Thursday

Chapter 7

Thursday chapter 7

Abel's POV -

Valerie started to groan and writhe around in pain on the floor. "Val! Are you ok?" I asked. She didn't respond, she just laid still on the ground. I immediately pulled out my phone and called 911. "911 what is your emergency?" "My girlfriend ate some chocolate and then he passed out" I said very quickly. "Ok sir, calm down. I'm sending an ambulance now. Do you know if she has an allergies?" "No she doesn't" "ok the paramedics will take care of her." My call was disconnected. I tried to figure out what was wrong and I noticed her pulse had slowed a but and her throat was swollen. A few seconds later the paramedics came and put her on a gurney. One paramedic walked up to me and asked "what happened?" "I have no idea. She was just eating some chocolate her friend gave her and then she fell out" "Ok, any allergies?" I shook my head no and he nodded. "Ok well were gonna take her to the er and give you a call." "Ok thanks."

They all exited and I sat down on the couch with my hands. "Why?!" I screamed out. How did this even happen? My mind automatically flashed to Alexa. No. It couldn't be her. She said she wanted to get back at her but she isn't like that, or maybe she is.

I grabbed my cell phone and called her. On the second ring she picked up. "Hey baby, calling back for more?" I rolled my eyes at her cockiness and said "No, but what did you do to Val" my voice was very stern and I could tell she was a bit shocked at my tone. "Val? I didn't do anything to her...yet" "Are you sure? Cause right now she is in the hospital due to something I want to know who is responsible!" My voice unintentionally raised with each word. "Chill I don't know anything ok? I was gonna get her but not do anything that would land her in the hospital." "Fine whatever." "Alright now that that's cleared up, how bout you come over and we can have some fun." I rolled my eyes and hung up. I went through my contacts and called Sarah. "Hello" a gruff and familiar said. "Hey Tyler, is Sarah around" "She um passed a few days ago." "I am so sorry. I had no idea." "It's cool, what do you need?" "Um never mind I was gonna ask her some questions." "Alright well bye" "Later" I said and hung up. If Sarah's dead, who sent the chocolates? Who would have the motive?

My thoughts were interrupted by my phone going off. "Hello" "hello, is this Mr. Tesfaye?" "Yes, who is this?" "I am Doctor Allen. Valerie is stable and we found out an was poisoned." "Really?" "Yes and she can be released right now so if you could come down and get her that would be great." "Ok I'm on my way." I hung up the phone and grabbed my keys. I sped to the hospital still wondering who could do this.

Val's POV-

I woke on a stiff surface with a pounding headache. I looked around to see the familiar setting of a hospital. "Why am I here?" I said out loud. "You're here because you were poisoned." I was startled by the deep and booming voice. "Who are you?" "I am the doctor that saved your life." He added a half smile at the end which was really cute.

He looked young, well too young to be a doctor. "Who poisoned me?" I asked curious. "No one knows. The police have been on it for days" "Days? How long was I out?" "About five and a half days." My eyes widened at his words and I said "where's Abel?" The doctor squinted and tapped his chin. "Abel, I have heard that name before...oh yes. He came by yesterday and said he wanted to know when you were going to awake. I told him probably today or tomorrow so he's coming by at 4." "What time is it now?" He looked at his wristwatch and said "2:17" I nodded and rested my head on the flat hospital pillows. I heard light footsteps come in my direction and a slight shadow over cast me. He doctor was standing right over me and seemed to tower me from this angle. I sat back up and was almost at face level with him. "I'm just going to do some routine checkup before we release. Is that Abel guy going to be able to drive you home?" I nodded as he checked my eyes. "You have beautiful eyes." He said staring into them deeply. I stared back his piercing brown eyes. I somewhat got lost in them. They were so wonderful. They were a lighting brown with hazel flecks. My gaze became stronger and more intense. He moved closer and I did too. His lips came closer to mine and then there was a knock at the door.

He quickly stepped back and I did too. The person who knocked stepped through the door; Abel. I'm glad he didn't see that. "Hey Abel." "Hey Val. How are you. I'm great thanks to him." I said pointing the doctor. He was looking back and forth from me to Abel as if looking for answer. "This is Abel, my boyfriend." He nodded in agreement and said "I'm just gonna finish up the checkup and then you can check out at the front desk." He spoke quickly and then quickly checked everything. He threw away the trash and rushed out. What was wrong with him? "So Abel um you came by early. Yeah I know. I finished up early at the studio so I dropped by and they said you were up so I came to see you." "Oh..." I was looking at my feet feeling ashamed for almost kissing that doctor. "I missed you a lot" Abel said in a quiet voice while looking at the ground. didn't say anything and just kept my eyes my toes. "I think I know who did it." My eyes shot up and looked at him. He was already staring at me and I could tell through his eyes he was full if guilt and secrets. "Who?" I said in low voice. He stared at me and then slowly said "Diana."

I was a bit schooled at this. Di? Why would she do this. I mean yeah we aren't friends anymore because of what she did but why would she poison me? "Di? Why would she do that?" He stared me and swallowed hard. I could tell because I saw his Adam's apple bob up and down. "She would did this because months ago I cheated on you with her and after I made my commitment to you, I told her to leave me alone but she wouldn't and then that day she came to the hospital was the day I let her go. I thought she was gone, I didn't think she would hurt you." I didn't know what to say. I just stared him. I felt betrayed that he cheated and that he didn't tell me sooner but at the same time, I was happy that he is till mine. At a loss for words, I just said, "it's ok, I'm alive that is all that matters." He looked at me with one brow raised and said "really?" I nodded and he said "O-ok then." He walked over to me and sat down on the bed. "Ready to go?" He asked. I nodded and we headed out.

At the checkout desk, the doctor was talking to one of the nurse. Based on how fast she was bonking and messing with her hair, I could tell they were flirting. I laughed a little to myself and walked past them.

When we headed out the hospital, it was cold outside and I didn't have a jacket so I wrapped my hands around my bare arms. Abel noticed and gave me his jacket. He was wearing a sweater underneath so I didn't feel too guilty. I took the jacket and slipped it on. I stuffed my nose into it and took a deep wiff inhaling his heavenly scent.

"I'm gonna stop by the store and pick up some stuff and then we can head home." I nodded and got in the car. We rode there in silence, minus the radio. Wen he pulled in to the parking lot we hopped out and entered the store. The ac was on blast even though it was freezing cold outside. I followed Abel as he made his way to the back of the store. Along the way he grabbed a few things, pasta, tomato sauce and bread. The last thing he grabbed was a pack of meat. Curious as to why he had these items, since he doesn't even cook, I asked "what's all this for." He looked at me quickly and said nothing. I just nodded and followed him to checkout.

After we got all the food, we headed to the loft. When I entered I noticed it was clean and smelt lemony. "Did you clean while I was gone Abel. He grinned and nodded. "While you were gone I cleaned up a bit." "Nice." I said and headed to the kitchen. I opened the fridge and looked for something to eat. I settled for some left over macaroni and cheese. After it was heated up I went tithe living room to eat it. Abel was on the phone and looked pretty upset. "Just make it happen ok?" He loudly said into the phone. After that, he ended the call and put it on the table. His face looked a bit red from whatever was going on over the phone. I put my hand in his shoulder and said "calm down, dont get your self all worked up." My words seemed to soothe him and the redness went away. After that he grabbed the groceries and put them in the kitchen. "Hey Val, I I'm I have to go to the studio for a little and I don't want you to be alone so I invited one Ebony over." Ebony is one of my friends that lives in a loft with her fiancé. "Ok thanks babe." I said back.

I finished up my food and washed my dish. Abel walked of the kitchen, grabbed his keys and said "See you in  little." Before I got to reply the door shut. I sighed out loud and headed to our room. Since Ebony was coming over, I decided to look presentable. After a  quick shower, I threw on a nice shirt with my favorite pair of jeans. As I was putting on my lipgloss, the doorbell rang. I quickly applied the last but and answered the door. "Hey Ebony." I said as I opened the door. "Hey" she replied in her bubbly voice. She was always happy and upbeat. "What's up?" I asked. "Nothing much, Abel invited me over, but I was wondering if you wanted to get our hair and nails done, I have a date tonight." "Of course. Let me just grab my keys and jacket." "Mhm" she replied. I grabbed my keys and jacket and we headed out the door. I didn't own a car but it was ok because where we lived there was everything was in walking distance. "Where we going?" I asked her. "Um...some place called 'VIP'. My friend told me about it, she said it was nice. "Oh", I said and I continued to follow her. After about 7 minutes of silent walking, we arrived at "VIP".

It looked like an upper class place with all white decorations and nice looking workers. We walked over to the front desk and the lady greeted us. "Hello, how may I help you two?" "Appointment for Lasser" Ebony said. The lady checked the computer and said "follow me." She led us to the back of the place and into a room. Inside there were two women dressed in white and a few fables and other things. The woman slightly bowed her head at us and then left.

One if the ladies in white waved her hand in a motion to walk over to her while the other one took out bags a coats. She motioned for us to sit on a comfortable looking chair and they proceed to take off our shoes. The cool air from the room felt soothing on my feet. The woman began to massage some oil into my foot which smelt really good. As her hands began to work deeper into my feet, I began o sink further into the seat. After awhile all my tension was gone and I was caught in my own world. Well I was until I felt my feet plunge into frigid cold water. I looked down and saw that the woman was now washing my feet and had a basket full of nail polish net to her. She looked up at my and said, "What color would you like?" I looked into the basket and said "The neon pink." She nodded and continued to wash my feet. After about 10 minutes of washing, she dried my feet and procceded to paint my nails. As she began to, I closed my eyes and felt, for once, at peace. I felt a tap on my shoulder and the woman lead me over to another table and did my hands the same color as my toes. 

When she finished, she brought me over to a table and handed me a small towel. "Undress and wrap this around your waist then lay down," she said and the turned around. I did as she said and laid down. The fabric was cold against my bare chest and caused me to shiver. After a few seconds of laying down, I felt her cold hands massage my body. She started at my neck and worked her way down. Every bit of me seemed to have tension but it was all gone once she began to massage it. Her hands were removed for a short time and I felt a liquid substance spread across my bare back. Her hands began to work the oil into my back and then her elbows. Her hands began working lower and lower and they were soon on my lower back. her hands massaged deeper and deeper into my back and it felt amazing. I closed my eyes and let her do all the work. As my eyes closed, Abel popped into my mind and vivid images of his face, his body, his everything came into my mind and in that moment, I felt as if I was forgetting something. 

I was pulled out of my thoughts when I felt a cool draft on my butt and two warm hands roaming them. I quickly looked up to see the lady rubbing her hands on my butt. I was stunned and didnt know what to do so I said "Um, exuse me, can you not do that?" She quickly looked up at me and said "Sorry, I was just tempted and, please dont tell my boss." I simply nodded and put my hand back down. She wrapped my towel back around me and finished the massage. "Ok, you're done, you can leave." She looked asahmed about what she did and scurried off. I got up, feeling very relaxed, and slipped back on my clothes. I left the table area and found Ebony. She was sitting outside ready to go. "Ready?" she asked. I nodded and we walked out. She looked at her phone ans said "Wow, its already 7:30 and my dates at 9:30, can you please help me pick out an outfit?" I figured Abel was still at the studio so I agreed to." She beemed with joy and we walked to her apartment. 

When we arrived, she flicked on the light and we walked to her room. It looked exactly the same as the last time I was here except now her walls were yellow. We took off our shoes and jackets and walked into her closet. Her closet was huge and overstuffed. She had two part time jobs which actually payed alot and had no family and lived alone so most of her money went toward clothing. She was actually pretty organized so she had all her forma/date-night clothes in one spot. we walked over and looked through her many dresses. We finally setlled on a little black dress with red pumps. When we got every part of it sorted out, it was 8:25 so she had to start getting ready. I grabbed mt stuff and we said out goodbyes. 

I began to walk to our loft, which wasn't far from her apartment. As I walked closer and closer to it, I heard soft and soothing music coming from it. Curious, I walked faster and faster to the loft. When I walked in all the lights were off and it smelled really good. I turned on the front light and saw there were a line of pink white and red roses. Confused I followed the trail and found out they lead to our bedroom. When i reached the door, I opened it and saw it was dark with one single candle lit. I went to turn on the light and when I did, I saw Abel sitting on our bed with a tux on and a single rose in his hand. "Abel, whats going on?" He stood up and walked over to me, handed me the rose and said "Happy anniversery." I looked at him shocked, I completly forgot, today it was our third year anniversary. "Abel, i'm sorry, I totally forgot that today is our anniverary..." He chuckled and said, "Don't worry, I'm not gonna blame you, espically after all I put you through." I looked down at the rose and smiled. He actually remembered. "I made a specail dinner for you, why dont we go eat?" I nodded and he grabbed my had and lee to the kitchen. On the table there was a candle lit diner with all the stuff he bought from the supermarket. He pulled out my seat an I sat down. Along with the food there was wine glasses with red wine and there were roses spread across the table and floor. The only light was the natrual light from the moon and the light from the light from the candles. Althought it was pretty dark, I could still make out every detail of Abel's face. He piked up his glass, then I did and he said, "Here is a toast to our love." We clinked glasses and took a sip. After I put it down I took a bit of the delicious food. It tasted so good and flavorful and I didn't believe he made it. "Did you make this?" I asked. He nodded and said "Of course." I laughed and continued to eat.

Throughout our meal me made small talk and laughed, it felt like we were starting over almost. When we finished, he cleared the dishes and brought out a small plate with two chocolate covered strawberries. He picked one up and began to feed it to me. When it as done, there was chocolate on his fingers and I sucked it off. When it was all off, his lips moved on to mine. We started to kiss with urgency but yet filled with passion. The kiss intensified and soon included some tounge. His hand began to travel up my t-shirt and he began to rub my body. I reached over to his jacket and pulled it off then went for his buttons. When they were all open, I pulled it off his body and rubbed up and won wanting to feel more. Our kiss got deeper, I tounges battled and our bodies were in rythmn. "Why don't we take this to the room?" he said breaking the kiss. I hungrily noded and we went into the room. 

All our clothes fell off, the lights went out and we got tangled between the sheets.