outfield Alex Verdugo

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Claudia
Its now September , i landed in l.a about 2 hours ago. Today is the 7th. Its been almost a month since James was born. Yes they named him James, James Tihan. "Hello?" I say answering my phone. "Claudia" my dad says sounding very distraught. "Yes?" I ask sitting up. "I need you to come to the hospital as soon as possible" he says. "Whats wrong?" I ask getting up and putting my slides on. "Its your mom" he says. "I'm on my way" i say. "Okay" he says and hangs up. I rush downstairs and get in my car rushing to the hospital. 7am.

"What happened?" I ask my dad. He has the same look from one year ago and my heart drops. No no no no no. I go in the room and she's barely breathing. "Cla-u" she struggles to say. "Ja-y" she says. "Mom" i say. "Jay" she says. "Take care of him" she says. "Stay strong" she adds. "Mom" i say crying. "Jay. Endy. Vic" she says. "I'll take care of them" i say crying. She gets my hand and softly rubs my hand with her thumb. "read the papers in the office" she says. "Mom" i say. My dad then comes in the office and comes to us. "I love you" she says. "I love you" we each say and again the horrible noice. Nurses come and my dad and i just breakdown.

"We're keeping her on life support until nate , and your uncle's and aunts get here" he says and i nod. Its now 12pm. "Can you go get your brother and sister?" He asks and i nod. I've just been carrying James. I fix the blanket and grab the diaper bag. I have a carseat in my car. "I'll be back" i say. I walk out the room and go down and get to my car. I get to wendy first. I take out James with the carseat. "Hello how can i help you?" The lady asks. "I'm here to pick up my sister" i say. "Name?" She asks. "Wendy Tihan" i say. "Okay just one second" she says. "Do you have an id?" She asks and i take it out.

"Can i speak to the principle?" I ask.  "Yes one second" she says. She calls then looks back at me. "Go ahead" she says then I walk into the office. "Claudia! Long time no see!" Principle says. She was the principle my last year of elementary. "I know" i say. "How have you been? I'm extremely proud of you" she says. "Good. Thank you" i say. "I wanted to talk to you about Wendy , my sister" i say. "Okay" she says. "My mother passed" i say and my voice cracks. "This morning, wendy won't be attending school for a few days" i say. "Oh my goodness I'm so sorry" she says. "Its fine , take as much time as she needs. I'm so sorry" she says and hugs me.

"If it isn't my favorite student" principle jones says. I tell him then we talk about victor then he comes and on my way to the hospital my dad calls and says its not a good idea to go back , i should take them to my place. Thats what im doing now. I have to break the news. "Why did we leave school early?" Wendy asks. My dad said they didn't notice when they left to the hospital , they asked a neighbor to give them a ride to school. "Come here" i say. "You too" i tell vic. "Mom , is in heaven now" i say and victors eyes widen. "Mommy is in heaven?" Wendy asks. "Why?" She asks. "Mommy got really sick , she couldn't get help from any doctors so she had to go to heaven" i say. Victor gets up and goes to the room.

Wendy starts crying and i hug her. "I won't ever see my mommy?" She asks. "I don't have a mommy anymore?" She asks. "I'll always be here for you okay? You won't be alone" i say. "Don't see it in a wrong way. Think of all the happy memories you have with her okay? We now have james , we need to tell him all about mommy okay?" I ask her and she nods crying. My heart hurts so bad. Its heartbreaking , telling your 6 year old sister her mother is gone. She stays in my arms crying until she falls asleep. I lay her down on the couch and go check in on victor. I open the door and he has his head in his hands. I stand infront of him and hug him making him cry.

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Alex
"Yo is claudia okay?" Walker asks me. "Why?" I ask. No one knows we broke up. It's been the worst thing I've ever done. "You haven't talked to her?" Cody asks. "No" i say. "How's claudia?" Corey asks. "Whats wrong with her?" I ask and they all stay quiet. "Hm victor posted a picture of their mom , she passed away" kike says and my heart drops. I check my phone and i have texts from my sister and parents asking about claudia. I then check victors story and its true.

Then i see Nathan's. "I need to go be with her" i say standing up. "Alex , don't involve feelings" mariana says. "I wont" i say. We landed today. We have an off day tomorrow. "Doc , i need to go with her" i say. "Its a emergency" i say. "I know alex. Go" he says. "Thank you" i say and quickly book a flight. I then go to my room and get my bags and head to the airport.

I uber to my place then get in my car and head to her place. i dont care what happens between us. together or not she's my girl. my #1 , she's been there at my lowest. i will always be there for her , her siblings. she needs all the love and support she could get and i will be there.

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i know alot of sad stuff , it will all tie together at the end ...

still sad about this ....