The Middle

*Zacky’s P.O.V*

Doctor came rushing to Brian’s room in a sudden. I stood there, seeing the whole situation with my own goddamn eyes in anxious. All my mind could do was repeating the same question, ‘what the hell is going on’. Hell, I was beyond worried about him. But I decided to keep the negativity away from my mind.

Me and Jimmy stared at each other for a second before nodded, signaling that we agreed to follow them inside. There was no question left our mouths as we walked in, we knew we would get the answer very soon. Inside the room, we saw Brian blinked a couple of times. And slowly but sure, his eye lids began to open. At this time, I felt like I’m the happiest man alive. There’s no better feeling than seeing him sober, really.

The doctor walked towards me. “His heart rate is normal. He collapsed because overdosing on speed. It could happen to some people. And I’m surprised that he could wake up this fast. Luck must be on your side” he smiled then made his way out and disappeared.

I didn’t return his gesture due to my bad experience with doctors. This one didn’t seem like an ass though. But that wasn’t the case now. Brian’s condition was way more important than that. I glanced at him with smiles all over my face but he didn’t return it back. He gave me a cold shoulder instead and I could tell that he still pissed at me. My smile ealier had turned into a frown.

“Bri, I’m sorry…”

He looked at me for a second, still with that cold expression, before turning his head to Jimmy and completely ignoring me. “Oh hi Jimmy! Long time no see, man. What are you doing here?” he asked.

Jimmy looked at me. “Err yeah man, long time no see. Zacky called me to get here so here I am!” he showed him his famous goofy smile but Brian, being a cold-ass man, just stared at him.

“Zacky? Well, I don’t see him. Where is he?” he asked, playing his dumb role play.
I rolled my eyes whilst trying to control my emotions. His behaviour could make me explode in seconds. “Stop being an ass, Brian” I said in a very low volume. To be honest, I didn’t expect him to hear me but he did.

“Hey! I could hear you!” he shouted at me.

“Oh glad to know that you can still hear my voice even though you can’t see me” I said sarcastically.

“I’ll stop being an ass if you do too, Baker”

“You’ve just said that to my whole big family indirectly”

“ENOUGH!” Jimmy shouted and the room went silent in a sudden. “You!” he pointed at Brian. “Should be thankful because Zacky brought you here. You could have been dead” he stopped. “And you!” he turned to point at me. “Don’t be too hard on him, man. He had just got back from unconscious state”

And with that, Jimmy left the room. Maybe he locked it from the outside so we wouldn’t escape before we said our apologies. But that trick didn’t work on us. Like I said a thousand times before, we’re stubborn as hell. We could just wait until one of us did the move and then the other one would do the same after that.

Time seemed to move so slow. It was like there was a long paused between every tick. Now and then we glanced at each other but quickly turned away when we get caught. What are we? Grown up men that still act like kids. I finally let Jimmy’s word sank in my mind. The wise man was right. Maybe I was too harsh at him but I just couldn’t help it when he acted like that. For a second, I was happy that he finally had his consciousness back. Then a few seconds later, I was being a total asshole towards him. I sighed, why did I act like that. I looked at Brian, he was playing with his hands and seemed to think about what Jimmy said too before noticing a pair of eyes watching him. Through his appearance he showed guilt.

I walked to the side of his bed and took seat on the couch near it. We looked at each other with different expressions. Much softer than before. “I’m sorry” we said it at the same time. Like most people do when they say the same thing together, we burst out into laughter.

"Oh Bri, I hope you understand that I was worried as sick when you took those drugs. I don’t wanna lose you, man. You’re one of my closest best friends"

He nodded. “Yeah I know. Please forgive me for that, Zack.. You know you’re like a brother to me”

"Apologies accepted" I smiled at him then we gave man hugs.

By that, Jimmy went back inside with smiles. He must be watching us the whole time. Damn I was wrong about him. His trick did work. He joined us then added a tight squeeze to the hug - he might planned to break our bones too. But I salute this man, he could bring me and Brian back together. I was really thankful for that. This man is a truly gift from God.

"You guys are my best friends and I couldn’t be more grateful for that" Jimmy said as a smile crept on my face.

But then, a phone rang. The sound that interrupted us came from my pocket and I groaned. What a perfect timing, I thought inside my head before picking it up.

"Hello? Is this Mr. Baker?" Said the voice.

"Speaking" […] "Oh Captain Mellark! Is there something wrong, sir?" I said as I bit my lip. My heart beats twice faster than normal and my mind raced. Why is he calling me? Oh I hope it was because of a good news he needed to tell me. I’m so fed up hearing the opposite ones. I desperately need a break of that.

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