Blood Money - The Sequel

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"I'm so excited to take you home.. gunna be spoiled these next two weeks" I pet Haz's hair, and press a kiss to his forehead.
"Gunna take care of me?" He asks with a smile.
"Course" I say.
He gives me a funny look, to which I raise my brow at him, almost having a silent conversation.
"Wanna tell me what's up between you and Tom?" He asks.
I sigh, I don't really want to tell him because then he's going to want to talk with Tom about it. The last thing he needs right now is drama.
"Aria. Tell me please." He says.
"Fine.." I say. "While you were heavily drugged.. you kinda slipped the whole baby thing in front of him."
His face falls.
"Oh no.. he hates me doesn't he?" He asks.
"No, in fact the only thing he can think about is how I apparently haven't thought this through. He's disappointed in me Haz.."
Jesus Christ now I'm trying to get sympathy from my boyfriend in the fucking hospital, how much more selfish could I get?!
"I'll talk to him." He assures me.
Tom walks in with a nurse, the nurse handing Haz a clipboard.
"Just sign here and you're discharged" the woman smiles.
Haz signs the paper quickly, and smiles widely at me once he finishes.
"Let's go home, darlin" he says.
The nurse wheels in a wheelchair and Haz scoffs.
"Oh please I can walk" he says, flipping his legs off the bed, slowly rising to his feet. I hold his arm, helping him steady himself.
"Okay.. maybe I can't" he laughs, feeling off balance from being in a hospital bed and just getting out of surgery.
The nurse helps him sit in the chair, and he groans a bit from the pain of his stomach.
"I want you to make sure you take your meds on time every day" the nurse says.
"I'll make sure of it" I nod at her.
"Looks like you guys are good to go. Good luck!" She smiles at us, leaving the room.
The car ride home is awkwardly silent. I can't tell if Tom is still mad at me, but I am definitely still mad at him. How dare he ask me if the baby is Harrison's or not! He makes me so angry..
We pull up to the house, and I help Haz out of the car.
"Here" Tom says, nudging me to the side so he can support Haz a little better with getting inside. I roll my eyes, walking behind them.
Haz is now loosened up a bit, and walking better. I take his hand as we get in the house.
"Let's go relax, yeah?" I ask.
It's pretty late, and Haz was in the hospital for a little over two days, I think? My sleep schedule is now fucked.
We get to our room and I help him change clothes, feeling sadness when I see the bandaging on his stomach. I hate that this happened to him.
"Please never pull a stunt like that again." I say quietly, discarding his dirty clothes into the hamper.
He gives me sad eyes as I walk back over to him, grabbing my hand and running his thumb along my knuckles.
"I'm sorry."
"Don't apologize.. just promise I'll never have to see you in that hospital bed again." I plead.
"Darlin.." he sighs. "You know I can't make that promise. Not with this life."
The rain outside starts to pour, making the December evening feel even more dreary than it already does.
"But I can promise that I'll try." He says.
I lay back with him, resting my head on his shoulder, wishing I could hug him but knowing that I can't. I just want him to be okay..
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I shower and get dressed, feeling much better after getting a full night of sleep. I step into the room, seeing Haz is still asleep so I brush out my hair quietly, peeking back every now and then to admire the sleeping boy.
I step out of the room, making sure to turn my ringer on for when he wakes up and calls me. I need to talk to Tom..
stepping up to his office door, I knock lightly, walking inside.
He's busy doing some paper work, not looking up from it, but knowing it's me.
"What Aria?" He asks.
"We need to talk about the other day." I state.
His head now lifts to look at me, emotionless.
"What about it?" He asks.
"Well first of all, how could you ask me if it's Haz?" I ask.
"I don't know, who knows who you're sleeping with" he shrugs and my mouth drops. Why is he being like this with me?!
"Are you kidding Tom? That's what you think of me?" I ask.
"You were a stripper so." He comments.
"Fuck you Tom!" I yell at him, turning to see Ezra standing in the doorway. I quickly walk past him, out to the kitchen. How could he say something so awful?!
My phone dings and I check it.
Petra: okay I heard shit has been going down and that's why you haven't talked to me in days, are you okay?
Part of me wants to pour my entire heart out to her, and part of me wants to ignore everyone right now..
I see I have a voicemail from a random number, I click it and hold the phone to my ear.
"Hello Mrs. Kennan. This is professor white. I'm calling to make sure everything is alright with you at home, you've missed several classes and it will affect your overall grade and possibly diploma if you don't start attending your classes again soon. Please call back if you have any questions. Hope to see you soon."
I mentally groan, I practically forgot about classes with everything going on right now. Fuck I have class in a couple hours! I can't leave Haz all on his own...
I make some tea for Haz, knowing he'll be awake soon. I walk back downstairs to our room to see him on his phone.
"Morning cute boy" I say, setting his tea on his bedside table.
"So you think I'm cute" he smirks.
"Mhmm" I hum, kissing his lips and crawling back into bed beside him.
He frowns at me.
"What's wrong?" He asks.
"Nothing? Why would you think something's wrong?" I ask.
"Aria I know you better than anyone. Probably better than Petra even." He comments. "Tell me what's wrong so I can fix it."
"You don't need to be fixing anything right now." I say.
"If you don't tell me I'll pour my tea all over you" he says.
"You liar" I shake my head.
He hovers his tea over me and I squeal, scooting away.
"It's just school!" I laugh, leaving out the shit Tom said this morning.
"Oh fuck don't you have class in like, an hour?" He asks.
"Yeah, but I need to be here." I say.
"No you don't. You only have five months until you get your degree, and you've already missed too many classes."
"Haz I can't just leave you." I state.
"If you don't get your ass to school I will personally drag you there. You want me to do that? In this state? Cause I will." He's being dead serious too.
"Jesus Christ okay I'll go, but if you need anything at all-"
"Then I will make Ezra my bitch." He shrugs and I laugh.
"I love you." I kiss his cheek.

A/N: thoughts on Petra and Ezra? Kinda want to start shit between them I'm bored of their relationship and it's barely started whoops