Only For One Night

Pretty Coincidental

Jordan, Simone, Laura, and Billy were watching the football game in the hospital room. The Miami Dolphins was not playing well. Spencer James, was not playing well. He was frustrated they could tell. "Man.. this game is awful" Jordan trailed off. "His head is definitely not in the game" Billy mentioned. "It's with Liv...." Jordan turned his attention from the TV to Liv, sighing. "I'm gonna grab something from the vending machine want anything?" Billy stood up looking at his wife, son, and daughter in-law who none of them wanted anything. After Billy left the room, Laura had some words. "It's time..." she trailed off. "It's time for what?" Laura thought, pulling the plug is what's best. She didn't think, allowing Olivia to be alive only because of a ventilator was best. "It's time to pull the plug" both Simone and Jordan looked at her in shock. "What? You're kidding???" She shook her head. "This isn't right" she told them. "And this is? Are you insane? I am not about to let anyone pull anything" Jordan told her. "You don't have the say in this. I'm her parent. If Liv isn't awake by midnight, I'm pulling the plug. It's for the best" Jordan was furious.. "Best for who? You??? I can accept a lot of things but I would never accept this, ever!!" Jordan couldn't believe how cold his mother has been towards his sister. Yes it's very heartbreaking to see her like this. But, losing his sister is not an option. "She is not responding! This is hard to see her like this—" Jordan cut her off immediately " you don't think I know that?! But you're just gonna give up like that? I'm not about to lose my sister" he told her. "She's gone! Olivia is gone, Jordan. Look at her. Why allow her to continue to suffer when we can prevent that by stopping the monitor" she told Jordan. " Jordan is right, this is not a good idea. There's still hope we just have to be patient" Simone sided with her husband. "Says the one who decided to be a teenage pregnant girlfriend that accused my son of being the father and then have the audacity to get married at a young age. I don't think I'm going to get that marriage license dropped! You have no say of anything" Laura didn't like Simone and didn't like she was involving herself in hers and Jordan'a conversation. "Yeah you go on and do that. We will end up getting married again. You can do whatever you want to try and split us up, we're not going anywhere" she stepped to Laura. "I'm not going anywhere. So you need to stop all your ignorant ass antics and sit your ass down and wait patiently like the rest of us". Simone was tired of the heat she was receiving from Laura. She understood why she was mad because they got married behind her back by forging her signature but to bring up everything else, she was sick of it. Billy walked back in the room, noticing the awkward tension. He sat down and looked at them "what I miss?"

Spencer was so frustrated. He was having one of his worse games. He had "Liv" drawn on his black paint, underneath his eyes. He got off the field, ripping his helmet off, throwing it. He then kicked then bench. "Man, Spence is losing it...." Jordan sighed. "Yeah..." Simone frowned knowing he's too emotional for this game. "Wait, is she—" Billy stood up when he saw Olivia's eyes open. Jordan stood up quickly including everyone else. "Nurse?" Jordan rushed out before rushing back in. A few nurses rushed in "her eyes are opened" he said. "Olivia?" She wasn't responding. She blinked a few times and moved her thumb but that's all they got out of her. 30 minutes later they learned why. " Olivia is in a vegetative state. She's still unconscious but, she is able to make movements, open her eyes, close them, go to sleep. She is not aware of anything that is happening right now" the doctor told them.

Spencer stood on the bench so frustrated when he heard a voice in his head. Olivia's:

Spencer, it's me... Liv. You're probably confused as to why and how I'm talking to you. Don't worry about that. I need you to stop this... this isn't you. I know you're upset right now because, I'm not responding. But... that doesn't mean I don't want the best from you. You dedicated this game to me but truth is, you're not having a good game. This is your worst game... I need you to turn this game around and give your all. I love you, Liv.

Spencer felt like Olivia was talking to him in his mind. He knew he had to do what he had to do. He needed to win this game. Which he did........ After the game Spencer was in no time, he rushed to the hospital. When he arrived in the room, Billy try to give him a heads up about Olivia being in a vegetative state. "Spencer—" he pushed passed him when he saw her eyes opened. "Liv? Baby???" He started to get emotional, believing that she was awake. "Spencer..." Jordan trailed off. "Liv, baby I won the game. I won the game for you" tears welled up in his eyes. " Spencer she isnt awake" he was confused. "What do you mean. She's blinking. Her eyes are opened" he told Simone. "She's in a vegetative state. She is able to open her eyes and blink. She's able to make sudden movements but... she isn't aware of anything else" hearing that broke his heart. He thought she was awake. Turns out she wasn't.

After the parents left it was only Spencer, Jordan, and Simone. Spencer was still in his football gear, at least his football pants. He wore his vans that he used to wear a lot back in college. He held Olivia's hand as he sat close to the bed. "I hate seeing her like this...." Jordan looked down. "Don't we all..." Simone trailed off. "This is my fault. I should've never got with Rochelle in college. Because of that, she got back with Asher" Spencer felt his throat tightened. "What really went down between you and Rochelle? And I'm not talking about when you started dating after you and Olivia broke up. I mean that night when you and Rochelle hung out for her to say last night was fun. Jordan actually wanted to know as well. Because nothing was making any sense to them. A woman doesn't just send another man who is in a relationship, 'baby, last night was fun' so... what really happened Spencer" he looked down.

Flashback

"all right... I need a break. My head hurts" Spencer mumbled with Rochelle laughing. " your head hurts? Damn you must really be dumb" she joked. "You got me messed up" he laughed with her joining him. " I say we take some shots and vibe" she suggested. " I don't know about the shots part, I should get back to my dorm room" he told her. "Come on just for a little while? We haven't seen each other since high school. We have a lot of catching up to do" he sighed "Okay fine!" Spencer didn't think it was a good idea to drink around another woman while being in a relationship.But Rochelle wasn't just some random girl. He knew her. He knew he could trust her. An hour later they were pretty drunk. "Sh-She so boring and such a square but I love her. I love me some Olivia but she's so basic" he laughed. "Trust me I can see that with my own eyes" Rochelle told him. "l love her, I do.. I do love me some of her and just feel like she's..." he zoned out. "Spencer?" He snapped out of it. They were both drunk but not too drunk where they were unconscious to not remember anything. "you're so drunk" she laughed. "Girl am not" he chuckled. "Shut up and dance with me" she grabbed his arm which Spencer stumbling a little. "I really should get back to my dorm... if I don't leave now, I'll regret what happens next" he slurred his words, placing his hands on her waist. "Oh I'm anxious to know. Besides, you don't wanna leave baby, do you?" She held his face before kissing him. Spencer pulled away "Don't do that" he told her. "Don't do what? This?" She kissed him passionately but this time he kissed her back, rushing her to the door. Pulling her wrists above her head, kissing her aggressively.

Simone Interrupted his flashback

"You fucked Rochelle?! So everything you said was a bold face lie! Drunk or not. How could you do this? No wonder why she texted you 'last night was fun' and Liv blew the hell up. No woman texts a man that unless he's fucking her and pretty damn coincidental that you started dating her after Olivia broke up with you" Simone was furious. "I was drunk aight? I would never cheat on Olivia. I wasn't myself" Spencer tried to explain but Jordan aggressively, pushed him off the chair. "Get the hell out Spence. You're no better than the rest of them" Jordan was highly disappointed. "She may be unconscious but explain that tear" Simone said. Jordan and Spencer looked over at Olivia, a tear was rolling down her face.

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