Oblivion

15

Alessia
I sat at my old home, in my lonely room. Hearing the constant yelling of my papa and brothers. The house is empty without Miguel. I should've fought Adrian on leaving. I can't be here. The pain is unbearable honestly. Sometimes I occasionally go to Miguel's empty room, and just stand in the middle of it. Looking at photos of us when we were very little, my favorite one is one when Miguel was born and I have a huge smile, one of those ear to ear smiles, while holding my newborn brother.

But looking at that photo now brings tears to my eyes. Granted, any photo of us does. I lost my best friend. Being with Adrian was honestly a distraction from my harsh reality.

Adrian. Where is he? What is doing now that I'm gone? Honestly he probably doesn't care. Actually he's probably enjoying his peace.

My phone begins to ring and get several texts nonstop. I look to my phone, it's Mario. I hesitate to pick it up, but then, without thinking I hit the answer button. "Yes?" I ask, wondering what's going on.  Mario gulps loudly, "It's, it's Adrian." Mario says. My jaw drops, what happened? "What happened?" I ask. "Just get to the hospital." Mario instructs, then hangs up.

I grab all my bags as I still haven't even unpacked, I have a feeling I'll be staying there a while. Would Adrian even want to see me? And what did he manage to do that landed him in the hospital?

I usually always care about following the law, especially when it comes to speeding. But my foot won't release off the pedal until I reach the hospital. I quickly pull into the emergency entrance, slamming on my brakes. Everything is blurry as I walk inside, the air feeling stuffy and everything is a haze.

I'm showed to Adrian's room, to see his pale body hooked up to several machines, tubes going in and out of him.

My heart shatters, I fall into his bed, reaching for his hand. Mario walks in, I look up to him, tears falling down my face, "W-what happened M-Mario?" I sob. Mario sits next to me, putting his arm around me, "An explosion, he went to assassinate his father. And when Adrian pulled the gun, his father blew up the house." Mario answers. More tears forcefully come out, my cries fill the room.

Mario pulls me in closer to him, then looking me in the eyes, saying nothing. He tucks my hair behind my ear, then pulling me in, crashing his lips against mine. I quickly pull away and stand up, "What was that?" I hiss at Mario. Mario stands up, looking down at me, "They don't think Adrian will make it. And you'll need somebody to comfort you." Mario explains. "But Mario, I can't do this, I love Adrian. And emotionally I am unavailable. Because even though he told me to leave, and even though he might lose his life, I still love him." I sob, pointing at Adrian's limp body.

Mario nods, "You know, since I ever first lay eyes on you-" I cut him off, "No! You don't get to do the sop story of 'oh when I first lay eyes on you.' We are here for Adrian and I'm with Adrian. Now I'm sorry, but sometimes life doesn't let us get our way." I hiss again. I feel bad, rejecting Mario like this.

Mario says nothing, my face falls to my hands as I begin to cry. Mario pulls me in, keeping me in a tight hug.

I don't push him away, no matter what just happened, he's kind of always been there and always done the right thing.

He releases me, and I sit down next to Adrian. I lay my hand on his and close my eyes.