Terry, Rome, and Sam

Azrael POV:

I pick up my towel, drying my face, before reaching for my water bottle to take a sip. My three best friends and I were playing basketball but I startded feeling lightheaded so I took a break to drink water and catch my breath. "Yeah just give me moment"

*ding* My phone rings in my bag. I set my water bottle back down on the old,brown bench and take my phone out. 
*ding* Another notification. I look at the notification and see that it was my mom.

Mama: 'Don't  forget to pass by the store and get the ingredients for todays dinner.' 

Mama: 'Also bring the boys with you please! I haven't seen them for some time'

El: 'Wow you care more about seeing your other sons more than me?'

El: 'you also haven't seen me in some time and I was the one who said I'd come over today! 😞'

Mama: 'El, we talk everyday! I get tired of you bring the boys or don't come at all' 

El: '😢fine'

"Yo El! You comin or what!" Terry calls out to me. "Yea be right there!" I put my phone back in my bag and throw my towel on the bench after I'm done drying my face and neck. "Mom invited you guys over for dinner tonight" Rome shoots the ball and makes it into the hoop. "Ha! I win." He says. same argues that they were distracted so it doesn't count. "Does she need us to bring anything?" Terry turns to look at me. "No, just yourse-" my responce was interrupted by a wet feeling on my upper lip. "El, your nose!" Terry exclaims which makes Rome and Sam stop bickering and look at me. 

I wipe my nose only to realize it has started to bleed. I look up hoping to stop. "No you have to look down, El." Sam scolds me, by now they all surrounded me. "Here clean yourself with this." Terry held up a towel for me to take. "Thanks" I took it, putting it up to my nose. "Lets call it a day." Terry said looking at the others. "I'm alright we can continue playing" I tried persuating them but they didn't budge "Nah I'm beat. Plus we need to wash up for dinner tonight" Rome said. "Alright then lets go home and meet at moms place. Did you bring your car?" Terry asks me. "Yeah but I gotta pass by the grocery store so you can go with Rome or Sam-" "No, I'll go with you I'll drive. Plus I'm not going with Rome in his sports car he drives like a maniac" Rome tries defeding himself which ends up in more bickering. 

"You feeling alright?" Terry asks me. "yeah I'm good." I say, grabbing tomato sauce from the shelf. "I still think you should get checked up El," he grabs graded cheese "You've been feeling tired lately and today you got a nosebleed out of nowhere. It could be serious." The worry is visible in his voice. "Its probably just a common cold Ter. I feel better"

After that we got the rest of the stuff we needed and went back home to shower and get changed for dinner. 

We finish setting up the table and mom puts the last dish in the middle "Eat up!" she says.  I get my plate and put some rice and lasagna on it. I reach out for the salad, which was in front of terry, "Here" he says pushing it towards me. "thanks" He nods back before turning to my mom. "Oh well you know things happen" she, Sam, and Rome were talking about her day.

"What about you guys how was your day? How have you all been." she questions. "well I just found out my mother loves her other sons more than me so thats that." I say in a playful whining tone. "Get used to it she loves us more" Terry replies putting his arms around her shoulders in a hug. She puts her arm on his returning the hug and gives a little chuckle. 

"Mama, please help me with your stubborn son, today he got a nosebleed and he has been feeling bad yet he refuses to go to the doctor." My mom puts her fork down and looked at me. "What? What do you mean? Are you sick? Azrael?" She bombards me with questions. " Its just a cold mom. I'm ok. I feel much better now." I hate when she worries about me. "Azrael, please get yourself checked. I don't want what happened to your father to happen to you too."

 By this point the table was quiet rome and sam had also stopped eating. "Ok mom I will go to the hospital tomorrow. Just- lets stop worrying about this and lets continue eating ok? Theres really nothing to worry about." She nods and flashes me a smile . "You better." she says in a playful threatening tone.

We finished eating and watched a movie to which we fell asleep. Mom, terry and I were on the couch and Rome next to Sam were on the floor infront.