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Chapter 2
Nick’s Pov
I woke up the next morning tired, as I stretched out my achy body. Whatever position I had curled myself into after I got home wasn’t so good for my posture or my mood. I knew today was going to be another one of those days. It was like rage was building inside of me, and my heart rate was faster, but what was I so aggravated with? There was no doubt something was wrong with me, but it had to be hormones. It just had to be. Kevin and Joe both went to puberty very differently. Maybe this was just my body’s way of dealing with it. Still something didn’t feel right.
Heading to the bathroom I realized someone was already in there. I knocked once, no answer. Knocked twice, still no answer. Didn’t the person in there understand that there was more than on person in this house? This time I banged on the door quite a few times, until Kevin opened up in the midst of brushing his teeth.
“Can I help you?” He asked with a mouth full of tooth paste.
“Yeah, you can hurry up and finish already. You’re taking forever.” I snapped.
Kevin raised an eyebrow. He spit out the tooth paste and then rinsed, “I just got in here. You need to take a chill pill Nick or you’ll give yourself a heart attack.” I rolled my eyes and pushed him out of the bathroom.
When I walked out a few moments later and headed downstairs to the kitchen I heard Kevin talking about me with my mom. What right did he have telling her my business? I didn’t tell mom everything about him, in fact I had never told my mom anything about Kevin or Joe or even Frankie for that matter.
“Mom, I’m telling you there is something wrong with Nick.” I heard Kevin say.
She stopped whisking the pancake batter for a second to look at him, “Sweetie, I know you are concerned, but Nick’s a teenager now. He’s going to be moody. Remember when you were his age? You were one of the moodiest teens I had ever met; you barely left your room.”
“That was different. I didn’t have any friends; I was a nerd.”
“You were not a nerd.” My mom argued, which made Kevin roll his eyes.
“Anyway, I’m telling you something is just different about the way he is acting. I understand being moody, but mom this is more than that. It just doesn’t seem normal. And besides did you notice how much weight he has lost?”
Mom sighed and rubbed her forehead, “I don’t know what to tell you. Yes I’ve noticed he has been losing weight, but he hasn’t changed his diet or anything. So it’s not like he has an eating disorder. Maybe he is just going through another growth spurt. All 3 of you boys are thin it’s the way God wanted you to be. Give Nick a little time. Everything will go back to normal.”
Kevin walked away in defeat, which was my cue to enter the kitchen. I sat down at the island in the middle of the kitchen, as mom put batter down on the pan. “Good morning Nicholas. I made you your favorite blueberry pancakes.”
“Good! I’m starving.” I said chugging down a glass of water before getting up to refill another, and then another. My mother looked at me concerned. I didn’t understand it. What was so wrong with being thirsty? It wasn’t like I was filling up on soda or something with calories. It was just water. But why wasn’t it quenching my thirst?
