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Anthony POV
We're in the hospital right now. When I got to the house mom was still not breathing; it was chaotic. Lauren couldn't stop crying, Hayden kept trying to wake mom up, Zaniya was shouting into her phone calling up everybody but I told her to stop that shit because people like drama, they don't care if you breathing or not breathing, they just want something to talk about and be frantic about, even though they don't give a damn.
When I got there I called up the ambulance because like Zaniya said, she wasn't breathing. We're in the waiting room, hoping that she's okay. I pray that she's okay. My worst fear is losing my mother. I can't afford that. Not only would I be hurting but all the responsibility of the kids would be on me; I'm only 18. Not that I don't love my siblings, but come on. At the same time though, I wouldn't want them anywhere but with me.
Right now we're sitting in the waiting room. Waiting. I'm scared right now but I feel even more for my siblings. They shouldn't have to experience this.
I don't know what came over me, but I suddenly punched a wall causing everyone to look my way. I held my bleeding hand in my other one, it's like I couldn't feel the pain of it.
I felt a hand on my back. "Anthony.."
"I can't believe this is happening to me of all people right now. What perfect timing."
Cameron sighed and held my hand which I let him do because he's calming me down. "I'm sorry."
Just then a doctor came out.
"Family of Ms. Jackson. Please come this way." She said. I go up with my hand still attached to Cameron's just because I know he's gonna pull that 'staying behind cus I'm not family' bs.
When we got to the almost empty hallway the doctor stopped. I let go of Cameron's hand. She started speaking.
"Well, we ran some tests. And we found that the reason for your mothers collapse was a stroke."
I felt relieved to know that she wasn't dead.
"Now she's in critical condition, so she won't be out for a while."
"Do you know the cause of the stroke or anything?" I asked.
"Well we really didn't see any physical or internal reasons as to why she'd have a stroke. But what we did notice is that her stress levels are very high, so we believe that might have been the cause of it."
"Fuck.." I sighed. I should've known.
Ma has been raising 3 kids and one teenager by herself for years. She has to practically hunt down the father of Lauren, Hayden, and Zaniya for child support. Her husband (my father) was killed due to drug relations. And her son, me, is now doing the same exact thing her husband did to get killed. That's so much on one woman's back.
"So, we will be keeping her for a while to make sure everything's okay. Uh, your siblings- do they have a relative they could stay with?"
"I'm eighteen. I got my own place, they staying with me." I said quickly. I don't trust no fucking family enough to send my siblings to them.
"Oh, well okay. I would let you go in to see your mother, but visiting hours are over. You're welcome to come back tomorrow and see her, is that okay?"
"You can't just let me in for like 2 minutes?"
What's the big deal, I am paying for the hospital bill so it only makes sense that I get to see her when I want to.
"I'm afraid that can't happen Mr. Jackson. You're welcome to come back tomorrow. Visiting hours are 12:00pm to 7:00pm." She smiled, nodded, then walked off.
That look on her face made me want to be the shit out her. There's nothing to smile about.
I looked at the kids face and it killed me to see them so worried.
"Let's go, y'all staying with me."
"What about mommy?" Lauren cried.
"Mommy gonna come later, alright? Cameron get her for me." I would have done it myself but I have too much on my brain. I watched him pick her up and smiling with her making an attempt to calm her down. It wasn't working at first but she soon found an interest in his phone that he gave her.
When we got in the car I turned my head to the backseat. "Y'all alright?"
All of them nodded.
First we stopped by the house to get some of the kids stuff.
When we got to my place, I told them to go put their stuff away.
"Aw man" I heard Cameron mumble under his breath.
"What's wrong?"
"We left this place a mess. Oh, and can you call your sister for me please?" He said as he started picking things up off the floor. I'm not the type to let him do all this by himself but when I offered to help he told me no. And when I asked again he said 'no no no' so I left it alone.
"Z come here!"
"Yes?" She came out of the room.
"Cameron" I said and he looked up at Zaniya.
"Oh, come here please." He said and she went to him.
He asked her something and she shook her head no. Cameron nodded and told her something, then she left.
"Anthony.."
"What's up?"
"They didn't eat yet, your siblings." He said.
"What? How you know"
"I asked your sister if they ate yet and she said no."
"I'm gonna order out in a minute."
"No no no. Living with you they'll get used to take out food. I'll make them something."
I didn't even try and protest against it because Cameron is persistent. I don't want him to do double the work, but he won't listen to me.
I watched Cameron as he finished up cleaning. When he was going in the kitchen, I used that as time to go talk to my siblings.
I went into the room they'd be staying in to see Lauren acting wild, Hayden playing on the Xbox, and Zaniya on her phone.
"Who you texting?" I said and picked up Lauren before she hurt herself doing something crazy.
"Nobody." She said and continued typing.
"Uhuh, nobody." I said suspiciously.
"Yep. Nobody."
"So if I went and did this," I snatched the phone out her hand, "you'd be okay with it right?"
"Ant, give it back." She hopped on me trying to get the phone. I had to be careful that Lauren didn't fall because of how much extra she was doing to get this damn phone. That made me curious to see what she was doing that was so secretive. So as a respectful human being, I respected her privacy and gave the phone back.
I'm lying. If she being secretive, that means she texting some little ass boys. When I glanced at the phone screen I saw the contact name "Domo" and a bunch of heart emojis and shit. She got me fucked up.
"Who the fuck is this?" I asked her.
"None of your damn business Anthony, can I please get my phone back?" She panicked.
"Domo. Heart eyes, hearts, wet emoji, eggplant... What the fuck you know about all that?"
She was quiet and I could see the tears building up in her eyes, but at the moment I could care less. That's my baby sister, and she will not be one of these fast ass little girls. Over my dead body.
"I should look through these text messages to see what y'all be talking about."
I wasn't gonna do it for real, although I wanted to. I don't want to see something that I don't want to.
"Come over here." I sat down on the bed, and patted next to me.
She sat down next to me and stared at her phone in my hands.
"Look at me. I don't like this shit." I said. "I don't like this shit at all. But what I gotta realize is you 14. Of course you gon' have these little ass "relationships" when you that age. But this is one thing. You will not be some fast little girl. Little school relationships is whatever, holding hands, hugging. But I don't want that extra shit. You see them two emojis?" I pointed at the wet emoji and the eggplant. "I want that gone. I don't know why the fuck they were there in the first place. That shit is extra. You fourteen. Stay your age."
Maybe you think I'm over reacting. Maybe you think I'm over protective. But that's my baby sister at the end of the day and I don't like that.
"You understanding me? And if that little boy try anything with you, or try and force you into anything, you come and tell me and I'll take care of that. Okay?"
She nodded and laid her head on my shoulder.
"Mmhmm, you just want your phone back." I said. I gave it to her.
"Here you go. And take that shit out. I'll be checking to see if it's gone. Matter fact do it right now."
She edited the contact name so it was only left with some heart stuff.
"You know I love you right, and it's my job as your older brother to protect you. So don't hate me for all this because I'm doing it for your own good."
"I've hated you since the day I met you." She smiled and wiped her tears.
"Yeah, always frontin' like you don't love your big brother- ay little girl what you doing." I said, realizing that Lauren was putting her colorful hair clips in my braids. She laughed and continued and I let her.
"Hay, you alright?"
He nodded, too into his game to pay attention to me.
"Alright well, Imma leave y'all alone. Stay up because y'all gotta eat." I put Lauren in front of her doll set so she'd be occupied.
When I got to the kitchen Cameron was putting cheese on top of something. I decided to scare him so I sneaked up behind him and whispered in his ear. He jumped and was about to hit me with a spoon.
"Anthony you've got to stop scaring me like that." He panted and held his heart.
"I know, I can't help it."
He shook his head.
"What you making?"
"Uhh, Macaroni and cheese and chicken." He shrugged
"Oh, I was kinda hoping for something else for dinner."
"What?" He asked.
I pushed him against the counter.
"What you think?" I said kissing his neck, trailing my hands down lower and lower. He seemed confused until it actually snapped.
"Anthony, oh my god." He blushed and pushed me away. "Go away." He turned his face all the way from me.
I laughed.
"Anyways.... When did you get all these groceries, I thought your fridge would have been empty."
"The day I came here. I was in the hype of having my own place so I bought stuff my mom buys."
"Oh.... Are you okay though? Like with your mom and stuff?"
"Yeah I'm alright. I'm just happy she's not dead or anything because I don't know what I'd do. But I'm hoping she gets better."
"Me too." He said.
"You need help with something?" I asked realizing that I didn't even offer.
"No, I'm okay. I'm almost done anyways." He put the pan in the oven and washed his hands. He laid on chest.
"I'm so tired." He whined.
"Well baby you worked yourself extra hard, cooking and cleaning like some housewife."
"It was dirty, and children should never get hooked onto take out." He said.
"You're weird."
"I know." He laughed quietly.
I wrapped my arms around his waist and and kissed his forehead causing him to look up. I kissed his lips resulting in is getting lost in our own world.
I lifted him up on the counter, and grabbed his waist as he grabbed my neck without breaking apart our kiss.
I was getting ready to take it one more step, but that was quickly put to an end.
"What the...."
I immediately pulled away from Cameron
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Sorry! This update was supposed to be yesterday but I didn't finish my hw so I didn't have time. Next chapter will be Cameron POV Lmaooo Anthony took the spotlight 💀💀💀 this update wasn't ALL THAT but it's alright, it's decent enough. Tryna build up more drama tho lmfao. Bye tho
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