Fifty eight

As i walked out after seeing my mum, I met my dad and sister waiting for me.

"Dad, can I go now?" Brie asked and was almost about to go in when my dad held her back.

"Wait honey," she had a sad face when he stopped her."You heard the nurses earlier right? Don't make a noise when you get in there."

"Okay," she nodded.

"Where's your phone, don't go in there with it, it might go off and wake your mum up," My dad put his palm out in front of my sister and she gave her phone to him. I looked at the ground guiltily because I went in there with mine, but not on purpose though. What if it had actually rung and woken up my mum; thank goodness it didn't.

Still having that thought, I heard my phone vibrate shortly. My dad turned his eyes to me with a sharp look which had me checking all the pockets I had in my jeans for it. I took it out as soon as I could locate it and walked a little far away from my dad and sister before picking up. It was Dylan.

"Heyy, how are things now?" I heard him ask in a voice I easily recognized; his voice was shaky.

"Not bad at least," I shrugged even if he couldn't see me do so.

"Give me a definite answer man, good or bad?"

"Did something happen?" I had to ask him, because at this point, he was getting me worried.

"..." I got that silence from his side.

"Dylan?"

"Yeah?"

"Did anything happen?" I repeated my question.

"No, just..."

"Just what?" I wanted him to finish his sentence.

"You know what, nevermind."

"No, tell me."

"Nah, it's nothing. I will call you later on." With that, he ended the call before I could say anything more.

I wanted to just put the phone back in my pocket and go back to my dad, but then I had a worried feeling that wouldn't die. I opened my call log and was shocked to see nineteen missed calls. Scrolling through them all, I saw that eight of them were from Ann and eleven others from an unknown number.

Without wasting any more time, I decided to dial Ann's number and return her call. She didn't pick up the first time so I called again after a silent deep breath. After the second time she didn't pick up, I called back again, and again. I called four times but it all rang through without her picking up.

It almost made me angry but then I thought of it. Maybe she was mad at me for leaving without even letting her know but could that be enough a reason for her to call me so many times? I didn't even know what mood to be in, so I just sighed and started to dial the unknown number.

It wasn't answered the first time but when I called the secondary time, it didn't ring much before the person answered.

"Oh, you finally decided to call back?!" The person yelled at me through the phone and I swear I knew the voice but who was it? I asked myself inwardly at first when I heard the female voice.

"I'm sorry, who is this?" I asked her.

"'I'm sorry who is this?'" I heard her mimick my voice as a reply and was ready to end the call because I wasn't in the mood to tolerate any of that but what she said next made me wonder how she knew Ann.

"You know Ann tried to reach you so many times but you won't even pick up any of your calls, and now you've got the guts to call me and ask'who is this?'"

"You know Ann? Is she there? Can you please give her the phone?" I pleaded with her because I needed to talk to Ann and let her know that I didn't miss her calls on purpose, and maybe tell her that I went back to see my mum in the hospital.

"You really don't know who's talking?" She seemed mad at me when she asked me that. Maybe she was one of Ann's friend.

"I don't," I said honestly."Just give the phone to Ann if she's there, please?"

"It's her roommate, Lily, and no I can't give her the phone because she's not here, asshole!"

"..." I almost got mad when she called me that but stopped myself from reacting to it; all I wanted to do at the moment was talk to Ann, at least hear her soothing voice."Where is she? Just give her the phone, please."

"Can't you hear me, she's not here! I'll tell you where she is! She's in there, crying her eyes out and you're not even here! You are so lucky she didn't die, then I'll tell everyone it's your fault, you got her pregnant after all!"

"Hold on a minute, what are you saying? Where's Ann? Where is she?"

"At the school hospital, with me. To think that she actually called you first before me, she trusted that you come help her and you didn't. Stupid..."

"She's at the hospital? What happened?" I didn't let her continue with her insults.

"Don't ask me, you should be the one here, you can't be wherever you are and be asking me that like you really care." She said finally and cut the call. I didn't get a chance to ask more questions.

I stood at a spot, trying to think of what to do. Ann was in the hospital, and I didn't even know why, but I knew it was related to her pregnancy. Why on earth did it have to happen in my absence; why on earth did it ever have to happen.

I had to go back. I had to go see her. Ib scratched the back of my neck, feeling a little angry at myself that I wasn't there. Now I knew why she couldn't pick up any of the calls I returned.

"Jerry?" My dad suddenly tapped me from behind, making me shuffle my feet in reaction as I jerked backward.

I looked at him, waiting for him to say what he wanted to but I randomly remembered that he didn't know about Ann, he didn't know I had gotten a girl pregnant back in school and that she was in the hospital. He didn't know any of that, my mum didn't, and neither did my sister, no one knew.

"You wil go home with your sister, I don't think she has slept since your mum was brought here." He told me.

"Neither have you."

"My case is different, your sister has to go to school tomorrow, she can't be awake for another night."

"Okay," I nodded in agreement."Uhm dad?" I called him and stopped him from leaving. He turned back to me."I also have to go back to school."

"Okay, you can go back with your sister. You need money?" He asked me but didn't even give me a chance to shake my head before dipping his hands into the back of his pockets to get some.

"Thanks dad," I smiled and took it from him.

"Your mum will be better in days, okay, don't think about it much when you go back to school." He patted me on my right shoulder.

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