taken | m.e.

nineteen

hannah

i woke up and went downstairs, joining my parents for breakfast. i explained to them the whole story with matt yesterday. although my mom wouldn't admit it i could tell she did feel bad for matt and feel bad that i was upset. i played around with my food not really having an appetite to eat. my mom and dad got up cleaning all the plates up. when my mom was done she came back over and sat down next to me.

"baby doll want me to take you to see him?" she asked rubbing my back

"could you?"

"of course, get dressed and i'll meet you at the car."

i smiled and ran upstairs. i changed into a new t-shirt and a pair of sweats. i put my hair up into a messy pony tail and put my glasses on before going down to the car.

i made small conversation with my mom as she drove to the hospital. we pulled up and she let me out saying she would park and wait for me. i thanked her for driving me and headed up to matt's room. i was greeted by matt's sister who was sitting outside his room reading.

"kristen" i said making her look up from her book

"hi hannah"

"is matt up?"

"yeah they're getting ready to clean his stitches i just don't do good with that stuff." she laughed "you can go in if you'd like"

i smiled at her and walked in. matt was laying down and there was a nurse in his room, laying things out on a table i'm assuming they're going to use to clean his stitches.

matt turned to me and smiled. i walked up to his side and grabbed his hand.

"hi gorgeous" he smiled

"hi matt"

"mr. espinosa, your doctor will be in shortly." the nurse said

"thank you"

"how you feeling?" i asked

"could be better" he stifled a laugh

we sat there talking when we were interrupted by matt's doctor.

"hi matt, how are you this morning?"

"i'm still in a lot of pain"

"alright sweetheart, i'll get you something for it after" the woman who introduced herself as dr. gilbert said

matt grabbed the hem of the t-shirt he had on and pulled it over his head. dr. gilbert told matt she was just going to clean around his stitches but if they were loose she would have to redo them.

"is this gonna hurt?" matt asked

"you're gonna feel some burning from the alcohol and if you're sore, it might hurt too."

matt nodded and got a tight grip on my hand. as soon as dr. gilbert started I could see the pain in matt's face. he had his eyes clenched shut and his breathing got extremely heavy.

"deep breaths matt. it'll be over before you know it."

"holy shit" matt cried

i ran my fingers through his hair to try and calm him down.

"i'm almost done" dr. gilbert said

matt nodded as i saw a tear roll down his cheek. after another few minutes dr. gilbert was done cleaning around the stitches.

"keep your shirt off for a little bit that way the wound can air out. i'm going to get you something for your pain."

"thanks" matt replied

i sat in the chair next to matt, holding his hand. matt just stared at me.

"what?" i giggled

"you're just so gorgeous"

i could immediately feel my cheeks heating up. we were interrupted by kristen walking into the room.

"matt, after you're able to be checked out, you're coming with me back to California" kristen said

my heart actually dropped. virginia and california are really far apart.

"no i'm not"

"yes you are there's no discussion. mom and dad would've agreed with me."

"well they're dead! so how would you know." matt yelled

"i'm not arguing with you about this. you're coming with me."

"no i'm-"

i cut him off "you need to go with her matt."

"i'm not leaving you here."

"just go, i'll be fine."

"we both know that's a lie. he wants you dead and isn't gonna stop until you are." matt said

"you have to go matt. i'm sorry okay but you have to go."

i kissed his forehead and let go of his hand walking out of his room.

"bye matt"

"hannah!" he yelled "get back here"

but i didn't. i ran down the hallway with tears rolling down my face. i finally got outside and got in my mom's car.

"what happened?" she asked

"i-i don't really w-wanna talk about it."

"alright let's get you home, okay?"

"thanks mom"

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shit is going down. i know i said i wasnt gonna update but i decided i would. if you celebrate happy fourth of july :)