Marko stood up for what seemed like the hundredth time. He and Xavier were in the waiting room of the ER where they brought Nicole after she had fainted. It was the scariest thing that he had ever seen. One minute she was puking her guts out, the next she was falling on the floor like a bag of potatoes. He was glad that he had been close to her to break her fall, otherwise, she might have hit her head on the toilet seat. He ran his hands through his already disheveled hair.
“What’s taking so long?” Xavier’s voice reached him. Marko turned to the younger man, seeing how scared he seemed.
Sighing he took a seat next to him, his arm went to the back of his chair. Marko wanted to offer him support but at the same time not treat him as a child. “I am sure they are just running a few tests and
