4.7

                                    

                                          
it was dark outside when i woke up. the room was empty. my pink bag was thrown onto the chair beside me, it was slightly open so i could see a shirt of mine inside and my white converse were on top of it. i cringed, the shoes were probably getting the shirt dirty.
                          
"isabella, you're finally up." the familiar voice from yesterday spoke up. i turned to see a young nurse walking up to me with a clipboard in her hands. she looked at her clock, then wrote something down. "your boyfriend didn't want to leave you alone, but i made him go down to the cafeteria to get something to eat." she smiled. "he wanted you to see your baby as soon as you woke up. i'm afraid you will have to wait until morning."
                          
the door opened and zabdiel's tall figure appeared from behind. he was looking down when he walked in. he looked up when he noticed the nurse was there, then he moved his gaze over to me and his eyes widened. the nurse quietly left the room, leaving us alone. he stared at me for a couple of moments before throwing his things on the little table and rushing over to me. he wrapped his arms around me, making sure not to squeeze me too hard. i smiled and closed my eyes as i returned the hug. 
                          
"where are the guys?" i murmured. my throat felt like it was on fire, it was dry as hell. 
                          
"they're at the house. we were taking turns staying with you." he rested his hand on my cheek as he leaned forward to kiss my forehead. 
                          
"what happened?"
                          
he bit his bottom lip and stared at me. he was debating whether should he tell me or not, i could read it in his eyes. 
                          
"we found you unconscious in zayn's arms." i saw his jaw tighten as he mentioned his name. "some staff members were around you, one of them noticed that you were bleeding and joel immediately called an ambulance. he didn't leave your side until they took you to surgery. we thought the worst, we—" he choked in his words as tears appeared at the corners of his eyes. "we thought we would lose you, isa."
                          
i reached up to touch his dampened cheeks. that's when i noticed the gold ring that i felt someone put on my ring finger during the day.
                          
he noticed i was staring at it and smiled. he raised his left hand, showing me the match of the ring i was wearing. "do you remember when you gave me this ring?"
                          
of course i remembered. it was for christmas, we were fifteen and i saved up enough money to buy him a simple gold ring with a grey strip in the middle. when he came over so we could exchange gifts, i watched him as he opened the small box. his face was priceless, he was surprised because he barely ever wore rings, but then he looked at me laughing and told me to open my gift. my face must've resembled his when i opened the white pandora box and saw a ring i had been eyeing for a couple of months. it was rose gold, it faintly resembled an engagement ring but i fell in love with it the moment i saw it. we decided that those would be like our wedding rings. we would never take them off, as long as we stayed friends. i stopped wearing it a little after cnco was formed because i had noticed a couple of episodes into la banda that he had stopped wearing it, but then i ended up losing it.
                          
i smiled and nodded. "how could i forget, my dear husband."
                          
he laughed. "i knew you were sad when you lost yours and i just... i don't know. the rings were our thing. i just want you to be my best friend again. it sounds kind of stupid when i think about it again."
                          
i pressed my lips together. i wrapped my arms around him and hugged him as tightly as i could. i kissed his cheek repeatedly and he chuckled softly. 
                          
"te quiero tanto."
                          
he smiled. "yo más, babe."
                          
♡
                          
i'm sorry for being such a zabdiel stan, sometimes i forget this is a joel fanfic oops
anyways i will never get tired of thanking you all for reading and voting for this story and not letting me flop like i always do
here are the images of zabdiel and isabella's rings so yall can have an idea of what they look like
                          

                            

                                
                            
                              
                                  
                              
                              
                                
                                  
                                  
                                
                              
                             
                            
                            
                          
                          
                          
...relationship goals COUGhs
anyway you're gonna meet the newest member of the de jesús family and erick's secret girlfriend in the next chapter