Curveball

Chapter 7

CHAPTER 7

"Okay, baby," Angel said, in a calm yet orderly manner. He was probably relieved I finally agreed. "Sara, I need you to do me a favour. Go start the car, and unlock the passenger door.

"You got it, Angel," Sarabella said as she ran out the door. As his eyes turned and followed her out the door, I tried to get up and walk out the door. I successfully made it a few feet before collapsing onto the floor, clutching my stomach. Obviously, the crash I made caught Angel's attention, resulting in him rushing to where I laid.

"Oh, no you don't, Joseph." He then picked me up in his arms, and kissed my forehead. "You're too weak. I'm carrying you to the car, and you cannot say a word about it." I just smiled and threw my arms around his neck.

"Okay, baby. I'll not object. Just don't spoil me," I said with a wink. I guess I found out I can be a bit of a tease. Who knew? He just looked at me and bit his lip. I just couldn't resist then reaching up and kissing his neck.

"Joey, you can't do that now. We gotta get you to the hospital." He just looked straight ahead and walked out the door. He told his mother where we were going, and she just sat and watched us leave.

What Angel didn't realize was that when he said all those things to me before we left and THEN kissed me was that he actually is my first boyfriend. This was my first actual relationship. There were no other people like me in my area. Now, this new guy comes into the neighborhood and turns my world upside down. He has made me complete, and I love him to death.

Just as I was put into the back seat of the car, my sides started screaming worse now than they did before. It felt like I was being kicked again, but this time with steel-toe boots. I doubled over, screaming in agony. Sara looked over at Angel and told him that they needed to get me to the hospital now. Angel looked at her, nodded, then leaned down and kissed my forehead.

"Sara, you drive. I won't let him be by himself when he's in this much pain," Angel said as he got in the back seat of the car and put my head in his lap. Sara nodded and got in the driver's seat. Angel gave her the keys, and we took off. I was glad to know that I had found a couple of people who genuinely cared for me. I wished I could have thanked them for all of the love I was feeling from them, but I was in too much pain.

"Guys," I winced through my pain, "I'm sorry I'm putting you guys through this. I never wanted any of this to happen."

As those words were leaving my mouth, tears started leaving my eyes. I couldn't help the pain I was feeling. Not only for myself, but for my friends as well because they had to deal with my bitch of a mother's anger through my pain.

"Joey, don't you even think about apologizing," Angel sternly yet gently said. "You were NEVER in the wrong for anything, and it is not your fault that this happened to you. Your mother just can't accept you for who you are and who you love. In my opinion, it's her loss that she can't see the charming young man that I fell in love with." He then lowered his head to my level, held my head in his hands, and kissed me. He smiled. "It's a pity she can't accept it."

Hearing him say that made most of the pain go away, but it wasn't gone for long. At this time, we finally made it to the hospital. Sara ran into the ER and came out with a team of nurses and a gurney to wheel me in. The nurses started to wheel me in, and Sara and Angel were right beside me with them. Some people may say that this was the end of their worries. I wish I could have said that, but this was only the beginning of mine.

"What happened to him?" the nurse asked Sara while looking ahead and occasionally down at me to make sure I hadn't gone unconcious. Well, to her advantage, the pain was too strong to allow me to even take a nap.

"His mother fuckin' kicked in his insides," Angel gritted through his teeth. I also noticed his fists were clenched, so I reached my hand out and held his in mine.

"Don't worry about it, baby," I said. "I'm at a safe place now. I think the worst is over."

Boy, was I wrong with saying that the worst was over. When I used the word "baby," the nurse shot us a look that could have pierced through us if it was a laser. Then the nurses took us into what looked to be the worst room in the entire hospital. There was rust on the bedframe. The lights had no covers. The floor looked like it needed mopped. Angel and Sara both looked absolutely livid at the nurses for this action.
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Now, I KNOW you aren't leaving him in this shitty room!" my lover screamed at the head nurse. "This is bullshit! You HAVE to find a better room!" She looked at Joey with a scowl.

"This is the only room available to the likes of you, queer," she spat out at him. I had a feeling we would be discriminated against here, but what I didn't know was how my Angel would take it. He was so dumbfounded by this statement that he actually just stood there with his mouth open.

"Are you FUCKIN' kidding me?! You are telling me that the only reason you wheeled him to this hellhole is because he is in love with another man?! This is bullshit! Un-fuckin'-believable!"

Sara was pissed and wanted to vent as well, but I found her hand, squeezed it, and shook my head saying don't say a thing. The nurse then looked at me and pointed her finger.

"If I would have known this earlier, I wouldn't have even admitted you. I have a right mind to tell you to just go home. Your nurse will DEFINITELY be hearing about this. You know what? I am going to tell her to try and cure you!"

"CURE HIM?!" Sara finally had enough. "I didn't know there was a cure for love! Where's that in the pharmacy, right next to the mind-closing pills?!"

The nurse had finally had enough and lost her cool.

"That does it! Take this... this FREAK out of here! He will NOT be cared for at THIS hospital ever again! He is no longer welcome here!!"

All I could say out loud after the nurse stormed out of the room was, "Welcome to the Bible Belt, guys. Let's just leave." Angel said that it was better than this joke of a hospital. He then picked me up in his arms and gave me a quick kiss on the forehead. With Sara by his side, he carried me out of the room, down the hall, and out the door. It goes without saying that we got looks as we were leaving the hospital. But I didn't care. One reason was that I was still feeling the pain in my ribs. The other reason was that I was glad that not only did I finally find love in Angel Sims, but I also found a friend in Sarabella. However, what I did not know was who was waiting for me at my new house.