“ Brian” I heard Kevin’s weak voice say as I looked up at him.
“ Hey Kev how you feeling?” I asked trying to hide my sadness.
“ Ok just tired how’s Nick?” He asked. I cringed at that name as Kevin looked at me.
“ He’s awake” I said dully.
“ Brian whats wrong?” Kevin asked.
“ Well if you would of saw what I saw and would have been awake during our argument you would of heard” I said sadly thinking back just to a few hours ago.
“ Brian tell me please” Kevin said his voice filled with sincerity,
“ I went to his house the other day and saw opened beer cans, cocaine and the razor blade he used to cut himself. I asked him why and his words mainly was that I caused him to do it, because I wasn’t there” I said as tears filled my eyes.
“ So all he wanted was attention?” Kevin asked.
“ No there’s still more. I saw knife carvings on the wall “ I hate them” “I wish they would die” and more painful carvings but all those were caused by the cocaine and the alcohol mixing in” I said as I saw Kevin’s own eyes fill with tears. I heard a knock on the door and saw Howie standing there.
“ Hey Kev” Howie said as he walked over and hugged him.
“ Hey Howie what’s wrong?” Kev asked as Howie looked at us.
“ A social worker wants to talk with Brian” Howie said.
“ Why me?” I asked, “ I don’t need it Nick needs it more then me he’s the crazy lunatic!” Howie and Kevin looked at me.
“ Bri please go He already talked to Nick and Nick told him about your argument and he wants to help you” Howie said with pleading eyes.
“Ok I’ll go where is he?” I asked as I sighed.
“ Right by Nick’s door” Howie said as I got up.
“ See ya later kev” I said as I walked out and went to Nick’s door.
“ Hello Brian my name is Dr. Kindale” He said as he stuck out his hand and I shook it.
“ Hello” I said as Dr. Kindale looked at me.
“ We could talk here or in my office” He said.
“ Here’s good” I said as we both sat down.
“ Why exactly am I here?” I asked as he looked up at me.
“ Nick wanted me to talk to you he thought maybe I could help your friendship along by helping you understand why Nick did this to himself” Dr. Kindale said as I sighed.
“ I know why already I saw the whole thing” I said.
“ You witnessed it, Nick told me you were in Texas at the time?” He asked giving me a confusing look.
“ I saw it all in a dream when I was waiting for results on Nick and my cousin” I said.
“ Then why did you ask Nick why he tried to kill himself for?”
“Because I wanted to know if it was because of me, because of the cocaine and alcohol taking affect or because he wanted the attention he wasn’t getting anymore” I said.
“ It was the affect of the alcohol and the cocaine. The carvings are another example of the two mixing together” Dr. Kindale said as I nodded. I heard a beep and saw Mr. Kindale look at his pager.
” Hopefully you and Nick could work this out” He said as he looked back at me.
“ I’m going to talk to him as soon as your done asking me questions” I said.
“ Well I’m done you may go ahead” Dr.Kindale said as I nodded and walked into Nick’s room.
