The Lifeguard

Chapter 13: The Gift Part 2

We had five appointments on this day. That means we were constantly in health consultations with clients. There was not much time for basic chit chat.  I pushed through the five hours of appointments as the hour of reckoning approached. 

The Good man said good bye to Nicole but ignored me again. It hurt but I didn't care at all at this point. The interview was on Monday with plenty of time to go over material. As Nicole was packing up she turned to me. Her wavy blonde hair moved as she turned. Even in her uniform she looked god dam amazing. 

"Jay, one piece of advice for Monday, if you want to impress Drew memorize most of the muscles and bio-mechanics of each exercise" Nicole said as she got all her things together.

 I thanked her and we made our way out of Waterpark. It was now or never.

"Hey Nicole I'll walk you over to your car" I said as I helped Nicole carry some of her stuff. 

"You are a dear gentleman Jay" Nicole said as she smiled at me. 

My heart started beating faster as we approached her car. I had a small fear of rejection and regret. Maybe this was not the right thing to do. Her 21st birthday was tomorrow after all. I could just wait to then.

"Nicole um I wanted to tell you something personal about me" I said as Nicole stopped as she got to her car. 

She looked curious and unsure why I would say that. 

"What is it Jay?"

"How do I say this without looking weak"

"Don't think that way . I won't Judge you"

"The reason I am telling you this is because I see you as someone I can trust and in some way you helped me" I said as Nicole started to look more interested in her facial expression.

"When I was 18 I had cancer. I had chemotherapy that nearly killed me. Look what I am getting at is that now I am better and want to help a lot of people. Lots of people would judge me for doing 100 hours for free but I didn't do it for that. I enjoyed every minute of working with you" I said as Nicole hugged me before I could finish the sentence.

 She felt soft like a feather and smelled like an angel. 

"Jay you're far from weak. You know that" Nicole said as I continued. 

"I am not sure if I am Nicole, Lately I think I have actually started to lose my sanity. It's probably an effect of post chemo depression. It never affected me at the time but now it's prominent and I realise what happened to me." I stopped and waited for a bit.