Drunk In Love (Hessa)

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The next morning...

I wake up before Hardin and I look at him sleeping. I'm so happy that we're back together and now, nothing can break us apart. We're stronger than we thought and our love can beat anything.

I check my phone and I see I have a text from Lexie, telling me to have dinner with her and her family because she has something important to tell us.

So... It's time to wake up Hardin.

"Babe, wake up... We have to have breakfast with your family. Eric and Lexie are back from their trip and they want to tell us something."

"But I want to sleep..."

"Please... Let's go..."

"Tell them that we're going to visit them later."

"Then, I'm going to have breakfast with them while you're sleeping." I want to get up from bed, but he drags me over him and now he's awake.

"Why we have to be there?"

"Because they are our family, get up and let's go."

"Okay... But give me a kiss first."

I quickly peck his lips and I get up. We get dressed, then we go to see Lexie and the other for breakfast.

Tessa: "Good morning, guys!"

Lexie: "Hi!" She comes to hug us.

Hardin: "Hi, sis... Eric." They shake hands.

Tessa: "You look really good after that holiday in St. Thomas."

Lexie: "That place is divine. You should go there to refresh your mind."

Tessa: "When this man of mine will have some free time, we will go." I smile as we sit at the table.

Hardin: "I'm free now. Just tell me a date and I'll book the tickets."

Trish: "Breakfast is ready!" She calls us all and we go to eat. When we're done, Lexie breaks the silence.

Lexie: "I want to share some news with you and I hope you will be happy for me... for us."

Hardin: "You're pregnant, again?" He says amused and I hit his chest.

Lexie: "You're an asshole, you know? You mess up everything. And now, I'm not pregnant. I want to say that Eric proposed me and I said YES!" She says smile and lifting up her left hand with a big diamond on the ring finger.

Tessa: "Oh my God! Congrats!" I get up, hugging her.

Trish: "Oh, I'm so happy for your, darling!" She hugs her.

Ken: "What a good new! It was time to do this!" He hugs Lexie, while Trish hugs Eric.

Hardin: "Congrats, man! Take care of my lil sister or else you're going to pay if you're making her suffer." They shake hands.

Eric: "I will take care of them, don't worry."

We stay for a while to talk with them about how Eric proposed and how their holiday was, and after Lexie, Eric and Andy leave, we go back to our place. Hardin goes to take a shower and I start to read something. Five minutes later, I'm interrupted by my phone. It's dad. I start panicking when I see his name on the screen. He never calls me before texting me. What happened?

Phone call

"Dad?"

"Hi, honey..."

"Hey... Is everything alright?"

"I wish I could give you some good news, but I can't. Your mother is nothing feeling well at all and she doesn't want to go to the hospital. Can you come home? She needs you to be here more than anything."

"Yeah... Yes! Tell her I love her so much, okay?" I say with a low voice because I know I feel like I will break down any second now.

"I will."

As I end the call, I look up, trying to keep my emotions in. I breath in and breath out, starting to calm down, until Hardin appears in front of me.

"What's wrong, baby?"

"Mom... She's not feeling well." It's all I say before I start to cry in his arms like the world will end tomorrow.

"Hey... It's okay." He rubs my back and kiss the top of my head.

"I have to be there, I want to be with her."

"Then let's go to San Diego."

"I don't want you to come with me. I know you are tired after your tour, I just need your car."

"Oh, c'mon. I'm fine. I'm not tired. A two-hours ride won't kill me. I want you to be there and I will be there for you."

"Are you sure?"

"I am sure, baby. I want to be there with you." He cups my face and he kisses my forehead.

"Thank you."

We walk to our bedroom where we pack some clothes and some other things we need, then we get dressed and we leave to San Diego.

All the ride, I was silent, thinking about my mom. She had a period when she was a bad mom, but she doesn't deserve to die too soon. I'm glad Hardin didn't want to talk with me and he respected my silence.

When we arrived, Hardin parked the car in the front of the house and I got out before waiting for him. I run in the house, to the stairs and in my mother's room. When she saw me, she smiled a bit. I sit on the bed, next to her and I take her thin hands in mines.

"Hi mum!" I quickly wipe a tear from my cheek.

"Hi, Tessa... You shouldn't come here, darling."

"I want to be next to you, mom. I'm not letting you alone."

"I don't deserve to have you here..."

"You're talking shit. It was in the past. You're forgiven. We're okay, now. I'm really happy now. Hardin is all I wanted and he's the one."

"I know. He's a good man and he loves you more than anything."

"Why don't you want to go to the hospital? The doctor will make you feel better..."

"I want to die here, with you. Not in a hospital. I will be okay. My time is close and I beginning you to not suffer. Everything it was meant to be. You will be fine without me. You, Cassie and your father are stronger than you thought and you will move on."