AN: So I feel like nobody writes Juey stories anymore. Its all about OC's, and I like OC's but not when the story revolves around them only. I wish the writers on this archive would write more Juey and update their stories. Anyway here is chapter 24.
I do not own The Boondocks.
Enjoy.
Chapter 24
We've been sitting in this damn waiting room for three hours now. The pack of smokes Jazmine had bought was almost gone, there were only two left. We made our way out for our last smoke. Jazmine and I shared one while Riley smoked one whole. As we entered the waiting room we noticed the doctor was talking to Tom. Riley and I rushed to him, almost knocking Tom on the ground.
"How is he?" We simultaneously asked.
"Well we ran a bunch of test and It seems the reason he fainted is because of low sugars in his body. He's close to being a diabetic. The good news is he does not have a fracture skull but the wounds were deep enough for stitches. Right now he is asleep and I rather no one wake him up. You could decide to wait here or go home It depends on you all." The doctor informed us.
I nodded but Riley looked like he wanted to punch him in the face.
"I need to see him." He commanded.
"I'm sorry but it's better that you see him tomorrow, we still have to run a few more test on him that's why he is resting at the moment."
I grabbed Riley's shoulder.
"Come on Riley, we'll see him tomorrow."
Riley looked at me and then back at the doctor.
"Fine." He said as he walked away.
Tom and Sarah got up and bided us goodbye before leaving.
"What are you going to do?" I asked Jazmine.
"Go home I guess, well unless you don't want me to."
"Well I'm going to stay the night with Riley, you want to join us?"
She nodded.
"Just let me get my things and I'll be there soon."
Riley walked back inside the waiting room.
"You coming or what?" He asked me while taping his fingers impatiently on his arm.
After thirty minutes Jazmine was at our door step. She was clad in pink and yellow striped Pajama pants and a white t-shirt. Her hair was placed in a messy bun and it was wet, she probably took a shower before coming here. She had brought two bags with her.
"Damn Jazzy. You only staying one night, not five." Riley said.
"These are all the things I need Riley." She informed him.
Riley rolled his eyes at her.
"You can give a nigga a bar of soap and he could last for a week, but give a girl a bar of soap and she probably wont last two days with it."
Jazmine looked at him.
"Riley please tell me you change your underwear."
Riley blushed and I snickered.
"W-what kind of question is that! Of course I do!"
"Well since you said all you need is one bar of soap."
Riley opened his mouth to say something but shut it quickly.
"Anyways, I emailed Frank and explained to him the situation so you are excused from rehab tomorrow." Jazmine informed me.
I nodded.
"Thanks."
We sat in the living with two sleeping bags on the floor and one blanket and pillow on the couch.
"This feels like when we were younger." Jazmine said with a bright smile.
"I remember we used to sleep over all the time together, you two would take the floor and I would take the couch." She added.
Riley and I nodded.
"Fun times." We said in unison.
Jazmine looked at the time on her Samsung Galaxy.
"We should get some rest, otherwise we wont wake up at seven." She said as she placed her phone on the charger and snuggled into her pillow and blanket.
"Goodnight."
"Goodnight Jazmine." Riley and I said before doing the same with our sleeping bag.
"I hope Grandad will be fine." Riley whispered, but I caught it.
"He will Riley. At least I hope." I said the last part in a whisper too and it looked like Jazmine had heard it but she kept quiet. We soon dozed off.
I woke up to the smell of bacon and pancakes. Riley was still sound asleep next to me. I wondered what time it was since I had set an alarm to ring at seven and I did not hear it. I grabbed my phone and read the time.
"6:15" I groaned.
Well I couldn't go back to sleep now. I grabbed my overnight bag and searched for my toothbrush. After going to the bathroom I headed to the kitchen, where Jazmine was cooking a big breakfast. I just watched her cook for a while, and it looked like she had not noticed me. So I decided to be mean and scare her. I slowly walked behind her and I placed my hands around her waist. She jumped.
"Huey don't do that to me." She said but she was laughing.
"Good morning."
"Good morning Huey."
I let go so she could resume cooking.
"My mom is going to bring the rest of the food, I'm just cooking a little bit."
Cooking a little bit? You could feed twenty people twice with all this food.
"If this is a little bit then I don't want to see a lot." I simply said as I looked at all the food on the table.
"You remembered to prepare me something?" I teased her.
She rolled her eyes playfully and pointed over to the counter.
"I made some oatmeal and I cut some fruit up, Its in the fridge."
"Plus you are the only one who does not enjoy bacon and eggs." She added as she placed more bacon pieces on a plate.
"Jazmine don't you think it's enough?"
"Huh? No way I know your brother is going to devour half of this in one minute, and my dad likes to eat when he's stressed as well."
Riley walked in the kitchen.
"Good morning Riley." Jazmine greeted him with a smile.
"What are you doing up this early?" I asked him.
"I smell bacon. You think a nigga can sleep trough that, especially when they hungry?" Riley said as he tried to grab a piece, but Jazmine smacked his hand.
"Not now. Lets wait for my parents to get here."
Riley looked at her.
"Huey you better get your chick before-."
"Before what?" Jazmine and I asked in unison.
Riley looked at the both of us but he did not continue. Jazmine ignored him and kept cooking and I began to read the newspaper, I guess Jazmine must of brought it in for me.
We all sat around the table, Sarah had brought over more food than Jazmine had cooked.
"Dig in." She said.
Riley was the first one to stack his plate, I just ate the things Jazmine had prepared me. In ten minutes everything was gone. I looked at everyone in surprise. I was still working on my plate while everyone else had thirds. After we ate Sarah and Jazmine cleaned up while Riley and I got dressed, Tom had went back to his house. After an hour we were on the way to the hospital. Jazmine and Riley were ridding with me while Tom and Sarah were in their car. We walked into the hospital and we looked for Grandad's room number.
"I found it." Tom said as he knocked before entering.
Grandad was laying on the bed and two nurses were spoon feeding him. I rolled my eyes and Jazmine laughed at my reaction.
"It seems like he's doing better." She told me.
"How you feeling Robert?" Tom asked Grandad.
"Like a million bucks." Grandad said while smiling.
"These young and nice nurses help me recover." He added as he smiled at the nurses.
"Don't strain yourself Mr. Freeman." One of the nurses said as they left with their partner.
Grandad waited until they were gone.
"I hate the hospital food but the cutipie's sure are fine."
Riley laughed.
"They were hot. Maybe I should join you Grandad."
We all shook are heads at Riley.
"Did the doctor say when you can come home?" I asked Grandad.
"Not yet, he wants me to stay here for a little while longer."
I nodded my head.
"Well I'm happy you are doing better."
Everyone agreed with me by nodding or saying a simple "Hm Hm."
We had stayed with Grandad for an hour until a nurse came in and told us we had to leave since they needed to run some test on grandad. As we got up to leave Grandad stopped Jazmine.
"Little baby can I talk to you for a second?"
"Sure Mr. Freeman."
Grandad looked at me.
"I just want to talk to cutiepie."
"What do you gotta tell her that I can't know?"
"Huey, If Mr. Freeman wants to talk to me alone let him."
I stared at the both of them for a while until I gave up and left.
I waited outside Grandad's hospital room for a while. I was trying to see if I could hear what they were talking about, but the rooms must have been sound proof. Finally Jazmine came out.
"That was long, what did he tell you?"
When I looked at her I noticed she had been crying.
"What is it Jazmine?" I asked concerned.
"What are you talking about?" She asked me.
"Don't fake like you don't know what I'm talking about. I can tell you've been crying Jazmine."
She shook her head.
"It's nothing, I was just thinking of something I had saw on TV the other day."
I looked at her in question but Jazmine did start crying randomly at moments so I let it go.
"So what did Grandad say?" I tried asking again.
"Nothing much, just normal things."
I felt like she was trying to hide something from me, but I could not pin point anything. I tried to study her face but she looked normal.
"Freeman stop starring at me like that." She teased.
I must be imagining things since she seems normal, but still some part of me is telling me she's not being one-hundred percent truthful.
"Are y'all niggas comin or what?" Riley yelled causing a nurse to shush him.
I shook it off and kept walking.
I was sitting in Rehab, someone was about to graduate since their stay here had ended. Everyone cheered and said their goodbyes. Just three more months and I'll be out of here as well, luckily I don't have to spend a year in here.
"Jose when do you graduate?" I asked him curiously.
"I have two more weeks and then I'm gone too."
I looked at him surprised.
"And why didn't you tell me?"
"I thought you knew." He simply said.
Even if I wont admit it out loud Jose was a great friend and I'm going to be a bit lonely when he's gone.
"Why you going to miss me or something?"
"No."
Jose laughed and kept doing what he was doing. I watched the guy that was leaving give a hug to Frank and leave the room. I'm not doing all that when I go. Frank better not expect me to hug him. Apparently Paul and Enrico had left too and I did not notice.
"You seriously did not notice it?" Jose asked me while looking at me like I was crazy.
I shook my head at him.
"No."
"I don't know how you missed it. We had a small goodbye party for them, since they left the same day." Jose informed me. I guess everyone was leaving and I was still stuck with Frank.
After a long day I was finally home and trying to relax a bit. I had just came back from a walk with Jazmine and Haki, we were starting to do this daily. We still had not been at the hill, we just did not have the time too. But maybe I could take her Sunday, that would make her happy. Jazmine and I were going to go see Grandad tomorrow and check him out since his doctor had told us everything was fine. Riley was with Grandad right now, Doctor Jones had only wanted one of us to stay the night with him, but he was going to be gone in the morning since he had to stop by his college to fill somethings out. As I was preparing something to eat my phone began to ring. I headed into the living room and answered it.
"Hello?"
I heard a soft sob and then the person spoke.
"Huey, he's dead."
I dropped my phone on the ground. How could this be? I picked it up but my hands were shaking.
"H-h-h-how?" my voice was shaking.
"He died in his sleep. The Doctor said he died peacefully of natural causes."
He was dead.
Dead.
The only family I had other than Riley was gone. The closest thing I had to a father. Gone. I felt something wet stroll down my cheeks. Tears? No I couldn't be crying. But I felt more come down and my vision became blurry. This had not happened to me since the day my parents died. Why did everyone have to leave?
AN: How many of you readers saw this coming? Well tell me in the reviews.
