Chapter
8
About thirty minutes later, Brian suddenly shook himself awake as the
same pain that surged through his body in the cafeteria, again tore through his
weak body. Before he could control himself, a weak cry of pain escaped his pale
lips. He quickly clasped his hands
tightly over his mouth to muffle his cries of pain as yet another wave of pain
struck him hard. He thought he faintly
heard the sound of a body rising out of a bunk so he quickly closed his eyes to
look like he was sleeping.
A few seconds later, Brian felt someone’s presence beside of him then
felt a hand rest on his forehead for a few seconds. Brian then realized the
hand resting on his forehead was Kevin’s hand. He slowly opened his eyes
revealing Kevin’s pair of emerald green eyes which were filled with concern
looking down at him. He smiled faintly at his older cousin and trying to act
like he was fine and that whatever was wrong with him had passed.
"How you feeling cuz?" asked Kevin as he grabbed his Jansport
bookbag off of the floor in search for the aspirin that he hoped would bring
Brian’s fever down.
"I feel much better Kev. I think with a few more hours of rest, I
should be just fine and ready to perform" said Brian as he pasted his
famous bright smile on his face hoping to convince Kevin that he was fine; even
though he really wasn’t. "Man, if I pull off convincing Kevin that I’m ok
though I’m really not, I should be nominated for an Oscar!" thought Brian
with a small chuckle.
Kevin then looked up from his bookbag with a small smile on his face
"What was the chuckle for cuz?"
"Oh nothing Kev. I’m just happy that I’m feeling better than I
was. Thanks for carrying me to the bus I know it must have been a pain."
said Brian as he again smiled at his cousin.
"Aha, I found them!!" exclaimed Kevin "No it was no
problem Brian. Just glad to help. Now take these two aspirin and go back to
sleep, hopefully they will bring down your fever soon. We still have about 30
minutes left before we arrive at the hotel, so get some rest, I will see you in
about 30 minutes." said Kevin as a large yawn escaped his mouth.
"Later cuz" said Brian as he again drifted off to sleep with
his last thought being: I hope this pain goes away at least until the tour is
over.