Find Her, Keep Her (CFTM Sequel)

Chapter 9

*NOTE: Check out the Audiobook version of this chapter voiced by kaelking12 (Kristen Maglonzo)! Featuring music by Tegan and Sara, Sia, Alex G & Kurt Hugo Schneider, and Max Schneider.

Alex

Here's the thing.

I don't mind medical centers.

And, I don't mind waiting rooms in medical centers.

Heck, I'm not even really bothered by the smell of sterilizer or the dead person perfume they always seem to spray all over these buildings.

But what I do mind, is waiting in places like this with people like Elias.

Because only Elias could 'cause complete and total chaos by simply walking in the front door.

The minute we "arrived", every scrub-wearing woman on the first floor stopped what they were doing just to stare at him. Not only that, but they offered him ice packs for his "injury", tea for his nerves, and a hand massage to take his mind off the pain.

A hand massage? What is this? A spa? And I thought Tanner's fancy schmancy gym was bad.If there's one hobby these girls enjoy more than staring at Elias, it's glaring at me.And honestly, I'm over it.

I'm over the unspoken death threats.

I'm over the fangirling.

And I'm over the gargantuan ego boost he's probably gonna get from it later.

The fact that there was a time when I genuinely thought I could stomach being around Elias and all that comes with it, kind of disgusts me.

But here I am, babysitting his problems and drowning in the King family limelight--again.

I bet you twenty bucks that once he's finished wallowing in pain and self-pity, he'll rub some part of today in my face. Or brag. Or just...generally be obnoxious.

Let's be honest, here.

If Elias was broadcasting his version of what happened this morning to the universe, he'd open his big, fat mouth and tell the world that the main reason why he's getting all this attention is because of his looks. But unlike him, I'm actually going to tell you the truth.

The real reason why half the staff were fawning over him was because he burst into tears when I told him that his accidental injury might have murdered a good portion of his daily sperm count. Fact.

Granted, this is Elias we're talking about, so he probably doesn't know what a sperm count is, but I think me using the words "murder" and "sperm" in the same sentence might have been what set him off.

He's been traumatically silent ever since.

Which wouldn't be the worst thing in the world if it wasn't so--weird.

The thing is, he's never been this quiet for this long.

At least, I think he hasn't. But seeing as we haven't spoken in about a year, I don't know anything about anything when it comes to him anymore.

Except, that he usually likes to talk. A lot.

But instead of whining or complaining the way he always does, he's been lying on the bench with his hands over his eyes for the past twenty-minutes acting like a mute.

It's not that I'm super worried about it or anything, I'm just--

--a little freaked out.

Oh well.