Give Me Love

4.

Arianna's P.O.V

6:15am

I woke up this morning to the sound of a beeping machine, my eyes could barely open, my body aching, and my head was pounding. As my vision focused I could finally see where the beeping noise was coming from. I was in the hospital, and It took me a minute to figure out why I was here. As reality sets in my mind began to play the events of last night all over again.

I had nurses in and out of my room since I opened my one semi good eye. The doctor who was checking on me and told me the severity of my situation. I have a fractured rib cage, a black eye (which of course I could tell you myself), a concussion, and few minor sprains in my left leg,and arms.

I looked down at my arms to see the IV that was hooked into me. What has my life come to, this is a fucking joke. As I thought that, I heard a knock on the door to my hospital room, as it pushed open, in came the doctor who I've seen throughout my time here.

I was able to give a list of names and numbers of people I could contact and that I could trust with my location. The only people on the list were my mother, sister, Xavier and Briana and out of all four of those people I know Xavier and Bri would be the only ones to show up and I was right.

My family doesn't want any parts of me and my drama and I can't blame them. It's better this way, as long as I can keep them safe, everything will be alright.

There was a knock on the door, and as it pushed open behind it stood Xavier and Bri. "Oh Aryi." Bri said as she approached my bed, I could tell she had just come from work, her hair was tied back into a low ponytail and she still wore her scrubs. She pulled me into a hug, "Ow." I said flinching from the roughness of the hug

"I'm sorry Aryi." she said letting go. "What the fuck man, why you didn't tell us that shit was this bad Aryi, I would've been killed that nigga if I knew he was putting his hands on you." Xavier said out in frustration.

"I-I don't know Zay. I just didn't want anyone to get hurt, but I'm okay." I responded.

"No, you're not okay, do you see yourself right now in the-" before he could finish Bri cut him off "Xavier, please not right now, she doesn't need you going off on her right now."

He stood there in front of Bri and I and and just looked at us like we were dumb and dumber. First he looked at Briana and then me before he placed his hands on his hips, his mouth fell open a little and he licked his lips.

This is what he does when he catches on to things, and from this moment I knew he just found out that Bri knew the entire time.

"You been fucking knew he put his hands on her and you didn't say anything to me Briana?" he yelled out. His facial expressions and body language told it all.

He was pissed, for what reasons I'm not sure. It could be because his partner was keeping secrets or maybe because I kept secrets from him.

"It was never my business to tell, it was one of those silent promises I had to make to keep my best friend safe." Bri said sitting down on the edge of my bed.

"She's also my best friend, and does she look safe?" Xavier said guestering to me.

"Look Zay, Bri was just trying to be loyal to me. You have no right to be mad if that's what I asked her to do. I wasn't ready for more people to know about this. You out of all people should know how it feels for someone to be in a situation like this. You out of all people know how hard it is for someone to just admit that 'oh yea I'm getting beaten on daily and oh yea the person who's supposed to love me and care for me sexually forces themselves on me ." I said sitting up a little in the bed and keeping vigorous eye contact with Xavier. Tears are now streaming down my face and dripping onto my hospital gown.