Ezra Lucas

Ezra-9-Lucas

You had me scared for a second, I thought we were diggin' my grave.

I shake the can in my hand and continue walking. I turn the music up two notches. I pull the cap off and start spraying.

Her face pops up in my mind and I have to stop. I punch the brick wall as tears fall down my face. I spray the wall again only this time my hand shakes and pain flows from my fingers up to my wrist.

If you want love, you gon' have to go through the pain.

The moment I finish spraying, I am knocked on the ground. I think I hear a gasp, but my head is throbbing and I can't be sure. I groan and look up.

"You have a lot of nerve coming here, boy." The man who knocked me down says eerily.

"Yeah. This is our alley. We don't want you messin' up our walls." A man beside the other one states.

I try to get up but the first one kicks me.

"You're weak, boy. Pick him up, Josh."

The Josh dude pulls me up by my shirt and spits in my face.

"You have thirty seconds to run away and never come back. You gonna run, boy?"

"Jesus never ran away from his prosecutors. Why should I?"

Slap. "NEVER SAY THAT NAME AGAIN!" He explodes.

"Jesus loves both of you and is willing to forgive you and me."

Punch, punch, punch, again, and again.

I taste blood in my mouth and my eyes can't focus on anything.

"He ain't real, boy!"

"Then I must be dead."

The men chuckle. "That's the first real thing you've said."

"You're about to die if you don't leave now," Josh says.

"Break it up!" someone shouts. The man that isn't holding me up sprints away. Josh's eyes show fear and he throws me down on the ground. BANG! Someone screams. Pain.

"Ezra!"

Pain.

E×L

Blue eyes. Freckles. A nose ring. A breathtaking smile. Laughter.

"Ezra."

I reach out to touch her beautiful, dark hair.

"Ezra."

A long kiss.

"Ezra."

"Madeline."

"Ezra! Thank God!" Warm arms wrap around me and I open my eyes. Beautiful, dark hair.

"Madeline?"

A real kiss. "Yes. I am right here."

I sigh and wrap my arms around her.

"I hate to break the mood, but I need to ask Ezra some questions." A male voice says.

Madeline tries to get off the bed, but I tighten my grip. She settles beside me and I look at the two police officers in my room. I know one of them.

"What happened?"

"I didn't die."

Madeline gently slaps my stomach. "That isn't funny." I kiss her forehead.

"I finished my last masterpiece."

"And then what?"

"Two men beat me up."

"Any idea who they were?"

"Josh was one of their names. Other than that I have no clue."

The two officers share a look. "He's the one who got shot."

"Is he okay?" I question.

"Okay?"

"Will he live?"

"Yeah and go to jail."

"Could I visit him?"

"Why in the world would you want to do that?"

"He never hurt me. He needs a friend. He's lost."

"You are something else, Ezra," the officer I know says. "Yes, you can visit him." He and the other man walk out of my room.

"Are you okay?" I ask and turn my head to look at Madeline.

She nods her head and plays with the bottom of my shirt.

"You followed me."

"What?"

"When you ran away after kissing me and today."

She closes her eyes. "I had a feeling that you were hiding something and I needed to know. It is a good thing too, because if I wouldn't have been there." She opens her eyes. "I called the police. What if they wouldn't have shown up?"

I place my hand on her cheek. "Shh. It's okay. I'm here. God wants me here right now with you."

"Will you be my boyfriend?"

"As long as you will be my girlfriend."

She smiles and I kiss her sweet lips.

"Ezra, you are being released. You just have a few cuts and bruises. Nothing major."

"Thank you," I say to the nurse and smile at Madeline. "Let's bust this joint, Madeline Rome."

"Alright, Ezra Lucas."

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