I glanced over at his little body, as he lay on his back, with all these
different tubes coming out of his nose and arm. My poor baby, is all I
kept saying in my head, over and over again. Its all because of his
bronchitis. And it pains me to see him suffer like this, especially with
him being only five.

Chris, the father of my child, has been sitting here beside me, hoping
and praying that we could just take him home, and that everything would
be perfect once more. But things were way less than perfect for Chris an
I, we  aren't even together anymore. We split up when our son, Darrius,
turned two. And now that D is five, we barely see eachother, unless its
his weekend to have him, and that's about it.

This was Chris's weekend and it unfortunately ended with us at the
hospital, but I'm glad the cause was something natural, because if it
wasn't, and my child was hurt, I would have beat Chris's high yellow ass
and he would be sitting in the bed next to Darrius. Except he'd be
labeled a paraplegic.

"Mommy?" I heard the little weak voice call for me and I went to his
bedside, "Yes baby, Mommy's right here, what you need?"

A faint smile spread across his chubby cheeks.
"I just wanted to see your face, I didn't know where you went."  See why
I adore my child? He's soo considerate.

"Aww sweetie, I'm not gonna leave you....oh daddys here too." ha almost
forgot about that nigga.

Chris was already standing so he just came over to the other side of the
bed.

"Hey there, lil man, you feel better?"

"Mmhmm." Was his response

Good I was hoping he'd say that, his breathing sounded a little better
anyway. My thoughts were interrupted by a knock, and the door swinging
open slightly. In peeked the sexy face of a stranger, a doctor, but not
the one we had before, I guess the shifts had changed...

"Hello everyone, my name is Dr. Justin. And I am in charge of the
pediatrics unit of this hospital." He said taking a few steps into the
room and closing the door behind him. Hmm...he's cute. "Darrius is it?"

"Yes, and I'm his mother, my name is Jaye" I replied shaking his hand,
"And this is Chris, D's dad." Chris did the same.

"Well it looks like he's doing much better, the tests show that he's
doing fine, he just has a lot of build up, and congestion, in his
bronchial system. But with the right medications, a little rest, and the
proper care, he should be up and running in no time."

Mmm....I love his voice, it has this sexy southern twang to it, yet it
sounds like he's been livin out here in Cali for a while.

"When can I go home?" Darrius asked.

"As soon as your ready." Replied the young doctor with a smile.

"I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready!!!!
My son squeeked. Mimicking one of his favorite cartoons, Spongebob©

"Well he's back I see!!!" Chris stated. We all shared a laugh.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Not to long after that, once Darrius had got his regular clothes back on
and all his stuff was packed and ready to go, I was going over a list of
all the things I need to make sure I do on a daily basis to help D get
better.
When Dr. Justin asked if he could speak to me, I told him yeah and
excused myself from the room and followed him out into the hallway.

This is the first time I actually got a good look at him, and he is
pretty nice looking, especially for a white dude. Don't get me wrong, I
love men of all shades, but this boy was fine, and he looked to be about
my age too. Hmm...From his curly light brownish/blonde-ish hair, to his
sky blue eyes, and sexy lips, this dude had it goin on....and he seemed
to be smooth with it too...just how I like em...

I just kept smiling and nodding to everything he had to say until...

"And you can run all this by your husband too, you know, just so he
knows the deal"

I see what he's doin, he slid that comment in there on purpose. He
thinks he's slick, I got him though.

" Wait a minute, I'm not married... oooh your talking about Chris, hmm
no, he's my ex, been that way for three years now." I stammered all that
out in one breath. Ok so I kinda overdid it, but I'm cute so it
shouldn't matter.

"Oh so your saying that a fine young thing such as yourself doesn't have
a man?" he was super cheesing when he said that.

".....no." Gosh I was stuck!!!! Here I was thinkin about all the things
I could do to this guy sexually, and he flirts with me and what do I do,
I freeze. Ha go figure. But just as fast as I lost all my sence, I
regained it again, "but how bout I give you my cell phone number, and
you can call me personally, if you think I may  forget anything you just
said" I smiled seductively and made sure to bite my lip a little, all
the while keeping eye contact.

"Oh um....of course....here you go ma." He replied as though I caught
him off guard. As  he handed me his Blackberry so I could put my number
in it. "Call me anytime, like tonite even, I have a strange feeling that
I will forget something..." He smirked as I said that

"Oh really?" he licked his lips, and I swear I had an orgasm.

"Mmhmm." was all I could manage.

"Aight then, it was a pleasure meeting you, I guess I'll be calling you
up later tonite."

"Ok, that would be great, and by the way," I leaned in to whisper in his
ear, "the pleasure was all mine..." Haha got him!!!!

He winked at me and explained that he had to go catch up with another
patient. But before he left he stuck his head back in the room and bid
adieu to my son and his father.

D just smiled and gave him the thumbs up.

Oh yeah, two thumbs way, way up.....

~Part 1~

I had just got Darrius to take his medicine and now he wanted to lay
down to watch some cartoons, let me tell you the tv is his second best
friend. And you can say that I'm his first. We even have nicknames for
eachother, he's my prince and he calls me his princess. I don't even
know what I'd do without him in my life. He's my everything.

In the midst of my thoughts, while cleaning up the kitchen, my cell
phone began to ring. I dried my hands on a dish towel and reached over
the counter to retrieve it. I saw that it was a local number but I
didn't know who's. I answered it with a friendly, "Hello."

"Hi, uh, may I speak to Jaye?" hmm... Sounds familiar.

"This is she, who's calling?"

"Its Justin, Dr. Justin, I mean."

Aww he sounds nervous, I let a chuckle slip.

"Oh hey Justin, Dr. Justin, I mean."

He began to laugh...

"You can call me Justin, ma."

"Ok Justin. So what can I do for you, pa?"

"Well, I was just callin to see how everything with Darrius is going.
And to see how your holdin up."

"Oh really? Hmm...well D's doin pretty good, he hasn't been coughing as
much, and he's really relaxed, which is great for me, and...I'm doin ok
too."

"That's great, exactly what I wanted to hear, and I was
wondering.........well nevermind."

"Go ahead, you can ask me anything, I'm an open book."

He chuckled a little,

"Well in that case, would you like to go out with me sometime?"

Aww he's soo cute!!!!!

"Yeah, I'd love to. When are you free?"

"How about this Friday night around, lets say, seven?"

"Perfect!!!"

So we sat on the phone for about three hours and I found out soo much
about him and vise versa. I now know that he is twenty six, and he's
from Memphis, TN.  He moved out here when he was 18, to go to school.
Which he hasn't exactly finished, but he was at the top of his class so
they offered him the head position at the hospital. Yeah he's that damn
good!!!! Haha. Let me stop. So after our conversation, I decided I
should go, as much as I didn't want to, but I had to get up early for
work. So we said our goodbyes and promised we'd talk more tomorrow, then
hung up.

I got up off the couch, turned off all the downstairs lights, went
upstairs, and down the hall to my bedroom, but first I checked on D, for
the millionth time tonite. He was sound asleep and his breathing seemed
to be getting back to normal. Possibly a result of the brand new
humidifier that Chris bought him.

I watched my little angel sleep for a few minutes, and imagined where
I'd be without him, I really have no idea. But I do know that if it
wasn't for him, I wouldn't have the job I have as a massage therapist,
or my own spa. And I sure wouldn't have went to college to accomplish
this much, I know I would have ended up living at home with my mom and
just going to school for who knows what. Well I guess things happen for
a reason.

I walked into my bedroom and went to my drawer for some night clothes. I
then went in the bathroom, and took a nice hot shower, just what I
needed to get rid of todays stresses. After the shower I lotioned up,
put on my underclothes and climbed in my huge, empty bed.....