Risk It All

Chapter 16

~Zoie's POV~
It was almost 7 now. I was getting worried about KJ. As we sat down to eat, I got a call from an unknown number. I got up from the table and went to my room to answer it.
Z- Hello?
?- Is this Zoie?
Z- Who is this?
?- This is Officer Bell. You were Mr.Apa's emergency contact. He was in a wreck. We're taking him to Mercy hospital. We need you to come as soon as possible.
I dropped the phone and screamed. Everyone came rushing in, asking what's wrong. But I couldn't speak. Tessa picked up the phone and talked to the Officer.
"Get the girls. KJ's in a wreck." She said seemingly calm. "Zoie, c'mon." She helped me stand up and walked me to the car.
"Daniel? Hi. It's Zoie's mom. I need you to meet me at Mercy. KJ's been in a wreck you need to come get the girls." I heard my mom say on the phone as Tessa drove. When we got there I still couldn't say anything. I kept trying to speak but no words would come out.
"KJ. My boyfriend." Was all I could muster out when the receptionist asked for who I was looking for.
"I'm sorry honey but only family can see him right now." She told me.
"No. She's shaken up. KJ is her husband." Tessa said as she put her hands on my shoulders. "And I'm his mother." The receptionist told us where he was and sent us back. When I walked in, he was laying there. He looked lifeless. His face was all cut up and his arm was in a cast and he had a brace on his knee. He had wires sticking up everywhere.
"K, I'm here baby. I'm here." I said as I kissed his head and stroked his cheek.
"Mom?" He asked as he started to get panicked.
"I'm here bubba." She told him as I backed up and she came by him.
"I'm gonna check on the girls." I told Keneti. He nodded and patted my arm. I walked out of the room and headed to where my mom was. She had the girls and was talking to Daniel.
"You okay?" Daniel asked me.
"I don't know. I want KJ to see them before you take them." I told him.
"Okay. You want me to come with you?"
"No. I've got it. Thank you though. We'll only be a minute." I added before I took them to KJ's room.
"KJ look, Emory and Raleigh are here." Tessa told him. He smiled at them as I brought them over.
"Daniel's gonna take them for the night." I said. He nodded and kissed their heads and I took them back to Daniel.
"I'm gonna go with Daniel hun. They won't let me back there anyways." My mom told me. I nodded and hugged her before saying goodbye to the girls and heading back to KJ.
"Hey baby." He smiled at me as I sat down beside him.
"Hi goofball." I replied as I took his hand in mine.
"Okay Mr.Apa, you seem to be doing fine, so we're sending you home. But take it easy for a few days. You probably have a concussion so I will give your wife a pamphlet on symptoms and if you show any of them you need to come in to get seen immediately. Other than that, your prescriptions are at the pharmacy and no intercourse for at least a week if there's no concussion symptoms." The doctor told him.
"Thank you doctor."
"My nurse will be in shortly to get your discharge paperwork. You can change into your normal clothes." The doctor said as he unhooked the monitors from him.
"Did you guys drive my car?" KJ asked.
"Yeah." I told him.
"Mom I have a change of clothes in there in the trunk. Would you mind running to get them for me? They had to cut my shirt."
"Oh, wait, I have an extra shirt in the diaper bag." I said as I walked over to the bag.
"Well look at you super mom." KJ chuckled as I threw the shirt at him.
"We'll go get the car." Tessa said. So they left and shut the door behind them and I helped KJ get dressed.
"Hold on, I'll trade you pants. These will be easier for you to wear." I told him as I took his jeans and went to the bathroom. I was wearing his sweatpants and knew they would be a lot easier than jeans.
"My jeans aren't gonna fit you." He told me.
"Good thing we have a belt then." I chuckled as I walked back out, wearing his giant jeans.
"You're gonna trip."
"Relax, I'll roll them." I said. He stood up and leaned against the wall as I helped him put his sweatpants on.
"Sit down." I told him after we got the pants on him so I could untie his hospital gown.
~
After about an hour, we were home.
"Do we need to go pick up the girls?" He asked.
"No, my moms over there with them. She'll bring them tomorrow." I replied as I helped him into bed.
"This is the first time we've been alone in like a week." He reminded me as I put my pajamas on.
"Don't get too used to it babe we have two girls."
"Come lay down with me." He whined. I chuckled and laid down beside him, resting my head on his arm that he had laid down under me.
"Was Cole okay?" I asked.
"Yeah. Just a couple cuts and scrapes. They wouldn't let him come to the hospital with me and he had to deal with insurance stuff."
"I'm glad he was okay."
"How was entertaining the parents?"
"Oh it was fine. Moms put the girls to nap then we ordered dinner."
"I love you."
"I love you too." I smiled at him before he kissed me gently.
~
The next morning, I got up early to get a head start on thanksgiving lunch.
"What can I do to help?" KJ asked.
"Go sit down so I don't have a heart attack! You can't be up walking very much babe." I told him as I sat him down in a kitchen chair. Soon, there was a knock on the door.
"Coming!" I hollered as I dried my hands off. I ran to the door and opened it to my mom, Daniel, and the girls.
"There's my little babies." I said as I kissed the girls and took them from Daniel.
"Hey KJ how ya doin?" Daniel asked him as he shook his hand.
"I'm alright." He nodded.
"Momma, can you help me with the gravy. I can't get it to thicken." I asked her.
"I got it!" She replied.
"I gotta change the girls." I said. I took the girls and took them to their room to get them dressed.