Dancing In The Shadows With Her

Last Flashback

Setting: Hospital.
Flashback : 2 month after the last chapter at Khana' s house.
~~~~~~~~present time~~~~~~~~~

Khana.
[machines beeping]

Why won't he wake up? He can't leave us here. I can just picture us having fun like old times. Just him, Lizzie, and I.

~~~~~~Flashback~~~~~~

It's quiet.
Too quiet.

I thought as I laid there with my eyes closed, though I wasn't asleep. The sun peered through the curtains and on my face. I felt a small hand tap my nose. Then I heard their sweet whispers.

"Mama?" She said while tapping my nose.

"Shh Liz mama's sleeping." Jesse whispered and moved her hand.

"Seepin' ?"

"Yeah she's sleeping."

I guess Lizzie didn't like that so she kept poking my face. I found it quite funny when she tried to say the names of each part of my face when she poked them.

"Nose, eyesh, lips"

I pretended to bite her finger and she giggled. I opened my eyes and sat up. I started tickling her.

"Good morning mommy's suga buga."

She just giggled and squirmed.

"How long has she been up?"

"About 20 minutes.

I picked her up and took her back to her room. I picked out her outfit for the day . I was about to head towards the bathroom to bathe her when she was snatched from my arms.

"Let me run her bath this time."

He is a sweetheart when he wants to be. But it's been awhile since he bathed her by himself.

"Jesse are you sure? " I asked; reaching for Lizzie.

"Woman, I have three sisters. I know a little something-something about bathing a baby."

"Cocky aren't we?"
I raised an eyebrow and smirked.

" oh shut up and bring ya ass in this bathroom."
He said as he smacked my booty Hard and ran to the bathroom.

"Oh it's on now!"

I chased him into the bathroom and smacked his big booty really HARD.

[A/N: I think that Diggy does have a big o'booty, but moving on now]

He shook his head chuckling and turned the water on in the little basin. I put some Johnson&Johnson baby soap in the water and swished it around.

"You are such a clown."

"But you love this clown though."

Lizzie started to get antsy while I was washing the soap out of her hair. I finished and let her splash around a little bit before emptying the basin.

Jesse handed me a mini mouse towel and I dried Lizzie off.

■■■■■End of flashback. ■■■■■

Jesse

Here I am watching my wife cry over my almost lifeless body. I have been in this medically induced coma for almost a year. Lizzie is almost 3 years old now, I don't think she even remembers what I look like .

The doctor said that I was beaten up pretty bad and I almost bled out. Lucky for me, some runners found me in the park a few minutes later.

"Oh Jesse, what did we get ourselves into this time?" She lightly laughed with tears rolling down her cheeks as she laid her head on my chest.

Baby it's not your fault.

She looked at the clock on the side table, kissed my temple, then said a quick prayer and left.

Why can't she hear me?

[Voice] Honeychild of course she can't hear you! You're in heaven silly.

How did I get here? Am I dead? Who the hel...

[Voice] uh-uh! See what you're not gone do is act like Jesus and the Angels aren't on the other side of this gate. Act like you got some sense!

I'm sorry lady but, if I may ask, why am I here?

[Voice] first of all, the name is Meela. Second, you are not dead. You just aren't awake. God won't open the gates before you are finished with what he assigned you to do.

So why can't I wake up if my "assignment" isn't finished yet?

[Meela getting frustrated] calm down and try to remember how you met me?

I just met you.

[Meela] no, you met me along time ago
At a cake tasting. Your cake tasting.

~~~~~~~~~~~End of ch3~~~~~~~~~~

Thank you readers for being patient with me. If you are lost, there is a brief recap in chapter 4.

I will continue to fill you in on the background of What led up to how Jesse ended up in the hospital.

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