Nobody Knows

Nobody Knows

Chapter 4

Jamie woke up with a start. He had tears in his eyes and sweat rolling down his face. He had another nightmare about his father. He looked at his alarm clock which read 4:00, He hadn't been asleep very long. He turned off his alarm and made his way towards the bathroom to take a shower.

Fifteen minutes later a refreshed Jamie stepped out. He contemplated what to do. There really wasn't anything to do around the house so he figured that he might as well head to the station., he would be way early but that was better than being late. Jamie grabbed his jacket, helmet and Walkman and headed out the door.

It was only 4:30 when he arrived at the station and nobody from his shift was there yet. Jamie changed in to his jumpsuit and stored his jacket and helmet in his locker. He then climbed up on to the top bunk of the bunk beds that sat behind the door that led to the garage. He leaned back resting his back against the wall, put on his headphones and pushed play on his CD player and turned up the volume, and closed his eyes.

Twenty minutes later the rest of Jamie's shift filtered in. The shift was composed of Hank Beecham who is senior EMT and a star football player at the high school- not to mention an honor roll student, Tyler Connell also a star football player and honor roll student, and last but not least, Van Lanier a beautiful and smart cheerleader. Everyone on the team was a super over achiever except Jamie. Jamie had to struggle just to stay in the average category. The rest of the squad changed into their uniforms and sat down on the couch to watch a movie together, not one ever noticing Jamie who sat asleep with hs headphones on in the dark corner.

It was an hour and a half into the shift and there hadn't been any calls for the squad. Their Boss Alex walked in to get a cup of coffee and noticed that his four man squad was only three.

"Hey guys. Where's Jamie?" Asked Alex

"Haven't seen him. I thought maybe he has called in sick." Said Tyler

"No he hasn't. Was he at school today?"

"He was in French and he seemed okay" offered Hank

"He's probably just running a little late." Offered Val

"That's it. He's had plenty of chances to prove himself to me and he's blown everyone! Being late is not the way to show me that he wants to be a part of this team!" Ale said as he slammed the coffee pot down.

Just then the alarm went off telling the squad that they had a call to go to. Jamie was the first to react seeing how the alarm was right over his head. Jamie swung himself over the bunks railing and jumped to the floor startling everyone in the room and made his way to the ambulance.

"Did you know he was up there?" asked a startled Val

"I had no idea!" Said and equally startled hank. After a moment to pull themselves together the rest of the squad headed to the ambulance.

Alex just stood there as the teens left the station. He really hoped that Jamie hadn't heard a word that he had said.

The call had turned out to be pretty simple. A man broke his ankle while playing football with his son. The teens transported the man to the hospital and were now on their way back to the station all the while filling Jamie in on what happened at the station.

"Okay, let me get this straight. I was in that bunk for a little over and hour and no one noticed me!" said Jamie laughing

"Yeah and Val! You should have seen your face when he jumped off the bunk! You looked like you had just seen a ghost!" Laughed Tyler

" Hey! You and Hank were scared too! I saw you jump!" replayed Val and Jamie just sat back and laughed.

It looked like it was going to be a pretty easy night. If only they knew what lay ahead…...

I hope you like it so far! It's my first story but I think it's pretty good. Hey if any of you are beta readers, I could really use one! Thanks

Katy