Chapter 12
By Cortney
Nick's View
"Yo Nick! Wake up! Your cell is ringing."
I opened my eyes and AJ was standing there waving around my cell phone.
"Thanks man!" I said taking the phone out of his hand. I
looked down at my watch and it was 1:30 in the morning. Who the hell is
calling me at this hour, I thought. "Hello?"
"Nick? Sorry to call so late, its me Melissa." The only
thing that popped into my head was that she was in the hospital going to die or
something.
"Whats the matter Mel?" I said sitting up on my bunk and smacking my
head on the top board.
"I am back in the hospital. No I am not in a permanent room but I
need some one to talk to." I heard some one scream in the background
and that alarm me there.
"What or who was that?" I asked standing up and walking to the
front of the bus.
"Thats my roommate. She has cancer and stuff. I guess they are
taking blood or something. Shes only 11 years old. I sit here and
complain about having AIDS and that poor girl is suffering more than I."
"Mel theres nothing you can do., hun. You just have to be strong for
yourself and that girl." I said trying to calm her down and reassure
her.
"Yeah I know but I feel so sorry for her and stuff." She said
and she was then cut off by another shrilling scream. Then I heard some
one talking to Mel.
"Whats going on Mel?" I asked in a concern tone.
"Hmmmmmm oh nothing Nick. Andrea was just asking who I was talking
to. Shes my roommate." She said giggling a little bit.
Then I heard another voice and I assumed it was Andrea. "Wanna talk
to her Nickerz?"
"Sure but hey don't have too much fun without me there." I said
and Mel busted out laughing.
Melissa's View
"Come Andrea he won't bite." I said trying to coax
her into taking the phone. She seemed nervous.
"Mel no I don't know him and you know how much I love the Backstreet Boys
and Nickolas Carter." She said handing the phone back. I bet
Nick was getting a kick out of this.
"Andrea!!!!!!!!! Don't make me beg please now come on. I bet he can
cheer you up better than I can." I said handing the phone back to
her for the fifth time.
"No Mel you talk to him. I can't ok I just can't." She
said walking back over to her bed. What was wrong with her? Maybe
its just the treatment shes been getting or something. She seemed so
excited about maybe getting to meet them, but now she isn't the same.
"Nick I don't know whats the matter with her. Just this week she was
all excited if I called or you called and she wanted to talk to you."
"Mel its ok. Brian and I might come up there to visit ya when the
tour gets done. So you will have to let me know if you are home or the
dreaded hospital ok?" I finished up talking to him and climbed into
bed. I wonder what was wrong with Andrea. She was all excited this
past week and then just all the sudden it all changed. I hope shes not
getting worse because shes just a kid herself. I sit here and complain
about how miserable my life is and shes got the most painful diease if you ask
me. I just hope that she is getting better and will talk to them some day
and some how, I thought.
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