FRIENDS

ANEIKA (4:23 p.m.)

           I was rushing my way over to the hospital, because I had gotten a call from Ms. Gordan that Tyreik was waking up! I waited for this for so long. I imagined all of the different ways I was going to go and run, jump, or fly my way into his arms. Tyreik Gordan was awake! I wanted to yell it on the top of my lungs. I wanted that to be the only reason for everything; Where are you going? Tyreik Gordan is awake! Why did you yell in my ear? Tyreik Gordan is awake! Why are you so damn happy? Because Tyreik Gordan is awake!
       I felt like one of those church women you felt so much passion that they flailed their arms and say they had been touched by the 'holy ghost'. But this was the second best thing to feeling the holy ghost this was getting to talk to the love of my life. Everyone asks what its like to see the one I love get shot and live. Its like finding out a new secret, its that adrenaline that you get when you figure out that the secret is they love you. Its like walking into a room at the wrong time but hearing what everyone truely feels about you. Its a state of unrealness yet grounding because it is real.
       I rushed my way upstairs almost wanting to yell at the elevator for not rushing. I wanted to yell at the world for not rushing I want to thank it for moving so that he could wake up too. I bolted to his room almost banging my knee on the floor once almost tripping in a pair of wedged sneakers. I came barreling into the hospital room causing the door to slam on the wall and the doctor to take the time to look at me with a bizaar look. Then I saw him.
      He was looking at me like I was a crazed animal. But all the same he was awake and bright and smiling and just himself. The room was dead silent. Everyone stared at the two of us Ms. Gordan, the doctor, and the nurse who was in here as well. I could barely breathe and I struggled for balance, the heels not helping much. I walked over to the bed and he practically threw his body at me to hug me. And it was quiet for a long time. It was slow and nice. The room smelled like lilacs and it smelled like Tyreik and I couldn't chose a smell I liked better. But I decided. Tyriek.

      "Oh my god I love you so much." Was what I could hear him say between my loud crying and his face buried into my stomache.
      
       "I love you too. It hurts." And it did hurt it was like a stabbing in the chest, and I wanted to bleed forever if I had to. We pulled away from each other noticing that the room was vacant. Everyone figuring that we needed some space. We did. You could put us on a separate planet forever and there still wouldn't be enough time or space.

      "I missed you so much." I said kissing him which still made me feel like a deer caught in the headlights.

      "I've loved you so much more." He smiled. And I smiled we sat and talked about anything and everything for a while. Like there was nowhere else but this room and if either of us were to leave this room we'd fall off the face of the Earth. Because this room was our Earth and our conversations were the gravity. I told him about everything  I possibly could.
     I pointed to the gauze on his head. "Does it hurt." I said licking the spoon to the pudding cup a nurse had brought here along with his lunch.

      "Its kinda like having a headache but you know it wont go away so you just sorta cope." He shrugged. "But you being here makes up for it all."

     I got a notification on my phone. It was a post from Cece that she tagged me in it. It read, its all goin down tonight. While she was still wearing her party dress showing cleavage and I squinted and saw that her hair was different it was burgundy. Just like Zailies. I made a face. Tyreik looked over my shoulder. "Look bae if its really bothering you this much and you gotta feeling that something gonna happen just got to the dance and check  up on things."

     "I could never do that to you, you just woke up, after all this time." I hunched my shoulders. "And besides, Zailie won't listen to me."

     He thought for a minute. "Well then  put her in a postion where she has no choice but to listen." He said leaning up. "Tonight."

      I looked down at my phone its all goin down tonight. After reading it two more times it went from cutesy to  daranged. Maybe I should go. Even though Zailie was mad she was still my friend after all. "I hate it when you're right."