Choices

Chapter 10

Here are the song details! Alan Walker Faded vs L'amour Toujours Mashup Mattyj Vision ft An SMOKE!

(Hopes POV)

     Moo and I talked for a little bit longer till the entrance door was slammed open and Evan was yelling at everyone to meet him where he was. Moo jumped up and ran out the door, leaving it open for me, I get up and walk out of the room and see everyone making a semi-circle around Evan. Someone's missing, I stand back and start counting everyone, there were eight of the guys instead of the usual nine. 

     Evan took off his mask and threw it away from him as he ran his fingers through his black hair, trying to calm down. I looked at the guys once more, it clicked in my mind and I felt instant panic, where was Brian?

     "We were able to complete the setup, but there was an accident. Brian is at the hospital with severe burns. He threw a grenade while on the yacht and I.. I guess didn't throw it far enough?! I DON'T KNOW, I WAS AT THE TOP OF THE YACHT WITH MINI AND HE WAS DOWN BELOW THE YACHT BY HIMSELF!" He yelled. He took a couple deep breaths trying to calm himself down.

    I felt my throat start to burn indicating I was about to cry, but why? This was the guy that cheated on me and felt no remorse for me. I bring my bandana up covering half of my face and put my hood up covering the rest. I felt eyes on me now. I look up and sure enough, the guys were looking at me.

    "Did... did you hear what I said?" Evan asked me. I looked down at the ground and shook my head no.

     "I asked if you wanted to go visit him, Hope. Or at least try to. When we brought him in the hospital they said the burns were too severe and they had to do surgery on him." Evan took a deep breath once again. Tears started to fill my eyes but I didn't let them fall, I quickly wiped them away and nodded my head as I walked up and through the circle of guys.

     Evan and I walked out and silently walked to his car. I got inside the passenger seat as he got in the drivers and started the car. We sat there for a few minutes as he began hitting his steering wheel and started throwing out every cuss word in the book. I looked out the window so he couldn't see me start to cry. I hated this man who only used me to get what he wanted, but here I was, silently crying and hoping that this man who cheated on me was going to be okay.

     We drove all the way to the Los Santos hospital and once inside, we were told that Brian was still in surgery. While Evan talked to the receptionist, I went and found two empty chairs and sat in one of them. I rested my elbow on the armrest and propped up my head with my hand as Evan came and sat next down to me.

    "She told me it might be a few more hours till he gets out of surgery. I'm sorry for dragging you into this, I just thought... I don't know what I was thinking... I can call one of the guys to pick you up and take you back to the clubhouse." He says looking over at me. I look away from him as the thought of leaving Brian made the tears start to fall again. He sighed as he sat back in the chair, pulling out his phone and begin to tap on it.

     "I'm texting Delirious for him, Wildcat, Lui, and Nogla to get ready for the next startup." He says in an almost guilty tone. I glance over at him, tears still in my eyes.

     "ONE OF YOUR FRIENDS GOT BLOWN IN THE FACE BY A GRENADE AND ALL YOU CAN THINK ABOUT IS YOUR STUPID HEIST?!" I stand up and yell at him. He looks up at me and stares at me I watch as he shakes his head and deletes the message, before getting up and brushing past me as he goes outside.

     I was left there with my own thoughts, for god knows how long. I looked outside to see if Evan was going to come back in and see that it was already night now, and Evan was asleep next to me in his chair. I blinked a couple of times and stood up stretching out my legs. I looked at Evan again as he was holding onto his side kind of tightly, his phone sat on his lap. I carefully picked up his phone and saw that it was 10:15, I guess I really was lost in my thoughts. I go to unlock his phone to see if I could call Autumn or Jell to tell either one of them that I was okay, but it was locked with a passcode. I sigh and set it back on his leg and go to the water fountain to grab a drink.

     I go to the receptionist desks and lean on the counter. She looks up from her computer and gives me a nasty look.

     "Your friend is in the recovery ward now. He's going to be out for a couple days as his body adapts to the new change to him." She tells me before looking back at the computer. I roll my eyes and go back to Evan who is now waking up and starting to look around for me. His eyes land on me as he gets up and gives me a small smile.

     "You probably want a bed to sleep in tonight, won't you? I don't mind letting you sleep at my apartment while I stay here in case something happens." He suggests. I let out a sigh and nod my head. We walk out of the hospital and towards his red Entity XF as I prepare for yet another silent car ride.

     Evan's apartment looked a little like Craigs but the red and black colors filling the apartment made quite a difference. Evan walked with me as we went up the stairs. His bed was against the wide window as a guitar sat in one of the corners. The room was red and black like the rest of the apartment. 

     Evan opened up a sliding door and was pulling out a huge shirt and handed it to me. I guess this is the nice side of Evan, it feels a lot better than his cocky side. He takes off his red jacket and throws it on the ground while taking off his black undershirt. I took a few steps back away from him, just in case he was getting any ideas, that's when I saw the huge white bandage on his side that he was holding onto early. I also saw new as well as old scars of different shapes and sizes all around his bare chest. He looks down at the white bandage then back up at me.

     "I'm fine okay? It happens during setups and fights, it's just a bullet wound." I continue to stare at the scars. 

     Did all of the other guys have this many scars? Is that why they wore long pieces of clothing to hide them? Evan grabs a baggy red hoodie and grey sweatpants before closing the closet door.

     "Can... can you stay here for tonight? The receptionist told me that it was going to be a couple of days for Brian to recover." I look away from him.

     "Of course... I'll be downstairs... alright?" He says before giving me a nod and walking out his bedroom.