The Setup

Home Stretch

A knock on Jonah's hospital room door interrupted my cuddles with Jonah but he didn't loosen his grip when he shouted for them to come in.

"You've got to be kidding me" Corbyn's voice over powered them all

"No. Don't come in here with that attitude, I'm not dealing with that shit" Jonah snapped but I kept my head pressed into his neck

"I told you she was going to ruin your life. She fucked up your-"

"Stop! She didn't ruin anything. When we met, she was sober, I was not. I convinced her to break her sobriety to party with me, I mean, it wasn't that hard but I still did that. She's what? 3 weeks sober now, I promised her I'll get sober with her, after her trying to convince me for months to get sober. This is not her fault and I won't sit here and let you blame her for my mistakes"

Jonah's words brought my breathing to a halt. I didn't expect him to confess that, and I wouldn't have blamed him if he put the blame on me.

"Now apologize" Jonah's voice was stern as he still rubbed my back

"Uh, I'm sorry Y/n, I didn't realize-"

"It's okay Corbyn, I understand"

"Can you and Sophia go get us some drinks, doll face? I need to talk to the guys"

I nodded my head and slowly pushed myself off Jonah. I gave him a quick kiss before Sophia grabbed my hand and we walked into a full elevator, going down towards the cafeteria.

"How are you feeling?" Sophia asked once we got down to the cafeteria.

"He could've died Sophia, we almost lost him" I sucked in a deep breath, grabbing a few bottles of water and soda for the group.

"But he didn't. He promised he'd get sober,
do you believe him?"

"I do, every time I asked him to get sober he's avoided the topic but this time he actually gave me an answer" I placed all the drinks down on the counter for me to pay when Sophia pulled out a wallet

"I'll pay, Corbyn's treat" She smiled, opening Corbyn's wallet, grabbing out cash and leaving an overly nice tip for the gentleman that rang our stuff through.

I handed Sophia a bottle of water for herself and carried the rest to Jonah's room.

Corbyn was standing outside the room, talking on the phone in a hushed tone. Sophia grabbed a bottle of soda from my arms and took it to him.

I opened the door carefully with my arms full of drinks and I kicked the door closed with my foot, accidentally causing a bang and all heads turned to me.

"Sorry" I whispered, for unknown reasons

"Need help?" Zach chuckled, running over to take a few of the drinks.

"Everything okay?" I raise an eyebrow to Jonah, who hadn't taken his eyes off me since I slammed the door.

"You're just, so damn beautiful" I blushed at his words

I placed down Jonah's water beside his bed and placed my drink in one of the free chairs that was beside Daniel.

"Thank you" I grabbed Jonah's hand and he pulled me over to him.

"Come on" Jonah pulled me back into his small hospital bed, pulling me to lay beside him.

The five of us hung out in Jonah's hospital room, making good conversation as if one of us didn't just about die.

Corbyn and Sophia came back in maybe half an hour after I came back. Both of them not looking too happy about, who knew really?

"I gotta go, gang shit" Corbyn chuckled, doing the band handshake with Jonah. "I'll come back and see you tomorrow"

"Yeah man, no worries. Do you need the other guys?"

"Wow, just trying to get rid of us, huh?" Jack chuckled, getting up from his chair

"I'm just trying to give Corbs some backup" Jonah chuckled, squeezing his hand around my hip

The boys all said their goodbyes and promised to visit the next day. It was just Jonah and I left and the silence was comfortable. Nothing had to be said to enjoy each other's company.

I ran my hand down Jonah's chest as I cuddled into his side. I laid my head on his chest, listening to his heartbeat. It never felt better hearing someone's heartbeat.

"You should head home doll face. Get some rest" Jonah stroked a hand through my hair.

I picked up my head, seeing it was already dark out. I wondered long we had been laying there for?

"No way, I'm staying. I'll sleep in the chair or something, I'm not leaving you"

"If you're staying you're at least going to sleep with me and not in some shitty plastic chair" Jonah pulled my head back down onto his chest and started rubbing his hand through my hair, putting me in a slow daze of tiredness.

"I love you, J"

"I love you, so much doll face"

*

"Did you hear that?" Officer Chambers interrupts my story

"What? No, I didn't hear anything" I shake my head, fighting the smile trying to spread across my lips

"Maybe, I should go check" He stands up from his metal chair causing it to clink against his gun

"You wanna know how we got the drugs, right? I'm almost at that part" I try to reason with the officer to get him to stay

"Alright, hurry up. I thought I heard a scream" Officer Chambers sits back down in his seat across from me.

I smirk taking in a satisfied breath of stale air. I cross my arms across my chest, leaning back into the chair.

Home stretch.