"Are you guys sure you want to go in with me?" Stacy asked turning off the car.
"Well why wouldn't we?" Tony asked.
"Well I don't know, I just … I don't know."
"Stacy, It's gonna be ok, this is why where here." Jay said trying to comfort him.
"I'm really scared." Stacy said resting in the dialysis chair,
"Take it easy ok." Tony said, as they tried to calm there nervous friend.
Stacy took another shaky breath, he felt his stomach lurch for the seventh hundredth time, his nurse walked in, she was cute, tall, blonde hair, pulled back in to a ponytail. He was not ready for this, but he knew he had to do it. "You must be Stacy," she said, he nodded. "I'm Sarria." she smiled shaking his hand. "Don't be afraid Stacy." he chuckled. "I wish I wasn't." he said. Sarria began to clean off his hand, humming a tune softly; she hung an IV bag above.
"I have to start you ok."
Stacy just nodded; he winced as the needle passed into his vein.
"Ok, you should be alright, if you need me, call." Tony nodded.
"Is it supposed to hurt like this?" Stacy asked groaning slightly
"It is normal yes." Sarria said regretting every word.
"I'll check back on you in few minutes." Stacy nodded as she left.
"How bad is it Stacy?" Jay asked a few minutes after Sarria left.
"Knives stabbing me every where." he said on the verge of tears.
Tony took Stacy's hand it wouldn't help he knew but it was all he could do.
Stacy let a few tears slip away, most would make fun of him for this, but would understand with pain this intense.
"It gets easier to take." Stacy turned to Sarria; she wiped away a few tears of her own.
"This must not be an easy job." Tony said softly, she shook her head.
"It's worse when it's little kids." she looked at the bag hanging above.
"I'll bet." Jay whispered.
"Hang in there your almost done."
Stacy nodded wincing again, as another sharp pain racked him again.
"I wish I could make it stop." Sarria said.
The last few minutes to finish the bag seem to crawl by.
"That's it your done sweetie." Sarria said pulling out the needle& applying pressure to Stacy's hand, he was so tired, at least the pain wouldn't last much longer.
Stacy handed Tony his keys to tired to drive he stretched out in the back seat.
"I hated seeing that." Tony said softly
"Yeah…" Jay whispered peering over is shoulder Stacy sleeping away "…We might better take him home." Tony nodded.
Jay helped Stacy inside, he stretched out on the couch, in five minutes he was asleep again.
"You think Skip will kill me for not coming by the shop?" Jay asked gently biting his bottom lip.
"He shouldn't I'm not going either."
"Took a lot out of him didn't it."
"Yeah Sarria said he'd start vomiting tomorrow."
"Just the though of him sick for two day's straight, I'm afraid to leave him Tony."
"Why on earth did his parents leave to go on a cruise the day he started chemo any ways!" Tony asked pissed, he watched Stacy who stirred for only a second.
"What if we stayed?"
"With him, are you sure Jay?"
"He said it him self Tony, 'We're Z-boys, we're family.' & what do families do in cases like his?"
"They stick together."
"Exactly, his parents bailed the day he needed them, so he has us to lean on."
"Your right, Lets do it."