continued from HERE // @lettherebecake
don’t ask lottie why she ran out of the afternoon lecture she’d been giving as soon as she got the call. or why she drove like a maniac to the emergency room because they’d said her ex girlfriend was there. no, just don’t ask why she was so concerned that she didn’t even remember the drive from the university to the hospital. all she could think of was all the terrible reasons as to why shonnetta was in the e.r. and they progressively got worse the longer they swam in her head. so when she rushed inside, asked at the check-in desk for her ex’s room, and was soon able to find her way back after grabbing one of those sticker visitor tags. as soon as she saw the gorgeous woman in the hospital bed, she let out a soft sigh, a nervous chuckle following. “you know those things called ‘emergency contacts’? seems like i’m still yours, darling.” lottie replied, moving into the room, dragging the chair up to the side of the bed. “me? babe i’m fine…scared to death something happened to you. if you wanted to see me again, you coulda just called, you know.” the woman teased gently, eyes checking over shonnetta. “what happened?”
lottie’s response was... unexpected , to say the least. but it did help ease the tension that was building in her body. she could handle a somewhat awkward run - in with her ex , so long as she wasn’t hurt. “ i must have forgotten to change it , ” shonnetta muttered , lowering her gaze. apart from her co - workers at the station , she didn’t really have anyone to put down on her paperwork. her parents hadn’t spoken to her in over ten years , and her siblings were hardly any better. none of them approved of her lifestyle. “ we got called out to a structure fire , ” she started off , brows furrowed. “ and everything was fine at first , but there was an explosion on the third floor. ” after that , the details were a bit fuzzy since the blast had knocked her unconscious. all she really knew was that her captain had gone out of the way to pull her out of the building herself. “ gave me a concussion , a sprained ankle , and a couple bruised ribs. ”
