Chapter 10
I walked into Nick’s room and saw him sleeping. I didn’t see AJ anywhere, so they must have
moved him to a different room to rest.
I pulled up a chair and watched him sleep. Why have I been so
harsh on him when he only wanted my friendship back? Tears came to my
eyes. I pushed him away again, didn’t
I?
I started to stand up, as
Nick started to stir in his bed. I
looked back at him and saw his blue eyes gazing up at me. I sat back down slowly, as we looked at each
other in silence for a few moments.
“When are you going to
leave me again?” Nick asked in a small voice.
“Nick, don’t start this, please.
I came in here to save our friendship, not to fight,” I said as Nick’s
hands grabbed onto the rail of the bed.
He yelled in pain, as I looked at him, scared. His knuckles turned white from holding onto
the rail tightly, as I pressed the nurse button on his remote control
repeatedly. His eyes started to close as
I shook him lightly.
“Don’t you dare close your eyes, Nick. You’re not going to die on me!” I said, as a
few nurses ran into the room.
I watched in horror as they
tore open Nick’s hospital gown, as Dr. Martinez ran in. A short nurse walked up to me and took me to
the door.
“We’ll let you know what’s happening to your friend as soon as we
find out,” she said, as she closed the door in my face.
I ran to Kevin’s room and
saw AJ and Howie in there talking, while Kevin slept. I ran in as they both
looked up at me.
“Brian, what’s wrong?” AJ asked as I tried to catch my breath.
“N…Nick…” I said, as I grabbed at my throat, trying to breathe in
the air that surrounded me, but didn’t come.
“Nick what?” Howie asked as I fell to my knees and gasped for
breath. I saw mumbled words come from
AJ’s mouth as my head collapsed on the floor.
Howie and AJ came toward me as my vision started
to blur. I saw their mouths move, as my
world slowly started to go black.
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