The Fluffer//N.D. E.D.

Spreading

*The Next Day*

NOLAN'S POV

I sit in the doctor's office and wait for him to come in. I look at all of the pictures of lungs and hearts and roll my eyes. I try to take my eyes off of it, so I pull out my phone. I open it up to a text message that I never sent to Ember. I sigh and press send.

Nolan: "Hey, want to go out tonight? I need to talk to you about somethings."

She replies in under a minute.

Ember: "Last time we needed to talk, you ran out of my house after passing out on my floor."

Nolan: "Your beauty handicapped me. I was not prepared. Please, it is important."

Ember: "Fine. Can we do it at your house, though? Jack and James 'need alone time'."

I laugh some and then I realized what she asked, so I instantly feel the nerves creep up on me.

Nolan: "Umm, sure. Yeah, I will send you the address later."

I put my phone away before seeing her reply when I hear the door to the room open. I look up to see Dr. Hayden walk through the door. He was around 6'4" and he was extremely skinny. "So, Nolan, I see you are back sooner than we planned. What's going on?" I look down at my hands and say, "I passed out, again." I look back up at him and he nodded, "Have you been taking your medicine?" I nod, "Yes, but I don't know if they are working anymore." He started to write in his notebook. "Well, I am going to send out a new prescription for you. I want you to take it to see if that helps some. I need you to come back for another MRI to see if it has spread." I could feel my eyes fill with water as I nod, "Alright, thanks." He reached out and patted my arm, "Hey, this happens after surgery. Let's do the MRI before we have any definite answers as to what it is." I nod and he hands me a slip of paper with the medicine on it. I take it and leave the office.

I get in my car and I break down. I point at my lungs and say, "Why can't you just normal?! It's not fair! I don't deserve this!!"

***

I sit in the kitchen and wait for the doorbell to ring. I start pacing back and forth as I hear the television going in the living room. I told my mom that she was coming over and she seemed to be in a normal mood, but that doesn't mean that she can't change once she sees her. Grayson walked in and saw me pacing. "What is wrong?" I look at him and roll my eyes. "Like you care." He shrugged his shoulders and dismissed my statement, "You're right. I don't, but I know there is something going on." Just as I open my mouth to respond, the doorbell started to ring throughout the house. I jump and Grayson lifts his eyebrows as he rushes to get to the door first. I try to chase after him, but my lungs had a different idea. I double over and start coughing. Fuck! Not here! Please! Grayson answers the door and I try to control my cough, which only makes my cough worse. I cover my mouth with a used tish in my pocket and find red covering it completely. "Nolan? Are you okay?" I start to see dots and sway some from the coughing spell. I reluctantly nod and hold up a finger to indicate, "hold on."

The coughing started to worsen and I could feel myself fade, again.

EMBER'S POV

I walk into the room with Grayson as I see Nolan standing doubled over with coughing fits. He has blood covering his hands and I panic and ask, "Nolan, Are you okay?!" He nodded and held up a finger, but as soon as he said that he started to drop to the ground. Grayson ran over and caught his brother. I look to find the mother in the doorway nonchalantly. I run over to help Grayson as he tries to hold up his brother in his arms. "Call 9-1-1!" I nod and pull out my phone.

"9-1-1. What's your emergency?"

to be continued....