Chasing Elliot Grace

No.21: Till the Last Lion Roars

Once in a lifetime
You meet someone
Who changes
Everything
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"Gracie." A silent voice said in my head, I chose to ignore it, maybe it'll go away. "Grace." There it was again, and at this point I was ready to end the voice. Let's get something straight: Do not wake me up. Its not pretty. As I slowly came out of the dream state I was in, the voice took on a form I guess you could say, I mean im sure the person shaking me awake had been the entire time but I wouldn't admit that if you asked me. And fact number two, this persons hands were cold, I apologize for the scene that is about to take place. In one quick motion I had flipped the person to where in was straddling there waist and in my hand was a fork. Now if one of your questions is in fact, how did I grab a fork? Or why did I have one in the first place? I'll answer those questions now. In all honesty, I blame Ricky Dillon for my paranoia, seriously, the dude keeps a hammer in his side dresser. I guess it kinda just rubbed off, I mean you never know when someone's going to break in and try to kill you so why not have a little something to protect yourself. Anyways, let's just say I now keep a fork hidden in one of pillow cases. Its not weird. Shut up. Okay, now back to your previous showing. I was straddling my possible attacker with a fork raised happily ready to plunge it into there neck if I felt the need. "Woah! Elliot its me, calm the hell down!" At this point I finally see that I am not being attacked, however am just being woken up by my stupid roommate. "Andrea? What the heck!" I yell rolling back on my back and then sitting up. "It was my turn to wake you up this time since Lauren isn't here, but what's with the fork?" She asks still clearly a bit shocked at my wake up call. "Don't blame me, its Ricky's fault, he's the one who kept going on and on at playlist about how easy it would be for someone to kill you in your sleep." She looked at me as if she didn't know whether to laugh or be mad but went with the lather as she stood up. "Im going to kill him." She mutters before looking back to me and announcing why she woke me in the first place. "Its zoo day, Hayes is picking you up in an hour, hurry your abusive butt up." Then she exits the door. I groan as I stand and walk to my shower. After a quick shower I change into the clothes I had already layed out the night before, smiling at the thought of how fun today's going to be. My hair I simply put up in a pony tail, and I put on minimum makeup before walking downstairs right as Hayes pulls up in the driveway. "Im leaving! Love you guys!" I yell knowing that both of my present roommates were back asleep. I walk out to Hayes' jeep and get in the passengers side, smiling at him as I do. "Hey baby." he says leaning in for a kiss. "Hi." I say right before his lips touch mine. After our brief kiss, I mess with Hayes' radio, turning up the volume, as he got on to the main drag in LA. "So are you ready to meet MK?" I ask him as I sit, music playing in the background. "Yes, Im excited, she seems like a great kid from what you've said." He beams. "She is, she's a total sweetheart, and I know she will enjoy her surprise." I say and kiss his cheek. You see Mary Kate and Hayes have never met, so when I asked if I could take her to the zoo, I asked Hayes to go to as a surprise. He was so happy that I asked him and excited to meet the little girl that I talk so much about. We pulled up at the hospital not five minutes later, and parked, going in. I took Hayes's hand and walked to the elevator, walking the short distance to the room id now memorized. The elevator came to the fourth floor in no time at all and I smiled as we made it to the outside of her room. The door was decorated with hand-made purple tissue paper flowers that I know MK made. I knock on the door and Julie opens it motioning for us to come in,Hayes still behind me. The princess was sitting in bed completely concentrated on the cartoon on the TV, not noticing us being here. "Baby cakes?" I say with a chuckle and her head snaps to see me. "Ellibear!" She says motioning for me to come give her a hug and I do. "So Mary Kate, I have something to ask you." I said and she started to get up. "Okay. What is it?" She asks and I motion for Hayes to come out from behind me. "You see, Hayes here wanted to tag along with us so, if its okay with you, he's going to come with us." She squealed and nodded opening her arms for Hayes to hug her too. "Hi Mary, im Hayes and its amazing to meet you." He says and she squeals again. "You too!"
After getting instructions from her doctors and Julie, we get into the car, after putting all Mary Kate's medical things in the back. "Is there a certain song you want to listen to Baby Cakes?" Hayes asks and I smile at him calling her the nickname I gave her. "Um, can we put it on my playlist that's on Elli's phone?" She asks and I turn it on, plugging my phone into the car. Music fills the car and all three of us sing along. We park at the zoo not 5 minutes later and get MK's wheel chair out and have her sit before going in. Getting in the place was no trouble, the hospital had given us passes to get in for free and after that we were on our merry way. The day was great and we found ourselves at the last animal before we knew it. The lions were Mary Kate's favorite and I could see she was in love. Hayes and I were standing arms linked around each other and Mary was on his shoulders getting a better look. "Do you think it will always be this peaceful?" Hayes asks. "I hope so." I mutter back snuggling into his side more. "I love you two." I say looking up at both of them. "We love you too," Hayes answers and Mary Kate continues his sentence. "Till the last lion roars."
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Its been 50,000,000,000,000 years, I know. Go ahead and shoot...
Okay im so so so sorry its been so long, there has been a lot going on but I hope you enjoyed the chapter and it will get more interesting soon okay? Friends still? Anyways, I should be able to post very soon! Hint: a character that we haven't seen in a while will be back😉 I love you guys!
-Taylor💋