Dricki: What's Stopping Us

Chapter 40

When Nicki collapsed into Drake's arms he just froze to what just happened.

Her blood was flowing out of her chest in such way scaring him. It was not looking good. He didn't even need to think about yelling for help. Jelani and Robert came in the room.

Once they knew what the scene was about, Jelani was the first to take action by running after Safaree who had just taken off running out of the house.

"Imma call 911. You son, stay with her, make sure she stays awake." Her dad said already with his phone on his ear waiting for his call to be answered.

Outside, you could hear Safaree and Jelani wresting and yelling cussing at each other. They just hoped the guards go to the rescue.

"Drake." Nicki said lowly struggling to talk to him.

"Nic, you're gonna be fine."

"It hurts so bad." Her voice was slowly fading.

"I know babe, but you gotta stay calm, the ambulance is on it's way."

A few seconds of the same commotion that seemed endless to him. He felt weak for seeing Nicki like this.

"I-... I love you." She was using every each of her breath to talk to me making her get pale each second that passes.

"No, no, no Nicki. be quiet stay strong. We need you. I need you."

Sirens were the last thing Nicki heard before passing out. Next thing, paramedics busted in the house with a gurney and their special equipment. They carefully placed Nicki on the gurney and carried her outside.

"Wait, I'm coming with y'all." Drake said rushing out with them.

Police cars were out in the driveway as well. He had the pleasure to testify Safaree being arrested. Even if it was unintended, what he tried to pull off was very low.

Drake gave Safaree a shameful head shake. He made sure it would be the last thing he saw before having the police car door closed on this face.

"Come on man!" One of the paramedics yelled to him. Drake hurriedly hopped in the ambulance and it drove away making its way to the hospital with Nicki's family car following the same direction.

One, two, three... six hours have gone by and still nothing. Ever since they arrived and Nicki was rushed into the ER, they have been anxiously waiting for some news.

"Family of Onika Maraj?"

As soon as he heard her name, Drake was the first to stand up followed by the rest of her friends and family.

"That's us."

"Well, Onika came here in a critical condition, the bullet was just a few centimetres away from her heart. However we were able to remove it and she's going to be just fine." The doctor explained.

"Thank God my baby is okay." Carol threw her hands in the air like she was personally thanking the Lord.

"She's in room 227. You can go see her now if you'd like."

"Thank you." Her dad said.

The group went up to Nicki's room. Drake insisted that her parents go first, he wanted to be the last but they refused. They let him go first as they felt like Drake should be Nicki's first encounter considering early events.

He stood outside her door not know what to expect when he enters in that room. But then again the doctor had just said she was going to alright, so it shouldn't be that bad.

He confidently opened the door releasing a wide awake Nicki with a kool-aid smiled plastered on her face when she saw who was walking in.

Drake shed a single tear. Seeing her like that made him think that she shouldn't be in that position. It should've been him, but no, she risked for life for him. He know she would want him to be strong right now.