I Love You

Chapter 17

The road to Stella's destination became shorter and shorter with each mile she passed, she'd entered the small town she needed to be in to gain easy access to her son.

Stella: "Just a little more, provably be there in thirty minutes."
Stella: "Then I'll be able to hold my son in my arms and I'll at least spend my last few moments of freedom next to him."

Alex had woken up, feeling better than ever. Although his friend had been shot, he regained his friendship with him. Richard came downstairs.

Richard: Hey, get dressed, we're going to the hospital and wake up Angelie, OK?
Alex: Yes sir!

He woke up Angelie and both got ready to hear out almost immediately. Alex grabbed his phone and was surprised to find a voice message from non other than his mother, one he couldn't open at the moment. He left it as so and headed to the car. In a matter of minutes, they left with Claritsa trailing behind them. Not long after, Stella appeared. She quickly knocked on the door, expecting an answer, but got nothing. She called Claritsa, who did not answer and then she Richard, still no luck. Alex seemed tempted to see the message, but instead of doing so, he leaned on Angelie, who stroked his hair softly. In a matter of minutes, they found themselves at the hospital Emilio was in. Exiting the vehicle, Alex getting a weird feeling, not bad, but not good either, maybe something he had just recently started thinking about, but maybe something that had just struck him as odd. He continued with Angelie and her father onward to Emilio's room, where the parents were seen on the outside of the room, their faces expressed anger, something must've happened during their visit. They pushed Alex down, avoiding the argument between themselves and Richard, who had an urge to chase after them, he was stopped by Alex.

Alex: They're not worth it sir, let's just go visit him.
Richard: Ok then.

The continued and came across Emilio, who seemed just as angry as they did but had began hiding it. He greeted them all with a smile and asked them all to enter.

Richard: Guys, I have to head out, you stay here ok, we'll be back later.
Richard: I'm gonna leave my car at the parking and head to work with my wife.
Angelie: Soooo, around five right?
Richard: That's right.
Richard: Here's eighty dollars so you can buy something to eat.
Angelie: Thanks dad.
Richard: Alright guys, see you later take care.
Angelie: Bye Daddy.
Alex: Goodbye sir.

The two directed their attention to Emilio and began joking around with him. Hours passed and after a while, Emilio called his hunger out. Angelie offered to go to buy some food, but Emilio quickly denied that, he asked for Alex to go and get some food for all of them. Angelie told him of a KFC near the hospital and soon after, he headed out.

Angelie: Ok, what's the big idea, why have my boyfriend instead of me go out for food?
Emilio: Cause, there's something I have to speak with you about.
Angelie: Well, spit it out then.
Emilio: Listen, I know we have our bad, bad, history and all that, thanks to the fact things didn't end too well between us.
Angelie: Well Emilio, after two months of relationship, you broke up with me over a text, then when I started with Alex short after, I saw, in an old conversation, a text from you to Alex saying "I just got tiered of her, that's all."
Angelie: Afterwards I confronted you about it and we ended up fighting inside of school and when the social worker called for us, you told him I'd been stocking you and that you wanted me to stop but all the times you tried and talk to me, I'd always make such a big deal out of it, I got a warning, my parents were called and worst of all, my father took three years in getting along with Alex, no Emilio, things didn't  end well, they ended horribly.
Emilio: And I know that, that's why I wanna say this...
Angelie: Say what?
Emilio: I'm truly and honestly sorry, I didn't want my reputation to go spoiled and I chose that over you, I know this probably wont help in all but I hope you have the heart to forgive me for how I treated you over our break up, I know I acted immaturely and definitely in respectful towards you, but at that moment, I wasn't thinking about you, I was thinking about me.
Angelie: Oh believe me, I know.
Emilio: I know we still have to work out a few things, maybe even lots of them, but lets do it for Alex's sake, so he can be happy with the both of us, lets try and leave it all past us and finally become friends, like before we were together, so that Alex can be at ease.
Angelie: Why wouldn't he be at ease?
Emilio: Well, his mother's no where to be found and we're the only people he actually seems to trust, I don't think the two of us fighting will do him any good.