Bam opened his eyes and sat up in his hospital bed. He looked around confused for a second before he remembered what had happened. Then once he remembered what the doctor had actually told him after he had been in the hospital room for a while, and then he sighed. The doctor told him that he needed to have the tumor removed from his stomach. The last thing that he wanted to face right then was a surgeon.
The door to his room opened and he looked over to see who was coming in. Much to his surprise it wasn't a doctor or a nurse, but rather Jess and Kelly. They approached Bam's bed, both smiling, which Bam had to admit really put him at ease.
"Why what are you doing here? I didn't even think I could have visitors right now."
"Who told you that you couldn't have visitors?" Jess asked
Bam shrugged "No one really. I just assumed. So what's going on?"
"We just wanted to see you." Kelly said with a smile
"You're too cheerful right now."
"Oh whatever, sicky." She patted him on the shoulder as she sat next to Jess
The three of them began talking for a little while. Partway through the conversation Bam looked at Kelly and saw that she appeared to be focusing a lot on his hair. Bam stopped the conversation and looked at her directly.
"Why in the hell have you been staring at my hair like that?"
"Alright Bam," Jess said "We actually did have a reason to see you."
"What's going on?" Bam asked, feeling like he had a reason not to like whatever Jess and Kelly had in mind
Jess reached into the front pockets of his hooded sweatshirt and pulled out a pair of barber sheers, a battery powered razor, and a comb. He handed them to Kelly before she stood up.
"You're getting a hair cut, Bam." Replied Kelly
"Why do I need a hair cut? It's already falling out from the chemo."
"Bam just let me do this for you, please? Besides you just might like the haircut I give you."
Bam sighed and rolled his eyes "Alright."
Bam moved forward and made room for Kelly to sit behind him. Kelly took the sheers first and began to cut his hair. After a little bit she sat the sheers down and then picked up the razor and turned it on. Bam admitted out loud that he was a little nervous about what the end result of his hair cut would be.
"Bam don't worry."
"What are you doing to my hair anyway?" He tried not to have a whiney tone to his voice as he spoke
"I'm giving you a faux hawk."
"Oh."
Jess sat near by, watching with a smirk "It looks awesome, Bam."
"Really?"
"Yeah so far it does. Should look even better when she's finished."
Kelly grinned and continued with Bam's haircut. She brushed the back of Bam's shoulders and made to get loose hair off of him. She rubbed the back of his neck a little and paused.
"Bam didn't you say before that there was a lump back here?"
"There was before but I guess it went away. It turns out that that was completely unrelated to the cancer."
"Oh. What was that from, do you know?"
"I guess it was just from pent up stress or something."
Kelly brushed the rest of the hair off of Bam's neck "Ok your haircut's all done, Bam."
"Great." Bam reached up with one hand and felt his hair "Is there a mirror around? I wanna check this out."
"Hold on I think I have one in my purse."
Kelly got down from Bam's bed and went over to where she sat her purse. After quickly rummaging through her purse she pulled out a small mirror and handed it to Bam. Bam held the mirror in his hand and studied his reflection, after a moment of looking at himself in the mirror, and taking what he saw in. Bam let out a small grin. He then handed the mirror back to Kelly.
"Nice work. I like it."
"Thanks. You're all prepped for surgery."
Bam snickered "I don't think that's quite the spot that needs to be prepped, but thanks."
"Just trying to cheer you up a little bit." She patted him on the shoulder
After a few more minutes of visiting, Jess and Kelly were told that they had to leave. As Bam was getting prepared for his surgery, he tried to feel better about everything. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes as he was brought down to the operating room.