Everlong

"Is that your boyfriend?"

Samantha's head pounding, the advil seemed to aid just like a sugar pill. It felt like fake treatment. The shame of relapsing reped all over face. She couldn't even look doctors, nurses or her step mother in the eye. Afaird of them seeing threw her secret.

The sound of Kim's heels were pacing back and forth in the hall way. Her stepmother was in complete shambles, crying and praying for a safe operation on her husband's heart. The doctor's were in the middle of a emergency bypass.

Sam lifted her head and snapped.
"Can you stop walking around and sit--take a sit-- take a seat!" Samantha slurred a command at stepmother in the surgical waiting room.

Her stepmother haulted and turned around at Samantha who was holding a thermal cup tightly against her stomach.  Kim gave her a rather disfavored grimace.

"STOP looking at me like that." Samantha groaned and shook her head. "I'm sorry Kim.. I'm worried too, but your making me even more nervous." She lied on why she needed her to stop clicking her heels so God damn loud.

"How do you think i feel samantha? He's my husband. Did you get any rest?? You sound horrible , can I get you some coffee ?" Kim asked a little snide.

"No thanks, I have some already."

She swished around the liquid in her thermal. The coffee reminded her of.. Adam.

She had subconsciously switched from her usual medium roast, with heavy sugary creamer with loads of stevia to the way Adam took it ,dark roasted with just a pinch of stevia.

Samantha's phone rung, a chipper synch tone. She pulled it out of bag and saw a incoming call from Adam. 

Kim took a seat next to her step child and pries at Sam's screen an gets a glimpse of the name 'Adam.'

"Who's Adam and why is he calling you at 9am? Another boyfriend?" Kim asked. Her eyebrow raised at her like she was a child.

BOYFRIEND? YEAH! SOMEONE ELSES BOYFRIEND THAT I KISSED..

"No.. Adam-he's--a friend.." she stammered and got up quickly with her thermal in hand.

Her step mom rolled her eyes and mumbled "Suuuure."

"I'll be back." Samantha answered the phone while she walked down the hall.

"When do I get to meet this boyfriend!??" Kim asked teasing her Sam of her constant failed relationships.

"SHHHH!!! "she covered the phone, hoping to God that Adam didn't hear her stupid outburst.

"Hi Adam.." she whispered.

"Heeeeyy!! Can I ? Is it- possible -uh, can I see you today?" Adam's voice asked with a few soft awkward chuckles every other word.

"I'm ..mmm ,I'm at the hospital." She answered sorrowfully.

"You're at the hospital? Holy fuckin shit. Are you okay? Which hospital Sam!!" She detected in the background keys jingling around now.

"I'm in Staten Island with my stepmother , my dad, he had- a heart attack last night. He's in surgery right now." She whispered, wanting to keep her voice down with other patients there.

"Is there anything I can do for you?" He asked concerned about her mentally.
Samantha checked behind her to see if Kim had stayed behind. She had.

Sam began to speak freely again.

"I don't think so. I kinda slipped up already with whiskey an now I'm paying for it with a killer headache... " she answered waiting for him to lecture her about damaging her liver or whatever a sponsor is supposed to say.