"C'mon Julie, let's go," Connie yelled for Julie. "Loverboy's waiting for
you."
"Alright, let's go," Julie said.
"Speaking of Adam..." Connie said. "Did you notice all those bruises he had? It looks really bad. They're all over his legs and arms."
"Well, did the doctor say anything to him about it?"
"She wants him to come back next week so she can check it out." Connie said. "But he didn't seem too concerned so..."
"C'mon, let's just get to dinner, I'll ask him about it then," Julie said.
"Alrighty, let's go," Connie said and she and Julie walked out of their room to the mess hall for dinner.
They met Adam and Guy outside the mess hall. "Hey guys," Connie said. They walked over and got in line behind Averman. The four of them grabbed a tray and slowly moved down the lunch line. Today was pizza day. They all grabbed a slice except for Guy who grabbed 3 pieces. Everyone stared at him.
"What? I'm hungry! I didn't eat lunch."
"Yes you did, Pig, I sat beside you," Adam said laughing. Guy rolled his eyes and looked at Connie. She smiled. They grabbed some more food and went to their normal seats.
Connie sat down beside Guy and Banks sat beside Julie. They began to munch down. I wonder what surprise Guy was talking about. Connie's mind began to wander as she finished off her pizza.
"Oh, I got something for you." Guy dug around in his pocket. Then he stood up and pulled out a small box.
"Thank you so much...."
"Just open it," Julie said, getting more excited than Connie. Slowly Connie tore away the pink paper to reveal a black box. Connie opened the box. There was an emerald ring in the shape of two hearts surrounded by diamonds.
Connie just sat there staring at the ring. "It's beautiful!!" Julie exclaimed leaning over the table.
"Guy where did you get the money for that," Adam asked.
"None of your business," Guy smirked. Connie tried it on and it fit her perfectly.
"Oh, it's so beautiful, thank you so much," she gushed and she kissed Guy. "But what's the occasion?" she asked after they pulled apart.
"No occasion," Guy said, "I just love you so much. And I thought you deserved it for putting up with me for this long," Guy said grinning.
"Jeez, man, you're makin' me look bad," Adam joked. Julie took his hand.
"Oh sweetie, you don't need to buy me expensive gifts and say cheesy, romantic, sappy things to me until after we've gone out a little while longer," Julie joked. Adam smiled at her and rolled his eyes.
"Well, that's always reassuring," Adam said.
"So, did everything go alright at the doctor's," Julie asked remembering what Connie had said.
"Uhh...well, there was one thing, but it's nothing," Adam said hoping somebody would change the subject fast. He didn't want to get everybody, especially his girlfriend, all worked up if it turned out to be nothing.
"Oh, c'mon, you can tell me," Julie persisted.
"Ok, well, when the doctor was doing the reflex test she noticed that I had all these welts and bruises all over me, and she made an appointment for me to come back next Wednesday so that she could make sure it was nothing," Adam finished.
"I never noticed any bruises," Julie said, "Lemme see your arm." He pulled his sleeve up to his shoulder and Julie gasped. Connie and Guy were shocked that there were so many bruises. His arm was almost entirely black and blue.
"C'mon guys, what're you staring at, it's no big deal," said Adam nervously.
"Yeah," Julie said trying to calm herself from the shock.
Guy was kicking himself for not noticing that before. He shared a room with Adam and he hadn't noticed. How could he not have noticed? Suddenly, he thought of something that he didn't dare say out loud. In health class they had just studied an entire chapter on diseases and one stuck out in Guy's mind. Leukemia. 'People who have it bruise easily and are much more susceptible to other viruses and illnesses' he remembered reading that over and over while studying for the test.. No, Guy thought, No, Adam couldn't have Leukemia. I'm overreacting. He'll go to the doctor's next week and everything will check out okay. Guy repeated this in his head over and over until he believed it and he never mentioned it to anybody else at the table.
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Once Wednesday had arrived, Guy had almost convinced himself that Adam was overdoing it at practice and street hockey. He walked back to his and Adam's room at 2:45 after English class and saw Adam rummaging through his desk drawers trying to find his keys.
"Um, Adam," Guy said. Adam looked around at him. "They're right there," Guy pointed to the top of Adam's dresser and Adam turned around and grabbed the keys.
"I'll be back soon," Adam said nervously.
"Sure," Guy said. As Adam reached out for the door handle Guy saw his hands were shaking like crazy. "Calm down, man, I'm sure there's nothing to worry about," he said trying to reassure him.
"Yeah," Adam said. "See ya." Adam almost walked right into Julie in the doorway.
"Hey, you goin' to the doctor's?" she asked. Adam nodded. Julie could tell he was nervous. "I could ride along if ya want, and wait with you."
"No, that's alright, see ya when I get back." He gave her a kiss and quickly walked out the door. She turned to Guy, "Connie wanted me to come down here and ask if you wanted to come watch a movie with us in the rec. room. She woulda come herself, but I wanted to make sure Adam was okay and one of us had to stay and guard our place."
"Yeah, sure," Guy said and he and Julie walked back to the rec. room and they and Connie watched A Nightmare on Elm Street.
"Alright, let's go," Julie said.
"Speaking of Adam..." Connie said. "Did you notice all those bruises he had? It looks really bad. They're all over his legs and arms."
"Well, did the doctor say anything to him about it?"
"She wants him to come back next week so she can check it out." Connie said. "But he didn't seem too concerned so..."
"C'mon, let's just get to dinner, I'll ask him about it then," Julie said.
"Alrighty, let's go," Connie said and she and Julie walked out of their room to the mess hall for dinner.
They met Adam and Guy outside the mess hall. "Hey guys," Connie said. They walked over and got in line behind Averman. The four of them grabbed a tray and slowly moved down the lunch line. Today was pizza day. They all grabbed a slice except for Guy who grabbed 3 pieces. Everyone stared at him.
"What? I'm hungry! I didn't eat lunch."
"Yes you did, Pig, I sat beside you," Adam said laughing. Guy rolled his eyes and looked at Connie. She smiled. They grabbed some more food and went to their normal seats.
Connie sat down beside Guy and Banks sat beside Julie. They began to munch down. I wonder what surprise Guy was talking about. Connie's mind began to wander as she finished off her pizza.
"Oh, I got something for you." Guy dug around in his pocket. Then he stood up and pulled out a small box.
"Thank you so much...."
"Just open it," Julie said, getting more excited than Connie. Slowly Connie tore away the pink paper to reveal a black box. Connie opened the box. There was an emerald ring in the shape of two hearts surrounded by diamonds.
Connie just sat there staring at the ring. "It's beautiful!!" Julie exclaimed leaning over the table.
"Guy where did you get the money for that," Adam asked.
"None of your business," Guy smirked. Connie tried it on and it fit her perfectly.
"Oh, it's so beautiful, thank you so much," she gushed and she kissed Guy. "But what's the occasion?" she asked after they pulled apart.
"No occasion," Guy said, "I just love you so much. And I thought you deserved it for putting up with me for this long," Guy said grinning.
"Jeez, man, you're makin' me look bad," Adam joked. Julie took his hand.
"Oh sweetie, you don't need to buy me expensive gifts and say cheesy, romantic, sappy things to me until after we've gone out a little while longer," Julie joked. Adam smiled at her and rolled his eyes.
"Well, that's always reassuring," Adam said.
"So, did everything go alright at the doctor's," Julie asked remembering what Connie had said.
"Uhh...well, there was one thing, but it's nothing," Adam said hoping somebody would change the subject fast. He didn't want to get everybody, especially his girlfriend, all worked up if it turned out to be nothing.
"Oh, c'mon, you can tell me," Julie persisted.
"Ok, well, when the doctor was doing the reflex test she noticed that I had all these welts and bruises all over me, and she made an appointment for me to come back next Wednesday so that she could make sure it was nothing," Adam finished.
"I never noticed any bruises," Julie said, "Lemme see your arm." He pulled his sleeve up to his shoulder and Julie gasped. Connie and Guy were shocked that there were so many bruises. His arm was almost entirely black and blue.
"C'mon guys, what're you staring at, it's no big deal," said Adam nervously.
"Yeah," Julie said trying to calm herself from the shock.
Guy was kicking himself for not noticing that before. He shared a room with Adam and he hadn't noticed. How could he not have noticed? Suddenly, he thought of something that he didn't dare say out loud. In health class they had just studied an entire chapter on diseases and one stuck out in Guy's mind. Leukemia. 'People who have it bruise easily and are much more susceptible to other viruses and illnesses' he remembered reading that over and over while studying for the test.. No, Guy thought, No, Adam couldn't have Leukemia. I'm overreacting. He'll go to the doctor's next week and everything will check out okay. Guy repeated this in his head over and over until he believed it and he never mentioned it to anybody else at the table.
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Once Wednesday had arrived, Guy had almost convinced himself that Adam was overdoing it at practice and street hockey. He walked back to his and Adam's room at 2:45 after English class and saw Adam rummaging through his desk drawers trying to find his keys.
"Um, Adam," Guy said. Adam looked around at him. "They're right there," Guy pointed to the top of Adam's dresser and Adam turned around and grabbed the keys.
"I'll be back soon," Adam said nervously.
"Sure," Guy said. As Adam reached out for the door handle Guy saw his hands were shaking like crazy. "Calm down, man, I'm sure there's nothing to worry about," he said trying to reassure him.
"Yeah," Adam said. "See ya." Adam almost walked right into Julie in the doorway.
"Hey, you goin' to the doctor's?" she asked. Adam nodded. Julie could tell he was nervous. "I could ride along if ya want, and wait with you."
"No, that's alright, see ya when I get back." He gave her a kiss and quickly walked out the door. She turned to Guy, "Connie wanted me to come down here and ask if you wanted to come watch a movie with us in the rec. room. She woulda come herself, but I wanted to make sure Adam was okay and one of us had to stay and guard our place."
"Yeah, sure," Guy said and he and Julie walked back to the rec. room and they and Connie watched A Nightmare on Elm Street.
