lungs

part 45

ding

the doorbell went off. joey and i looked at each other and smiled, then ran upstairs to get it.

when we opened the door, it was only jacob. he had his presents in his hands and a big smile on his face.

"merry christmas!" he yells, setting the presents down and hugging me.

i laughed and hugged him back. joey got the presents and put them under the tree.

we go into the living room and sit on the couch. we turn on a christmas movie and get blankets. now we just need to wait for hunter.

"how's your mom and sam?" asked jacob.

joey looks at me and smiles, with me knowing how much he wants to meet sam.

"they're  doing fine." i told him, "sam's sleeping right now. when he wakes up you can meet him."

he nodded and i looked at his neck. i noticed that he got another hickey that's clearly noticeable.

i parted my jaw, "jacob! you have another hickey?"

he traced his thumb on it and smirked at me. "yeah, he doesn't go to our school though, so you'll never meet him."

"what school does he go to?" i asked.

"does he go to south?" asked joey, getting in on the conversation about the hickey.

he looked down and smiled. joey looked at me, "he's from south."

"who?!" i said, jumping up a little in the seat.

"i'm not telling you! but i'll tell you someday." he told me.

someday. as in; when i'm supposed to tell him that i have one lung. only joey knows, and jacob is my best friend so he needs to know.

when i first got here, i thought that the same thing was going to happen if people found out i had one lung, bullying.

it's not that different from having two lungs, i just have to take medicine and can't exercise like normal people.

now i know that it's not different, my personality and mental stability is still fine with one lung. so if i tell jacob, he probably won't mind.

joey and jacob were watching the christmas movie that was on. i look at jacob, "hey jacob?"

he doesn't look at me, he keeps his eyes on the tv. "hm?"

"i need to tell you something. i've been planning on telling you this but i just haven't had the the chance and-"

ding

way to go to ruin the moment, hunter. joey gets up from the couch and goes to the door. he opens the door to hunter with small presents.

"what's up?" hunter said as he walking in, and joey closing the door.

i'll tell jacob later. not now though with hunter here.

"you can put the gifts under the tree." i told hunter. he did what i said and then then joined us on the couches.

joey popped up from the couch and smiled at me ear to ear. "anna!" he says.

i look up at him, "what?"

"everyone is here! can i see sammy now?" joey asked eagerly

i got up from the couch and grabbed his wrist, dragging him upstairs.

sam has his own little room. as we walked in his room, he was sound asleep in his crib. i went up to his crib and looked down at him peacefully sleeping.

i looked over at joey and saw how he was admiring sam with a smile on his face. he looked so cute looking at sam like that.

"he looks like you a little." joey says.

i arched an eyebrow, "how? i don't have green eyes."

"the hair and the skin tone, he looks like you in a way if you think about it." he said.

i titled my head and looked at sam, "i guess you're right. my mom has a thing for black dudes."

he laughed and ran his hands through his hair, "you're so beautiful, anna. i swear."

i blushed and looked down, also putting a piece of hair behind my ear. "you are." he repeats.

i look up at him and smile, "do you wanna hold him?"

he gasps, "really?"

i nod. i put my hand on sams shoulder and tap it. "sam." i whispered.

he fluttered his eyes and yawned. he smiles when he sees joey and i hovering over him in the crib. he has sparkles in his green eyes.

i pick up sam from the crib, this is new to me also since mom never lets me do anything with him.

i gently put sam in joeys arms. he bounces sam up and down, "hey little dude." he says, "how are you."

"he can't talk yet." i told him.

"no duh."

sam smiles and claps his hands. i put a finger out and he wraps his hand around my finger.

"what if we have a little joey running around?" joey asked.

i furrowed my eye brows, "we're juniors, birlem. i'm not having a baby."

"i know. but just what if." he says, "sam could be a uncle."

he looks at me and smiles like a dork, "you're so weird." i say.

"not as weird as you." joey comebacks.

"that's debatable." i said.

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no one dies at the end if you guys are wondering...;)