flowers-jay park

gaillardia

Jay

"Excellent work today boys keep it up we've got late practice tomorrow clear those schedules of yours"

I grabbed my water from my bag and chugged it quickly.

"Ready for the game on Friday?" Minho said walking next to me to the locker room.

"Of course, first game of the season this is gonna best the best one yet."

Once we were in the locker room i showered, put away my jersey and got changed into my white hoodie, black joggers and white baseball cap.

"Hey jay you down to go get some pizza with the guys?" Kris asked from 2 lockers away.

"I can't ive got to....help my mom with something ." I hesitated.

"Suit yourself." Kris shrugged.

My mom didnt need help with anything, and pizza sounds great but it was visiting hour at the hospital and I had to go see Leslie.

"Hey dude you hear  about that Leslie girl in the hospital i heard shes in a coma thats crazy." I heard a team mate say to Kris.

"Wow thats horrible, Jay did you hear about that?"Kris asked to me

"Nah im just now hearing about it " The words slipped through my mouth reluctantly.

"still wish she wouldve answered my question." Kris laughed referring to the incident at lunch.

The locker room filmed with laughter but i just stayed silent and continued packing.

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"Im here to see Leslie Sanchez." I said to the hospital receptionist

"What is your relationship with Leslie?"

"Im her....friend."

"Im sorry sir but right now friends can only be outside of the room to leave gifts and flowers family members and significant others get to go inside."

"By friend i meant im her....boyfriend." I lied.

"My bad sir, shes in room 206 and remember visiting hour ends at 8."

I walked down the hall and went up the elevator until I finally reached Leslie 's room.

My heart raced as i turn the cold knob on the wooden door. Once the door was open there she was, laid across the hospital bed wrapped in a blanket with monitors hooked up to her arms and her hair tied up in a ponytail.

Next to her bed was a small table with a paper heart laid on top of it.

"Get well soon please babygirl i love you-Mom" it read.

I sat at one of two steel chairs placed on the side of the hospital bed. As i sat down i was even closer to her to notice the bruise below her eye, the scars on her cheek and the stitches on her arm.

I sat there calmly observing her until i notice something from the corner of my eye.

I looked to my right and saw her backpack sitting in a corner across the room. I got up from my seat and picked up the backpack. It was a yellow kanken bag with a mini rilakkuma plush hanging from the zipper.

I sat back down in my seat and held the bright yellow bag in my lap. I unzipped her backpack, there were school notebooks, folders and something else that caught my eye.

I pulled out a small  journal with babypink hardcover on both sides.

On the front cover was "Ls"in cursive engraved in gold.