Paths(discontinued till further notice)

13

Chris

"What do you mean she gone!!?!" I said gaining shortness of breath.

"She's gone son, she stopped breathing." The nurse said. "No this can't be happening! She doesn't deserve this! GO FUCKING SAVE HER NOW!!" I yelled.

"There's nothing I can do at this point." He told me.

Narrator
As soon as Chris heard those words come out of the doctors mouth he completely blacked out.

He threw the peppermint bowl on the floor along with the magazines. He flipped the coffee table over and threw chairs down while crying. He walked over to the wall and punched it uncontrollably.

"Chris." Ms. Joyce said inching over to her son. She knew to be careful with him when he had episodes like this. Chris being her son she also knew that he hadn't taken his medication. Although he needed it, Chris never took his medicine. Majority of the times he could control his feelings, but at times like this, it was more challenging.

"Chris sweetheart look at me." Ms. Joyce calmly told her son while rubbing his arm getting his eyes to soften and his breathing a little back under control.

He immediately hugged his mother and cried on her shoulder. "Ma, s-she left me." He said. "She hates me so much that she couldn't even live on the same planet as me anymore." He cried.

"Shhhh, it gonna be okay Chris. She didn't hate you okay?" She tried to assured him as she ran her hand through his short curls.

Even though her son towered over her she would always hold him when needed. This was a needed moment. Ms. Joyce was shedding tears as she held her son, Aj was like a daughter to her. She didn't make it too obvious though, she wanted to be strong for her son.

The crew all rushed into the hospital at once. Aj's father had called them and told them the news. The crew walked over to Chris once he stopped hugging his mother and they all cried in a group hug.

"Would you guys like to see her before we transport her?" The nurse asked. None of them said anything they just followed the nurse to the room. Everyone stood around the bed breaking down.

Nothing was heard in the room except the sniffing of Aj's family, friends, and the flatline on the machine. "Let's say a prayer." Joyce said. Everyone held hands and bowed their heads as Mama Joyce said a prayer for the family.

Aj's mother dropped to her knees with her husband following. Joyce patted Michael's back and kissed her son's cheek and helped Aj's parents up and out of the room.

The seven friends looked down at their once beloved friend and silently cried on each other.

Aj
I woke up on a white fluffy couch and looked around. I was in a all white mansion with touches of blue around it. I got up and went over to the bookshelf and saw a picture of a man who looked really familiar. He had cornrows and had tattoos above his eyebrows.

"Well if it isn't my beloved niece." I turned around and I saw him.

"Uncle Ermias?" I asked. "You know it!" He said with his arms open. I went over to hug him.

"I missed you unc." I told him smiling. "I missed you too." He said. "How the music business?" He asked.

"Trash ever since you left." I told him. He laughed. "Where am I unc?" I asked him. He sighed and grabbed my hand leading me over to the fluffy white couch I laid on.

"The question is, what are doing here? Why aren't you with your friends?" He asked me.
I looked down and played with my hands.

"I don't know last thing I remember is being in an ambulance before blacking out." I told him.