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“It’s off,” Marco said, waving the phone slightly in the air.
I cringed harder and prayed that the riser would open up and swallow me up. The professor shot another stern look, but he went back to his lecture, clearly upset by the interruption.
“Put the phone away,” I muttered to him as I turned my attention back to class.
Marco rolled his eyes as he allowed his attention to be drawn back to his phone. I tried not to watch him and focus on the lesson at hand, but as he read whatever was on his phone, his brow furrowed, and his normally olive toned skin turned completely white.
“What?” I whispered, leaning forward.
Marco stood up so quickly that his chair fell back, clanging loudly against the ground. “Get your stuff,” he ordered before I could say anything additional.
There was something about the tone of his voice which told me not to argue, and so, I didn’t. I grabbed my things and stood up, not caring about the stares that we were receiving. Something about Marco’ demeanor made me nervous.
Marco practically raced out of the door, and I followed closely behind trying to ignore the stares of my classmates as I shoved my things into my bag.
“What’s wrong?” I asked Marco when we finally made it out into the hallway. “Is there danger somewhere?” I looked around, my heart racing. I expected to see a gun pointed at me or someone rushing me with a knife, but the hallways were clear and looked normal. Something had happened, but I just didn’t know what.
“There was an explosion,” Marco said.
I felt my stomach drop as he spoke, and for a moment, I was worried that I was going to throw up across the floor. “An explosion?” I asked. The words felt odd in my mouth. “Of what?”
Marco looked at me as though I had grown a second head. I didn’t care. I needed to know what had happened.
“A warehouse,” Marco said. He looked down at his phone as if it were a bomb in his hand.
“Dom?” With the way that Marco was looking down at the phone, I couldn’t tell if whatever happened was serious or not. “Is Dom okay?” There was urgency to my voice, and that must have caught Marco’ attention.
“He’s in the hospital,” Marco said. “And I don’t know how bad it is.”
I swallowed heavily. I didn’t know what else to say. All I could think about was finding a way to get to the hospital as soon as possible. Dom needed me, and if he was injured, I was going to be there for him in the same way that he had been there for me.
“We need to get to the hospital,” I said, spurring Marco out of his shock. He said nothing, but the tight nod he gave me let me know that he heard me. “Are you okay to drive?” I hoped so because it was a skill that I never learned.
“Let’s go,” Marco said. He pocketed his phone before turning down the hall.
I followed quickly behind walking as quickly as my legs would take me.
I’m coming,I thought, and I prayed that Dom would hear me.
