Chapter
5
By
Rachel
Nick
took off running down the stairs took scared to even look behind him in fear of
seeing the ghost follow him. He slowed down to a stop when he reached the
living room and raked his hand through his blonde hair and took a deep breath
to calm himself down before entering the kitchen where the other members of the
group had gathered to eat breakfast.
"Hey
Frack. You looked like you seen a ghost," joked Brian when a slightly
trembling Nick entered the kitchen and hesitantly took a seat in between him
and Kevin.
"Maybe
I did" mumbled Nick under his breath as Brian shoved a plate of waffles
underneath Nick's nose.
"What
was that Nick?" asked Kevin as he raised one of his eyebrows.
"Nothing
I'm just talking to myself" said Nick as he gently pushed the plate away
from him.
"You
ok Frack?" asked Brian with concern in his voice.
"Aspirin?"
replied Nick instead of answering the question.
"On
the dining room table beside my heart meds" answered Brian.
Nick
got up from the chair and walked to the dining room and reached for the small
white and red TYLENOL bottle amongst Brian's heart medications. "I guess
shopping is out of the question for ya today isn't it Nick?" asked AJ as
he watched Nick take 3 aspirin and put them in his mouth.
He
swallowed without using water and nodded.
"Yeah I guess so," he replied.
"When you guys go out can you get some more aspirin?" he asked
as he threw the empty bottle into the trashcan.
"Oops
I knew I forgot to buy something before we left" laughed Brian while
watching Nick place his head on the table.
"You
guys ready?" asked Kevin as he got up from the chair and grabbed the keys
to the Mustang off of the counter. Howie and AJ nodded as they both got up from
their seats and walked towards Kevin.
"Will
you be ok Nick?" asked Brian.
"Yeah
Bri it is just a headache, go ahead and have a good time." Nick replied as
he tried to disguise the slight tremble in his voice.
Ok
if you say so Nick, see you later" Brian said as he opened the door and
walked outside with the other three guys right behind him.
"Have fun with your ghosts Nicky"
snarled Kevin as he shut the door once everyone had exited the house.
Nick
felt a slight shudder when Kevin said that but ignored it and walked upstairs
towards his room to relax hoping his intense headache would go away. Nick
closed his eyes and started to hum to himself as he laid sprawled out on the
bed in his room.
As he was drifting off to sleep, he began to
tremble uncontrollably as the air in the room turned to a temperature below
freezing. Nick knew what was probably causing this but kept his eyes closed
hoping the ghost would go away.
After
a few minutes, curiosity go t the best of Nick and he slowly opened his eyes.
He almost fell off of the bed when he seen the man from his dreams hovering over
his bed. He watched with big blue terror filled eyes as the ghost held
something out to him.
Nick
looked at the object and felt tears sting his eyes. It was a worn black and
white picture of the man and a dark haired girl who looked about 5 years old. Even
in the worn picture, Nick could see the love the man had for the child which
was evident in his eyes. Nick looked up at the ghost and swallowing hard, the
ghost again held out his arms and out of sheer unannounced terror Nick jumped
off of the bed and ran down to the kitchen.
When Nick reached the living room, an intense feeling of
dizziness overcame him and everything went black.
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