Just Kill Me Now...

Chapter Six

*****Author's Note*****

Sorry I didn't update Monday night, I was busy. But thank you all for reading my book :)

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"What?" I ask stunned, though it came out more of an exhale rather then a word. My body goes numb, and I feel the world grow distant.

"I'm so sorry. He died today in a shooting. We are going to have his funeral next Saturday, you're welcomed to bring anybody you like." He offers, trying to lighten the mood.

"What shooting? It would've been all over the news by now. I would've heard by now."

"It is all over the news. It happened at his work when he first got there."

"This is ludacris! Are you joking with me right now?" I exclaim as my hands fly all over the place.

"I'm not..."

"Wh...what...." I stand up mumbling to Scott that I need to leave. I pulled out my phone and texted Regie to pick me up.

REGIE: Where are you?

ME: Nine-Ten

REGIE: Are you ok?

ME: No. Just please come, please hurry though.

REGIE: Fair enough. Heading there now.

"Gray. Please don't go." Scott beggs. "I planned this dinner four months ago. I got you a dress and a necklace, please don't let it be ruined by your father's death. Think of it as a celebration of his life."

"Are you serious? You're asking me to not let my father's death ruin this night?! How is your night not ruined?!" I exclaim.

REGIE: Here.

"I'm going now and don't expect me to come back home tonight." I say as I grab my bag and rush out of the restaurant just as our waitress comes to ask for our drinks. I hear Scott order tequilla. I look around and find Regie sitting in his car arguing with the valet parking people telling him to move.

"Hey Gray. Can you hurry? I'm not on the best of terms with these people right now. Oh, you look nice by the way." He says through the arguing men. I get in the car and the second I did, I start to cry and I feel my tears brush against the cuts on my face. Regie doesn't say anything, he just speeds somewhere. When I look back up, I see we're at a beach. "C'mon. Let's go." He says as he gets out of the car. I follow and walk to the sand. I slip off my shoes and just continue to walk not evening looking behind for Regie. I find a spot and sit, not caring that sand is blowing everywhere. Regie lays down a Mickey Mouse blanket and pulls me on to it. For what seemed like forever, we sat there, and he let me cry. Finally he broke the silence.

"What's the matter Gray?"

"My dad died." I say coldly.

"What? When? He was just alive yesterday." He says as he looks straight at me.

"There was a shooting at his work today."

"A shooting?" He pauses to think. "Oh yeah! The shooting at Commonwealth. Your dad died?"

"Yeah..."

"They said no one died."

"What? How?"

"Look." He says as he scrolls through the news on his phone and clicks on the shooting. "No one died. There were many people who were in critical condition, but no one died. They said they would all live."

"Take me to the hospital right now." We both ran to the car, leaving the blanket and my shoes behind. He sped down the road to UC San Diego Medical Center where the victims were supposedly at. I stepped out of the car and basically hopped across the asphalt into the building.

"Hello miss. How may I help you today?" The lady at the desk asks me as she removes her glasses and fixes her hair , then glances at Regie flirtatiously.

"Hi. Are you holding the shooting victims?" I ask impatiently.

"Yes, most of them are in the ICU."
"Which floor is the ICU?"

"4th floor."
"Thank you. Oh and one more thing..."

"Yes?"

"Stop staring at my boyfriend." I demand and quickly walk away to the elevators. I step inside and press the button and as soon as the doors closed. Regie grabbed my head and kissed me passionately. He pushed me against the wall and it felt like he was trying to recreate the elevator scene from 'Fifty Shades of Grey'. The thought of this made me laugh, lifting my spirits but only causing me to end the kiss.

"What's so funny?" He asks, puzzled.

"This reminded me of the elevator scene in 'Fifty Shades of Grey'." I laugh.

"You've seen that movie?"

"Um, who hasn't."

"Me?" He says as he raises his hand and perfect timing, the door opened.

"We should watch it some time." I joke.

"Um.. no thanks..." He thinks.

"Let me rephrase that, you are going to watch it with me, no choice."

I walk to the receptionist and asked her where the ICU was because hospitals are like mazes. She pointed me in the direction and Regie and I rushed there, hand-in-hand. When we got there, they put me through and we waited in the waiting room.

"Are you Gaylord Lavine's children?" A doctor asks.

"I'm his daughter and this is my boyfriend Regie." I explain.

"Only you can go through miss."

"Is it alright if you stay here for a couple minutes?" I ask.

"Yes. Take as long as you need. I'll be right here if you need anything Gray." I kiss him on the cheek and walked quickly to where my dad laid. He was on life support. He had a blanket over his body so I couldn't tell where any of his wounds were.

I kneeled beside his bed and whispered. "Daddy. Please don't leave me here alone. Scott's alright but I don't think I'll ever really accept him. Please don't die daddy. You are my only family now. I've got no one." I start to cry. "I love you Daddy. I don't know what to say. It's not like you're going to hear me. Just please don't leave me. Don't you ever want to see me walk down the aisle or for me to start a family? I don't want both of my parents to be gone. Please daddy." And in a flash, he was gone. My mom and dad, both died because of other people. I would never like Scott, he's not my dad. All I had left was Regie.