Through Trials and Tribulations

18

(3rd person pov halfway through)

Lylah W.

Today is me and Mateos 7 months and I want to die

I miss my baby so much. I know he's been gone for only 3 days but it's killing me

Before he left we were talking about kids and I'm actually excited. I've never wanted to be a mom but talking about it with him changed my mind

I plan on telling everyone that in a couple of months me and Mateo are gonna try for a baby but I'm scared if they're reaction

It's not like I give a fuck about what they think I just don't want to hear there mouths if they don't agree

Right now I'm waiting for Mateo to call me. He calls me every night and falls asleep on the phone with me

Everyone else is sleep since it's 11 o'clock at night. That's one thing we all have in common we never stay up past 10. Well if me and Mateo have sex I do and now

I'm rewatching the vampire diaries since I love it so much. Damon can honestly get it. Stefan too and Klaus

After a hour or so I text Mateo because he still hasn't called me

I wake up with the sun beaming on my face and stretch

I didn't even know I feel asleep. I check my phone and see that it's 1pm and see that I have a text from Mateo

My lovee❤️: I'm so sorry babe I'll call you tmr

As I look at the text I can't help but feel uneasy. Mateo never calls me babe and when he texts he doesn't abbreviate things

Whatever

I get up and walk to my bathroom to brush my teeth and wash my face. When I'm finish I throw on some jogging pants and go downstairs to see whose all up

Paxton and Novah are in the kitchen making something when I see them

"Good afternoon beautiful" Novah says and I laugh "Shut up" I say and she shrugs

"What made you sleep the morning away" Paxton asks and I sigh "I was waiting for Mater to call me and I dozed off without even knowing" he nods once I finish talking

"Where is everyone" I ask taking a seat at the island

"Jeremiah and D went out someplace and I think Junior and Ella are sleep" Paxton says and I nod

We talk about a lot of random shit as we eat what they made which was pasta. It was good but I wasn't that hungry so I put my plate in the fridge

I go upstairs to take a shower and pick out some grey sweats and a black hoodie

I walk into my bathroom and take all my clothes off my body and hop in since I cut the water on already

I love taking hot ass showers, it's soothing. Especially after what Mateo does to me

Listen, I absolutely love when he goes rough like it feels amazing but it's better when he just makes love to me. Slow and sensual love. Like what he did the day he left

It also doesn't hurt as much after. But I don't think I'll never not feel pain when we finish cause Mateo is pushing 10 inches

I finish washing and rinsing off my body for the second time so I get out the shower and wrap my towel around me

I didn't wash my hair because I got it professionally straightened yesterday. My hair has grown so much it reaches the middle of my back

Once I finish putting on baby oil and lotion, I throw on my clothes and spray a little bit of perfume on me before sitting at my vanity

I take the bonnet and wrap off my hair and brush it down. I want to go get Starbucks but I don't really like driving

I hear my phone ding and multiple dings after that then someone calls me but my phone is still receiving messages

I quickly walk over there and see that Luca is calling me I answer the call before looking at the texts because I'm confused on why he's calling me so out of the blue

"Hello" I answer confused

"Come to the hospital now. Like right now Mateos been shot, multiple times" my eyes widen at his words and he ends the call

For a split second I think he's joking until I look at Jeremiah's messages. He was the one blowing up my phone. It's multiple messages of him saying go to the hospital and sending me locations

Tears flow down my eyes and my door busts open. Paxton and Novah are right there and they look at me worried

"Hospital" I say as I storm past them

They rush after me and we quickly get into the car. Tears flow out of my eyes as Paxton hits the gas as fast as he can

"It's gonna be oka-" "Shut up" I say feeling like I'm gonna have a panic attack

We pull up to the hospital just as Luca is with Mateo

I run up to them as Mateos being placed on the stretcher

"Baby" he says weekly and I cry while trying to hug him but everyone is pushing me back

He has blood leaking through his shirt that has 3 holes

They rush into the building and I try to follow them into the hallway but Paxton holds me back

"Let them do what they have to do Lylah" I sink to the floor and cry my eyes out as he holds me

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Lylah cries and cries and cries. She feels as if she's going to die. Why her? She questions

Why does she always have to be put in situations like these

Novah joins the hug. And when Desarea and Jeremiah come in they do to

Lylah excuses herself to go to the bathroom. She doesn't really have to pee. She just doesn't want everyone surrounding her

She stopped crying a while ago but the moment she gets by herself she lets it all go

She cries as she can't stop thinking about Mateos half lifeless body

She doesn't know how long she's in there before there's a knock on the door

"Here I come" she says wetting a paper towel and wiping her face

Her whole face is red and swollen because of all the crying she's been doing

She opens the door and sees Zion. She stares at him in shock and he pulls her in for a hug

He tells her Jeremiah is taking everyone home but he's coming back but all she can do is hug him back

She feels a feeling of warmth as she hugs him, a feeling she hasn't felt since the day before her mothers death

Zion walks her back to the waiting room and tries to calm her down because she can't stop shaking and tears continue to fall out of her eyes

The doctor comes to them and tells Lylah some news

News that just shattered her whole world