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Chapter 10: Waiting

Derek had been in surgery for two hours and I was in the waiting room with my friends. They met me up there after their classes got out so I'd have someone to wait with. They kept asking if I wanted to leave and grab some food but I refused to leave the hospital until I knew he was ok.

    "So, I've been trying to hold it in because I know you're worried but how was your slumber party last night?" Jaiya asked, causing Devyn and Mia to look at me crazy.

    "Should I slap you now or now?" I asked, mugging her but laughed. I would tell them when I was ready but of course Jai had to put me on blast. "It was good. We talked for a long time," I said remembering everything from the night before. I tried to hide the smile on my face but couldn't.

    "I wasn't gonna say anything either but bitch you're glowing and I knew you got dicked down I was just waiting for you to admit it," Devyn said, eyeing me. "I know you weren't just talking,"

    "Well we layed in his bed very innocently at first," I smirked, watching each of their reactions. "And we talked a little about why he was having such a hard time admitting what he wants and one thing led to another," I shrugged.

    "Ok, but was he good?" Mia asked, ignoring everything else I said. I smirked some and looked at the floor not wanting to say. "They fucked one time and she's already dickmatized, look at her she can't even talk!" she added dramatically.

    "Bitch, I had tears coming down it was so good," I said and they all screamed, Jaiya heavy handed self was hitting me a little too hard.

    "That's my bitch!" Mia said and the people in the waiting room looked over causing us all to laugh quietly. I couldn't take them anywhere, literally.

    "Amora Banks?" a nurse said walking over to us. My smile quickly faded and the anxiety I had been feeling before kicked back in. I stood walking over to her to hear the news. "The surgery went well," she said and I let a breath out not realizing I had been holding it. "He is in a recovery room. You can see him shortly," she said and I wiped my eyes. When I turned around the three of them were standing there and they all embraced me.

    "Why are you crying?" Devyn asked wiping some of my tears for me.

    "Because she knows she's not getting dick again until he's fully recovered," Mia said, making me laugh.

    "No, I'm just happy," I said. It was the only thing I could manage to get out. I said a silent thank you to God and sat back down waiting for them to say I could see him. I noticed two guys come in and start looking around. One made eye contact with me and I looked away quickly not liking how I felt afterwards. I sat impatiently for another few minutes before the same nurse came and walked me to Derek's room. When I walked in he was hooked up to even more machines than the last time I saw him lying in a hospital bed. He was still asleep and as much as I wanted to jump in the bed and hug him because I was so happy he was ok I knew I couldn't. I settled on kissing his forehead lightly. I scooted the chair as close to his bed as I could get and grabbed his hand, kissing that too. When he finally woke up I jumped up, standing next to him.

    "Derek?" I called not sure if he could hear me.

    "Hey, baby girl," he smiled, his eyes barely open.

    "You made it another day on earth," I teased.

    "I had to stay for you," he said, smirking. I went and called the girls in and they came in singing and dancing which also put a smile on his face. I felt my phone ringing so I pulled it out and saw it was my mom.

    "I'll be right back," I said then stepped outside of the room to talk to her quickly. I noticed one of the guys from before walking down the hall and hurried off the phone with her. "I love you, talk to you soon," I said as he walked up.

    "This Streeter's room?" he asked, nodding towards the room. The talk we had the night before about his "business" stuck in my head and I didn't know who he was so I wasn't going to say yes.

    "No," I said, making a confused face trying to sell it.

    "Who's room?" he asked and I mugged him.

    "My mother, but I don't think that's any of your business," I lied, thinking on the spot. My heart was beating out of my chest and I prayed he couldn't tell how nervous I was.

    "My bad," he said and walked away. I waited until he turned the corner down another hall before quickly walking back into the room and shutting the door behind me.

    "What's wrong?" Devyn asked when I turned around. I shook my head.

    "Nothing," I said, lying still. I didn't want to worry anyone, especially Derek. He wasn't buying it anymore than my friends were.

    "Come here," he said, licking his lips some. I walked over slowly like a child who was in trouble with their parent and stood next to the bed. "What's wrong?" he asked again.

    "There was a man out there asking if this was your room. I saw him walk into the hospital earlier with another guy," I admitted. He looked forward like he was thinking and nodded his head.

    "What'd you tell them?"

    "I told them it wasn't cuz I didn't know who they were," he let out a breath of relief. "Who are they?" I asked, worried. He looked at my friends and I knew that meant he wouldn't say anything with them in here.

    "Some people I don't care to talk to right now," was all he said.

    "We're going to go sit in the lobby, k?" Jaiya said and they left, leaving the two of us alone. I carefully sat on the side of the bed and looked at him closely.

    "Derek. Who were they?" I asked again.

    "Some people I work with," he lied. I could tell he was lying and he knew. I gave him a look and he cleared his throat. "Some people I used to work with. Don't worry about it, just pass me my phone," he said and I did as he told. He started calling someone but I could only hear his side of the conversation. "Nah, they here right now. Yeah. Stopped my girl in the hall asking if this was my room n shit," he said and I zoned out for a second after I heard "my girl". I tried not to blush but failed. He wasn't paying me any mind though, too busy ordering someone around on the phone. "Get up here and handle this shit, now," he said and hung up. He slammed his phone down, angry and I let the room go silent for a moment.

    "Are you ok?" I asked not really knowing what to say.

    "Mhm," he mumbled. "Call your friends and tell them to come in here or go home. They don't need to be in the waiting area right now," he said and I called them quickly, scared of what was happening.

    "We'll give you some time with him. Is everything ok? Why does he want us out of the waiting area?" Devyn asked. I looked down at him. He was staring off into space, I'm sure in deep thought.

    "I'm not sure but I'll be at the dorms later. Be safe, love you guys," I said before hanging up. "You can't tell me what's going on?" I asked.

    "I already told you I didn't wanna bring you into this shit. Now you gotta niggas up here questioning you," he shook his head. The heart rate on the monitor went up and an alert flashed across the screen. The doctor and some nurses came in shortly after to check on him.

    "Ma'am we're going to have to ask you to step into the hallway," a nurse said trying to guide me out of the room. I looked at him worried and he tried sitting up but failed.

    "She stays in here or I will leave," he said. The nurse looked at me and nodded towards the back of the room so I would be out of the way. While they were looking him over two gunshots rang outside of the door. Everyone in the room ducked down and a nurse locked the door as quickly as she could. The doctors took out walkie talkies and began alerting security of what they heard, sending the hospital into a lockdown. I looked over at Derek who looked unfazed. What had he done?

***********************************************************************************************So far Derek has done a good job of keeping Amora away from his life in the streets but everything comes to an end, right? How do you think Amora will take this and will she stay?