Kevin and Nicole went to look for Nick and the others. Cassie went to get some food. Thoughts kept running through Cassie's mind. If Denise and Brian both die, they'll both be happy. If only one dies, the other will be sad. If both of them live, they would all be happy. Cassie didn't know what to do. She was keeping her feelings inside and won't let them come out.
Kevin and Nicole found Aj, Nick, and Howie. They explained everything to them. They went to get Cassie and went back to Denise's room, where they would think they were supposed to return. They found Brian talking to Denise who was awake and talking. She was barely talking though.
"Hey, you okay?" Nick asked Brian.
"Yeah, I'm okay. Just as long as she don't do that again." Brian replied.
"I heard all about it. I'm sorry."
"It's okay. It was my fault. I shouldn't have gotten mad."
"I also know that you have been saying that ever since she got in here. You have to realize that it isn't your fault. Did Kevin not tell you why she did it?"
"Yeah, he did. I just don't know why she would have done that! I mean, I care about her so much."
"Brian, I'm sorry. II shouldn't have done that. I hope you aren't mad at me." Denise whispered.
"It's okay baby. Don't talk. Does your chest hurt?"
"Yeah, a lot. I shouldn't have done that."
"No, you shouldn't have. You scared all of us. Why did you do that?"
"You got mad at me. I thought no one cared. I just didn't want to live anymore. If you die, I would have thought of doing that anyway."
"Denise, promise me. If I die, don't do that. Please, don't kill yourself. I don't want to see you in heaven with me."
"Promise."
"Ah, Denise, you're awake. I am gonna check your heart. It might be a little cold." Dr. Chavere said. He took out his stethoscope and checked her heart. Brian was holding her hand so she wasn't very nervous. The doctor made a face that scared Denise. "Your heartbeat is a little irregular. Do you have any chest pain anywhere?"
"Yeah, right here." Denise pointed to the middle of her chest by her heart while she winced.
"See, that's where the knife went."
Denise and Brian looked to where he was pointing. Brian realized that was where he had his scar from where he had surgery. " Am I gonna be alright?"
"We don't know. You should be though. I'm gonna give you an ultrasound and a x-ray. Is that okay?"
"Yeah."
The doctor left the room. "Baby, I don't mean to scare you but" Brian opened his gown and showed Denise his scar. " This is where you stabbed yourself. Do you realize where that is?" Brian said.
"Yeah. You guys, can I have time alone please?"
Everyone said yeah. They all left the room. Brian got back into his room and back into his bed. He fell asleep to the rhythm of the heart monitor. He had a dream that everyone was happy that he died. "No, please, no! Please?" Brian said in his sleep.
"Bri? Wake up, you were having a nightmare." Kevin said.
"Huh? What? Oh."
"You wanna talk about it?"
"I had a dream that no one cared about me if I died. Neither you, my parents, my family, the other guys, Denise, no one. Kevin, I'm not ready to die."
Kevin pulled Brian into a hug. He rocked him back and forth. " Brian, don't worry. You won't die."
Brian kept repeating "I'm not ready, I'm not ready" over and over. He was crying really hard. He got Kevin's shirt all wet. "Brian? What's wrong buddy?" Nick asked.
"He's scared." Kevin replied.
"Of what?"
"He said he's not ready to die."
Brian fell asleep. Kevin laid him back down on the pillow. "Kev, what are we gonna do? I mean, if he keeps bad thoughts in his mind, they are liable to happen."
"I don't know what to do! He's sick. Look at him. He's so pale. I mean, he don't think he is gonna live. Truthfully, I don't either."
"Kev, don't turn on me by saying that. He's gonna live." "No, Nick. He's not."
Nick covered his ears and repeated a singsong voice of "La la la". He walked out of the room and sat in the private waiting room. " Kevin is wrong. Bri is gonna live." Nick said to himself.
"Nick, I'm here. Don't be afraid," said someone.
"Brian? Is that you?" "Yes, Nick. It's me."
"Where?"
"I'm everywhere."
"You're dead?"
"No. I'm alive. I'm my ghost."
"Yeah right! Now, come out of your hiding place. Quit playing games."
"Nick, I'm not playing around."
"You're scaring me."
"Nick, listen to me. Everyone is given a second chance. I'm about ready to use mine. Nick, you have to understand not to be afraid when I'm gone."
"Where are you going?"
"Just listen! Tonight I'm gonna die. I have to go now. Okay?"
"You're gonna die? Why? Brian? Brian?"
Brian had left the room with Nick thinking in it. "Nick!" Howie yelled.
Nick jumped. "What?"
"It's Bri come on!"
"Oh no!"
Nick and Howie ran to Brian's room. The heart monitor was going nuts. BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENick got scared. "Brian! Come back! Come back!" Nick yelled. He held onto Brian's hand.
"Nick, let go!" AJ yelled.
Nick's hand got yanked off of Brian's. BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE is all they heard. They were escorted out of the room. Nick looked in the window. "NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Nick yelled loudly. He started to cry.
"Ready! One! Two! Three!" Dr. Johnson commanded as the shocked Brian. Brian's body jumped in the air. BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. "Again!" They shocked him again, same thing happened. "One more time!" They shocked him again. BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE BEEP BEEP BEEP
Nick cried on Kevin's shoulder. Kevin wouldn't let him watch. He heard the beep's though. He looked at the window and then at Kevin. Kevin nodded his head as a sign that Brian was okay.
They went to the waiting room. Nick watched TV. The sight of Brian lying in a bed, dying wasn't coming out of his head. He kept seeing it. He started to cry. "Why?" Nick yelled.
"Nick! He's okay! He's okay." AJ said comforting him. He seemed to be crying too. "Nick, don't worry about it."
"Kevin said that he was gonna die. Brian came in here as his ghost and told me he was gonna die. AJ, I'm scared! I don't want him to die."
"Kevin? Do you have something to say? You hurt his feelings."
"I'm sorry. He wasn't getting better. So, I just took it as a sign saying that he wasn't gonna make it." Kevin said. "I'm sorry Nick."
"It's okay. I just got a little too upset."
Howie wasn't saying anything. He was still in awe that Brian was dying in front of him. The room suddenly got a deadly silence. There was a knock on the door. "You can see him now." Dr. Johnson said.
Nick ran swiftly to Brian's room. He looked in the window and saw Brian sitting up. Nick quietly walked into the room. "Hey, how are you?" Nick asked like nothing had happened.
"I'm not so good." Brian replied.
"Do you know what happened just a few minutes ago?" Kevin asked.
"Yeah, I do." Brian winked at Nick.
Nick smiled and nodded. Just then, Dr. Chavere came into the room with another patient. "Meet your new roommate, Mr. Littrell. Your girlfriend." Dr. Chavere said.
"I'm sharing a room? With her? You're kidding me!" Brian joked.
"I'm here Brian. With you, whether you like it or not. Nick, what's wrong?" Denise said.
"Brian, should I tell her?" Nick asked.
"Yes, you should. I'm too weak to talk now." Brian said.
"Denise, Brian almost died a few minutes ago. He's getting worse."
"Oh my God. Brian? Are you gonna be okay?" Denise asked.
"I don't know. I don't think so either." Brian said.
Tears came rolling down each of their faces. Brian got out of his bed, had Nick help him, and walked over to Denise. The two embraced crying. Brian sat down on Denise's bed and hugged her. The two hugged for at least ten minutes. They both were repeating the same thing, "I love you".
"Brian, the doctor said that I might not live. If I don't don't try to kill yourself. Please? What I did was really stupid of me. Please don't do it." Denise said.
"I won't. Trust me. I'll try not to do that. My doctor said the same thing to me too."
Denise opened her gown and revealed the stab mark. "See Brian. I have a scar also. Not just where the knife was, I had surgery also. We have a lot in common."
"Okay. Well, it's late. We had better going back to bed. The others must have left. Goodnight."
"Yeah, goodnight."
The next morning, Brian wasn't pale. He was actually looking better. Nick came into the room to wake him up. "Brian! Get up!" Nick yelled.
"Nick, can't a man and his sweetie pie get any sleep around here?" Brian asked. "Sorry, you look better. You have no fever, your heart rate is great looking to me, and everything looks better. Maybe you aren't sick anymore." "Are you a doctor?"
"No, but I was in here when the doctor was and he told me."
"Hey, Nick. What about me?" Denise asked.
"Well, your heart rate looks great. That's just about all that was wrong with you."
"Thank God! It's a miracle!"
"I love you baby." Brian said.
"I love you too."
The next day, both doctors let them out of the hospital. They were glad to get out of there. Denise had agreed not to go by knives again and Brian agreed to be more careful around things.
After a year of dating. Brian popped the question. Denise, obviously, said yes. The two married on August 17, 2000. Then, after a year, they had a beautiful baby boy named Brian Nickolas Littrell.
THE END!
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