erick brian colon ♡

P a r t T e n ♡

The next day I woke up to two voices arguing. It was February 14, Valentines Day. 

"She won't ever see you as a boyfriend! She's tired and can't think right, that's the only reason she's letting you lay with her like that!" 

I opened my eyes. It was Ryan. Erick responded softly as if he was trying to both talk quietly and not wake me up at the same time. His voice was bitter.

"She'll fall in love with me, probably even has already. You're late and she has me." 

  I shift in my spot between Erick's arms and he turns to look down at me. His voice was so warm that it was almost impossible to think it was so harsh just seconds ago. "Good morning Mar" 

  Before I have a chance to respond, Ryan starts shouting. "MAR!?? OH YOU EVEN HAVE A FUCKING NICKNAME FOR HER!" My hand rises to my nagging head, it still hurt like hell. 

"Ryan, please don't scream." I whispered.

   Erick's grip around me tightened. "Ryan I suggest you walk out of here before I-" he didn't finish because Ryan just stormed out, I let out a sigh as he leaves. 

"When do I get to get out of this damned hospital bed? I want to see Aubrey and all the guys." 

   Erick slowly gets up "I'll go get the doctor so he can check on you, last night when you fell asleep they all came to check on you." He walks out my hospital room and down the disappearing hallway. Beside me, on a table sit 4 slices of apple. Very slowly, I sat up and consumed the sour, sweet apples despite my aching head every time I chewed. A few minutes later Erick entered again with a middle-aged man behind him. The doctors tag read Dr. MCoy. 

"Hello Mariana Martinez, how are you feeling?" He put a hand on my forehead and checked the computer screen close by. 

"My head aches but I feel great." I answered, glancing at Erick. He smiled at me, a smile that made me want to cover him with kisses, a kind of turn on. 

Dr. MCoy cleared his throat, "Very well." then he glanced at Erick who had his hands behind his back and was rocking on his heels. 

"Mariana will be able to go home today, by afternoon she should be feeling good as new. I will see to prescribing her some pills that she can take every 6 hours, you can pick them up in the front desk." he shakes Ericks hand and leaves the room. A few nurses come in and remove the needle in my arm. With Erick's help I get up from the bed. My legs feel stiff as one of the nurses hand me a pill. I place it in the middle of my tongue and add water to help chase it down. In the lobby of the hospital I find Aubrey.  I run to him and bury my head in his shoulder, letting the tears fall. I'm not sure how long I stand there when Aubrey takes my shoulders and looks into my face, cleaning my tears. 

"I love you Aubrey." 

"I love you too." 

And then I feel Ericks familiar arm turn me around and for the first time I see the rest of CNCO and John standing there. My family. I clasp my hands on my mouth and they walk over, we all group hug and when we pull away I say:

"You guys are my family, and I love you all so much." and the tears start falling again. 

Trying to the lighten the mood Chris suggests, "Anyone else want to go eat something?" 

"Mariana should go rest" said Aubrey with a worried glance at me. 

"okay, you guys coming?" asked Richard

"Yeah"

"Sure"

"I am" 

They all agreed, except for Erick.