Joe-
Getting up I was going to head downstairs. Danny came into the room, stumbling.
"You ok D?", I asked.
"Dude, I handed her to you on a silver platter, she was more than ready to take you to bed", he said slurring.
"What?", I asked.
"Jenna. She has a thing for you, go for it, show her what Joe Anoa'i is all about. Chris will never know man", he said.
"Dude, you know I can't. My girl is home waiting for me and I would never cheat on her, cancer or not", I said.
Sadie came into the room. She grabbed Danny, helping him stand.
"Sorry Joe", she said.
"Its fine, hey I'm gonna head out", I said.
"What the fuck your leaving? Dude, she's not worth it. She's dead where she stands man", he slurred.
"Danny", she was shocked at what he said.
All the anger I felt built up. I pushed him hard against the wall.
"Don't you ever fucking say that again. You know nothing, you stand here acting like my friend. A real friend would never have said that, he would understand that she is the most important thing to me", I growled at him.
Letting him go. He slid down the wall. Looking shocked that I had done that.
"He's drunk Joe, he didn't mean it", Sadie said.
Getting out of the room, Jenna was in the hall. She grabbed my arm to stop me.
"Jenna, I love her, this, you and me, not happening", before I could say anything more, she pulled me down and kissed me.
I pulled away and wiped my mouth.
"What the fuck is your problem", I yelled.
"Joe I like you. What your girl doesn't know, won't hurt her.", she said.
"He said not happening", I turned to see Lucy.
"This is none of your business", Jenna said.
"It is. I'm looking out for someone who can't right now. If that means keeping sluts like you away from her man, then so be it", she said.
Christina-
I could hear my dad telling my mom how proud he was of her for staying sober. I wasn't feeling to good at this point. I got up and tried to stay on my feet, feeling my knees shaking with every step. Holding onto the wall for support. Cora saw me. She came over to me and helped me up. My parents voices getting closer as we moved towards them.
"Cora, I don't feel so good", I said low.
"Hold on", she said.
I could hear the fear in her voice. Finally getting to the living room. They looked at us.
"What's wrong?", my dad asked.
"I don't know, she said she doesn't feel good. Help her dad, please", Cora said.
I felt my dad pick me up with no effort, seeing as I probably weighed nothing at this point. He laid me on the couch.
"Cora call 911", I heard him say.
Feeling a hand on my forehead.
"She's burning up. Chris, can you hear me?", I heard my mom say.
Joe-
Lucy pushed Jenna away from me.
"Lucy I got it", I said.
Jenna pushed her back and they started fighting. Sadie helped me pull them apart. The bad feeling getting worse. I saw my cousins coming towards me, their expressions telling me something was wrong. My heart dropped at this point.
"Don't say it", I mumbled.
"Cora called, Chris is being taken to the hospital", Josh said.
I let go of Lucy and followed my cousins out and to my car. My heart pounding in my chest. This can't be happening. Getting to the hospital, Jon said he would park the car. Josh got off with me. Getting to the waiting room, my family was there with hers. I went up to my mom.
"What's going on? What happened?", I asked her.
"Calm down. She had a fever, they're trying to cool her down and hopefully stop the fever", she said.
"I should have never left her", I said, tears running down my face.
"There was nothing anyone could do. This would have happened even if you stayed with her", she said.
Jon finally came in. Sitting down and waiting was nerve wrecking, I just wanted to see her. I saw her nurse at the station.
"Can you tell me anything?", I asked.
"I'm sorry, only family can know", she said sadly.
"He is family, he's my son in law", her dad said with a smile.
"Then ok. She's fine, resting in her room but no one can go in right now. They want to make sure she's hundred percent", she said.
"Ok, thank you. Can you tell her I'm here and that I love her", I said.
"I can do that", she said with a smile.
She disappeared behind two huge double doors. I sat back down. I saw her mom rubbing her thighs nervous. You could tell she was going through withdraws. She needed alcohol bad. I sighed and went to sit next to her, I gripped her hand. She looked at me.
"You can do this, you don't need it", I said softly to her.
She started crying. She nodded slowly.
"Thank you", she said.
An hour passed when the doctor finally came out. He smiled at all of us.
"She's fine and wide awake, fevers down but I think she should stay for a couple of nights just to be sure", he said.
"Can we see her?", her mom asked.
He nodded.
"One at a time though", he said.
Her mom looked at me.
"You should go", I said.
"Are you sure?", she asked.
"She'll want to see you", I said.
She hugged me and followed the doctor. I sat back in my seat and sighed. I leaned my head back and shut my eyes. A couple of minutes later her mom comes out.
"She wants to see you", she said with a smile.
I nodded. Her nurse showed me to her room. Getting to it, I walked in slowly. She turned to me.
"Hey, how was the party?", she asked.
I chuckled and the tears started to fall. I thought it was funny that it's all she could think about now. I sat down on her bed and I hugged her. Crying into her shoulder. Her hand rubbed my back.
"Hey, I'm ok. Just a little fever", she was trying to sooth me.
I pulled away.
"Little? Baby it was bad", I said.
"I told you from the start this was gonna get bad", she said.
"That's not what pisses me off. What pisses me off is the fact that you act like this was nothing. You're used to this, I'm not. I felt like someone ripped out my heart, damn it", I said loud.
She just watched me. I wiped my face with my hand.
"I should have stayed home with you, but no you just wouldn't drop the fact that I should go out and spend time with my friends", I yelled.
A nurse came in.
"Is there a problem in here?", she asked Christina.
"No", Chris said softly.
Her eyes not leaving me. The nurse eyed me, then nodded softly.
"If you need me sweetheart you press the button", she said to Chris.
"Yes ma'am", she said to her.
The nurse walked out.