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“Chris or Nick? Can one of you come with me to get something at the store tomorrow?” Chris heard Matt say from the livingroom. Nick rolled his eyes beside Matt on the couch. “Oh my god Matt you’re such a baby you can go somewhere by yourself for once.” Nick snapped back. Chris then took his turn. “Yeah Matt. It’s kinda ridiculous. Nick has to edit and I have some video ideas I need to work on.”
“Okay whatever. All you had to say was no.” Matt replies annoyed. “I’m going to bed.” Matt got up and left so it was only Chris and Nick remaining. He did a little bit of cleaning while Nick stayed on the couch. A few minutes later he yawned.
Chris walked over to Nick and patted him on the shoulder. Nick looked over. “Hey i’m going to head down the stairs and sleep.” Nick nodded in acknowledgement. “You should as well.” He continued. Nick smiled. “I will soon. Sleep well though. Love you.”
“Okay. Love you too. Goodnight Nick.” He said starting to make his way to his room downstairs.
“‘Night Chris.”
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Chris woke up the next morning feeling well rested for once. It was 9:30 am and he was hungry. When he went upstairs Nick was already there at the table on his phone. “Good Morning Nicolas.” Chris said with a terrible British accent. Nick looked at him weird. “Good morning… Why did you say it like that?”
“I guess im just… in a silly goofy mood!” Chris said with way too much energy.
“Okay kid. You’re weird.” Nick laughed.
“I take that as a compliment.” Chris started looking through the fridge. “Ugh. we have so much food, yet nothing to eat!” He sighed dramatically. Chris gave up for a few minutes and got a pepsi instead. He then sat across from Nick at the table.
“Is Matt still asleep?” Chris asked.
“No, he left about 10 minutes before you came down.” Nick replied.
“Oh okay. We were kinda mean to him last night. Me or you could’ve just gone with him.” Chris said remorsefully.
Nick sighed. “Yeah. You’re right. He’ll be back soon though and we can both apologize.”
Chris got up and decided on basic cereal for the 4th day in a row. A comfortable silence fell around them after that. From that moment it seemed like today would be very relaxed.
Chris felt an odd pain in his chest and his whole body felt weird but a second later it was gone. Nick was looking at himself in confusion. Chris broke the silence first.
“Did you feel that?” He asked, concerned.
“Yeah. How did we have the same feeling at the same time?”
“I have no idea. That was really creepy.” He said trying to be dismissive of the feeling but something odd was still lingering of his mind like something was wrong and he couldn’t place it.
“I’m going to call Matt.” Nick said. “He should be back by now.”
Nick opened his phone and tapped on Matt’s contact. He put the call on speaker and it rang several times before going to voicemail. Chris and Nick shared a look. Nick was shaking his leg nervously. He went to click on Matt’s name again but Chris stopped him by reaching out and putting a hand on Nick’s arm.
“He’s probably on his way home right now. Relax.”
Right as he said that Chris’s phone rang. “Maybe that’s him.” Chris lifted his phone expecting to see Matt’s name but it was an unknown number.
Nick looked at him expectantly and Chris shook his head. He took another few seconds before answering on speaker.
“Hello?”
“Hello. Is this Christopher Sturniolo?” It was a female voice.
“Um yeah. I’m sorry, who is this?”
“My name is Andrea. I’m an officer with the Los Angeles police department. We would have dispatched someone to your residence but we don't have a local address on file.”
“We moved here not long ago. Is something wrong officer?”
She sighed over the phone and his heart raced. Something was seriously wrong and he could tell Nick was thinking the same.
“Are you at home right now with a… Nicolas Sturniolo?” Chris took a deep breath and closed his eyes.
“Yes I am. Can you please tell me what is going on.”
“I’m sorry to tell you this but your brother Matthew was involved in a car accident at 10:05 this morning and was pronounced dead an estimated 10 minutes after impact. 6 minutes after emergency services arrived on scene. I am terribly sorry for your loss. Please contact the downtown LA medical examiner offices if you have any questions regarding the specifics of his death. We are currently investigating whether there were substances involved. As of now your brother was the only fatality.”
Chris and Nick were frozen in shock. They sat there staring at each other.
“T-Thanks for calling.” Chris blurted before hanging up and breaking down into sobs and tears. Nick followed suit but not before going to Chris and pulling them both down onto the floor so they could hold each other tight.
“Fuck. Fuck! FUCK!” Nick yelled in grief. Who knows how long they stayed there. Feeling the worst pain of their lives consuming their entire being.