told me he was doing fine so far. One thing we knew was that dad was a fighter and he was fighting. I just hated that I was slowly realizing that my daddy wasn't going to live forever and it was coming so fast...

"Kenny..." I blinked a couple of times until I realized that Tate stood in front of me with a cup of coffee. I took it gratefully he sat beside me and drank his.

I found home in the nick name, me and Tate still argued like cats and dogs but there were moments like this that made us civil with each other.

"How is he doing?" He asked softly "He's okay..."

We sat in our own silence too busy in our own thoughts to talk to each other. My phone rang I quickly picked it up and answered it

"Hello?"

"Why aren't you at practice?" Charms worried voice said over the line. I had forgotten all about cheer practice, I was the caption of JV and i had an obligation to be there before everyone else. But my dad was more important and it would always be Daddy before cheerleading.

"Dad had another accident..." I mumbled lowly feeling my heart sore at the words.

"Is he okay?" She asked worriedly with sorrow in her tone. Charm and my dad even had their own relationship I didn't know how my dad did it but he wiggled into everyone's hearts with ease.

"Yea... He'll be fine, he's strong as an ox remember?" I laughed weakly but it was halfhearted and bitter.

"Kennedy I'm here for you, do you want me to come by? Lamar's looking for you too," she told me, I heard the shuffling in the background. I knew for a fact she was getting ready to leave cheer practice but she was co-captain and I needed her there.

"No... Tate's here with me, just tell coach its and emergency... And tell him I'll call him later." Lamar and I were now dating I guess you can say that we weren't official yet but I was sure he was going to ask soon.

"Okay call me when you guys are home so I can come by."

"Okay later Charm..."

"Ok later Ken love you and everything's going to be alright," she said before hanging up.

I sighed looking down at my phone before putting it just as Dads doctor came out. I jumped up "Will he be okay? Can we see him now?"

He smiled slightly but his eyes held something.

"You can go see him while I talk to Tate." I nodded and rushed to my dads room. I looked at the door and took a deep breath before entering. It was always hard seeing my once strong dad that use to carry me around on his back so weak and fragile now... He had needles in his veins, tubes in his nose, and a sickening pale body.

I went to his side of the bed his eyes were fighting to stay open "Hi Kenny," he said lowly as a strangled coughed came from him. I winced at the painful sound I wish I could just take away his cancer that he's been fighting. For a period of time we were okay we didn't worry about the cancer anymore his doctor told him it was going away then bam it progressed and came back.