Two Clueless Shmucks

part 19

5:12AM. El Centro, Seville. Spain.

"Pack up your things, we're leaving." Niko told Brielle.

"What?!" Brielle had heard the whole conversation, yet for some reason she wasn't understanding about it.

"You heard me." Niko had already grabbed his hoodie and pulled it back over himself. He wasn't going to have sex with her anytime soon. Niko started searching around the room for things he needed and gathered them up.

"Wait so you're just gonna leave for him?! He has his friends there he'll be fine!"

"But I'm not there! I need to go, Brielle. It's final!"

"That isn't fair though! Why are you choosing him over me! I'm your girlfriend!"

"And he's my best friend! I love him, what don't you understand about that?!" Niko was getting angry really quick. Why couldn't Brielle just go along with him for once in he life.

"Well if you love him so much, then why don't you go and date him?!" Brielle shouted.

"Maybe I will!" Niko shouted back.

...

"What..?" Brielle was shocked.

"But I can't fucking do that if he's dead!"

Niko swore. Niko never swears. Brielle knew best not to argue anymore.

"So if you want to stay here you can. But I'm leaving, with or without you!"

"Okay, okay! I'll book a flight for today..." Brielle grabbed her phone with tears in her eyes and ran out the room.

Niko grabbed the necessities and stuffed them in a suitcase. He didn't care if he forgot anything honestly, he just needed to see Aj. In the back of his mind he knew he was wrong for shouting at Brielle but he'd apologise later. Maybe on the plane ride. But his head wasn't in it to apologise right now.

After about 10 minutes, Niko grabbed his phone once more and called up Kenny. He needed to see how Aj was doing.

Kenny answered almost immediately.

"Hello?" Niko asked

"Hey Niko how are you..?" Kenny's voice was tired.

"How's Aj?" Niko ignored the question.

"He's being rushed to the hospital. Sharky's with him in the ambulance, I'm right behind them in Sharky's car." Kenny answered.

"Why aren't you with them?!"

"Sharky wasn't in the right mind to drive. And if we left his car there for too long he'd get another ticket."

"So what happened then?" Niko tried not to panic

"They're trying to figure out the reason why he passed out. We explained to them about what he's been going through and..." Kenny paused. "You can't freak out, okay?"

Niko didn't know how he couldn't freak out after what Kenny had just said. "What did they say?" Niko's voice was low and scary.

"Apparently... and they aren't sure yet... he might have... apparently he had a heart attack."

"WHAT?!"

"I said don't freak out!"

"He's 28 how the fuck could he have a heart attack?!"

"Niko, calm down!" Kenny was shocked at the swearing from his friend.

"Don't tell me to calm down when our best friend just had a heart attack!"