Chapter 1: Realization
Author's Note: Hey, Hey, Hey I'm back and ready for more Boondocks! I know my last story I left it a lil cray cray and now I'm ready to just add more! This is (of course) the sequel to Life's Complications (I suggest you read that first or you might be a little lost). FYI every chapter will start with a quote from The Boondocks let's see if you can guess from which episode ;). Alright let's get this started!
Gangstalicious got shot!
Again?
We got to do something!
I've got an idea! Why don't we go to college so we don't end up like Gangstalicious?
Riley Freeman, Robert Freeman (a.k.a Granddad), Huey Freeman
(The Story of Gangstalicious)
Sophie's POV:
The first thing I realized was this blinding white light. My eyes fluttered open from what seemed like a deep slumber. Geez how long had I been out? Where was I? I squinted past the bright white light and looked around. I tried to sit up but my head was killing me I quickly laid back down. Then a single word popped up through my head, hospital. How did I get here? Then all of the memories flooding through my head like a stream of water Jazmine, Cindy, Natasha, Huey, Riley, Daniel….Ceaser. I quickly shot up ignoring the throbbing pain in my head. I stumbled to the door and pulled it open only to feel arms coming around me.
"SOPHIE!" I knew that high pitched voice anywhere.
"Jazmine?" I asked my memory was still a little fuzzy.
"Oh my gosh your okay, your okay!" she said I could feel my shoulder getting wet.
"Can't breathe….let go." I said through gasps.
"Oh sorry." She said pulling away, wiping her eyes, and giving me a sheepish look.
I nodded still trying to catch my breath when another set of arms wrapped around me.
"Girl ya had us worried sick!" Cindy said hugging me tight (like ten times harder than Jazmine).
"What is this squeeze the living soul out of Sophie day?" I managed to gasp out.
"Yea,Yea,Yea hold dat thought. Aye Reezy, yea nigga pay up I told ya she wasn't dead!" Cindy yelled walking out of the room.
I wasn't sure whether to feel insulted that they betted on my life or to just laugh to know that things might go back to normal.
"What are you doing out of bed?" Huey asked with a stern look.
I rolled my eyes. "I'm fine see? I'm standing, walking, talking chill ok?" I said slightly annoyed, I wasn't a glass object I didn't need to be babied.
He snorted. "Sure but for the past month where were you? In a coma that's where." He snapped.
My eyes opened wide in realization to what he said. "I was in a coma? For a month?" I asked.
"Yea you sorta were we were all really worried Sophie you can't just pass out, out of nowhere." Jazmine said.
"I didn't "just pass out, out of nowhere" I saw him didn't you guys?" I asked.
Jazmine's brows furrowed as she stared at me concerned. "Sophie-"
"Oh my gosh I'm going insane aren't I! I was hallucinating, there is no Ceaser, and he is dead, what the hell is wrong with me?" I asked frantically tugging on my hair as I paced back and forth.
"Whoa, whoa calm down I was going to say yea we all saw him but Sophie he's really messed up. Then with you passing out we've all been stressed for days. A month to be exact." Jazmine added in.
I rolled my eyes again trying to wrap my head around this whole thing. So Ceaser somehow was alive after all this time, I was in a coma for a month, and Natasha….where was she? "Hey where's Natasha?" I asked suddenly.
Jazmine eyes shot over to Huey's. I could tell they were somehow doing this weird telepathy thing and frankly it was annoying, mostly because I didn't know what they were thinking.
"Um, Natasha's here she's just in the waiting room, want me to go get her?" Jazmine asked.
"No!" I exclaimed walking over to the hospital bed and laying back down. "I don't want to see her." I mumbled angrily.
I heard Jazmine sigh. "Come on Soph this has been really hard on her. She, she said she was sorry."
"I don't care ok? She fucked up, she fucked up so fucking bad and I want nothing to do with her!" I snapped.
Jazmine chewed on her bottom lip clearly upset. "Fine Sophie, I'm going to go see how everyone's holding up and tell them the good news. Huey you wanna come with me?" she asked.
He shrugged his shoulders like he didn't care whether or not but followed her out the door. Just before he was about to completely walk out the door he turned back to me. "Take it easy on her besides Natasha she took it bad. You know how emotional she is." He said.
"So you forgave her too?" I asked slightly surprised.
"No, and I don't know if I will but I'm not her sister." He said before walking out the door.
I let out a big huff. "They can't tell me what to do, she knew, she knew! Sister or not that was messed up!" I thought angrily. Suddenly I heard the door creak open.
"Hey." He said nervously putting his hands in his pockets leaning against the wall.
"Hi Ceaser." I said somewhat quietly. I just couldn't find my voice.
"How's it going?" He asked.
I shrugged. "It goes on." I said. We sat there for a while just staring at each other not sure what to say. I started to comb through my hair nervously, a bad habitat of mine.
"I see you still have to be a perfectionist." He said with a small smile.
"I see you're still a big dork." I said pointing to his "I Heart Nerds" T-Shirt.
He looked down at his shirt before laughing. "Actually Jazmine let me borrow this." He said.
"You couldn't even tell." I said sarcastically. We both erupted in laughter as we remembered all the times we used to tease each other. He would always come over my house and honestly he looked fine as heck but to me he was just a big dork but as he said "he was my big dork."
"So go ahead." He said.
"What?" I asked not at all confused.
"Sophie I know you remember? Don't tell me you don't want to ask me about…" he trailed off.
"Everything." I finished for him. He nodded suddenly sifting his eyes to the ground. "How did you survive? Where have you been? Is this all even for real?" I asked all of the questions rushing out.
"You wanna write those down?" he asked teasingly.
I put on my most serious face. "Ceaser," I said in a warning tone.
He bit his bottom lip (which drove me crazy) before answering my question. "I was never in a accident." He said just above a whisper.
"Well obviously." I said crossing my arms over my chest.
He rolled his eyes but I saw the smirk on his face. It quickly vanished as he turned back to me. "It was all a fake." He said.
"What?" I snapped.
"We-I was never in a car accident it was all a fake." He said.
I don't know which came first the anger or the surprise. "What the hell Ceaser? Do you know how many fucking days I cried over you?! Do you even care?! I couldn't eat, I couldn't sleep, I could barely think!" I said yelling loudly. I heard the pace of my heart beat speed up from my monitor.
"Sophie calm down," he started still keeping his tone normal.
"Calm down? Calm down! Fuck you Ceaser! Get out! Do you hear me? Get the fuck outta here!" I said throwing my pillows at him.
He easily dodged all of them and walked over to my bed grabbing my pillow before I could throw it. "Just let me explain, please Soph." he begged.
I knew I should probably be reasonable and listen but I just couldn't. I was so mad; he just didn't know how bad it all hurt. "Fuck you." I said through gritted teeth. He gave me a look crossed between complete depression and uncertainty. "Just go Ceaser; please I have to wrap my head around this all." I said softly turning my head. I could still feel him staring at me but soon he just got up leaving the room shaking his head. Great, another problem I'd have to deal with.
"Damn it! You just had to wake up the mornin I make da bet!" I heard Riley say.
"Well good to see you too." I mumbled sarcastically.
A smirk played across his lips. "Do me a favor?" he asked. The way he said it was weird. Was he using his flirting voice? He only used that when he wanted something.
"What?" I asked.
"Pretend dat you died. Ima turn off da monitor just like close your eyes or somethin." He said walking over to my bed.
"Get out!" I laughed shoving him away. It was nice to know that he was still the same old Riley. It just gave me hope that nothing had really changed, but of course I was wrong. Things had changed.
"Man! Iight C-murph anotha bet how bout bet if she passes out again?" He asked walking out the room.
I rolled my eyes. I looked around the room, empty. I hated that, I felt so alone and small and slightly fragile. I decided finally to just go to sleep, maybe by tomorrow I can sort this out.
"She didn't have to be so mean. I was just trying to help." Jazmine mumbled to herself.
"Jazmine don't take it personally, she just woke up out of a coma she's probably just really confused." Huey said trying to make her feel better.
"Yea but why do they always pick on me? It's not fair." Jazmine said pouting.
"Oh come on Jazmine we stopped doing that." Huey said in almost a teasing way.
"You shouldn't talk." She said poking him. "You were the main one."
Huey rolled her eyes. "I was just trying to show you the real world. You were too naive." He said.
"Well I'm not anymore so they should stop." She said.
"Really? You have Jazmine? Is that why you still leave cookies for Santa?" Huey asked raising his eyebrow.
"Ok maybe I'm still a little naïve." Jazmine said smiling. "But still it hurts my feelings when you guys do that." She said softly.
Huey sat there quietly before stopping her and pulling her into a room. "I promise if anyone hurts you I will always defend you." He said.
"Promise?" Jazmine asked her emerald eyes getting bigger.
"I promise." Huey said simply.
"And what if you hurt me?" Jazmine asked taking a step forward.
"That will never happen." Huey said.
"But it already did." Jazmine pointed out referring to the cheating scandal that happened a few months ago.
He shrugged. "It won't happen again." He said.
Jazmine took another step forward until they were inches apart. "Promise?" she asked again softly a smirk playing across her lips.
"Promise." Huey said equally as softly. The stood there for a while before Huey bent down and kissed her, a sweet, slow, passionate kiss.
"You know Huey freeman you're just a big ol' softie." Jazmine said giggling.
"Ugh please don't say that." He said grabbing her hand and walking back outside.
"Big ol' softie, Big ol' softie." Jazmine teased giggling as he started to chase her. She ran across the corner and fell into Natasha. "Oops." Jazmine said helping her stand up. "Hey great news, Sophie's alive!" Jazmine exclaimed.
"Um I don't think she was ever dead." Natasha said.
"Oh I know that but I mean she woke up!" Jazmine said happily.
"Really! That's amazing, that's awesome! That's…" Natasha voice trailed off as her happiness became less and less.
Jazmine gave her a sympathetic look. "Hey I'm sure she'll come around." Jazmine said a little unsure.
"Yea," Natasha said nodding. "Doubt it." She mumbled walking over to sit on Daniel's lap.
"I can't believe she's alive I thought for sure she was gonna die." Daniel said in a teasing way.
Jazmine rolled her eyes. "Well she is alive." Jazmine snapped. Her and Daniel didn't really get along she thought he was arrogant and rude, and he thought she was to stupid and naïve.
Natasha rolled her eyes. "Not now guys." She said in almost a pleading way.
Daniel raised up his hands. "She started it." He pointed out.
"Yes now you end it." Natasha said. Daniel rolled his eyes but bit his tongue from saying something else.
A few minutes later everyone came into the waiting room to sit down.
"So how did your talk with Sophie go?" Jazmine asked walking over to Ceaser.
He shrugged his shoulders. "She threw pillows at me and told me to quote "get the fuck outta here"." Ceaser said mimicking her.
"Well how did you start it?" Jazmine asked. When Ceaser had told her she had completely understood but that was probably because Jazmine tended to forgive anyone really easily.
"I told her it was all a fake." He said.
"Well duh dat ain't work. Why the heck would she listen to you after sayin dat?" Cindy asked with a "duh" look on her face.
Ceaser grabbed the skin in between his eyes clearly frustrated. "Well I don't know what to say. It's the truth." He said.
"Yea well in case you haven't noticed Sophie doesn't really like to listen very well so make sure you first sentence is the best one." Natasha said with a roll of her eyes.
There was an awkward silence. Ceaser still couldn't get out the events that happened that day, what Natasha did and didn't do it was all too much. He actually couldn't stand being more than at least a few feet away from her. He looked away from everyone showing that he wanted the conversation to end. He knew this was going to take some time for her to understand but he didn't have time sooner or later she would have to listen and if she didn't when the time came she would not be ready and he knew firsthand how awful things could turn out that way.
Author's Note: First chapter of the sequel done! I'm actually super excited because I'm ready to get this story rollin! So much is gonna happen hope you're in for a long ride. P.S my ideas for the boondocks quote at the beginning and these weird review thingies at the end came from Schweetpea1870 and JamesTheGreater hey just giving credit where credit is due. Now…
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