Stay With Me

17 - LOL

Chapter Seventeen

Charlie's POV

I storm out of the hospital without looking back. How could he say that? How could he be so... so... ugh! He is my brother! Our mother made us grow up without a father! She broke him, she broke us and she broke herself!

"She is still your mother..." - I think to myself.

"Precisely!" - I continue - "She is my mother! How could she do this to me?!"

"She loves you, Charlie... And you know that!"

"I love her too but right now... I hate her!"

"How could you say that of your own mother, Charlie Wilson?!"

"I know... I just need... Right now, I just need Josh. I miss him like hell..."

I bump into someone and I fall straight to the ground. I look up and then realize that it was the same guy from the elevator. Bill... Phill... something. Nonetheless I am kind of glad I bumped into him.

Will! That's his name!

- You've got to start to watch where you are going. - he chuckles.

- Sorry - I apologize a little embarrassed as he helps me to get up - So... this is going to sound really weird but do you have a car?

- As a matter of fact I do. I was just about to leave, actually... Do you need a ride somewhere?

I need to see Josh right now. I need him. He always has the right answers for everything! He is the only person in this last week that hasn't hurt me. He will know what to do... With him I will be safe.

- Yes! - I respond - I need a ride to Pacheco Street.

- Well, I am still kind of new around here so you'll have to give directions, okay?

- Okay.

I look at his car and it is one of the most beautiful things I have ever laid eyes on. Jesus! This guy must be rich to own this beauty...

Didn't I tell you? I have a thug for cars... I know. I'm a weird person...

I hop in his car and it smells heavenly. I am seriously considering just to spend the rest of my life in here. Just wrapped around a blanket with a little tiny fridge full of Reeses, Smarties and Oreos...

- I could die happy here... - I accidently mutter.

- What? - he asks.

- Oh nothing! I just have a serious crush on your car... Does he have a girlfriend? - the sad part is that I am actually being very serious about this situation.

He looks at me with a very serious look and responds to me slowly:

- He is a she. And she is already taken.

- For now... - I smirk.

- Feisty! - he laughs - I like that...

He starts the car and I have never been this excited to visit Josh in my life! I just miss him so much and so much has happened I just want to be with him.

- So what were you still doing at the hospital? - I ask him. After all, it had been five days since mom collapsed at the diner.

What the hell was he still doing there?

- Oh... My sister had a heart transplant a few days ago... - he answers never looking away from the road - It didn't go so well... Her body is completely rejecting it's new heart and she might need another surgery. I was there visiting her.