Promises - Joel Pimentel

Chapter 43

            A/N: I just wanted to say I love each and every one of you. My story is ranked #6 in CNCO do you hear me screaming and crying. You guys made that happen and i'm so excited. Thank you guys for taking time to read my story you guys are literally the best and I can't be more appreciative this is so unreal. Brb crying-

Two weeks.

Two weeks had passed since Maya's incident. Two weeks since I haven't heard anything from her. Two dreadful weeks. The boys and I were on a tour break, heading back home to our families for a few days.

"Hey, you ok?" Richard asks as we waited at the airport for our ride to take us back home.

"Yeah, I'm fine"

"You did good; putting on a brave face for the fans every night. You deserve some time off" Renato adds.

The whole ride here had been quiet for me. I wasn't quiet in the mood to see or talk to anyone besides Maya but I know that wasn't going to happen.

"You haven't heard anything from the doctors, have you?" I ask.

"The official news is, she's been in a coma for two weeks and according to the doctors, people can be in a coma from two to four weeks and sometimes even years" Renato replies.

It's already been two weeks and I don't have the mental capacity to wait even longer to see her. Unfortunately, we aren't even allowed to visit the hospital since it's impossible to see the people who are still in a coma.

"Maya's a strong girl, she wouldn't leave without saying a proper goodbye" Chris pats my back. 

Our ride had finally arrived and before I knew it, we were each being dropped off to our houses. I was last since my house was closest to Renato's compared to everyone else's.

"Would you mind if I came by this afternoon?" I asked, grabbing my bags.

"Just come by anytime. Go rest up for a bit, you know you're always welcome at our house" he reassures, sitting in the passenger's seat as he spoke to me through the window.

I nod my head before heading towards my front door with my bags. As I rang the bell, my mum opened up. Dropping my bags instantly, I embrace her in a hug. That's when I had let out all my emotions; the emotions that I had kept bottled up for the past several weeks.

"It's ok, just let it out" my mum whispers, running her hands through my hair as I sobbed away with my face buried in her neck.

By now, my whole family had known what had happened. I could just stay in my mothers arms all day but at the same time, I wanted to visit Maya's family. Now, all my brothers had come towards the front door from each end of the house.

"She's going to be ok" my mother whispers again as I finally pull away.

My eyes were red and puffy as multiple tear drops had hit the hard wood floor. Composing myself again, I greet all my brothers as I begin to take my bags back to my room. After changing into some comfortable clothes, I headed to the living room again where my family was already having lunch.

"So, how was tour?" my mum asks.

I could tell she was trying to shift my attention to something else because my silence while eating indicated to her that I was thinking of Maya.

"It was a good experience, we visited a lot of new places and tried new things" I replied, shifting around the piece of tomato that sat on my plate.

Pretty soon, people would be visiting our house today due to my return. By people I mean my fifty cousins and their families.

"Ma, is it ok if I go over to Maya's house? I sort of told Renato I would be dropping by" I look over at my mum since we were all sitting in the lounge watching T.V.