Countdown (August Alsina)

Chapter 38

No.....you're not dreaming
-B

Omniscient POV

Milan opened her eyes and saw that she was now in a hospital bed. Liv ran over to her and smiled.

Milan looked over at her, wincing once pain hit her fact from her frown.

"I got hit right?"

"Right." Liv said.

"Why am I in a hospital bed?" Milan looked down at her gown and the IV stuck into her arm.

"Well the doctors said it's just protocol. They said once you wake up and all tests come back clear you're free to go. You're fine girl. You just got knocked the fuck out." Liv chuckled.

Milan tried to laugh but stopped immediately as more pain rushed to her face.

"How do I look?"

Liv bit her lip. "Not good girl....not good."

Milan sighed and felt a tear fell.

All She truly wanted right now was Elijah, and he was somewhere ignoring her, which not only hurt her but made her feel so alone.

"Where's my phone?"

Liv handed it to Milan and she unlocked it and began to dial Elijah's number. She put the phone to her ear as She heard her room door open. In walked Will and her mouth dropped as Elijah walked in behind him.

"Milan..." he mumbled.

She looked down and saw that his fists were balled. His jaw was clenched and She saw him swallow a little.

He was pissed, and she knew it.

"We'll ummm... we'll be outside." Liv said as she grabbed Will's hand. They quickly left the room and Milan and Elijah stared at eachother.

"Milan..." he walked closer to her and Milan felt her heart beat begin to go faster. She missed him so much and seeing him pop up like this caught her off guard.

"Yeah?" Milan whispered.

He kneeled down at her bed and grabbed her hand. He slowly ran his finger along her swolen eye and cheek, shaking his head and grinding his teeth together. Silence filled the two of them as they embraced eachother.

"Why?" Milan mumbled.

Anger and confusion filled her as she realized this was her first time truly communicating with him since she left for Vegas.

All Elijah could do was look her in her eyes. He gritted his teeth a little as guilt filled his body. He instantly felt guilty for being so stubborn and rude to his girlfriend, and letting her go that far by herself.

"Why ignore me?" Milan asked again.

He shook his head before dropping it. He had no answer for her.

"Milan....I'm-"

He stopped himself and took a deep breathe.

"I'm sorry. It wasn't my place ta' give you an ultimatum like that. Even if I don't agree with your decisions, I will always support you. And I shoulda been here..."

He looked at her bruised face and anger filled him again.

"...I shoulda been here ta' protect you, and ta help you. Because even tho I think her actions are stupid as hell... I care about Mal too baybeh. I do." He looked her in her eyes before kissing her forehead.

Milan couldn't help but chuckle at how blunt Elijah always was. She quickly frowned after smiling due to the pain in her face.

"I forgive you babe."

Elijah's face softened and he grinned extra hard.

"But-"

His smile dropped.

"If you ghost me like that again...we are done. And I mean that. We are too grown to be doing petty things like that. I'm your girlfriend and we should always communicate and never shut eachother out. Something way worse could have happened to me."

"I know." Elijah nodded. He put his fist up and she met his half way with a fist bump.

This confirmed that they were okay.

"Can I leave now?" Milan sat up a little, leaning forward and puckering her lips as best as she could. Elijah met her with multiple kisses before kissing her nose, and then her chin.

As if on cue, a doctor walked in the room, followed by Liv and Will.

"Ms. Anderson, it's glad to see you are awake." He smiled at her.

Milan smiled back a little, looking over at Liv and Will.

"Well, all your tests are clear as expected. You just took a hard hit. Nothing but ice and pain meds will help with that. You're free to go." He smiled before saying his goodbyes and leaving the room.

Milan sighed in relief and watched as Will walked over and dapped Elijah up.

"Good looking bro, I really appreciate it." Elijah mumbles.

Will simply nodded before looking over at Milan and smiling a little.

Milan looked around confused on how Elijah and Will knew each other, but decided to just ask Elijah about it later.

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Milan Anderson

"This place is so nice right babe?"

"Mhmm."

I was sitting on the counter and Elijah was in between my legs, icing my eye and nose for me. My heart was truly happy and I was so glad to be near him again. I missed his presence so much.

I'm glad that he apologized instead of coming up with a reason to make me seem wrong. I truly care about him, and he is my boyfriend but I chose to do this for my sister and his support was honestly all I really wanted.

"So how do you know Will?"

"We worked together a while back. We still keep in touch from time to time."

"So how did he know to call you?"

"He called me describing you, said he remembered seeing you on my social media here and there. I automatically knew it was you as soon as I saw a call from him. He told me you and his girl go way back and that you asked for a place ta stay."

"Oh..." I mumbled.

"It wasn't until I landed that I heard you was in the hospital."

He lowered the bag of ice and lightly grabbed my chin. He kissed me and I closed my eyes and grabbed his face. I sighed in relief as I felt his tongue enter my mouth. His hands inches around my waist and I pulled him closer to me.

He picked me up and carried me into the guest room we were staying in. I laid my head back as he lightly kissed my neck, leaving small trails of wet kisses all around. He sat down on the bed and stopped, looking at me.

"What?" I giggled.

"I missed you."

"Well what did you miss?" I asked, playing in his hair.

"Everything ta be honest. Just you."

"Just you too." I said back simply, pecking his lips.

Silence filled the room and he parted his lips as if he wanted to say something, but he closed his lips right after, like something was stopping him.

"Soo, you figure anything out yet?"

"No, I don't even know where to start." I sighed.

"Me either. Maybe we can look up some of her followers on her social media, see if any of them stay up here or are from here."

"Yeah, lets start there tomorrow." I yawned.

He pulled back the comforter and gestures for me to get under the covers. I closed my eyes soon after and felt his arms wrap around me.

I slept much better than I did the night before.

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