Uncanny Boy

Chapter 15#: Overcoming Fear

Jace's POV:

@home, 9 a.m.

My weekend of fun is over. Well, this was a fantastic experience. I got punished for allegedly fighting on school grounds, I cleaned the worst place of the school with the worst guy in the school, I got my ankle sprained and fixed, I also had fun. What a weekend. But, it's still Sunday so, the weekend is not over.

"Hey, thanks for let my friends stay over."

"Come on. It was no big deal."

"Hey, how was your trip?"

"Oh, it was okay. I met and helped new people for a whole day."

"Wait, met and helped? What does that mean? Come to think of it, I never really asked about your job or anything like that."

"Well, Jace, I work in the hospital. As a carer or caretaker  My job is to take care of all the patients that are done with or about to receive treatment or surgery."

"Wow. That must be so hard."

"I know. It is for the first few months you do it, but when you get it, you get it."

"Hey, if you are in the medical line, where is your uniform?"

"At work, in my locker."

"I've never really seen you in it."

"Here", he said pulling out his phone. "I'll  show you some pictures.

The pictures he showed me on his phone were mostly pictures of himself taken by someone else. The remaining few were his selfies.

"Wow, send me this pic. You look really good in it.", I said.

"Thanks.", he said and then tapped on his phone and a second later, I saw the pic. For real though, he is awesome. Despite his hard job, he still finds time for himself and has fun. I look up to him.

"By, the way, did you talk to Bryce over the weekend?"

"Oh, my God! Bryce! Not again!"

"You didn't at all, not even once?"

"Yeah, I know.", I said and whipped out my phone and called him.

"Bryce?", I said faintly because I knew he was gonna be so mad at me.

"Jason Javier Monero, why?! What have I done to make you abandon me?", he whined over the phone.

"I thought we talked about using my full name, Bryson Julio Monero.", I said.

"Javier, Julio, wanna talk this out, not sass each other?", he said while chuckling on the names.

"Why didn't you call me? I know you were having fun, but you shouldn't have forgotten me.", he said.

"Then you should have called me.", I said.

"I did. Did you check your phone?", he said.

"I didn't get... maybe it didn't get through.", I said.

"What did you do Friday night?",  he asked and Alvaro also turned to me like he wanted to know.

"Nothing. I was at home alone."

"Hmm. I'm suspicious.", he said.

"Keep being suspicious. I won't stop you.", I said.

"And yesterday?"

"That was when they came. They came yesterday morning.", I said.

"Okay. I choose to believe that.", he said with a comical British accent.