Admiration

Chapter 19

Chloe and Solána's shared penthouse
3 weeks after the accident

Tinkering with the sound board as Lána sat next to me, I took the blunt from her as she passed it to me. I took a few puffs and allowed the smoke to travel through my system as the marijuana calmed my body.

I was helping Lána with her album since I needed something to keep me busy. It's been almost three weeks since KJ got shot and it was still no signs of her waking up soon. Rico had called me the next day (I have no clue how he got my number) and told me that KJ was in a coma because of all the blood she lost.

He told me she was breathing but her pulse kept weakening so they had her on oxygen. He also told me they had moved her to a place where we were allowed to see her. I remember seeing her face for the first time

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"She's right through here" Rico told me as he led me through the halls. Her grandmother and Renée came to see her earlier today and my family saw her last week.

I kept pushing back when to see her because I was scared. I didn't think I could look at her face or her body without remembering that night. Finally I decided today was the day because I needed to see her.

Finally we pushed through the door and I paused at the door way. I slowly walked towards her bad as I heard the door shut softly behind me. I stood next to her bed as I looked at her slightly pale face. She had a mask on her face as she was slowly breathing and wires connected all around her.

I slowly reached forward and grabbed her hand, rubbing circles on it as I kept my eyes trained on her face.

My eyes burned with tears at the eyelids but I held them back as I had been crying too much now.

I reached over and kissed her cheek before sitting down in the chair next to the bed and started to tell her positive things that's been going on to me, never letting go of her hand.

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"You're an aggressive ass lover you know that, right?" I asked her as I listened to the song we just finished tinkering on playback.

She shrugged her shoulders, "it's not like I'll do foreal" she said after taking a hit. I made noise like she was lying and she hit my shoulder causing me to laugh out loud.

"It's not my fault. You're literally saying you might kill your ex and her new girlfriend. You basically telling née you'll kill her if she ever found a new girl" I said exaggeratedly. She took another hit before passing it to me, "I won't have to kill Renée because we ain't never breaking up. We for lifers" she said, crossing her fingers and sticking her tongue out.

I chuckled at my crazy best friend as I took a few more hits of the now roach before discarding the whole things since it we couldn't smoke it any more.

Ultimately deciding to leave the studio, we rode around in my car for a good two hours just talking before deciding on going home. I told Solána she can go and hangout with Renée and that I didn't need her to babysit me but she waved me off saying 'she's with her granny. Why you keep tryna get away from me so fast?' I knew she was using that as an excuse because she wanted to watch over me.

We cuddled together in the living room watching a random movie as we continued to enjoy one another's company.

No matter how much I tried to keep my mind off of KJ but it's like everything I did, I thought of her.

I fell into a dream filled sleep, imagining I was under the love of my life instead Solána's bean head ass.

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Waking up in the middle of the night to my phone ringing non stop was not what I expected. My phone was ringing back to back and I'm surprised Lána didn't wake up from it.

I groggily rolled over and blindly searched for my phone. When I looked at who was calling me, my eyes got blinded by the bright screen for a second. After my eyes adjusted, I swiped and accepted the call, not knowing who was calling in the first place.

"Hello?" I asked with my eyes screwed shut, nearly drifting back to sleep. "Chloe, get the hell up. KJ just woke up and has been asking for you!" Renée told me. I nearly jumped from my spot on the couch. I stood up straight and tapped Lána repeatedly. "Okay...um I'll be there in 20 minutes" I told her. She said an okay and we hung up the phone right when Lána woke up.

"What girl?" She grumbled at me. "Get up, née just called telling me KJ is awake" I told her throwing on a random shirt after putting on some sweatpants and my slides. She immediately got up with me and was the designated driver to the house that KJ was being held in.

After a painfully long 20 minute drive that should have took 40 minutes because of Lána's speeding, we made it. I quickly hopped out and was greeted with a smiling Renée at the front door. I gave her a quick hug before walking straight past her, speed walking to KJ's room.

When I made it in front of the door, I took a deep breath before knocking. The door was opened by Rico. He gave me a small nod which i reciprocated before walking fully inside. I looked around to see all of KJ's crew sitting around her. When she made eye contact me, I nearly choked on the tears that started to build up in my eyes.

She reached out for me, "come here mama" she told me. I shook my head as tears started to roll down my face. I heard her make a sound and chairs start to squeak. After feet were heard leaving the room, the front door had shut.

I heard KJ start to move in the bed causing me to look up at her in the now empty room. I hurried and rushed over to help her sit up. She had one hand over her wound and her other hand took mine when I came over.

"You're not supposed to be moving baby" I told her softly. When she was laying comfortably again, she tugged on my arm. I looked at her. "Get in here with me mamas" she told me and I quickly shook my head, "I don't want to hurt you" I told her. She sucked her teeth, "Chloe don't make me get out of this bed and drag you in here with me" she told me.

I sighed and eyed her. "Chloe I got shot but I'm not made of glass" she told me. I made a noise of annoyance, "that's the thing Imani you got fucking shot and your acting like that shit isn't serious" I raised my voice. She looked at me and had a look of guilt on her face.

"I'm sorry mama. This is serious, I'll stop downplaying it. C-can you please just come lay with me, I promise you won't hurt me. You know I can't sleep good without you" she asked me.

I immediately caved at the almost broken tone in her voice. I took my slides off and carefully slid into bed next to her. I tried to refrain from laying on her but she pulled me towards her, my front on hers fully. I tried to push away a bit in fear of hurting her but she held me tightly.

"I'm fine mamas. Just stop movin'" she told me. I relaxed slightly and reached behind her neck to play with her baby hairs before she leaned down to plant a kiss on my lips. I let out a content sigh of finally kissing her after four weeks. After we broke she stuffed her face in my neck and sighed contently.

"We need to talk in the morning" I told her. "I know" she responded before we both fell asleep.

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