I was pissed when I had to double back to pick up De'Veon when he told me what happened I got tunnel vision, I needed to get to Duron.... I needed to make sure he was.... he fuckin better be. Duron couldn't get out like this, nah I needed one more conversation with him.... FUCK I don't even remember what our last conversation was even about, it was such a normal conversation that I couldn't even imagine that it may have been the last conversation I ever had with him. I drove to the nearest hospital only to find out he wasn't there, I was starting to get pissed and if it wasn't for De'Veon I would've dragged that bitch over the desk by her blonde roots. I stood outside the hospital for ten minutes.... TEN FUCKIN MINUTES before De'Veon came out with the information of the hospital where they took Duron. Ten minutes may not seem like a long time but for me it was an eternity, but that ten minutes gave me enough time to calm down because I refused to believe anything other than the fact that when I saw him he'd be alright because if he wasn't.......
"Elijah he's going to be alright, you know Doonie... he's....." De'Veon said and I started to feel guilty, this entire time I was worry about my own feelings that I didn't take a second to consider De'Veon or DJ. "Should I call my parents, I doubt Doonie will want them there but still.... they have a right to know, don't they?" De'Veon asked and my selfish side wanted me to say fuck them but I knew that if something were to happen to DJ or De'Vaughn I'd want to know.
"Yeah go ahead and call them, I'm going to go find Duron...." I said walking away quickly, I just had this gut feeling they were going to find some way to blame me for this and I...... I found Duron's room and he was laying in the bed, his face was covered in soot, I could see streaks coming from his eyes that let me know he had been crying. "I should beat your ass." I said and he turned and looked at me, for a second he almost smiled then he quickly turned away.
"I'll be up in my feet in no time.... mostly smoke inhalation and a few minors burns, with some cuts and stuff.... I'll be on my feet in a couple days, then you can beat my ass." Duron said still not looking at me.
"Duron what the fuck were you thinking?" I asked moving to the other side of the bed only for him to turn his head again. "Oh so you're being a fuckin child? Fine don't look at me, but I deserve the right to know why the fuck you'd run into a burning building with yo stupid ass!!!" I asked fighting back tears.
"Because of you....." Duron said turning towards me with tears running down his face. "I was just driving and.... this lady was outside screaming, saying that her kids were in the house..... people were just standing outside looking and remember thinking what if it was you? What if our kids were in a burning house and people were just standing around, not doing shyt while you screamed for help....... I...... I couldn't imagine. I didn't think, I just ran inside and.... her dude or whoever he was, he was trapped behind a section of the roof and he told me to save the kids....... I promised him I'd be back and I ran upstairs, I got the kids and somehow managed to get outside but..... when I went back to help him...... what if that was you?" Duron said as he began crying then coughing.
"Duron...." I didn't even realize that I was crying as well but hearing that, it really made me look at him differently. Duron had been trying to change his old ways but we both knew he had a long way to go, but now.... it was like nothing he did in the past matter because the MAN in front of me..... he was a different person yet the same.
"I should beat your ass....." De'Veon said walking into the room. "I'll wait until you're fully healed but just know.... it's coming." He said blinking back tears, our eyes met and he understood what I was thinking, he subtly shook his head letting me know that his parents weren't coming and I was strangely okay with that. "Mateo is probably going to beat your ass too.... so you got about three ass whoopins coming.... four if you count Raheim."
