By Chance

Chapter 18: I love You Forever, Drew

Drew's POV

That was all out of a sudden. Everything happened so quickly. Seeing my brother again for who knows how long, kissing Emma twice and now Andrea asking me to come over. 'Wow what a night!' I thought to myself. I drove on the long, calm road and turned the radio on to keep me company.

"Waking up to nothing when you're super far from home and I watch you fall asleep and I lay there on my own. Got me begging for affection all you do is roll your eyes. Broken down I've had enough if this is love I don't want it."

I just couldn't help but wonder these things that are happening lately. I'm still quiet confused towards my affection with Emma. Have I really moved on with Andrea? I actually like Emma. I really do. But I don't want to hurt her cause' I know that I'm not ready for commitments yet. I can't help but wonder if Emma thinks about me the way I'm thinking about her right now. My phone vibrated and I look at my phone to see Andrea's name on the screen. I swipe the screen to the right to answer the call.

"Where are you?" Andrea asked. She sound like she's drunk.

"I'm almost there. Are you drinking again?" I blurted out. Things aren't pretty good when she's drunk.

"Stop asking, will you? Just come over here. I need you Drew."

She hung up and I can't help but think about what she said. Why is she telling me that she needs me? I check on my wrist watch. It's already 3 in the morning. I'm actually tired and tipsy as well.

I parked my car outside Andrea's apartment. I stood outside her front porch and rang her doorbell. 

"Hey." Andrea half smiled while she opened her door.

"What happened Andrea?" I asked.

"Just please come in." She replied.

"Do you want anything? Coffee, tea, or water perhaps?" She asked.

"Nah, I'm good. Can we just get straight to the point? Why did you make me come here?" I muddled.

"I just wanna see you. Is that wrong?" She held my hand and started to cry.

"You're just drunk Andrea." I let go of her hand as I stood up to reach the door. 

"Wait, are you leaving? Don't leave me Drew." She pleaded as she blocked me from going out.

She grab my shirt and pulled me towards her. She pressed her lips to mine and the next thing I know, we're already making out in her bed. 'This is wrong. So wrong. What about Emma?' I can't help but hate myself for being a fool. I want to withstand this feeling but I can't resist it. As she place her hands around my waist, I slowly kissed her neck. She pulled my shirt up and softly bit my ear which makes me want her more. I'm a bit tiddly and I can't clearly think since my head is dizzy and everything I see seems a little blurred out. 

"Did you miss this Drew?" She ask as she pushed me to her bed. She pulled her shirt up and crawled towards me. We continued kissing until my phone vibrated.

"Who's that?" She was about to reach for my phone but I immediately grab it from the nightstand.  

I looked at it and it was James. 

"Where are you? Dad's been brought here in Morristown Medical Center. Reply asap."

"I need to get going." I said.

"Why? What happened?" She asked.

"Something came up. I really need to go." I replied.

I hurriedly went outside and drove directly to the hospital. 'He might have missed his meds again', I thought. He was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease last year. Well, he isn't actually my real dad. I haven't really met my biological father. I was 1 year old when my mom married James' father. Then James was born a year after they got married. He used to be strict when we were kids. He was particular in our academics cause' he was the principal of our school. It was in middle school when his dad, our grandfather, died. Apparently his father owned NJ University which he left to our dad to manage. Even before when I was always the one that gets the higher marks than James, he doesn't appreciate anything I do. He would always ignore my achievements but I can't even blame him cause' he's not my real father. Maybe that's just how life works and I hate him for that. No one's ever valued my importance than my mom. Then she passed away and things fell apart. I went sideways. I got into a lot of fights in school and my dad would always ground me for that. I would escape through my window every night so I could go out and have parties with my friends. I would skip classes just to drink and have fun. Until Andrea came to my life. She changed my life. She made me feel like my existence in this world actually mattered. She was the one who lifted me up when everything was falling apart. She helped me fix all the mess I made. She was the love of my life. We were so happy together. We would laugh about silly things and even cry together when watching Nicholas Sparks movies since she adores him so much and she has all the collection of his works. Everything was perfect until she left me for someone else. I thought we were in love. We used to talk about getting married, have two or three kids, and maybe have a little beach of our own. 'I love you forever, Drew' that's what she used to say. And now she's back. I honestly don't know why and whatever games she's playing, I hope I wouldn't fall to the same trap again.

I finally arrived at the hospital. I called James but he didn't answer his phone. I went straight away to the reception area.

"What's the room number of John Parker? He was brought here a while ago." I asked the nurse.

"Wait, let me check." She replied as she continued typing on the computer.

"Found it. He's still in the ER. That way sir." She smiled as she pointed her finger towards the room.

"Thank you." I beamed  and rushed directly to the emergency room.

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A/N:

Hey guys! I know it has been 2 years since I have updated. 😂 Took me long enough to finish this chapter. My apologies for the delayed update. 🥺 I just got really busy with school and stuffs. I just recently finished my internship and now I only got one semester left to finally graduate from school. And I would like to thank you guys for being considerate especially to my family and friends who were so supportive of my fulfillment and achievements in life. I will forever be grateful to them. ❤ I hope you will love this chapter. Since the pandemic is still going on, I would like to ask you guys to stay at home and if ever you have urgent errands to run outside, please wear your mask and use alcohol or any hand sanitizer from time to time. We're all facing this crisis as one and I pray that we'll get through this together. 🙏🏻 Read and vote for more updates! xoxo 💕