Visions of A
Angel and Prayers For A God Interlude*~
I looked up the next morning as I heard a pair of heels coming down the wooden
stairs, followed by three pairs of feet. Aaliyah walked in, her hair was tied
into a tight ponytail and she wore a pink halter-top and a pair of jeans;
making my mouth hang wide open. “Where are you going?”
She pointed at herself and laughed slightly as she sat down next to me, resting
her head on my shoulder, “Doctors appointment.”
I looked at her through squinted eyes, “That’s today?” I watched her nod and
sighed. “Do you need me to go?”
“Nope, you’re fine here. “ Aaliyah smiled and rested her hands on her hips.
“Don’t look at me like that. I’ll be fine, besides when have I ever steered you
wrong?”
“Well there was this one time….”
“Look I don’t have time to talk about it.” Aaliyah laughed and shook her head
as she kissed him softly. “I’m going to go out with Adriana for lunch and then
I’ll be back ok?”
“Alright be careful ok?” I kissed her and watched as she nodded and hurried out
the door. The day started like any other day and things were calm and moving
and there wasn’t much going on but there never was much going on during a
Saturday afternoon. Everything was going by smoothly…
~*4: 32 p.m.*~
I had dozed off for a second but quickly woke myself up at the sound of the
phone. I grabbed it and answered it, instantly startled at the crying on the
other end. I didn’t know who it was at first but at the sounds in the
background I knew it was Adriana. “A, what’s going on? What’s wrong.”
“It’s Li, she’s been in a terrible car accident, and we need you to get to the
hospital as fast as you can.”
That’s all she had to say and I quickly hung up, leaving everyone with
Alexandra until Ben got there to watch them. I arrived at the hospital no later
than five and I was delirious and I was scared as ever. As I stood there, Maria
an Adriana in both of my arms I listened to the news from the doctor. She had
been hit by a semi, the car was totaled, and the freak way that we all found
out was the first cop on the scene had found her cell phone and dialed the last
number she had called and had reached Adriana. They airlifted her to the
hospital and she was in intensive care unit. The impact killed the baby most
definitely and they aren’t sure if she’ll survive at all. I can feel the tears
form in my eyes and stream down my stained cheeks as I cried my heart out,
giving it everything that I had to stay as calm as I could before losing my
mind and trying to take my life. More bad news followed each other and the
people in the waiting room seemed to console us. Both of her lungs had
collapsed, she was bleeding internally and she was going into shock from all of
the blood. Finally she had entered a coma like state and we had no way of
telling what she was feeling. The first time they let me go back they told me
not to be scared, not to be frightened and I just thought, ok maybe she had a
scratch or two, but I wasn’t prepared for the entire feeling.
~*6:47 p.m. Intensive Care Unit*~
When they opened the door I think I let out a huge gasp and the doctor looked
at me to see if I was still breathing. She left me with her and I walked over
to her. They had about ten tubes stuck into her, she had stitches on her
forehead, and a tube was sticking out her side, pumping blood out of her body.
Her eyes were closed and she wasn’t moving at all. Her chest was jumping from
all of the pumping and the ventilator breathing for her to insure that she
lived. That’s when I broke down and got on my knees and cried. I couldn’t see
her like this. She still had blood on her face, and her neck and hands. They
pulled me away from her as I was still kicking and screaming. “They can’t take
her from me. They can’t.”