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When Roses Grow Black Chapter 19 "Where is Nick, now??" I asked urgently and began getting out of the bed. I felt my heart beating in my chest and I could hear it in my ears. If what I was thinking was true, I wasn't about to let it happen. No, it wasn't going to happen. "The west wing of the hospital, why?" Brian got up from his chair and helped me up. I suppose he heard the urgency in my voice, and wasn't about to let me out of his sight. "H…h…hold up!! Hold up!!" I stopped and pushed my middle and pointer finger to my temple while closing my eyes, "Where *are* we?" "East wing. What aren't you telling me??" Brian followed behind me as I wrapped a bathrobe around myself and started down the hall. I was so happy to be free and not confined to anything for the first time in four days. My ankles and wrists throbbed from my little episode I had when I woke up. I was almost sure if I was caught by my doctor or nurse, I would be returned to that horrible little chamber they called a room. I guess it would be a bright side that I didn't have any room mates. That would have just made it worse. Brian was still spewing forth questions at me and his frown deepened as he still only got silence as his reply. Suddenly guilt consumed my frantic mind. When I saw the look on Brian's face I was almost afraid I would never see him smile again. I stopped immediately, causing him to walk into me. I stumbled for a moment and looked up at him. "I'm sorry. All I spare you is we have to get to Nick *right now*," I said sympathtically before I continued on to the east wing of the hospital. Brian had stopped with the questions and I allowed him to lead the way to Nick's room once we were in the east wing. How I snuck past all the doctors without being noticed was way beyond my line of my concentration at the time. Brian stopped out side the door numbered 210 and quietly knocked three times in a pattern. The door slowly swung open and the hinges squeaked. He grabbed my hand and pulled me into the room before any potential fan came wandering by. The room was about twice the size of mine with it's own private bathroom, too. The shades were drawn, but still let just enough daylight in to light the room. At the foot of the bed a TV was set up along with a playstation. Several games were spread out the floor next to the system. I couldn't help but smile. I knew this guy was definitely the eternal kid of the group, he just had to be. How I longed to just be a kid again. To not have any worries or troubles. To just to be able to be me again would be nice too. Here was Nick 5 years older than me and was still able to find the joy in life. It really depressed me to see his. Then again, he was rich. People with money were always treated better than people with out money. I looked around the room again and snickered to myself. Of course they would treat a famous rich person better than they would treat me, a nobody. I shook my head to clear away the nasty thoughts which developed in my head out of no where. I looked closely at the room once more and slowly allowed my eyes to sweep over the bed. Nick laid there sound asleep. He had on his own pajama bottoms and a wife beater. I could clearly see the bandage that covered all of his left shoulder and shoulder blade. His left arm was in a sling, to prevent further irritation to the wound. When I looked closely, I could define a pink mark in the middle of the bandage where blood was beginning to seep through. Suddenly an over whelming case of nausea overtook me and knocked me off my feet. Luckily, Brian was behind me and saved me from the impact of the cold hard floor. "Whoa, Rose!! Are you alright??" He asked as he put me down in a chair next to Nick's bed. "Um…uh…yeah, I…I think so," Muttered quietly as the spinning of the room gradually stopped. Before I had fully recovered, there was a knock in a pattern at the door and the bodyguard opened the door. The second it was open, Kevin walked in looking as though he had seen a ghost. "Good, God!! Kevin, what's wrong??" Brian asked his cousin as he stood up from his previous kneeling position beside me.Next: Chapter 20 |