"No...no...no," Nick mumbled.
"Nick?" Kevin said, sitting up. He glanced at his clock, seeing that was 3 am.
"Kevin...no...come back," Nick started panicking.
"Nick!" Kevin said.
"Can't...breathe," Nick said.
"NICK!" Kevin yelled. He ran over to his brother's bed and shook him. Nick seemed to be shaking worse than when he had a tic and he was turning blue.
"MOM! DAD! I DON'T THINK NICK'S BREATHING!" Kevin yelled. "Nick, wake up! I'm right here! I didn't leave! It's just a dream!" Tom and Sandy ran into the room.
"What do you mean he's not breathing?" Tom asked.
"He kept saying 'No' and 'Kevin come back' and then he said 'can't breathe' and, I should've woke him up the moment I realized he was having a nightmare," Kevin said. He began crying. Tom picked up his phone and called 911.
"My son stopped breathing in his sleep. His brother said he was having a nightmare and he said he can't breathe...yes...629 Franklin Avenue...yes," Tom said. He walked over to Nick and felt his pulse. "Its barely there."
"Mommy, it's my fault," Kevin said. Sandy hugged him.
"Its not sweetie," Sandy said. "Wake up your brother. The both of you need to put on shoes and a jacket."
"Okay," Kevin said. He walked into his brother's room. "Joe wake up."
"Noooo," Joe groaned.
"Nick might be dying," Kevin said. Joe sat up.
"W-what?" Joe asked.
"Nick might be dying. He stopped breathing and Dad's on the phone with 911. Its not like you care," Kevin said.
"He might be dying, of course I care!" Joe said.
"Then why do you always act like you hate him. Do you know how he went to sleep tonight? Depressed that you don't love him. He wants to be normal for you Joseph! You treat him like dirt and walk right over him for what? God made him this way for a reason, so why can't you accept him for that?" Kevin asked. He heard the sirens stopping in front of the house.
In Nick and Kevin's room, EMTs rushed into Nick's room. They put a heart monitor on Nick, which was a flat line. They put a breathing mask over Nick's mouth and kept doing CPR. Try after try, the line remained flat. At 4:13, the line finally started going up and down. Nick began coughing. Every breathed a sigh of relief, but no one knew what caused it. They put Nick on a stretcher and put him into an ambulance. Sandy went in the ambulance with Nick while Tom drove Kevin and Joe. Nick held his Mom's hand as a psychologist came into the room.
"Hello Nicholas. I'm Dr. Bush. Do you know what kind of doctor I am?" Dr. Bush asked.
"The kind I see at the talking place?" Nick asked.
"The therapy center," Sandy whispered.
"Yes. Now, I hear you have a few mental illnesses. What are they?" Dr. Bush asked.
"Tourettes, ADHD, I don't like being alone, and I have really bad nightmares," Nick said.
"Did you have a nightmare last night?" Dr. Bush asked.
"Yeah. Kevin was playing guitar and I was singing, but then there was a hurricane. The hurricane carried Kevin away and the building collapsed. Kevin was gone," Nick began crying. "And I couldn't breathe. I couldn't. Then I remember sitting on a cloud playing guitar and then I woke up on my bed coughing and there were doctors and everyone was crying."
"Well the dream seemed so real to you, you actually stopped breathing. The doctors managed to save you, but its best you stay here today so you don't go into shock," Dr. Bush said.
"Mommy, where's Kevin?" Nick asked.
"He and Joe are on their way with your Dad," Sandy said. As if on cue, Kevin ran into the room and hugged Nick.
"I swear the next time you have a nightmare I'll wake you up the second I realize it," Kevin said.
"I'm okay Kevin. It wasn't your fault," Nick said.
"Kevin's been worried about you ever since you passed out," Tom said as he came in with Joe. Joe was silent and sat on a chair by the door.
"He has to stay over night," Sandy said.
"I'm glad I bought you this then," Kevin said, giving Nick a stuffed animal. Nick took the teddy bear and held it tight.
"You bought Teddy!" Nick said. Nick had the little bear since he was 3. It was kind of old looking but bought Nick a lot of joy.
"Okay boys, I think we should let Nick rest up and you two have school in the morning," Sandy said. Kevin hugged Nick.
"Bye Nicky. I love you," Kevin said.
"I love you too," Nick said sleepily. He closed his eyes and was fast asleep.
I wrote this half asleep...sorry. I also wrote it watching Criminal Minds...its my new fave show
