Chapter 11
As Brian stood in the shower enjoying the warm water cascade down his
back loosening his tight muscles, he could help but think about what had
happened at the cafeteria that afternoon when he felt pain shoot through his
body. “It was probably nothing, Brian. You have probably just been
working your body too hard, it will go away soon.” Brian told himself. As if
in response to his thoughts, Brian again felt that familiar pain rip through his
chest and spread to his head and stomach. All Brian could do to prevent
himself from collapsing and having Nick and the rest of the guys barging in
when they hear him fall to the floor, was bringing himself to his knees until
this pain subsided. Instead of the pain subsiding, the pain intensified and
surged through his body three times more until finally leaving a weak and
sobbing Brian in its path. Brian turned his eyes towards the heavens as tear
after tear of pain fell from his once beautiful and sparkling blue eyes and
whispered “What have I ever done to deserve this pain. Please make it go
away, I will do anything.” Brian was suddenly brought to reality by the
sound of Nick pounding on the door saying “Bri, man, please hurry up you
have been in there almost an hour. Are you alright?” Brian then licked his
dry lips and cleared his dry throat trying to sound strong, “Yeah man sorry
I’m taking so long. I was relaxing. I will be out in a minute. And to answer
your question, yes I am fine” “OK man. Just making sure. I will leave you
alone now.” said Nick as he walked away from the closed bathroom door and
to his bed finding the remote and flipping through the channels. Brian slowly
and carefully exited the shower and dried off his body putting on some clean
clothes and brushed his teeth and did his hair. As he exited the bathroom, he
hoped that the pain he felt would never hit him again because he knew that if
it did, he probably wouldn’t be able to handle it again.