In the end I just say fuck it and instead of hitting the target, I just waste the bullet. I put the gun down and take the ear muffs off and look at him.
"I really suck at this"
He smiles while looking at me "with a little practice I'm sure you wil...
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I wake up to the sun beaming through my curtains,i tried to get up but stopped when my head started hurting and I felt a heavy weight on me. I looked down to see Henry's head on my stomach and max on my chest.
I chuckle and lay back down and everything that happened yesterday starts coming back to me. I groan remembering that I cried in fronted my family. I haven't cried in a long time and now I fell so weak.
'Watching you cry brings me great joy'
I lay there as I remember Miguel's words. Even after all these years I remember everything he told me. It's weird but looking back I realize that he played a role in who I have become today. He did make me strong even though I was to young to realize it, but he also broke me.
I wonder what would have happened if I stayed with him. Sometimes I do wonder, but I don't think anything good would have come out of me staying in that boarding school.
I roll my eyes and take my phone from my bedside table to check the time. 8:00am. I wake Henry and Max up by shaking them. Henry mumbled some colorful words since he is not a morning person but when his eyes landed on me he got up quickly and started checking my temperature.
"OMG you're awake" he says more to himself than to me. "Are you okay? Does anything hurt? Should I get mom? Do you need a doctor? Do you need painkillers? Do you want water? Are you hungry? Of course you're hungry why would I ask that. I'll go get you food. I'll get mom too" he says really quickly and rushes out the door.
"Henry" I call out but he's already out the door. I sigh and look over at Max who had tears in his eyes.
"Hey baby, what's wrong?" I ask with a worried expression but he just continued crying. I pull him into a hug and try to calm him down.
"It's okay baby, it's okay. Don't cry, I'm here, I'm right here". I say rubbing circles on his back
"I was so worried about you. I thought something bad happened to you" He says hugging me tighter as he cries on my shoulder.
"I'm not going anywhere. I promise". I say as I hug him tighter.
We pull out of the hug still holding each other as my door opened and Henry, mom and dad walked in with different emotions on their faces but the one most visible was worry. Mom rushed to my side and engulfed my in a tight hug and kissed my head.
"Can't breathe" I say trying to get away from her tight grip.
"Oh,honey I'm sorry" she says brushing my hair out of my face. Dad walks over and kisses my forehead "sweetheart are you okay?" He asks.
Why does everyone keep asking me that?
"What do you mean?, I'm fine. I just have a headache from all the crying I did yesterday" I say and everyone's eyes widen.
"Yesterday?" Dad asks and I nod. He looks at mom and they exchange worried look.
"Honey you've been asleep for almost two day now" mom says with a worried expression.
Excuse you?
"What? Two days" I ask while looking at them to see if this is some sort of prank because I wouldn't put it pass them.
"You would always wake up trashing around so we had to get the doctor to sedate you. She put you on a IV and let you stay here just in case you freaked out when you woke up. We all know how much you hate hospitals". She says
True. Hospital and I are not friends. Going to there always pisses me off
I look down at my arm and see an IV connected. 'Where the hell did that come from' I thought.
"Ugh how pathetic" I whisper to myself while still staring at the IV.
"Can you ask her to take it out, I have stuff to do" I ask and my mom shakes her head.
"No, you're going to stay in bed until we know you're completely okay. I'll call the doctor over" she says and walks out.
"I'll bring you something to eat" dad says and kisses my head before walking out too. I look at Max who is now laying on my lap and run my hand through his hair.
Henry sits on my bed and looks at me "so..." he begins.
"So?" I ask back.
"L.A huh?" He asks and I sigh. Damn I almost forgot about that.
"It's fine I don't mind going. To hell with them" I say and he looks at me eyebrows raised. "I'm serious plus it'll be good for dad and business. I'm not gonna be the one standing in between him and his dreams" I say and he nods. "You?" I ask and he sighs.
"I don't even know. Leaving means leaving behind everything and everyone and I just don't want to let my team down. If I leave and we loose it'll be my fault because everyone is counting on me." he says with a frown. I was about to reply but dad walks in and sets a tray of pancakes and apple juice on my bed.
"So...I made some calls and we don't have to move to L.A. He says and all our eyes widen, even Max.
"What?" I ask still shocked.
He sighs "I know how difficult this is for you and I don't want you to go through what you just did again. I want you to be safe and if that means not moving to L.A then we won't and I also know that none of you want to actually go so we don't have to". He finishes taking my hands in his.
"Dad it's fine" I say and he looks at me eyebrow raised in confusion so I continue. "I know how important this is for you and I'm not going to ruin in that" I finish and he stares at me looking for any sign of lying but when he doesn't find any he smiles and hugs me.
He looks at Henry and Max waiting for their answers and they both nod. "It's fine dad, it means a lot to you so it automatically does to us too" Henry says and we all nod.
"Thank you, It means a lot to me" he says and kisses our foreheads.
"On one condition" I say
"What?"
"We leave after Henry plays. If he's gonna leave he might as well go out with a bang" I say and I see Henry smiling at me and I smile back.
"Okay, Okay sure. We can move after he plays." he says with a big smile on his face.
"Thanks dad" Henry says and they hug each other and I begin eating.
Mom comes in with the doctor and she gets to work. After what felt like hours but only 15 minutes, she is done. She tells me to get lots of rest and prescribed a couple of pills and left.
"So?" Mom asks dad who smiles.
"Looks like we're going to L.A" he says with a huge smile making mom and everyone smile too.
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