By
Julie
It was almost eight one
evening, when Charisma was sitting at her desk in her room, working on her
homework. The TV was on softly in the
background, tuned to MTV, but she wasn’t paying attention to it. That is, until she heard the words, “A
Backstreet Boy announces medical problem.
Stay tuned.”
Charisma whirled around
in her chair to face the TV, her mouth dropping open. She waited anxiously as two more commercials
aired. Then, finally, an MTV News Brief
came on.
“This is Kurt Loder
with an MTV News Brief. At a Backstreet
Boys press conference earlier today, member Brian Littrell had some sobering
news. He is scheduled for open heart
surgery later this year to correct a congenital heart defect. Here’s more.”
The screen changed to
show a clip from the press conference.
Charisma watched, part in awe, part in horror, as her dream literally
replayed.
About a few month
sago, I discovered the hole in my heart
had grown larger instead of shrunken," Brian announced on the TV
screen.
"Is it
serious?" a reporter asked.
"It would become
serious if I didn’t have a surgery scheduled," Brian said.
"A
surgery?" another reported echoed.
"Yes, I had to
schedule a surgery, which will be during the tour," Brian said.
The screen flashed back
to Kurt Loder’s face. “Littrell and the
Backstreet management are not releasing the location of Littrell’s surgery,
which will take place later this spring.
In other news…”
Charisma did not hear
any more that was said on the TV. She
stared at it, almost as if she were looking through it, not focusing on
it. Her body was trembling
slightly. She had been dreaming about
these five men for over five years, and yet, it had never seemed more real to
her. This same thing had happened in
her dream; she had predicted it, right down to their exact words.
Charisma shook her head
slowly. “This is way too freaky.”
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