Chapter 7: The Trip
Punk awoke to the sound of the phone ringing loudly downstairs…Punk rubbed his eyes and slipped out of bed. AJ and Christian were still slipping so as quietly as he could he slipped out of the room and shut the door.
"Oww damn it" Punk whispered harshly stubbing his toe on the kitchen table as he rushed to answer the phone.
"Hello" Punk said trying to catch his breathing from literally almost sprinting to the phone.
"Hello may I speak with a Philip Brooks" a voice said on the other end of the line
"You're talking to him" Punk replied moving a strand of hair out of his face.
"Ah Mr. Brooks good morning…I'm Dr. Mitchell and I'm calling in behalf of the results of the test we took from you last week ago" Dr. Mitchell replied nicely.
"Oh…I see well what are they?" Punk asked nervously
"Mr. Brooks if you can could you please come down to my office and we can discuss things further" Dr. Mitchell replied softly
Punk felt his heart pounding…he could tell from the sound of his voice this couldn't be good. Punk tried his best to not think negatively maybe he just wanted to give him some possibly good news in person. Punk shook his head …he couldn't think too much into this.
"Umm sure could you give me like thirty minutes please?" Punk asked softly
"Certainly I will be waiting for you Mr. Brooks" Dr. Mitchell replied as he bid Punk goodbye and they both hung up.
Punk heaved out a huge sigh…he almost felt out of breath. Punk walked back upstairs and decided to get ready. Punk was just about to place his hand on the bedroom door knob before he walked into Christian's room and pulled out his cell phone which he placed in his pocket before coming down to answer the phone downstairs.
Punk scrolled his contact list and found the number he was looking for. Taking in a short breath Punk pushed the button and placed the phone on his ear.
"Answer you ass" Punk mumbled hearing the line ring twice.
"Hello" the voice finally answered yawning
"Wake up sunshine…I need you to do me a favor" Punk replied sarcastically
"Punk…its morning man" John replied still half asleep
"Oh really no shit I thought it was just about midnight" Punk replied rolling his eyes
"What's the favor you ass" John replied sounding slightly annoyed
"The doctor called he asked me to go to his office…he has my results and well I don't want to go alone so can you" Punk sighed he hated to seem desperate
"You want me to either drive you or accompany to you huh" John asked softly
"Both please John I can't take AJ…no way" Punk replied softly
"Give me 15 minutes and I'll be right there man" John replied softly as he hung up.
"Thanks man" Punk replied letting out a sigh of relief after he hung up.
"Where are you off too huh" AJ asked rubbing her eyes as she saw Punk tying his shoes and putting on his famous cubs cap
"Uh John called and he asked me to go pick up some things for his house…you know some new furniture he got" Punk replied rubbing the back of his head he hated lying.
"Oh…okay will you be long" AJ asked sitting up in bed
"I don't think so but I will call you if anything okay" Punk whispered kissing AJ sweetly
"I got to go…see you later love you" Punk said hearing John's honking his horn as he waited in the driveway.
"Love you too" AJ replied waving bye as he shut the bedroom door.
The drive to the hospital was silent…Punk was biting his nails in anticipation of knowing his test results. John glanced at Punk and decided to break the silence by turning on his radio. Punk jumped and covered his ears at how loud the radio was.
"DAMN IT JOHN…WHAT THE HELL" Punk cried out over the loud music
"Sorry…sorry I had my own jam session last night on the way home" John replied turning down the volume quickly.
"Geez" Punk said rubbing his ears
"Was just trying to break the silence here you know…I mean are you okay man" John asked softly as he made a turn.
"I think so I mean I don't know…I mean I'm scared and I really don't know why I'm so scared" Punk replied popping his fingers.
"Everything is going to be fine man…just try to be positive alright" John said as he found a parking spot and turned off the car.
"I know…I just want to get this over with and go home" Punk replied getting out of the car and they both made their way into the hospital.
"Hello how may I help you two young men today" a nurse asked sweetly with a huge smile on his face
Punk glanced at her in awe…her smile was huge he wondered if it was painful to smile like that all day.
"Sir" the nurse asked again sweetly
"Uhh…sorry I'm here to see a Dr. Jack Mitchell" Punk replied still glancing at her awkwardly
"Of course 3rd floor…his receptionist will help you with anything further you need once you get there" the nurse replied pointing to the elevator.
Punk smiled and nodded his head.
"Did you see that man" Punk asking trying to hold back his laughter pushing the elevator button.
"Shut up man" John replied back holding his sides from holding in his laughter as well
"I did not know the joker worked here" Punk said walking onto the elevator
"Why so serious" John added as both men broke into laughter just as the elevator door closed.
Both men were still laughing as they finally reached the third floor and stepped out of the elevator.
"Yes how may I help you today" a woman said softly
"Yes I got a call from a Dr. Mitchell today who asked me to come drop by his office for an important matter" Punk replied softly his hands in his hoodie pockets
"Oh yes Mr. Brooks right this way" the woman said walking him to a door at the end of the hall
Punk glanced back at John who just smiled.
"Did you want your friend to come along…he can it's alright" the woman replied as she saw Punk was still looking over his shoulder at John.
"Yes please" Punk replied as the woman waved John over and knocked on the door as John and Punk waited.
"Dr. Mitchell… it here and he brought a friend if that's alright" the woman replied sweetly.
"Of course Monica let him them in" Dr. Mitchell said kindly
Punk and John walked in and stood till they were given permission to sit.
"Mr. Brooks thank you for coming" Dr Mitchell said getting up from his desk and shaking Punk's hand.
"Dr. Mitchell much obliged" Dr. Mitchell said shaking John's hand
"John Cena nice too meet you sir" John replied as he took his seat next to Punk
"Well Mr. Brooks the reason why I called you in today was because we did receive your test result today and well I just wanted to be able to talk to you in person about" Dr. Mitchell was cut off.
"Look doc…just tell me give it to me straight you don't have to sugarcoat anything for me" Punk replied softly.
"I've been doing this for a long time Mr. Brooks and it never gets easy" Dr. Mitchell replied softly
"It's okay I understand" Punk whispered softly
"The results show that you have the early stages of lung cancer…I'm sorry " Dr. Mitchell whispered his face showing genuine pain of giving Punk that news.
"Ohh…I see so what's going to happen" Punk said trying to remain as calm as he could
"Well we do have to go with the usual route of trying to rid the cancer but it's not going to be an easy journey" Dr. Mitchell replied
"Cancer…I have cancer John did you hear that" Punk whispered looking at John who had a pained look on his face.
"I'm sorry once again Mr. Brooks" replied softly.
"Can I go home now please…I just want to go home" Punk whispered getting up from his chair
"Of course…I will need you to come back to my office though next week" Dr. Mitchell replied nicely
"That's fine…fine" Punk said as he turned and quickly walked out the door
"Sorry about that doc" John said shaking 's hand
"It's understandable on his behalf no apologies needed" Dr. Mitchell said as John walked out the door.
Punk sat in the passenger seat the words of Dr. Mitchell still ringing in his ears
"You have the early stages of lung cancer…I'm sorry Mr. Brooks"
Punk felt like his life was over…what was he going to do and how was he going to tell AJ.
