Live or Die

Recap...

"Jim, the owner, is great, I'm sure he can get you right in," she says. "Then let's go," I say. I've never gotten anything pierced besides my ears before. 

Kiera:

We go inside and Ellie goes to great who I assume is Jim. "Long time no see," she says and he turns around with a smile on his face. "Elli, so nice to see you darling," he says enthusiastically. "It's great to see you too," she says. "What'll it be today?" He asks. "It's not for me this time it's for her," she says pointing towards me and adds "This is Kiera."

"Nice to meet you Kiera, do you know what piercing you want?" He asks. I pause to think and then nod. "A nipple piercing," I say. "Ohhh, that's a nice choice," Elli says. Jim laughs and says "I'll get that ready for you, Elli knows where to take you." Elli takes me over to a room and Jim goes over to a shelf with jewelery holders. "I didn't know you'd get something like that," she says. I shrug "They're cool, I'm a little worried about the pain though," I say.

"It doesn't hurt that bad but fair warning it will sting," she says. That's a little comforting. "You can sit on the bed," she says pointing to a black bed. It looks like where you would sit at a dentist. I get on just as Jim walks into the room with 2 trays in his hands. As he sets them next to me he says "You can pick the jewelry you'd like. Take as much time as you need, I highly doubt anyone could be longer than Elli when picking jewelry," he says joking at the end.

"Hey, excuse me if I want my piercings to look perfect," she says and Jim just laughs as he walks over to a counter to wash his hands. I look at the trays and one catches my eyes. It's a very simple pair of gold heart nipple jewelry. I scan over the rest of them but I decide on that pair. "I like this one," I say pointing to the pair.

"Nice choice," Jim says taking the trays. He sanitizes them and washes his hands again before putting gloves on. He comes over with the piercing and the piercing tools that he sanitized while I picked and sits down. Elli comes over. "You're going to have to lift up your shirt," he says. I do as he says and he wipes a cold pad over my nipples making me involuntary shiver.

He picks up a clamp and puts it on my nipple to hold it in place before putting a needle through. I grab Ellie's hand and he finishes putting the jewelery through. He does the same on the other side and says "All done. You can look in the mirror if you'd like." I get up and go to the mirror admiring the piercing. "It looks really good, thank you," I say. "No problem, here is a sheet that tells you how to take care of it. I cannot stress this enough don't change the piercing for at least 9 months," he says.

I take the sheet from him after I pull my shirt down and look at it. "I'll do everything it tells me to," I say and he nods showing his approval. "Have a good rest of your day Jim," Elli says. "Thank you, you too," he says as Ellie leads me out. "Bye," both of us say leaving. "Bye girls," he replies. Today was a great day, I can't wait to tell Adonis all about it. I text him to tell him we're coming home. "He'll love it," Elli says. I laugh and say "I'm sure he would. He's not going anywhere near them for awhile though they're so sore." "It'll go away after awhile," she says and we start walking towards her car.

As we step down from the sidewalk I feel a sudden pressure in my chest. My whole body seems to go rigid and I look at Elli. Something flashes through her eyes before I fall to the ground. She pulls out her phone and starts talking panicked but I can't make out what she's saying. I look around and I see people, they're coming closer but getting blurrier as they come. The world is spinning by now and I feel insanely dizzy. I feel someone touching my neck. Their hands feel so warm. I look down and see red. Everything around me is red. Something registers in my brain that tells me I should be scared but I don't have the energy to panic. Instead, a wave of calmness washes over me.

Someone comes into my line of vision and is the only clear person I see. She looks familiar and then it hits me. Mom. She looks towards my chest and a look of hurt flashes on her face. I feel myself being picked up and taken farther away from her. I want to go to her. I try to reach out but I can't. My hands are frozen in place. She looks over to a spot on the ground and I follow her gaze the last thing I see is the large puddle of redness from where I was picked up. What happened to me?

Adonis:

After I got the call my whole world stopped. I froze not knowing what to do. I feel sick. All I can think about is the worst. I need to get to Kiera. I have to go. I rush downstairs and run out to my car ignoring my mom. I'll call her while I'm driving I just need to start moving to the hospital. I slam the door and start speeding after putting my mom on speaker phone. "Kiera's in the hospital mom. I don't know I'll be back I just have to go," I say my voice wavering.

"I'll be their soon, the kids can stay with your uncle," she says. The only thing I manage to choke out is "Ok." Before I hang up. My vision gets blurry and I feel warmth in my cheeks. I ignore it and continue until I make it to the hospital and rushing in. I spot Elli immediately and she rushes towards me. "What happened?" I ask. "We were just walking and then she got shot, I don't even know why," she says still panicked. "Where is she?" I ask.

"In surgery she was shot in the chest and she lost a lot of blood," she said. I start crying again not caring who sees. I'm loosing her. I didn't even get to tell her I love her. The rest of what happened was a blur. Mom came and we were taken to the private waiting room. I don't even know how much time it's been until the doctor comes in. I stand up immediately. "How is she?" I ask. "She's going to live," he says. New found hope rushes back into my heart only for it to be crushed minutes later. 

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