Aiyana runs her hands through Amelie's hair and sighs. "These days have been so boring lately."
"Why?" Cindy asks, throwing some darts. "Are you so used to drama that you can't live without it?" She asks, and Aiyana scoffs.
"No. It's just, we don't do anything, just stay home all day and-" She interrupted by pounding on the door, and Amelie gets up first.
"I got it." She says, sending Aiyana a smile.
"You acting like you live here." Aiyana says, and the girls laugh. Amelie opens the door and screams, causing the two girls to shoot up and run over. Amelie falls to the ground, pulling on whoever it was.
Aiyana runs over and gasps, her hand on her chest. Cindy turns her head and closes her eyes tightly.
"Wh-what happened, Cairo?" Cindy stutters, as Amelie sobs and Aiyana runs to go get a phone.
"We got jumped." Cairo grunts, and Amelie looks at him. He was beat up badly, but not as bad as Caesar. His nose and lip was bleeding and his eye was swollen. Amelie turns her eyes to her boyfriend, who was barely breathing. "The niggas had metal bats and shit, and-"
"Is he ok?" Amelie cries, placing her head on Caesar's chest to see if he was still alive. "Are you ok?"
"Yeah, Caesar got the worst of it though."
"Who jumped you?" Cindy asks, stepping closer to Amelie. "We gotta get back at these niggas."
"I'm calling the police right now. They put me on hold, but we'll get the ambulance."
Amelie closes her eyes, clutching the unconscious Caesar close to her, silently crying. She always worried too much, and seeing Caesar like this just fueled her paranoia and anxiety.
"Amelie, are you ok?" Cindy asks, walking next to her. Amelie closes her eyes tightly, and nods.
"When are they coming?" She says softly.
"What?" Cairo asks, his voice filled with pain.
"When are these niggas coming to help you niggas!" She says loudly, and Cindy places a hand on her shoulder.
"Melie. Chill out. Now is not the time."
"We should get him off of the ground." Aiyana says, phone still in hand. She went to Amelie and Cindy, who were working on getting Caesar up and onto the couch, and goes to Cairo. "Are you ok?" She asks, bending down to him and trying to aid him. "Can you walk?"
"Yeah." He mutters. "Caesar got the worst of it. Lost consciousness on the way here." He says, chuckling, then clutching his abdomen. "Think they broke some of our ribs. I can't really remember. It hurts to breathe." He says, and Amelie closes her eyes, sitting on the couch with Caesar's head on her lap. She bends down and presses soft kisses on his face, trying to fight off her tears.
"What happened?" Cindy asks harshly, anger filling her. She hated it when Amelie cried. "Who did this shit?"
"Riley." Cairo says. "And I don't understand." He says. "He seemed to put his attention to Caesar instead of me."
"That bitch!" Amelie cries, tears falling from her eyes. "How dare he? He never knows when to stop and when to let go and leave shit alone! He's so jealous and irritating and annoying and childish!" She rambles, her words becoming indecipherable through her sobs.
"Amelie! Amelie, stop!" Cindy says, quickly moving toward her and grabbing her shoulders. "Calm down!" She repeats as Amelie sobs. Aiyana looks, tears filling her eyes as she clutches Cairo close to her, helping him stand. At that moment the door opens and some paramedics come in.
"These two men, right?"
"Yes." Aiyana says to the uniformed male. "I would've bought them to the hospital, but I mean…"
"Not a problem." The man says and another moves toward Amelie, who was sobbing as Caesar got loaded onto a stretcher, trying to calm her down. "Will you be able to walk, sir?" He asks Cairo, who sends a glance to Amelie, who was holding onto Cindy and crying into her chest.
"Yeah. I'm fine." He says, his voice hoarse as he pulls away from Aiyana and limps to the ambulance.
Amelie paces back and forth in the hospital room. "I swear to God I will kill that nigga. How dare he! How could he ju-"
"Amelie, shut up." Cindy says, and Amelie turns to face her, eyes narrowed. "You pacing and yelling isn't helping anyone. We'll take care of this shit once they've fully recovered and-"
"Do you know how long that will take? Caesar and Cairo have several broken ribs , Cairo still needs another layer of stitches on his lip and they both lost a lot of blood."
"Don't forget Caesar's concussion and broken arm. He also might suffer from internal bleeding." Cindy says and Amelie looks down, tears filling her eyes.
"Thanks for reminding me." She says, slumping into the chair beside Caesar's hospital bed. She sighs before leaning forward and grabbing Caesar's hand. "I just wish he would wake up."
Cindy sighs and get's up. "Imma go check up on Cairo and Aiyana." She says, and Amelie sighs, wiping her eyes.
"Tell them I said hi." She mutters and Cindy nods, exiting. She hated how frail Amelie could be once she got attached. Usually, Amelie would be sad, then get angry, and that's what happened, but this was worse. Amelie wouldn't admit it, but Cindy knew she loved Caesar.
Cindy sighs, closing her eyes as she knocks on the door right next to Caesar's. Once Aiyana had said her last name, the employees in the hospital immediately catered to their single whim, which kinda irritated them, but was meant well… she guessed.
"Come in." Cairo's voice says and she does. Cairo didn't look to bad, not as bad as Caesar, and that was kinda good for him.
"How's Melie?" Aiyana says, and Cindy internally rolled her eyes at how attached Aiyana was to Amelie. Once they talked, they got along quickly, as where when Amelie talked to Cindy, it took a while before the two could tolerate each other. Maybe it was because of the fact that Cindy made it hard to get along with.
"She's fine." Cindy coldly says. In her defense, the edge in her voice was unintentional, but it still earned her a glare from Cairo.
"And Caesar?" Aiyana then asks, and Cindy sighs.
"Still unconscious. The doctors say that he'll be alright in the head after a couple of days, and that this isn't a coma, but Amelie being herself, had thought the worst." She says, and chuckles. "I wish she wasn't like that. I wish she would see the bright side of everything."
"But, she has a right. I mean, She's hurt and scared." Cairo says. "Caesar got hurt the worst and she's scared. I mean if he was conscious, then it wouldn't be this way, but he is, and can't tell her that everything is okay."
"I'm afraid to." Aiyana quietly says. "I hope nothing bad happens to him."