Chapter
13
(AN: a special thanks to my friend Mel for some of the ideas in this
chapter)
The screaming of the crowd intensified as the Backstreet Band started
playing the first notes of the opening song. After a few seconds, the 5 young
men of the group made their way onto the stage much to the delight of their
faithful fans.
As the concert wore on, Brian noticed that it felt like his heart was
skipping a few beats every few seconds. Brian quickly pushed that observation
out of his head as his solo in "As Long as You Love Me" came up.
Brian sang the solo putting all of his heart and soul into it.
As the song came to an end, Brian felt a wave of nausea again make its
course through his body. "Oh please, not here, not now, in front of all
these people. I have to finish the show." begged Brian. Brian looked out into the crowd with a dazed
expression on his face as the lights around him began to get blurry. He felt
his body start to sway, but he was determined to stay on his feet. The he had
of staying on his feet quickly deteriorated as a pain more intense than any
other pain he had felt before, roared through his body.
As the pain made its course through his body, he heard the sound of his
heart beating in his ears, this time he was almost certain it was skipping a
few beats. As Brian tried to catch his breath, another wave of pain shot
through his body bringing him to his knees. As he made his way towards the
stage floor, gasps and screams of horror came from the crowd.
The boys looked around and discovered the problem as soon as they seen
and heard Brian hit the floor with a loud THUMP. "BRIAN, OH MY GOD ARE YOU
OK?" screamed Kevin as he frantically made his way over to his cousin.
Brian was now laying on the floor grasping his chest in pain while
gasping for the precious oxygen his body felt deprived of as the tears from the
pain that kept pulsating through his body streamed down his pale face. As if to
escape the pain, Brian’s body started frantically thrashing around.
"Oh my god, please be ok, Brian, please be ok" Kevin kept
chanting as he heard Nick scream "Call 911! Please help him! Call
911!" in a terrified voice.
Brian suddenly stopped thrashing around and looked at his cousin with
fear in his eyes. Kevin did the only thing he thought he could do to comfort
his younger cousin and that was grasp his hand. Brian felt Kevin grasp his hand
and made a weak attempt to squeeze his cousin’s hand as if to tell him he was
ok.
As Brian did this, the sound of his heartbeat was quickly diminishing.
As his heart slowed to a stop, Brian’s blue eyes rolled back into his head and
his chest stopped rising. The last thing he heard as he welcomed the darkness
that consumed him was the heart wrenching sobs and screams coming from his
cousin who still had a tight grip on his hand.