When You Were Mine •Erick Brian Colon Story

And....You Are?

•Erick's POV•

I get a text at 5 in the morning. I tried my best not to wake up Veronica. 

Chris: Where are you at?

Me: I'm with Veronica

Chris: Oh how is she?

A tear falls slowly on my cheek. The guys haven't heard the news. 

Me: It's not good

Chris: Why?! What happened?! 

Me: We have to talk

Chris: Oh no. That's not good. Can you come to the hotel then?

I look at Veronica. 

Me: I'll be there in 20 minutes 

I get up carefully. Before I leave her room I watch her sleep. A smile forms on my face. But then tears rush through my face. I close her door softly and make my way out of her house. I get an uber. I sit in her porch and all the memories come back of when we were younger. There was a time when we were little and we were running after the ice cream truck, but then she fell. She got back up even though her knee was bleeding. She grabbed my hand and she pulled me to the ice cream truck. I kept asking her if she was ok and she would say that she was. She always got back up no matter what. Now she didn't want to. I understood, but I wished she did. Then my uber gets here. I get to the hotel in 10 minutes. 

I make my way to Christopher's room. I knock and he opens the door right away. I step in and I see all the guys there. Joel, Richard, Zabdiel, Yoandri, and Johann.  Maybe they could tell that I was crying because Richard pats my back. He gave me a sad smile. 

"What's wrong with Veronica?" Christopher asked finally. I looked down.

"The doctor told her that... he told her that the chemo wasn't working." Richard squeezed my shoulder.

"It isn't working?" Zabdiel asked. I shook my head.

"There are other treatments right?" Johann asked. 

"Yes but she doesn't want to take them. She says she is too tired for it. She gives up." Tears fall from everyone's eyes. They get up and hug me. 

"How much time does she have?" Christopher asks. I look at him for awhile. 

"About a week and a half possibly." Yoandri swallowed hard. Christopher looked away. We talked about Veronica for awhile then it was 7 am. 

"We should go see her," Joel said.
"Should we get flowers?" Yoandri asked. 
"Yes!" Richard said. We go get flowers. I get her setigera roses. They are her favorite. Now that she is in a weaker state we have to always be there for her.

We get to her house and her mom lets us in.
"She's in her room." she says smiling. We go upstairs headed for her room.
"Veronica! We're here." Christopher yelled. I looked a the pictures of me and her as 10 year olds in the hallway outside her room. I stay there looking at every single thing in the pictures.
"Erick let's go," Joel says. We walk in her bright colored room, walls sky blue.
"Hola hermosa," I say smiling at her. She looks up at me with confusion.
"And... you are?" Sadness washes over me. I feel like someone has kicked the air out of me. I just want to cry.
"What do mean?" Yoandri asks in confusion.
"Veronica stop messing around." Christopher says. Veronica just looks at them in confusion.
"Wait... guys I dont think she's joking." Richard says looking intensely at her. They all look at me.
"What's wrong with Veronica? Why doesn't she know who we are?" Joel asks.
"She has delirium." Once the first tear broke free, the rest followed in an unbroken stream.
"She has delirium." I repeat. I breath heavily.
"Who are you guys? And why are you crying?" She asks.
"We're your friends. It just hurts that you don't remember us." Christopher says since I can't say anything.
"I'm sorry." She says. We were looking at her and I could tell she felt uncomfortable. I walk up to her bed and I sit on the side. I hold her hand. She doesn't let go but she looks into my eyes. I looked at hers trying to get her to remember me. But she still looked like she had never seen me before. I look down.
"Come on Veronica." I mumble.
"Umm... we got you flowers," Zabdiel said. She lets go of my hand.
"Those are my favorite flowers!"
"He chose them." Zabdiel says smiling as he points at me. Veronica smiles at me.
"Thanks."
"Always." I smile back.
"Guys can I talk to you outside?" I ask. They nod.
"We'll be right back." I say. Veronica nods. Once we're outside I say,"It's supposed to last a few days only, but  we're trying to get her memory back as soon as possible. " They smile.
"Mission memory lane?" Christopher says as he puts his hand in the middle. We all look at each other. We all put our hand in the middle on top of Christopher's hand.
"Mission memory lane!" We say as we raise our hand up. We laugh but I realize that this might be hard to do...

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