Why we run

Heart and soul

Heart and soul

June 28, 2021

Andre and Nia decided on signing their contracts early.

They knew I was serious.

Joey and I saw their family off this morning.

And right now, we are on our way to the hospital. They want to make sure everything is okay before the surgery, so I'll be staying there till then.

I'm a bit nervous.

"So, what do you think about that?" I hear Joey say.

I groan and drag my hand over my face, "I'm so sorry, I didn't hear a single thing you said."

"I actually didn't say anything. I needed you to get away from your thoughts. You'll be fine Izzy. You have the best team on your side. And I'll be here through it all." He says, reaching for my right hand.

I face him as he looks out the window.

For the first time, my driver is taking us somewhere.

Joey's been taking me away from my stress... When I am comfortable with someone, I talk a lot.

And I've been giving him an earful ever since we had that meeting.

We make it to the hospital soon enough. And cameras...

I'm going to have to get used to that.

Hospital security marked out a route for me to walk. This is awful.

When Joey and I make it to the doors, we see Afi and, surprisingly, Amarion.

I greet Afi, and Amarion and Joey do that bro-hug thing.

I still can't fathom how they got along. They are really good friends, kind of and it's confusing.

I guess there are no hard feelings?

Then chaos...

Reports break down the blocked off route and attack us with questions.

"Izzy, I thought you couldn't stand Amarion?"

"Joey, when did you and Amarion become friends?"

"Amarion, are you sucking up to Joey and Izzy to win her back?"

The questions keep coming, and it's honestly terrifying. I cling behind Joey.

It took a while, but we got in the building safely.

They immediately make me sit on a bed and check out everything after I swore I was okay.

Afi looks at me with worry-filled eyes, "I'm so sorry, I should've told you they were here. I didn't want you to stress-"

"Afi, it's okay. It's part of the job, remember?" I just need to get used to it.

I turn to the boys, "you guys, okay?" I ask them.

They both give me convincing nods.

I look up to the tv in the room, and what do you know? It's us being mobbed.

"Okay, I think that's enough tv." Afi turns it off.

She doesn't like me near the news at all. Afi needs to realize that I am 27 years old. And she is barely four years older than me.

Everyone minds their own business doing whatever then a very important question popped into my head.

I look at Amarion. He catches my gaze and raises an eyebrow.