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chapter 8

front desk- i'm sorry ma'am. your sister is in a coma.

ivy- no, no, no. this can't be happening!

front desk- i'm sorry. you can come see her tomorrow.

ivy- when will she wake up?!

front desk- we aren't sure. it could be days, weeks, months, years...

*i break into tears as joey hugs me tightly. i'm only 16, this can't be happening to me. so many thoughts were going through my head.*

joey- love, let's go home. you need some rest. we'll come back as soon as we get ready tomorrow.

ivy- o-okay.

*joey called an uber while i sat on the bench next to him and cried. once he hung up, he wrapped his arms around me and put his jacket on me. we got home and i went straight up to my room. i changed into pajama pants and kept joey's hoodie on. i put my hair in a messy bun and washed my face off. when i went back to bed, joey was sitting there with a warm blanket and some water for me. i sat next to him, which didn't work because he pulled me onto his lap. i laid my head on his shoulder as he wrapped the blanket around me and held me. i slowly drank the water as we sat in silence.*

ivy- thank you.

joey- you don't need to thank me princess.

ivy- i do.

joey- ssh, don't worry about it.

*he turned on the movie we watched together when we met on the cruise. from then till now, we've gotten so close and i'm so falling for this boy. the only problem is, is the distance and it's my first relationship. plus he's literally an angel and any girl could get him. i was snapped out of my thought by joey, literally he snapped in front of my face.*

joey- what are you thinking about?

ivy- nothing important.

joey- it seems important. you were smiling and blushing like a maniac.

ivy- ouch birlem.

joey- i'm kidding about the maniac part.

ivy- you better be.

joey- but for real, what were you thinking about?

ivy- this is the movie we watched together when we first met and i don't know, we've gotten so close in that amount of time.

joey- we really have, haven't we?

ivy- yes. i wouldn't want it any other way.

joey- me either. but why were you blushing so much? who's the special guy?

ivy- that doesn't matter.

joey- hmm i'll make you tell me.

ivy- how could you possibly do that?

joey- tickle you.

ivy- that's off limits.

joey- nuh uh.

ivy- yeah huh.

joey- bet?

ivy- get birlem.

joey- i think you heard me wrong. i said bet with a b.

ivy- yeah and i said get because you're not going to tickle me.

joey- are you challenging THE joseph birlem?

ivy- maybe.

joey- i'm up for a challenge.

ivy- bet.

*i stand up quickly, already laughing, and run downstairs. i could hear him running behind me so i slipped into the bathroom and locked the door.*

joey- ivy, open the door!

ivy- ivy isn't in here.

joey- princess, please open the door.

ivy- i don't know who you're talking about.

*i could tell he gave up when he walked away from the door. knowing i won, i walked out with a smile on my face only to be tackled onto the couch by him. i already knew where this was going. joey started to tickle me and i couldn't help but laugh.*

ivy- joey stop!!

joey- whyyyy?

ivy- it tickles!

joey- that's the point silly goose!

ivy- i can't breathe!

joey- ahh fine!

*he finally stopped tickling me and i walked over to the kitchen. i got a cup of water and filled it up a little bit and walked back over to joey.*

joey- i'm sorryyyy.

ivy- i accept your apology.

*as i said that, i poured the water on his head and giggled.*

joey- you know what?

ivy- what?

joey- fair game.

ivy- i'm bored now.

joey- let's go back upstairs?

ivy- oou we can make cookies!

joey- yeah!

*we went to the kitchen and got all the ingredients. i asked joey to put 2 cups of flour in a bowl while i put my hair up. that didn't exactly happen. as i was tying the hair tie, i saw white powder all over me. i looked up at joey.*

ivy- you did not.

joey- oh yes i did.

*after we attacked each other with flour and cleaned up the mess. we actually made some good cookies and went back to my room. to be honest, i don't know how i was dealing with all of this right now. maybe it's because of joey. who knows at this point. joey fell asleep while i played with his hair and now i'm up watching another movie thinking about everything. the last time i saw on the clock was 4:32am before i fell asleep.*

                             JOEYS POV

*i woke up with my head on ivy's shoulder. i looked at the time and it was 9:30am. why isn't she up? i saw bags under her eyes. how late did she stay up? oh well. i'll wake her up around 11 if she isn't up yet. i laid in bed and held her while she slept. i've fallen so hard for her and i don't want to leave yet. i don't know what she'll be like when i'm home and her sister is in the hospital. i can see she's in pain even when we are running around having fun. and honestly it's breaks me apart. i laid there for another 2 hours and she still didn't wake up.*

joey- princess wake up, it's almost noon.

ivy- im tired.

joey- how late did you stay up?

ivy- like 4:30 i don't know.

joey- i'll go make you some coffee and breakfast while you get ready.

ivy- okay.

joey- get out of bed before i leave though.

ivy- whyy?

joey- because you'll fall back asleep.

*she stood up and looked at me. i laughed softly and walks downstairs to make her some food. i heard the shower turn on and her start to sing to her music. i smile to myself as i cut up fruit and make scrambled eggs.*

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sorry i haven't been posting! i want to make the chapters good but this one sucks. i'm going to try and post another 1 or 2 today!