LANDON

TWENTY-FIVE

Landon

Two months.

A month I couldn't talk. I couldn't eat real food. I had to eat fûckin smoothies and all that shît people eat when their throat hurts. Fûckin bull shît man. A month in the hospital, but finally I was sent back home. We're back  but I'm still in the hospital at home. Jaxon is visiting his ma, but I'm in a room with the doctor who is teaching me to speak again.

"Say the letter 'A'" He says as he watches me as he holds the clip board in his hands.

I swallow and take a deep breath in, "ahhhrghhqq." I shut my eyes close as pain fills my throat.

"It's better progress than last week Landon. Don't worry, I'll have you talking again, that's my goal." He says. I open my eyes and look towards him. He gives me a soft smile.

"I think it's good to call it for today. I'll make sure the nurse makes sure you eat. Do you want to try something else?" He asked as he stuffed the clip board underneath his arm.

I shook my head and slumped further in the bed and brought the covers closer to myself. "Very well then, I'll leave you by yourself, I'll send Jaxon if I see him." I gave him a soft smile and a nod. He only smiled back and then turned towards the door and walked out.

The smile fell from my lips as I sighed. I pushed the covers off of me and walked towards the bathroom. I switched the light on and looked at myself. The nice pink fresh scar that covered the wound scares me as I stare at it.

I could've died.

My hand went to the scar and slightly traced it. I took a deep breath in and started to speak. "Myyyiiiee...naaaaanneee....essss....Lannnnnduumm." Tears of pain filled my eyes as my hands gripped the end of the sink. My heart was pumping fast as adrenaline started to rush through my veins.

I kept trying to say, 'my name is Landon,' but it hurts. When my throat is throbbing and it hurts to even breathe out, I knew I need to stop.

"You'll get there." I looked to the doorframe and see Jaxon standing there staring at me.

I shook my head and then looked back at the mirror. "Yes. Yes you will. You're going to get your voice back, even though you're annoying, I miss you talking back to me." He appeared in the mirror right next to me as he stared at me through the mirror as I did the same.

I rolled my eyes when he said that but I couldn't help but have my lips curl up in a smile even through the pain. "It's true, I'm tired of you just nodding or shaking your head or writing everything down. It's boring," He smiled. I turned towards him as he slowly did the same. I threw myself on him as I gave him a tight hug.

I miss this. Having someone....

Ah fûck.

I push him away from me as my eyes grow wide, "Aaxxssalll." I said as I push past him and try to figure out if I can actually make it out of here and find a way back to the house.

"Axel?" I only nodded my head quickly as I thought hard at how I was going to leave.

"Oh, don't worry, I like visit the house and tell him what goes on. He's so annoying though, he always wants me to tell him every detail." I turn towards Jaxon and walk towards him. When I was in front of him, I gave him one hard push that he almost lost his footing.

He catches himself as he glares at me, "What!?"

I roll my eyes and shake my head. I walked towards my bed and then lay down. I turned my back towards him and look at the wall.

I can't believe I forgot about him! What kind of friend am I to forget about him?! We basically grew as one as we were sent in that orphanage.

"Well, when you're done having your little moment, I'm going to tell you that boss is going to come tomorrow and check on you. Ima head home and check on your friend and say bye to my ma before I leave. I'll see you tomorrow then, Okay?"

I nodded and continued to look towards the wall. I heard him sigh and then hear his shoes hit against the floor and then the door opening and closing.

Damn.

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His eyebrow was taunting me. Just how it was raised as he sits in the chair in front of me. I squirm around in the bed and then look away from him. His face was stone cold blank as he stared at me, but I don't know how he looking at me right now.

"So you're telling me...that you jumped in front of a gun and took a bullet for Jaxon?" He said.

I nodded and still looked down. "Look at me Landon." He said serious. My head quickly looked up and I see him with his jaw clenched as he stares at me. My breathing starts to pick up because I think I pissed off the person I'm afraid of off.

"Why?" He said as he shifted in his seat. I looked to Jaxon who was at the corner of the room and see him just staring at Boss. I then looked back to Boss, and just shrugged my shoulders.

He didn't looked pleased from my answer since he just continued to stare at me and waited. I grabbed the pen and paper that was sitting right next to me and wrote, 'I didn't think really. I just didn't it, and I'm not regretting it. I'll do it again if I have too.' I tossed his the paper and he caught it as he reads it.

"Oh really. Why? Wait, here's the question, why almost risk your life for someone that you've just met rather save yourself?" He tossed me the note pad again and I wrote this without hesitating.

'Because I want to show someone that I care for them even though I known them for a short period of time. I lost my mother and never knew my father. I didn't have someone to care for me. So I rather show someone the opposite I had in my life. So that's why I did it. I'm sorry if you don't like it Boss, but that's how I told myself to grow up. So that's why Boss.' I tossed him the paper once again.

This time, I crossed my arms over my chest and looked at Jaxon. He was trying to get closer to read for himself but he was let going to risk him getting yelled at. When boss looked back up towards me, he only nodded and stood up.

"Alright then." He fixes his suit and straightens his shoulder. "I have other men come check on you two from time to time. But right when you are cleared, you two are back to work. I don't pay for you to rest." He said and then nodded towards me and then to Jaxon then walking out.

Ugh.

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I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

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