Chapter
6
"OK Nick we made a lot of improvements on your dancing today, I’m
proud of you, man." exclaimed Howie D.
"Thanks man. I appreciate it" said Nick as he smiled his
famous Carter smile. "I think I’m gonna head down to the cafeteria to see
if Rok is down there. I just saw A.J. walk by with one of the dancers and Kevin
walked by with the managers so I guess their group has already let out for
lunch. See you later, D." Nick said as he walked out the door heading
towards the cafeteria.
Nick finally made his way to the cafeteria after making a few wrong
turns along the way. Nick quickly looked around for Brian as he grabbed a lunch
of 2 slices of pizza, some fruit, and a bottle of water. Nick finally spotted
the back of Brian’s blue University of Kentucky jacket and quickly made his way
towards the table where his best friend sat with his head resting on the table.
"Hey Rok you ok man? You have barely touched your lunch and you
got your fav, Mac and cheese. Is something up?" asked Nick. Nick waited a few seconds for Brian’s reply
and when he didn’t receive one, he quickly made his way over to his friend and
start shaking him.
"Nick, what do you want?" asked Brian weakly.
"I’m worried about you man, what is wrong?" asked Nick who
received the reply of
"Nothing".
Nick was starting to get frustrated at Brian not telling him what was
wrong so he said, "Brian, if nothing is wrong why won’t you look at me
instead of burying your face in your arms? Why else would I suspect something
is wrong? I come in here to find you with your head lying on the table and your
lunch untouched. I’m just worried about you man, please look at me and tell me
if something is wrong. I want to help you, man."
Brian slowly started lifting his head to look at his friend. Nick let
out a gasp of surprise as he looked at Brian’s pale face and into the gray eyes
which were usually a bright, sparkling blue. Nick made his way over to his best
friend again, and lifted his hand cautiously to Brian’s forehead. Brian sighed
as he felt Nick’s cold hand touch his warm forehead.
As Nick withdrew his hand from Brian’s warm head, Brian’s head again
found its way to his arms which were lying on the table. Nick then said
"Bri, you stay here, I’m going to go get Kev. Don’t move or I will beat
you up, bro." as he quickly rose to his feet again and he broke into a run
as soon as he exited the cafeteria, looking for Kevin.