In love with a criminal

Waiting room

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2:07 a.m.

"Salice!" I heard Joey screaming repeatedly from his room.

I got up right away and ran to his room. I quickly opened the door and turned on the lights. There I saw Joey coughing up puke and blood. I ran over to him and grabbed the little trash can that was on the side of his bed.

"We need to get you to the hospital." I said quietly to myself as I helped him up.

Getting him down the stairs was so hard because he couldn't hold his balance and he was way bigger than me. I finally got him down the stairs and helped him into his car. I drove.
I was in gray sweats and a white tank top with green slippers. And he was in a silky robe covered in his puke. We finally arrived to the hospital. I ran into the emergency room and called for a wheelchair. They immediately ran out with a wheelchair and took it to his car and put him in there and rushed him into a room.

"Are you family or a close friend or a spouse?" The lady at the front desk questioned.

"Um I'm his close friend." I said slowly.

"Alright. You could wait in the waiting room and we'll call you in when he's feeling better." She smiled.

I left to a soft little couch in the waiting room. There was only a few people in there. I sat and watched Finding Nemo on the tv they had in the waiting room. Some little girl came and sat next to me so she can watch the movie with me.

"You like Finding Memo to?" She said in a cute little voice. Memo.

"Yes, it's a cute movie. One of my favorites." I smiled. "Do you like this movie?"

"Yeah! I'm waiting for my mommy to have my brother!" She said excitedly. I saw a older women starring me down. She probably knew the little girl.

"Sweet. You excited?" I laughed.

"No cause I won't be a princess anymore!" She pouted.

"Hun you'll still be a princess except now you'll have a prince by your side." I smiled. She was adorable. Front tooth missing, messy curly blonde hair, and beautiful big blue eyes, and her cute little Dora pajamas.

"His names Pete. My name's Penelope. What's your name?" She said while sitting on her two little feet.

"My name's Salice." I smiled.

"Salice the police." She laughed at her rhyme.

"Penelope is a cute name."

"Thanks Salice." She smiled. "I'm gonna go with my auntie and sleep cause I'm super tired Salice! Goodnight!" She ran over to the lady who was eye balling me and the lady smiled at me and waved her hand.

I smiled and waved back. I continued watching Finding Nemo and eventually they called me in to see him.

I walked into his room and saw him laying there connected to a bunch of tubes and other things. He was asleep. The doctor was taking a look at his papers.

"Sir, is there anything wrong with Joey that I should be aware of?" I asked slowly tapping his shoulder.

"Hello I'm Dr. Gellar." He smiled.

He was very handsome. Black hair with a bit of gray, and dark green eyes.

"Um I'm Salice his.. girlfriend." I smiled and took a look at Joey making sure he was fully asleep.

"Well Salice." He paused. "It says here on the tests we took for him that he's diagnosed with a rare cancer around his lungs. He's not looking to bad right now, but he will have to be on lots of medication in order to keep it that way. And he will have to stay over the night so we scan more tests just so we can make sure the cancer didn't spread anywhere."

Cancer.. the word played in my head and broke my heart.

I gulped.

"Do you have any questions ma'am?" He asked softly.

I shook my head no. He left the room.

I watched Joey sleep. I walked over to him and sat next to him. I held his hand and cried. I felt a sudden movement coming from his hand. I looked up at him and he was shaking repeatedly.

"Where am I?" He asked me as he looked around quickly.

"You're at the hospital Joey." I said slowly.

"Wait what why?" He laughed.

They must have gave him his medication before I came.

"Joey were you a smoker?" I asked while looking curiously at him.

"Yes been smoking before I could even walk." He said in a stiff voice.

"Really?"

"Yes, my dad let me smoke my first cigar when I was 10."

"Oh Joey.." I said slowly.

"Is this why I'm here? Cause I smoked to much and now I have to like give it up so I could prevent stuff." He said sounding like a teenage boy.

"Joey they found cancer in your lungs."

"I don't care." He said angrily.

"What?"

"I don't care!" He sounded more angrier than ever.

"And why not?" I began to shout to.

"Because no one else does." He laughed. "So who cares."

"I do Joey!" I rolled my eyes.

"Princessa don't get mad." His evil Italian voice came back.

I said nothing. His eyes stayed locked on me. I looked at him. I could already see the cancer taking away his beautiful hair, his beautiful skin color, his beautiful every thing.