Daisies

3.0

"Love. Lets talk about love. Is it anything and everything you hoped for? Or does the feeling haunt you?"
• • •
A large crash erupts outside of the room. Screams follow and his hands fall from my bare waist. He looks at the door, lifting me off of his lap.

We both rush to find our shirts, I groan at how we were interrupted but I can't shake the subtle feeling of relief.

We run out the door to the scene of frat boys fighting on top of the pool table. Suddenly the lights turn on and police sirens sound from outside the house. Everyone starts running everywhere, chaos breaks out.

I run to find my friends, forgetting to get Reggie's number. Part of me doesn't even want it anyways.

I run out the back door, not even thinking about where I'm going. I run in one of the crowds and hop over the fence. Luckily I find Mya once I'm in the crowd who hopped over.

We all start running again when we hear the officer's radios. We hop over another fence and run down the street, I accidentally drop my phone. Quickly picking it up I try to catch up with everyone else.

Mya and I eventually catch up with Micah, hopping in his car and he drives off. He goes a back war to dodge the police. Once I get in the car I see that my screen is entirely cracked and I cuss to myself.

My mom's name flashes across my screen and I debate on whether to answer it. Eventually I decide to, telling her everyone in the car to hush.

"Hello?" I answer, trying my best to seem sober.

"Daisy!" My mom says in a distressing tone. "You have to come to the hospital, Mr.Ricci's been shot." I can hear the tremor in her voice. Her words almost drain the alcohol out of my system.

"What?! Ok, ok. I'll get there as soon as I can." My stomach drops, feeling nauseous all of a sudden. I worry for Mr. Ricci but there's one person I truly can't get off of my mind. Jacob.

• • •

Micah and Mya drop me off at the hospital Mr. Ricci is in. I frantically run through the halls, searching for the waiting room. Once I'm in I see my mom and her boyfriend but not Jacob.

"What happened?!" I ask after hugging her.

"I'm not sure. Nobodies told us anything, Jacob knows but I'm not sure where he is." She says worriedly.

I run back out of the hospital to look for Jacob. He couldn't have gone far, I just hope he doesn't do anything stupid. I scan the parking lot for his car, which I find but he's not in it so he has to be here.

My adrenaline is through the roof. I start to get so frustrated with not being able to find him that I end up going behind the building on accident.

But to my surprise Jacob is sitting there with his head in his lap. I slow down, feeling anxious as I walk over to him. I sit down next to him, tapping him on the shoulder gently.

"It's me." I say and he slowly looks up towards me. I've never seen him like this and I try to hide my shock. His eyes are red and swollen. He's probably been crying for hours but I can see the anger behind his eyes still.

He doesn't say anything just looks at me. It seems like he was about to speak but I cut him off by pulling him into me. I can feel him start crying again, it makes the lump in my throat grow larger. I wanted to cry but I knew I couldn't if I wanted to be there for him.

"I can't lose him Daisy. I ca... I just....I can't-" He struggles to speak.

"It's ok. Just let it out. You aren't gonna lose him. He's gonna fight for you, I know he is." I try to calm him.