I Am Harlem (urban)

Chapter 8

Running my fingers slowly through my hair, my heart racing fast, pacing back and forth. Back and forth... Back and forth trying to clear my head. Trying to fully understand and put the thoughts together in my mind. I sat down, only to hop right back up. My hands shaking, I went to the cafeteria to get something to drink but only ran to the trash can to throw up whatever was in my stomach from earlier. I slid down to the floor, pulling my knees to my chest.

"He will be fine, we got him here on time... He will be fine"

I repeated it to myself, until I felt myself slowly drifting off. To a world completely shut off from my reality.

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Ricky, Kaden, and PJ's grandmother came running into the hospital, after hearing about the shooting. Word spread like wild fire around these parts. You can't cut your finger without the whole neighborhood finding out about it.

"Where's my grandson?" His grandmother spoke so very softly, and her words broken as if she had given up all hope to him being okay, or making it out.

"Ma'am he is in ICU, we are trying to find someone who has his rare blood type."

"How hard is it to find. Someone? Should y'all have every blood type there is to have stored in this damn place?"

Ricky was asking a bunch of questions all at once and the receptionist wasn't trying very hard to get him the answers he deserved. Mama Dorothy, that's what everyone calls her. Went to go find her grandson down the hall, walking past every ICU door, looking in hoping that it would be his.... But it wasn't. She finally came to the last one of the hall and froze as if Medusa herself turned her to stone.

"Mama Dorothy." Ricky started but only to stop mid sentence. "My baby." Dorothy covered her mouth, as tears slowly rolled down her cheeks. "Oh lord my baby...."

She took hold of the wall, as she took baby steps into his room. Machines beeping left and right. His heart monitor showing the beats of his oh so weak heart. Dorothy took a seat beside him and took a slow breath.

"I told his mama that he needed a male figure in his life. I told her not to just leave that boy without someone to look up to... Now look at my baby! Oh god!!"

She broke down and grabbed his hand, praying to God that he wouldn't leave this earth before she did. It wasn't his time, and he didn't deserve a life like this. Ricky took Kaden and walked down to the cafeteria to get something to drink.

"NaeNae!!" Kaden kicked to get down, and ran over to me. He poked my cheeks, hit me on the head, and sat in front of me playing with my hands. "Naenae wake up. Please." My head slowly rose and a smile made it's way across my lips. "I'm not sleep bubba. Just thinking." Getting up himself kaden tried pulling me up. His attempt was cute. Unsuccessful, but cute. I got up, picking him up as well.

"Is he going to make it?"

"I don't know bubba. Nae doesn't know" Ricky walked up to me and pulled me into a hug. "Are you okay? Hurt? Did anything happen?"

"Ricky I'm fine, let me go." My tone was harsh. I had remembered the conversation prior to all of this. And I was still feeling. Still feeling some type of way about it all. Pulling from his grip, I pushed past him. I went to PJ's room, to find his grandmother and the doctors.

"I am AB-, I'll do it."

"Ma'am we can't advise you to give such a large amount of blood. With you being your age, and-"

"I want to do it, give my grandson another chance to live, I'm getting old anyways. My life has been filled with love, and laughter but his is yet to begin."

Have you ever wondered who you would give up your life for? Have you ever wondered who would give their life for you? Take that bullet? That one deadly stab? Or jump in front of a car while pushing you out of the way? Many people say "id give my life to do this or that" but would you give your life to let another person fully live there's? To see the world you didn't? To breathe the air that you last took one big gulp of saving them? Old, middle aged, young. We all make decisions that will determine what'll happen in the future. So have you ever really let your mind drift off into the unthinkable as to who you are willing to give up your life for? And who's really willing to give up there's for you?

IM BACK!! Sorry I haven't been posting, personal issues and just me not being in the spirit for writing anymore. But I am BACK! And ready to continue this book I hope none of my readers left me. Comment, like, and Share!!