College Dreaming

Chapter 40

College Dreaming
Chapter 40

*Kamaal's POV*

I was only sleep for an hour before nurses came in to transfer Chris to a room upstairs. They let me know that Chris is gonna be here for a few more days. Luckily it's the weekend, so I wouldn't have to miss class. But shit, if it came down to it, I would. Chris is worth it. I wrap myself in a blanket and sit down on the chair next to the bed. I listen to the machines beep, and look at everything he's hooked up to. This shit is hella scary. I really could've lost someone who means the world to me. I didn't expect for Jeremy to kiss me at that party. I can't believe that shit happened. As I'm holding Chris's hand, the door opens and his mom walks in. She's gonna kill me when she finds out what happened.

"Oh my gosh, thank the lord my baby is ok. Thank you Jesus!"

Chris's mom walks over to his bed and rubs the top of his head.

"Thank you for staying here with him Kamaal. It's good to know he's never alone with you, Myra and Trey by his side."

"I never want him to feel that way."

"So what happened? All Myra told me was that he got ran over, and told me to ask you the rest."

Damn, so now I have no choice but to tell her what happened before the accident. Shit!!!

"Kamaal...tell me what happened sweetie."

"Chris and I got into an argument."

"About what?" Chris's mom asks looking like she's ready to grill me

"This guy named Jeremy. We're in the same math class. I let him share my book with me the first day cause he didn't have his. Since then, we've been kickin it. I've been spendin more time with him than Chris, and Chris wasn't feelin that. After Chris and I got into it about that, Jeremy confessed he liked me."

"Did he know about your relationship with Chris?"

"Yeah he did, but that didn't stop him from flirtin with me, so I told him we couldn't chill anymore."

"You did the right thing. So what else happened because I feel there's more to the story." She asks

"Well we went to a probate for the new Theta's. Trey is a frat boy now."

"Really? That's good for him."

"Yeah, we were all shocked. Anyway, we went to the after party, and I saw Jeremy again. He was drunk and was talkin about how he can be a better fit for me than Chris. After that, he grabbed my face and kissed me."

"Damn, Kamaal..."

"I know, I know. But all Chris saw was the kiss, and he walked over and knocked Jeremy out."

"Yeeees!!! That's my baby!"

"After that, he walked out the party. I tried to explain what happened but he wasn't hearin that. I saw a car comin and we all tried to warn Chris, but he didn't hear us. I tried to catch him, but I tripped and it was too late. I'm sorry mom. This whole thing was my fault."

Ms. Richardson grabs me and hugs me. She wipes the tears from my face and looks at me.

"Kamaal this is not your fault so stop blaming yourself. Things happen. Chris gets so caught up in his emotions, and he just blocks everything out and goes in his own little zone. He gets that from his father."

"That's true. I told him he needs to stop and just express the way he feels. "

"But you two need to fix this quickly. When I left y'all, I told you to protect him and not to let anything come between y'all. Y'all need to keep each other grounded."

"Yes ma'am."

"Now I'm gonna talk to the doctor about Chris. I'll be back in the morning to check on him."

I stand up and hug Ms. Richardson.

"Get some sleep Romeo. My son is strong. He will get through this and y'all will patch everything up."

I shake my head at her and she walks out the room. I close the door and look at Chris again. I just want him to wake up so I can tell him how sorry I am, and how much I love him. I take a seat by the bed and kiss Chris on the cheek. I grab his hand and look at the moniters.

"Chris, I love you baby. I swear things are gonna get better, I promise."

I turn on the TV hopin that it will put me to sleep. After watchin a few music videos, I feel a light squeeze on my hand. I drop the remote and Chris squeezes my hand again.

"Chris? Chris, wake up baby..."

Chris opens his beautiful hazel eyes up, and looks right at me.

"Kamaal....what happened?"

"Shhhh...the only thing that matters is that you're ok and I'm here."

"Just like you always are."

"That's right lil buddy."

"I hate when you call me that sometimes."

"I see that mouth of yours is still slick. You can't wake up talkin shit already." I say as I laugh a little

I smile at Chris and caress his head as the doctors come in and do their procedures on him.

"I'm glad you're ok. I thought I lost you. I'm sorry about Jeremy. He just-"

"It's ok baby. I heard everything."

"So you're not mad?"

"I'm over it. Life is too short to be stressing over petty shit. So let's just put this behind us and move on."

"You read my mind."

"Don't I always?"

Chris flashes that cocky lil smile of his at me. Even though he's a lil busted up, my baby still sexy as hell. He motions his finger towards me, and kisses me.

"Bae, can you hold me tonight?"

"Yeah, I can do that. Scoot over."

I strip down to my shorts and get in the bed with Chris. It takes him a minute to move over because he's still in pain. I wrap my arm around him and he lays his head on my chest and hisses in pain. I lift my arm up thinkin I hurt him.

"Are you ok?"

"Yeah I'm fine."

I wrap my arm around him again. We chill out, watch TV and talk for the rest of the night. Hopefully this will be the last time we have an issue.