💘 The daydreamers 💘

Gang of six

I was sitting in the waiting room of the hospital waiting to hear what would happen to Scott, Igor was sitting next to me and his leg was bouncing up and down out of his severe anxiety.

I laid my head on his shoulder and he put his arm around my shoulder before saying

"i'm sorry..."

"don't be man, it's life. people die, that's that."

Some nurse came up to us and had a really sad look on her face, I knew what that meant. She told us that he was dead, I knew he wouldn't have lived because of how long he was up there.

This time I wasn't crying, even though he was there for me throughout everything I've seen a shitload of people die in my seventeen years of being alive.

"can we see him?"

She nodded at my question and led us to his room, the tension was building up as we kept walking and I was getting nervous. We got to his room and I slowly opened the door to see his lifeless body, I walked over to the chair at the side of his bed and sat down.

His pulse on the monitor was flat lined and that sound drowned out everything around me, I looked over at him and he was in some hospital gown which showed the many tattoos on his arms.

One of them I gave him which made me remember the one he gave me, I put my hand on his and it was ice cold.

"you helped me through a lot, i wish i could've done the same for you big brother. you were on the pursuit of happiness for your whole life, both legal and illegal. hopefully you'll be alright up there or downstairs in the basement."

I heard the door open and I turned to see Ray, how the hell did he know I was here?

"Igor called fuckshit and he called me..."

I nodded and he sat next to me while wrapping an arm around my waist,

"you okay?"

"surprisingly yes, after all the people that have died in my life this was the hardest to hear but that's life."

"you have a point."

I rested my head on his shoulder and he kissed my forehead before tears fell from my eyes, I really was gonna miss him.

"c'mon, i think you've seen enough."

I nodded and we walked out with his arm still around my waist, we walked out of the hospital and we took a smoke break.

"you gonna be alright?"

"yeah, pretty fucking sure."

"when my brother got hit before soccer practice, that hit hard for me and my mom- shit..."

"it's fine, i've heard worse."

I took a drag of the cigarette and passed it to him before laying my head on his shoulder, we just sat in a comfortable silence while we finished our cigarette.

It was around midnight before he took me home, I rode in the ambulance and left my car at Scott's so Ray drove me home.

As a kid I always had to deal with someone yelling at home and Scott would just drive around at night with me to help me fall asleep, I'm gonna miss that dude.

I was dozing off in the passengers seat and heard Ray say

"sleep well lil sis."

I couldn't fall asleep but it just felt nice to shut my eyes, we stopped and I assumed we pulled up to Fuckshit's. As I was about to get out someone opened my door and carried me inside, I felt his hair brush up against my face and then I knew it was Fuckshit.

He laid me down on his bed and took off my shirt and pants before putting me in one of his shirts and his boxers, I felt him lay down next to me and kiss my forehead before saying softly

"i love you so fucking much mamas..."

I moved closer to him because I was cold and he pulled me towards him before I laid my head on his bare chest, he pulled the blankets up to below our shoulders and wrapped his arms around my waist.

I was asleep for a while until around nine I woke up to the sun spilling into the room and Fuckshit was still asleep, I wanted to go somewhere so I got up and changed into some jeans and kept that shirt on before grabbing my phone, my board and my bag before I left.

The place I wanted to go to wasn't far so I skated there, once I got up the driveway I walked up to the door and knocked. My other cousin Isaiah opened the door and said

"can i help you?"

"hey, it's Aris."

"oh hey, um what's up?"

"look, my dad died like a couple days ago or something and i just wanna look through some things."

"yeah, that's fine. come in."

I nodded and walked inside, I walked down the hall to where my dads old room was when he lived here about a couple years after I was born.

His room had been the same since the eighties, old posters, his old school stuff, a bunch of his old decks. I walked over to his closet and looked to see if there was anything I might want, I found a box of old family pictures and some with me. I picked out a couple and put them in my bag, I grabbed a couple of his shirts that were probably my cousins but it doesn't matter.

I grabbed my things and walked out before Fuckshit called me and I answered,

"hey babes."

"hey, where you at?"

"oh shit, i'm at my aunts. just looking through my dads old stuff to see if I wanted to keep anything."

"alright ma, just wanted to know if you were safe. you need a ride?"

"nah, i'm like a block away from your house anyways."

"cool, ray called in sick today and the shops closed so let's chill once you get here."

"alright, i'll be there in five."

"nice, bye sexy!"

"bye cutie."

I hung up and turned the corner to his street, I got on my board and skated over to his house. I pulled up and got off before walking inside, I walked through the empty house before going up to his room.

I walked in the door and he had a smile on his face when he saw me, he sat up in his bed and I walked over to him before he wrapped me in his arms. Once he hugged me a couple tears ran down my cheeks, he noticed and wiped them off with his thumb before kissing my nose.

I then finally knew that he was my lover, my ride or die, and Ray along with the rest of them are my family, we're a gang. A gang of six.