Brennie looked away with shame in his eyes.
I...I can't tell you Mike, It's too dangerous."
Mike removed his pizza grease stained hands from Brennie's face and started pacing back and forth "I swear to god Brennie, if I'm about to drop dead in the next few minutes I will kill you before I do!" Mike yelled
He didn't mean it of course, Mike knew that he could never kill Brennie...it would hurt him too much. Brennie let out a sad laugh, "I would never kill you Mike...I'm just too scared and embarrassed to tell you what just happened.
Mike's angry expression turned softer.
"You don't have to be embarrassed or scared Brennie, It's just me. Just Lil Ol' Mike! I promise that I won't judge you for anything you might tell me in the next few minutes. It's just you and me." Actually Mike...It's not just you and I in here, Brennie yelled into the other room. "Girls! Can ya'll finish your damn pizza so I can have a heart to heart with Mike?!"
Mike couldn't believe it, as soon as the words left Brennie's mouth a group of girls left from the other room out the door; A ginger, someone holding a pickle, a girl with a fondness for bald men, and two girls wearing matching team jacob shirts, one of them looked at Mike with a hurt look in her eyes.
Claire.
Mike and Claire had always had a special thing between the two of them.
Half of Mike wanted to go comfort claire, but when he looked back at Brennie...he knew his place was with him.
As soon as the girls left, Brennie gazed into Mike's eyes and after working up enough courage told him his terrible secret.
"I'm a drug dealer Mikey."
