Chapter 4
Nick’s View
"Rok? You ok man?" I looked at him on the couch, seeing his shoulders hitch rapidly, and not liking it. Brian looked up at me, and I was shocked to see him crying. His eyes were red and tears stained his shirt. "Brian? Brian, what’s wrong? Why are you crying?" He swallowed hard, looking at the wall, trying to regain his composure. By now Howie and AJ were standing next to me. I looked at AJ, and his eyes were wide and he looked scared. I then looked at Howie and he stood frozen to the ground, a shocked look on his face. Finally Brian looked up and said "I’m scared man. I’m real scared. I mean, what if they’re hurt? He’s my cousin, ya know?" I sat down and hugged him, feeling tears beginning to well up in my own eyes. "They’re ok. Kevvy’s too ornery to get hurt, and he wouldn’t let ‘Becca get hurt, you know that." Brian gripped me in a hug that took my breath away. Howie gripped my shoulder and AJ patted Brian’s back. "Yeah man, they’re ok. Kevin wouldn’t do anything to hurt ‘Becca. From what I’ve seen between them, he’d jump in front of a train for her. They’ll be ok," said AJ softly. I let go of Brian and leaned back to look at him. His eyes were still red but he had mostly stopped crying. "You ok?" I said softly. He nodded and said "Ya, thanks ya’ll. I just wanna see my cuz, he’s scaring me." He ran his fingers through his hair and sighed softly. "That goes for all of us bro. We wanna see them just as bad as you do," said AJ gently. "Now why don’t we get some sleep. It’s late and we’re all exhausted." I nodded as the others nodded too, then stood up. "Brian you wanna talk just come to my bunk and wake me. It don’t matter what the time is. The damn shoot will have to wait," I said. Brian nodded as we all lethargically started walking to our beds. I lay in my bed, watching the ceiling, thinking of everything that had happened so far. It had been nearly a week since Kevin and Rebecca had run off. We hadn’t heard anything, and didn’t know where they were, or why they were where they were. I was extremely jumpy and Howie found this out when he said, "Nick? You ok?" I jumped and looked at him, then settled down as he said "My my, jumpy huh?" He sat on the edge of my bed and watched me with his dark eyes. I nodded, knowing he wouldn’t give up until he found the truth anyway. "I’m just worried about Kev and ‘Becca. I hope they’re not hurt. And now Rok, he’s scared for Kev." Howie nodded, then said softly, "It’s about him losing his uncle earlier huh? He doesn’t wanna lose another of his family." I nodded. Everyone knew that Kev’s dad had died earlier in the year, and Rok took it hard. He loved his uncle and was depressed for weeks. He was so depressed that even the tours and the fans didn’t cheer him up, which was very rare. Brian loved the fans, and always went out during the performance to hold their hands or hug them, or maybe bring them up on stage during a slow song. Sometimes you could still see it in the momentary sadness passing over his eyes, but he was mostly silent about it. We stopped talking when AJ stuck his head into the room. "Lights out yall. We got a long day of rehearsals ahead of us. We need our energy." We all nodded, and Howie got up to walk out of the room, smiling at AJ as he passed. AJ looked at me. "Get some sleep bro. We got a ton of rehearsals ahead of us." I nodded and lay my head on the pillow, slipping into dreamland almost immediately.
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