Caesar Andrés Jordà
Location: The Golden Coyote - Hospital
Mood: Nervous
Mentioned: @Deathly☠Chaos > Alaric
Interacted: @~Dark.Disney.Triplet~ > Jade
C.J. laughed out and drank the last shot, slamming the glass against the bar.
"Well! Think that was just about enough, mate", he winked to Jack. How much I owe you again?
"20 dollars". Jack quickly responded and C.J. cocked his eyebrow.
"Are you shitting me? Just 20 dollars? Man am I getting too old to drink...", he joked. Jack chuckled, grabbing the twenty dollar bill.
"Well I've decided that the water drain would be on the house. That piece of junk really should have been replaced a long time ago". C.J. tapped the bar and grinned.
"Thank you! Glad you came to yer senses, mate!". Before Jack managed to reply, C.J.'s phone rang. He lifted his index finger towards Jack in a "hold that thought" manner, and rumbled through the pocket of his jacket, reaching for the phone. He frowned at the screen that showed an unknown number.
"Aren't you gonna get that?", Jack wondered looking at the ringing phone. Ceasar looked at him with his face dead serious, which made Jack gulped. The "mini biker" had incredible facial features. While he was in a jester mood, his face looked like that of a teenage boy. When he would be upset, it looked unbelievably mature and troubled.
"I don't know this number", C.J. replied and Jack shrugged.
"So?"
C.J. hovered his thumb over the "answer" icon a while longer.
"Only my gang knows this number.", his face flushed.
"Something happened...", He finally accepted the call and lifted the phone against his ear when a female voice spoke.
"Excuse me, are you..."
"How the hell did you get my number?!", Caesar snapped at the female, before she managed to finish. He heard a quiet sigh and a patient voice speaking up again.
"We received information of your contact from the phone owned by Jade Hess. Do you happen to know who that is?". Jack jerked when C.J. jumped off the chair almost turning it over.
"Jade... What happened to her? Is she OK?!", He raised her voice and several people present there raised their head to look at him briefly, before going off with their business.
"I swear I will rip your head off if...", he was interrupted as the woman on the other side of the phone explained the situation. He gulped lightly and kept nodding nervously, walking up and down.
"Yes. Yes I know... Yes. In five. Thank you". The lady on the other side was still talking when he cancelled the call to dial again.
"Is everything alright, C.J.?", Jack asked nervously.
"Yeah...", C.J. replied with his hands visibly shaking as he searched for the contact.
"The world is ending but I am fine... Am cool... All good...". He took a deep breath when the phone on the other side started ringing, and ringing, and ringing some more as nobody answered.
"You asshole!", C.J. growled into the phone and cancelled the call again. Even though he didn't really mean it, he was extremely mad at Alaric for not picking up. But as far as he knew, he might have as well gotten the news and was on his way as he stood there in the bar like a bloody idiot. Then again, he maybe didn't know and Jade was in a hospital, all alone. Well, she would have a baby to keep her company soon enough... C.J. shook his head violently and approached the bar.
"Jack. Mate. Listen...", Jack leaned over the bar and C.J. grabbed bartender's shirt.
"If I am not back same time tomorrow, remember me as a bad ass motherfucker".
"Wh-what the hell are you talking 'bout?!", Jack shouted but C.J. was already on his way.
"Lady! Baby! Hospital! Delivery! Now!", he shouted back as he stormed out of the bar and towards his bike, kicking the two meatheads again along the way. The motorcycle sounded angrily and he quickly drove off into the rain. He was mad at himself. Alaric would trust him with his life and he left Jade and Alaric's baby alone to go and get drunk. If only he didn't trust her that everything was fine last night when he transported her home, none of this would happen. Now, he could have only hoped that everything was fine as the paramedic said it was. Of course, if anything was to happen to the baby, Aleric would kill him, but now, it was not what he even bothered worrying about. If he deserved to get his ass kicked, he will as well lay down and let Alaric do to him whatever he finds fitting.
"Shit!", he swore, barely dodging the car as he rushed through the red light before he slowed down a bit. He was of no use to anyone if he was dead.
***
He almost jumped off his bike once he reached the hospital, rushing in to the reception. The girl that worked there briefly looked up at him as Little Lion approached her. It was obviously not the first time she was ought to deal with troublemakers.
"Hey!", C.J. called out and he leaned against the reception. She sighed calmly and spoke.
"The section for shitheads is in the east wing. They will take care of your jawbreaker, hun. Now please, step away from the reception, you are dripping all over it". C.J. obeyed as he was briefly stunned by her cold approach. He realized that she was talking about his fist that bled again and him being soaked wet from the rain.
"What the... no! That's not what I wanted!", he frowned and stepped towards her, determined, explaining his business.
Once he passed the grumpy receptionist, he soon found himself in the section filled with babies. It was creepy and awkward all at the same time.
"Can I help you?", a deep male voice referred to him and he turned to face the doctor that was well over two heads taller than him and highly suspicious of C.J. presence. C.J. lifted his hands in defense.
"Look. Before you start the crap about how the section for shitheads is the other way, I am looking for Jade Hess. She was transferred here 'cause of labor". Doctor's face turned from suspicious to professional as he looked down at the board he was carrying.
"Hess, Hess... Ah, there she is. Are you the father?"
"Ye- What? No! I mean no! Of course I am not her father! Do I look like her father?!", Doctor chuckled briefly to the freaked out biker.
"What I've meant to say is are you her husband?", C.J. shook his head.
"No. I am not her husband I'm..."
"Her boyfriend?"
Caesar felt the anger rising as he clenched his fists, trying to remain calm. He could've sworn the doctor was mocking him.
"No. If you must know I'm her...bodyguard."
"Her...bodyguard...", the doctor cocked his eyebrow and Caesar sighed, tired of explaining.
"Look, mate. It is complicated, alright? The father will be here in few, I was here first, she gave you guys my contact number, so I assume she wishes to see me. A'right? Good enough?". Doctor eyed his soaked clothes once more, before motioning him to follow.
They reached the room as soon the nurse attempted to walk in and after some explaining, the nurse nodded and entered the room, just to come back out again, soon after doctor was gone, and C.J. was left waiting there like a bloody orphan. She opened the door partially and smiled at C.J.
"You may come in". Just then he felt drunk, nervous and useless. What will she say when she sees him like that? Will she simply slap him and send him home? Will she ever trust him again after he wasn't there for her? He took a deep breath and stepped in, not knowing what to expect.
Jade rested in the bed, obviously eager to see who arrived. Clumsy and confused, C.J. scratched his wet hair and spoke.
"Um...hi, I... You probably expected Al but... He will be here soon, I promise!" The truth was that he wasn't even bloody sure when Alaric would appear and where the hell was he, but seeing her there, vulnerable and scared, for the first time in his life, he needed to do something to help her through it. He smirked and approached her bed slowly, sitting on the chair next to it.
"Until then... I am afraid you are stuck with my sorry ass", he chuckled and took her hand into his, tapping it gently to comfort her.
"Truth is, I have no god damn idea what am I doing so, feel free to slap me or yell at me for leaving you alone at any moment you feel like it, alright?", with that, he squinted his eyes shut as if he was preparing for the huge slap in the face.
"Any day now..."