Chapter
15
By
Rachel
Kevin
drove the blue Taurus up the driveway and put it in park right in front of the
house. He pinched the bridge of his nose and stiffled back a yawn that
threatened to escape him; the hours he had gone without sleep was finally
getting to him.
After
he arrived back at the hospital with AJ and Brian, he went into Nick's ICU room
and poured out his heart to Nick and asked for his forgiveness, hoping that
there was truth to the statement that people in comas can hear everything that
is said to them. Kevin stayed with Nick a few more minutes then quietly left
the room and went to the waiting room. He entered the room expecting to see all
three of his friends, but he only seen Brian in one of the waiting room chairs
curled up in a fetal position and asleep. Kevin quietly crept over to where
Brian was and sat down reaching for a magazine. When he sat down, he looked
over towards Brian and seen his cousin's blue eyes open. He smiled and asked
where Howie and AJ were and received the response that they went home to get
some sleep and they would be back at 7 in the morning and they will also bring
the other rental car. Kevin nodded and looked around the room for a clock since
he had left his watch in his room and sighed when he seen it was only 2 in the
morning "Just 5 more hours" he thought to himself as he leafed
through the magazine in his hand.
***
The
next morning Howie and AJ arrived at the hospital at 20 minutes after 7and had
to wake both Kevin and Brian up so they could go home and sleep while Howie and
AJ stayed at the hospital. Kevin gratefully accepted the invitation to go home
but Brian left reluctantly after being promised that if anything happened that
he would be called right away.
Kevin
shook his head and cleared out the memories of what had happened in the past
few hours and looked over towards his cousin to again find him asleep. Kevin
got out of the car and unlocked the front door of the house. He then walked to
the front passengers side door and opened it up and unbuckled Brian's seatbelt
and lifted Brian into his arms, not having the heart to wake his cousin up,
knowing that exhaustion was also getting to him but affecting him in a worse
way. Kevin quietly shut the car door with his foot and carried Brian to the
couch in the living room and gently covered him up with a blanket that was
lying on the arm of the chair across the room. Kevin sat down in the chair
across the room and after a few moments, he quickly dozed off.
***
"Kevin,
Kev! Wake up!" Kevin heard the voice of his cousin call out. The fear that
was evident in Brian's voice caused Kevin's eyes to open quickly as he got up
from the chair and walked over towards his cousin. When his eyes finally
adjusted he gasped in shock, standing right in front of his frightened cousin
was the ghost that Kevin had seen earlier and it was evident to him that the
ghost was holding his hand out to Brian. Kevin slipped around the ghost and
quickly sat down by Brian's side, pulling the trembling younger man in his
arms, trying to comfort him. "What do you want from us?" demanded
Kevin as Brian whimpered in his arms. In response, the ghost held out his hand
and Kevin seen a photograph of the man who was in front of him with a little
girl by his side. He looked at the picture a few more seconds and looked down
at Brian when he finally stopped trembling as violently as before and when he
looked up the ghost was gone. He then looked back down at Brian "You think
that maybe we can go to the public library and see if there is any information
on this house that may help us?" Brian asked in a strained voice. Kevin
nodded in agreement "Yeah let's go do that. Do you feel up to it?"
Brian nodded and they both got up from the couch again making their way to the
Taurus outside.
***
