The Mission (Jenna Ortega)

chapter 7

Jennas POV-
I didn't know where I was.
When I opened my eyes I saw bright lights and I heard beeping.
I tried my best to move but I felt pain every time I did. After awhile I remembered what happened.
I turned my head and saw 2 figures, they were talking but I couldn't make out what they were saying.

One of the figures looked over and saw me awake and when they came closer I realized it was my mom.

"Hi sweetie you're okay." She says.

"is it bad." I say.

"no you're okay, they got the bullet out and you should heal in about 2 weeks or so." she says.

She bends down and kisses my head.

"where's tate? is she okay?" I say.

"She's okay, she was here for hours waiting for you to wake up but I told her to go home and go get changed and freshen up and that we would look after you. She told me to call her when you woke up." she says.

"Can you call her now I wanna see her." I say.

My mom takes her phone out and gives it to me and I dial her number.

Tates POV-
I was at the hospital waiting for Jenna to wake up when her mom came and told me she would look after her while I went home to shower.

I just nodded my head and got up and left.
I couldn't look at myself. I had her blood all over me and I didn't know how to feel or what to think. I just knew it was my fault and that was killing me.

I made my way home and when I got there my dad was waiting for me.

"Tom called me. Are you okay?" he says coming up to me.

"I'm done." I say quietly looking down.

"What?" he says.

I look up and lose it.

"I said i'm done. I don't want to keep losing people. I don't want to do this for the rest of my life. I'm done." I yell at him.

"Tate lets just talk about this when you're in the right head space." He says.

"No dad don't you get it? I have jennas blood all over me and I do not want to do this again. I am done. Find someone to replace me. I will not lose someone else I care about. I won't lose the girl I care about the way you lost mom. I just won't let it happen." I yell.

I walked up my stairs and took my clothes off when I made it in the bathroom and then I got into the shower.

After my shower my phone started going off and I immediately answered it.

"Hello." I say

"hi tate i'm up." I hear a soft voice say on the phone.

"i'm on my way. be there in 5 minutes." I say.

I hang up and put my shoes on and grab my keys to my motorcycle since it would take me there faster.
I got on my motorcycle and I was driving so fast I broke so many laws but I didn't care.
I made it to the hospital in 5 minutes just like I said I would.

I ran in and spoke to the front lady.

"I'm here for Jenna Ortega." I say fast.

She nods and opens the doors for me and I go straight to her room. 

I walked in and saw her laying there watching tv. She looked over at me and slightly smiled.

I walked over to her and placed a kiss on her head.

"how are you feeling?" I say.

"Okay as I can feel after being shot in my stomach." she says smiling.

"i'm sorry." I say

"stop im okay plus they put me on some very strong drugs so I am thriving." she says laughing.

I smile at her.

"what's wrong?" she says.

"Nothing i'm okay." I say.

"Tate we might have met like a week ago but i've caught on to knowing when you're not okay so talk to me." she says.

I sit down next to her and let a big breath out.

"I told my dad I was done with the business and that he should find someone to replace me." I say looking up at her.

She reaches for my hand and holds onto it.

"Is that something you wanted?" she says.

"yeah it is but for some reason I feel like i'm always gonna be apart of it in a way." I say.

"it's your families business. it will in a way always be tied with you but you can try your best to stay away from it all. do you think you did the right thing?" she says.

"Yes I feel better knowing I told my dad how I felt. I just didn't wanna do it for the rest of my life and lose people i care about. Seeing you in my arms made me realize that even more." I say.

"tate i'm okay and it's not your fault." she says rubbing her thumb on my hand.

I look at her and give her a faint smile.

I stayed with her throughout the night.
The doctors said she would be able to go home in about 2 days so I tried my best to be there at all times.