Arielle Alsina
I took a deep breath and walked into the room. The door closed behind me. I walked in silently seeing him lay there. He had a few bandages on his head. His eyes were shut.
I sighed grabbing a chair. I took his hand looking at him much more.
What should I say....???
Oh I know
"Hey daddy" I said squeezing his hand tightly.
I looked at him as if I was waiting for a response but all I got was pure silence
"You know this is the last place I thought I'd be seeing you in. I was gonna come over your house this afternoon and just talk to you, but I mean hospitals are cool too. " I giggled looking at him. There was no smile back nor an answer. I broke down.
"Daddy I'm sorry" I said with my head down.
"I don't know how stupid I could be to cause all this to happen. It's like I don't deserve to be your daughter. I blessed with someone this wonderful and it's like I don't even know my blessings. Everyday I've been thinking of ways I'd talk and apologize for everything but they just all sound so wrong in my mind." I cried even more
"Now you're here in this hospital bed because of me. I don't want us to fight Anymore! I wanna get passed it and just start over. It never feels right going days without speaking to you. It's like skipping days of talking to God. I'm missing a day of a miracle." I sniffed
I cried even more, "Daddy wake up please. Don't do this to me. Please. I just want one thing and that's for you to get up"
Tears poured and poured. "Daddy!" I yelled
Silence. I continence to cry. I crawled on the bed holding him as tight as possible crying more and more. "Imma make things better for us. I promise." My head laid on his chest as I cried in silence.
"When I look into your eyes I know that it's true. God must have spent a little more time on you"
I sniffed, "never thought that love can feel like this. And you changed my world with just one kiss. How can it be that right here with me there's an angel...it's a miracle." I sung
I closed my eyes humming the rest of the song.
After a few moments I felt a movement in his fingers. I sighed knowing it was in my head. Then I seen it with my two eyes. His fingers moved. I sat up and seen his eyes were opened.
"Daddy?" I questioned looking at him
He nodded with his eyes shutting. "Lemme go get the nurse" He nodded again
I pressed the button and a nurse was already there.
"He's up!" I exclaimed
She walked over as I hopped off the bed.
"Mr. Alsina" He opened his eyes again
"Can you hear me?" He nodded
After a few minutes the doctor came in.
"Mr. Alsina how are you feeling?" He gave a thumbs up
The nurse and doctor smiled removing some things off of him.
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It was quiet. So I started up a conversation.
"You need anything? I was gonna grab some Popeyes earlier but I didn't want you to wake up and eat it when it's cold"
It took him a few seconds to respond.
"I thought visitors weren't allowed to bring food in" I nodded
"Okay and?" I asked, "you and I both know hospital food is terrible"
He and I laughed, "remember the chicken" we both said at the same time causing us to laugh harder
"They ain't put no salt" He said
"No salt, no pepper. The chicken was boiled then served" I said
He and I laughed
"What did we ask for to add flavor?"
"I forced you to ask the staff for pepper"
"Oh yeah and she was all pepper ain't healthy for you" he said shaking his head
"And then we kept complaining so she snuck in her hot sauce and ketchup"
We both laughed for a good minute.
"We almost costed that nurse her job" He said through the laughs
"It ain't our fault they can't cook. She even knew it ha' self" I said
After it got quiet.
"I'm sorry" I said out of the blue while looking down
"I don't know why it took me so long to say this, but I am." I said hearing the weakness in my voice
"Princess come hea' " he said patting the side of his bed. I stood up sitting beside him with tears coming down my face again.
I kept wiping my face but more tears kept falling down my face.
"They're right this is my fault" I said
"Aye who said that?"
"Everyone. I walked in hea' and I heard this person sayin' it"
"And you believe it?"
"Well they're not lying. I bet these blogs are all saying it too." I was wiping my face when he spoke
"Look at me Arielle" I did making me cry more rubbing my eyes.
"Stop rubbing your eyes" I sniffed following his orders
"I wish you can see how stupid you look right now"
I blinked a few times, "I'm in hea' cause I didn't take care of my self. It has nothing to do with you."
"B-but I sung to you yesterday and you were crying"
"Those were tears of sorrow. I was thankful to see you, but then I also I felt terrible because you were cryin' and then the song touched my heart."
I looked at him then hugged him, "We were mad at eachother but you know we can never stay mad at one another forever. I should be the one sayin' sorry not you. I treated you so terrible when you needed me the most--"
I pulled away, "Daddy shut up. I just want to forget about the past"
He smiled "Luh G is always my G" I smiled hugging him again, "I love you daddy"
"I love you too baybeh"
After that we laid back and talked, "you like my hair daddy, don't lie"
"Girl, yasss. Yo hair is lookin' like God cut it"
"Oh stawp it" I laughed
"No gurl, tell Shaniqua to cut mine like that too" I laughed smiling extra hard with him
"Okay let's catch up."
"I got this tattoo on my hand but I also have one right here" I showed him my inner finger, "it says one love"
"Tattoos?" He said
"Yes daddy I'm tryna get someone to kiss on my tattoos too!"
"AYE!" He said in a serious tone causing me to laugh, "I'm joking! I'm joking!" I exclaimed
"Promise?" He asked
".... ehhh I can't make promises I can't keep"
"SO WHO GON' BE KISSIN' ON YO TATTOOS?" He said sitting up looking at me
"Daddy keep it down"
"NO WHO GON' BE KISSIN ON YO TATTOOS ARIELLE?" He asked again with a mug on his face
"Mufasa"
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