Crash

Wilmer

The car came out of nowhere. Mia and I were driving to bring her back to Demi's house when all of a sudden the car was rolling and Mia was screaming and it all went black. I woke up in a hospital bed, they concluded that I had a minor concussion while Mia's injuries were more serious. As I sat in the waiting room for her to get out of surgery, I knew I was in trouble once I heard the clicking heels.

"WHAT HAPPENED?!"

I turned to see Demi, red-faced and clearly worried sick, "Demi there was an accident-"

"What did you do?!" She screamed at me, and shoved my chest, "What happened?!"

I took a deep breath, "It was a drunk driver, he was swerving lanes and slammed into us. Mia's injuries were more serious than mine, but she's in surgery now."

Demi curled her lip up, "I knew you taking her for the whole weekend was a bad idea. We should've just stuck with the visitation that the court set."

I could feel anger rising in my chest, "Don't give me that bullshit, it was an accident!"

She rolled her eyes, "It doesn't matter Wilmer! She's only six!"

Underneath the anger she had for me, I could see the intense worry and fear inside of her eyes. Her biggest fear used to be losing Mia and I, but now it was just Mia since she had already let go of me. I knew she needed to calm down, or else things would get even worse. I gripped the top of her shoulders and guided her into a chair.

"You need to calm down, and sit down."

She shoved my hands off of her and stood up, "I will not sit down. I want to know what happened to her and what's wrong with Mia!"

I sat down and put my head in my hands, "She's been in surgery for a while, I don't know any more than you do."

Demi was pacing now, "If anything happens to her I swear to God I'll never forgive you."

I closed my eyes, "Don't worry Dems, If anything happens to her you will never be able to hate me more than I would hate myself."

She paused her pacing for a second, the resumed but didn't say another word. Eventually, she sat down in the chair next to me and pulled out her phone, "I need to call my mom and the others to get them down here."

I put my hand on top of hers, "Can we just not do that for a few more minutes. I don't want to see the look on their faces."

Her bottom lip was trembling, "Wilmer I can't do this alone. I'm going to fall apart."

I looked into her eyes and intertwined our fingers, "Who said anything about being alone? I'm right here Demi."

She shook her head, "You can't be my hero anymore."

I cocked my head, "I'm not trying to be your hero. I'm trying to be the father of your daughter, who's fighting hard. She's just like her mom, she's a warrior."

Demi closed her eyes at my words and shook her head, "But I'm not a warrior, I can't handle this. If anything happens to her I swear to God-"

"Yeah I know." I interrupted, "You'll never forgive me."

She shook her head, "No. I won't be able to function if something happens to her. She's all I have Will, she's my whole world."

I sighed, "You have me."

"Yeah, look how well that turned out." She snapped, then her eyes softened, "I'm sorry, that was mean."

I shook my head, "No, it's okay. I deserve that."