luca santo cruz
egypt's head injury was bad and she was loosing a lot of blood. as the days went by i made sure i sat by her side always, talking to her as if she were awake talking back to me. sometimes i'd shake her so that she could wake up but it never worked.
meanwhile every body was stressing about her getting taken off life support. but ion know why, i had faith she was gonna wake up real soon.
i watched as her chest heaved up and down indicating she was still alive. she looked so peaceful as she just laid there minding her business.
"i got us this big ass house outside the city," i said, "it got four rooms cos you know how ken and dee be getting comfortable and shit but it's pool in the backyard too and hot tub cos i know how much you like those. the house modern too just like yo parents' shit,"
"i'm sorry," i sighed, "i been slacking lately you know if i was on top of my shit i wouldn't have let this happen to you. all ts been dealt with and i'm out of ts fr. i closed that business deal with your dad. everything gon be good when we outta here. it's just gon be me and you,"
"you think talking to her gon wake her up? tuh," someone said behind me. i turned around and saw alaina standing there.
"how you doin lil bro?" she asked me.
"what do you want bruh? i thought i told ma to tell you that ian want shit to do with you,"
"but i'm your big sister whatchu mean," she smiled like weirdo, "you supposed to be in your bed resting and you here talking to a corpse,"
"i got discharged three days ago,"
"oh... well chile. i heard they taking her off life support if she don't wake up today,"
"alaina why are you here? you think nows the time for your shit? egypt ain't never did shit to you but you still manage to find a way to hate on her,"
"no one ever wants me anywhere. i just came to check on you that's all,"
"as you can see i'm good so bye." i said putting my attention back on egypt. i missed her so much. i checked if my breath stank so i could breathe in her face. it outta work.
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egypt aaliyah ali
"where are you taking me now?" egypt said to the little girl that was dragging her by the hand. it looked like her younger self but in this world she couldn't see the person. only whatever vision they showed her.
"i wanna show you one last thing before you go back to the physical realm,"
"oh so i'm not dead? i thought i was going to die,"
"everybody's been keeping you in their prayers so you've been given a second chance,"
"when you say everyone..."
"you ask too many questions," she fussed, "i'm glad you're going back. but i mean mom and dad, kendra, deante, even luca," when she said the last name my heart dropped.
"luca's okay?"
"you'll find that out once you wake up but look," she said turning around. a big screen played a memory buried deep inside my head.
"i don't wanna see this,"
"you have to. this is what's been holding you back all these years. yes you've been doing good for yourself but one thought about this and your ten steps behind,"
i took a deep breath as tears started rolling down my eyes. this happened to me when i was six, and so many more years after that.
i was laying in my bed at home, reading myself a bedtime story because mom and dad were too busy at work. my cousin jaheim used to babysit me all the time. he was my favourite person in the world until this day.
"whatchu doin?" he said coming in and sitting on my bed.
"reading. mom or dad usually read to me before bed but they're not here so i have to do it all on my own,"
"wanna play a game before we go to bed?"
"yay!" i yelled sitting up, "what kind of game is it?"
"well first you have to take off your clothes,"
"but mom says a boy can't see me without clothes on. only her,"
"just do as i say egypt," he half yelled making me jump.
"no jaheim i don't wanna play anymore," i said attempting to pull the covers over me but he snatched them off and hit me in the process. i screamed as he pulled me off the bed then pinned me down to the floor. i was small and fragile. i couldn't possibly get a grown ass man off of me. as much as i kicked and screamed he still had power over me.
once he was done i crawled up in the corner and cried. i was scared and in pain. the person i loved the most in the whole wide world turned out to be a monster.
"you can't tell no one about this. it's our little secret okay?" he said to me but i didn't say anything making him snatch my jaw and turn my head to face him, "i said okay?"
"okay." i sniffed.
"good girl," he smiled, switching off the light before leaving my room. then the memory ended.
"stop keeping the pain in your heart. talk to someone about it. whether it's your mom or luca, get some closure from this and move on,"
"how? where do i even start?" i sobbed.
"you'll know how and you'll know when. you have good people around you now. no one will judge or use this against you. now go back," she said pushing me off a cliff that came out of no where. as soon as i hit the ground my eyes shot open.
"ayy she's awake! doc she's awake!" i heard someone yell beside me. i couldn't make out the voice cos all i could hear was this ringing sound making my head hurt more.
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i love egypt so much i wish she was a real person so i can give her a hug and eat her a-