Becoming A Boss

8~ Thankful

8 a.m.

"Layia," I felt J.T. rub my back, "you gotta wake up ma." 

I rubbed my eyes, still groggy from my sleep. I sat up in the bed and watched as J.T. put on his navy blue airforce 1's. "Where you going?"

"We are going to the hospital. Zay got shot last night, he's in surgery right now."

I can't believe this. All I could feel was guilt, Zay got shot trying to save me. Tears started to fill my eyes but I tried to stay strong and hold them in. 

"I gotchu some clothes ma, so hurry and get dress," he handed me a red long-sleeve Nike shirt and dark grey tights. 

Chi POV

I walked in the waiting room and saw hood nigga's everywhere. The only people I recognized were Kam and Kye I didn't know anyone else. It felt so sad in the room, you could tell they were all hurting. The feeling in the room felt so depressing, it made me want to cry even more than I already had. My eyes were already bloodshot red. If Zay don't wake up from this I don't know how I will survive. 

"Hey shawty," Kye waved me over to him. I sat in the empty chair next to him. 

"What happened?" My voice cracked asking the simple question. 

"Early this morning we went to get Malayia from her kidnappers. Zay got shot before we got her out and we tried to tell him to leave but he didn't listen. Later he got shot again and that's when we brought him up here."

A million questions were running through my head. Like why didn't they bring him after he got shot the first time? How long have they been up here? How bad is it? Where was he shot? 

"How long have y'all been here?" 

"Since 4."

Four hours! He's been in surgery for four hours! My hands began to shake as I thought of him in surgery. Tears slowly started to roll down my face, I put my head down so no one would see. I don't wanna seem like a punk in front of all his friends. 

"I'll be back," I got up from my seat and walked out the room. 

"Chi?" I looked up and saw Malayia walking towards the waiting room I had just came from. 

"Hey," my voice cracked again. 

Malayia pulled me into a hug. "It's gonna be ok." 

I just pray that he'll be ok. He's all I have now. 

Three hours later*

"Family of Zay'vrien Micheal?" The doctor finally walked in. 

"Yea?" Chris answered.

"Zay'vrien is very blessed. The bullets should've caused major life-altering damage but they didn't. The bullets didn't cause any damage they were just really hard to get out of his body. He is perfectly fine but he will be very sore for a couple of days," the doctor informed us. You could just feel the room come alive. It was as if we were all holding our breath.

"Yo doc, so when can we see him?" Someone I didn't know asked. 

"Y'all can see him at 3 o'clock that's when visiting hours start."

"Aight bet." Nigga's started getting up and shaking the doctor's hand before walking out the room. 

"He did want to see a young lady named Chi," he told us looking around the room. 

I stood up indicating that I was Chi. The doctor walked out the room and I followed. I walked into the hospital room where Zay was. He was laying in the bed with a Iv hooked up to him. He didn't look so bad, I was expecting worse. 

"Z-ay," I ran by his side. I couldn't help but shed a couple of tears, nothing major though. I know y'all probably think I'm a punk or crybaby but y'all don't know how much he means to me. 

"Aye babygirl," He gave me a weak smile and opened his arms to me. I got in the bed with him.  I could tell he was hurting, he had tears in his eyes but he tried to cover it up. 

"It's Ok. I gotchu," I rubbed his chest. He held me tight and let his tears fall. 

"Yo ma, I was fucking dead. I shouldn't be here right now. Like ya nigga took two bullets. I'm just so thankful right now. Malayia straight?" he told me. 

"Yea she coo," I informed him. 

"Aight. Let's take a nap ma," he snuggled up next to me and we fell asleep. 

Malayia POV

I am so thankful. We just came back from seeing Zay. He is going to be fine, he's still cracking jokes like he usually does. The doctors said he will be released in three days. Trey told me we can stay until Zay gets out the hospital but we have to leave the day after. 

"J can we go get me some clothes? Pleeeaaassse," I whined. I know J.T. does like shopping but I really need some clothes. He nodded and started driving towards the mall. 

Thirty minutes later he pulled into a parking spot in the mall's parking lot. "Look ma we only gonna be in here for an hour." 

"Alright," I smiled, happy to be at the mall. I'm scared though. I don't want anyone that knows Kam or Sasha to see me and try to take me again or to tell them where I'm at. 

We got out of the truck and held hands as we walked into the mall. 

Trey POV

"How you doin shawty?" I smiled as I facetimed my girl, Kayla. 

"I'm good daddy what about you?" 

"You know I'm straight babygirl. How's the baby?" Kayla is four months pregnant. I really didn't wanna leave her alone while she pregnant but she's a big girl. 

"The baby is doing good too. I wish it was already time to have it i'm excited to see it," she was so excited. I love seeing her so happy. 

"Me too babe. I think it's gonna be a girl." 

"Me too! I think it will be. Oh my gosh! I'm so excited bae. When you get home we can go shopping for her ok?" 

"Yea we can go shopping," I was happy but I feel like there is a hole in my heart. I miss my baby Jezariah. She passed away months ago. 

"Baby it's ok. You're not replacing her. She's in your heart," it was like Kayla read my mind. 

"You right baby."

We stayed on the phone for two hours just talking about life. 

~*~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ I finally updated guys lol please excuse any mistakes. I know this chapter was pretty chill but I wanted to update. Please vote and comment I don't wanna update if I don't have any votes on this chapter. If yall have any idea's please feel free to give em to me.