A Second Chance
Chapter Two
“AJ?” Nick moaned from his bed in the hotel room.
AJ turned away from the sound of Nick’s voice, hoping that he would leave
him alone.
“AJ?” Nick persisted.
“hmmm?” AJ mumbled.
“I don’t feel so good,” Nick moaned. “I feel achy all over.”
“It’s gonna go away Nick, it always does once you get up and move around, you’ve
just been in bed too long. Go back to sleep,” AJ replied, burrowing himself
down deeper under the covers.
Nick laid awake in bed for a few minutes and then decided he would get up
and take some tylenol. Getting out of bed proved difficult for him, his back
was stiff and once he got to his feet, he walked slowly towards the bathroom,
every step felt like his legs were on fire.
He was suprised when he tired to take the cap off the bottle of pills. His
fingers barely came together. The pain in trying to take the cap off brought
tears to Nick’s eyes. He gave up and took the bottle into the bedroom and
tapped AJ on the shoulder.
“AJ,” Nick whispered.
AJ flinched but did not reply.
“AJ, I need you to open this,” Nick whispered again.
AJ rolled dramatically over in the bed. He looked at the bottle Nick was holding and then
narrowed his eyes as he roughly grabbed the bottle and popped the top off. Shoving the
opened container back, he hissed, “God, you’re being more and more like Kev every damn
day, I swear. We’ve been on the road for two weeks and you’re starting to get on my
nevers already.”
“Sorry,” Nick replied quietly.
+Chapter Three+