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D e r e k Alexander H a r r i s

          This is not the man I hoped to be
          And I'm just trying to stop the bleeding
          I don't know how to word it
          I just started to deserve it
          And all my, all my faces are alibis
          And me, I'm half the man I wanted to be


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                                                      Derek smiled and nodded. "Right, I'm guessing this is your way of saying what's in the past is staying in the past." He shook his head and felt his heart breaking into a thousand pieces. "I deserve that, Riley, but really you don't have to make me feel like the scum of the earth." He gave him a bright smile. "I do that enough on my own." He felt like crying, something he had never done before until Riley broke up with him. He just never felt the need to really. He shook his head and smiled at them. "While you guys go flirt, I'm going to go and greet the kids." He smiled and put his sunglasses on. He grinned at them. "Just make sure that when you guys do finally get anywhere you put a sock on the door. I really don't want to see how fast my ex has moved on after two years of what I thought were important years of his life. I know there were of mine." He shook his head and scoffed in disgust at his own actions. He was an idiot, he hadn't even noticed the boy who greeted them warmly telling them that he was Jake's brother, he just needed to get out of the room as quickly as possible. . He muttered a sorry before he left slamming the door behind himself, it knocked his bag that was sitting om the edge of the bed off and spilled the contents of the bag, the photo of him and Riley, letters from a university in a different country plus clothes and his dad's pocket knife.

                                                      He couldn't believe what he had done in there and no matter how much he wanted to go back in there and apologize but it was Riley's fault. He begged for his forgiveness, he begged! But it was stuck in his head that he was the bad guy. He didn't even remember that night. He remember putting his drink down for a second and gave Riley and good bye kiss the next thing he knew he was in bed with this guy he never met. He didn't even remember seeing him at the party. He never told that to Riley the blacking out bit. He probably would have told him that he drank too much and blamed him even more. He wiped his eyes with the back of his hand. How one night could unravel two years of love and bliss. Sure they had their ups and downs but everyone did. They had more good times then bad. He sighed and dug his hands into his pocket. The sun shining off his sunglasses.

                                                      He looked around the camp site and smiled. Didn't matter, this was his place. His summer home, this year it would be no different. This year, he'd get over.... No there was no way he would he could try but he wouldn't be able to. He walked over to the lake that was near the cabins and started to feel calm again. He breathed in the fresh air and smiled to himself. Somehow some way something was going to work out for him. He just didn't know how yet. Even though he felt calm, he still felt depressed knowing Riley was in that cabin flirting with another man. It felt like a slap to the face. He shook his head and took off his sunglasses. He decided something at that moment, if Riley was going to move on then the only thing that he could do was pretend that Riley was a stranger to him. It was the only way he could make this work for himself. He bit down on his lip. He just hoped he could do it. He wouldn't be surprised if half way through the summer he snapped and kiss Riley. He shook his head. He had to get him out of his head.

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                                          Josh glared out the window of his mothers prius, staring at the rolling grass as his brown hair fluttered in the breeze of the open window. He was more than upset at the fact of going to a camp. Especially the one where his stepbrother was a councellor at. He figured it was just so he was away from his girlfriend and he was being supervised. It was upsetting and made him just want to break down and cry. Turning his head, a few rough coughs escaped his lips and he was left wheezing for breath. Josh didn't want to get involved with the fight his stepbrother got in with his boyfriend. When his mother stopped the car, he immediatly exited the vehicle and grabbed his large duffle bag and his guitar, moving swiftly to avoid conversation. His mother got out behind him and grabbed a smaller duffle that contained all of his asthma meds just incase he suffered an attack.

                                          Making a beeline straight past where Derek was standing, Josh jogged into the cabin. He set his stuff down and stifled another coughing fit. Taking out his inhaler, he slowly took a breath and exhaled weakly. Watching through the window, he stayed silent as his mother handed Derek his medicines, explaining what to do if he had an attack before he watched her leave. Composing himself a little more, he straightened his lime green t-shirt and torn up light wash skinny jeans and walked towards his stepbrother, staring down as his scuffed up light blue and lime green checkered slip on vans. "H-hey. L-long time, no see. I m-m-missed you alot,"he wheezed weakly between some coughs and sharp wheezy breaths. Tears prickled in his eyes and he hugged Derek tightly while blinking.

                                          The truth was that yes, he actually did miss Derek when he was gone, he was just to upset that his stepbrother was gay to admit it. "I'm s-s-sorry for hating you back then,"Josh wheezed before he pressed his inhaler to his lips again and struggled to take a breath from it. His shoulders were moving rapidly up and down and he was shaking in an attempt to get some air into his lungs. Looking at Derek with wide eyes, he gasped again and tried to inhale the medicine once more. His head was starting to hurt from the lack of air along with his chest as his lungs felt like they were on fire as he coughed. He was upset with himself that he worked himself up into another asthma attack when he'd already been in the ER for one just the night before. Josh took a strained breath as he silently hoped his stepbrother remembered how to help him with his attacks.

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D e r e k Alexander H a r r i s

          This is not the man I hoped to be
          And I'm just trying to stop the bleeding
          I don't know how to word it
          I just started to deserve it
          And all my, all my faces are alibis
          And me, I'm half the man I wanted to be


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                                                      Lost in his thoughts, Derek almost didn't see Josh run by him. "H-Hey!" He yelled out after him. He either didn't hear him or didn't want to stop and say hi to him. He shook his head and ran his fingers through his hair. He listened to his mother explain what to do if Josh had an attack. His shoulders slumped in defeat when she made him repeat it to her like 50 million times, finally she was satisfied and left him and his brother to get to know one another again.

                                                      It had been awhile since he saw Josh, normally Josh seemed to avoid him, since he told everyone he was gay at least. So when Josh came up to him and gave him a hug he was shocked. He smiled and hugged his brother back, a small smile on his face. He was so happy to have him here. He hoped that maybe this summer they would get back that closeness they once had.

                                                      "I missed you too Josh, I'm gad you're here though, and it's fine, I understand why you did." He said softly with a smile. He looked at Josh in fear when he looked at him, he couldn't breath. He grabbed his brother's hand and lead him to the closest place to sit which was a log that was near the cabins. He sat Josh down on it and brushed some hair from Josh's eyes. He grabbed an inhaler from the bag his mother gave him and shook it for him. He handed it back and smiled at him calmly. "Breath Josh and try again okay?" He smiled at Josh as he handed his a mouth piece which connected to the inhaler and made it easier for him to get more medicine into his lungs. "Let's just try again okay?"

                                                      He knelt in front of him just to wait. He rubbed his back, lovingly like a brother should. He didn't know why his parents sent him here. He loved his brother to death but his asthma was dangerous. He bit down on his bottom lip and waited for his brother to start breathing again.

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                                          Josh grabbed the inhaler with the mouthpiece quickly and took a shallow breath from it, knowing it was too quick to help him at all. He exhaled and gasped in another breath from it, his body shaking. The panic that had seized him still had it's hold as he wheezed in sharp breaths. He leaned forward in his sitting position, hoping it would help him breathe a little bit better. Laying his damp, sweaty forhead on Dereks sholder, he took a shaky breath, breathing in the familiar scent that always calmed him down when he was younger. He set the inhaler down and breathed deeply once more. Josh was still shaking though, unable to stop the panic induced shivers. "My ch-chest hurts,"he wheezed weakly, his throat tightening up a little more. That was the one reason he never played sports, but got into music. His asthma was always so bad that he was in the hospital weekly.

                                          Josh gave Derek an apologetic look. He hugged him still for a few more moments before pulling away wheezing. He couldn't explain why his chest was still tight, but he figured it was because of all the plants and pollen. Josh didn't see the point of his parents sending him to hang out with his stepbrother for most of the summer. They knew he was severely asthmatic and that just about anything could trigger an attack with him. "H-how have y-you been? Oh, I joined the football team for this coming year. I figured I would try and strengthen my lungs up,"he wheezed weakly with a gentle smile. He didn't know what to say really since they didn't talk much.

                                          Josh smiled as an idea popped into his head before he coughed ever so slightly. "Can we go swimming? I still feel terrible though,"Josh wheezed, setting his head back onto Dereks shoulder. His tears were hitting his stepbrothers t-shirt quickly as he tried to control his gasps. His head hurt from the wheezing and he felt like he was going to pass out. His body usually just went into a relaxation mode after attacks because he couldn't run around unless he wanted another attack. "Is Riley here Derek? I kind of feel like I should apologize for saying I hated him when I met him. I just thought he was taking my brother from me,"he said, dropping his voice before he winced and started coughing again, his chest spasaming as his body shook to get air into his lungs. Josh hoped Derek wouldn't make him take a breathing treatment to get rid of most of the attack. They helped alot, Josh just always felt embarassed sitting with a mask on his face, breathing in quick breaths of medicine.

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                          Ashton sat on the back of His "brothers" motorcycle feeling the wind whip his currently blond hair around. It was so nice, having the feeling of muscles in front of him and a motorcycle underneath. He'd always wanted a motorcycle but had always feared that it would get stolen or something of that sort. He shrugged lightly, feeling the tight tank top move with him. He was currently wearing, a supremely tight white tank that showed off his lean but muscular figure and a pair of black skinnies, all completed with a pair of vans. Not the best outfit to ride on a motorcycle i'll admit but he felt good about it.

                          Finally his "brother", who really wasn't his brother considering he was the son of the maid that had sent him here in the first place, stopped at the camp letting Ashton get off and grab his massive duffle out of the little side car. He grinned kissing the boys cheek before striding off into the camp and looking around. He saw people everywhere and wondered who he should talk to first... Hmmm... He saw a councilor and a young boy, he wondered what their connection was... they seemed to be pretty close. He walked passed them first to go drop his massive bag of crap in his cabin before coming back out.

                          The smaller of the two boys had his head propped on the other males shoulder. Ashton smile a bit, thinking about how cute the smaller one was. "Hello there." He said with a cute little wave walking up to them both, "My name's ashton, What are you two up to?" That was always how he introduced himself, he thought it was fun to find out their names and what they were in the middle of... it gave him more of a chance to talk about something relevant.



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i WRiTE SiNs, NoT TRAGEDiEs . . .


              A bright new day. Clean, crisp, fresh air. Birds chirping in the near foreground. This was what met with Chie's senses as he stood there, a suitcase in one hand, with his other hand resting on the strap of his back pack, which rested over one of his sholders.

              This...is what I have to do? I get out of the hospital, and this is the bright idea my parents had to keep me from killing myself? he thought, letting out a soft sigh. The air passed through his soft and gentle lips, his baby blue eyes gazing around after doing so. He dropped his suitcase down, and then slipped the back pack off of his sholder, shaking his black head of hair. The slight tips of black locks moved in the process, giving him a hedgehog of a head to anyone viewing him. He looked over to the cabin he was to stay in, sighing softly as he did so.

              He rubbed his wrist gently, the bandage still wrapped around it. The stitches were still healing, and they still bled. He was instructed to not do anything too strenuous while they healed. "Why me..." he muttered softly, picking up his luggage again, walking toward the cabins now.


// will add more later if need be... //
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D e r e k Alexander H a r r i s

          This is not the man I hoped to be
          And I'm just trying to stop the bleeding
          I don't know how to word it
          I just started to deserve it
          And all my, all my faces are alibis
          And me, I'm half the man I wanted to be


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                                                      Derek ran his fingers through his brother's hair, trying to be as calm as he could. Josh didn't need him to be freaking out and yet if you peeled back the calm surface of him all that would be left a shaky guy who had no clue what to do for his brother. He frowned slightly when he told Derek his chest still hurt he tried to remember what his mother had told him about Josh's asthma. He was blanking on it, the information was there he just couldn't think of the right information. He chewed his bottom lip as he thought, he could feel Josh shaking in his arms. His heart squeezed in panic, this is why his parents did this sort of stuff because they should trust him to screw it up.

                                                      He felt Josh pull away so he let him. He smiled understandingly when he gave him a look of apology. He frowned again when Josh was still wheezing. His parents were idiots, he wondered if he was going to have to ask for special permission to get Josh moved into the councilor's cabin that way he could keep an eye on him. He didn't trust anyone else to be able to help him with his asthma, hell he hadn't even let Riley near him when he had an attack. He smiled softly. "I've been good Josh, you know same old same old." He didn't want to tell him that life for him had really been hell. It wasn't fair to his little brother to pour that kinda of stuff on him. He raised an eyebrow and looked at him in disbelief. "Football?"

                                                      "How about we go swimming after... Wait... Don't you hate swimming?"
                                                      He asked with a confused expression on his face. He frowned as it seemed Josh was getting worse. "Yeah, Riley's here but don't worry about that now okay?" He smiled and then shook his head. "Okay this isn't working. I know you hate it but you might have to take a breathing treatment." He said as soon as he finished talking a boy walked up to them and introduced himself. "Ashton? I'm Derek, I'm a councilor here and this is my brother, Josh. What we are doing at the moment is trying to get my brother to breath." He shook his head. "Maybe we should go into the councilor's cabin when you do the breathing treatment. It's probably less dusty in there." He said, hoping a bit that he wouldn't want to leave the outside area, but he knew that it would probably be a good idea to head inside.

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                          Ashton Demitri Zimmer

                          Ashton blinked a bit. So they were trying to get Josh to breath... So he had asthma? I know Mam has asthma, but it's never been like what I'm seeing now... oh dear, poor guy... and Ooh his older brother Derek is rather hot, perhaps I'll have to get to know them both better. He smiled softly for a minute, kneading his lower lip with his teeth before speaking again. "So Josh has Asthma I take it?"

                          He heard the bit about the breathing treatment and his question was answered. So the poor guy did have asthma... Aww. "You are definitely right about that, it would be better to move to the councilors cabin for the treatment... I went into the cabin I'm staying in and i suddenly felt the need to dust like a nut case. Which I did, so the cabin I'm in is pretty much spotless." He laughed a bit, considering the dusting was quick and had gotten everything off. Then mostly to himself he thought outloud, "Perhaps I'll have to change my hair color again.. this blonde is boring me..."



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                                          Josh was silent as he wheezed, listening to his brothers calm voice and breathing. He took a slow breath and exhaled carefully, trying to match his breathing with his brothers which was easier said than done. Closing his eyes, he coughed roughly and inhaled again. He looked up at Ashton and gave a weak smile and a wave. Josh wasn't the best at making friends. He thought Ashton was fairly good looking before blinking and wondering what he was thinking. He had meant to talk to Derek about that as well, but figured they could do it later. Josh just shrugged when his brother said he thought he hated swimming. "I do hate it. Doctor said I should swim though when I'm stressed out. He said it would relax my lungs,"Josh said softly with a shrug. He was dizzy and didn't want to stand up just yet, knowing he would pass out or collapse if he tried. His eyes were red from crying as he looked at Ashton once more.

                                          Josh shook his head immediatly when Derek suggested a breathing treatment. He didn't like using the machine very much. The medicine made him shaky and tired after he used it, but he was used to having to take the medicine. Josh coughed roughly, his shoulders shaking a little bit, before he slumped his shoulders in defeat. He took in another shaky breath of his brothers scent, hoping the smell of peppermints and axe spray would relax him. "Okay. Fine, I'll use the machine. But only because it's tough to breathe still and I'm really dizzy,"he wheezed weakly with a blush on his cheeks. He licked his dry lips and coughed, hoping some more air could get to his weakened lungs.

                                          Josh opened the bag of his medicine and found his peak flow meter. Taking as deep a breath as he could, he exhaled into the meter and frowned when he saw it at 150 because it was normally at 500. "Ugh. I need medicine,"Josh wheezed, setting his head back onto Dereks shoulder. His attacks could go from minor to critical within an hour or two if he didn't get the proper meds. He felt like he was going to faint but brushed it off. He nodded at the suggestion of going to the councellor cabin. "Okay, yeah sure. We can go to the cleaner cabin. I think I have enough breath to walk that far,"he said softly before he slowly got up. Josh felt a wave of dizziness fall over him before he swayed and sat down again, weakly placing his head on Dereks shoulder where it usually was when he needed to calm down. When Josh had been younger, he had gone to Dereks room during the night and put his head on his brothers shoulder to calm his asthma attacks back then.

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D e r e k Alexander H a r r i s

          This is not the man I hoped to be
          And I'm just trying to stop the bleeding
          I don't know how to word it
          I just started to deserve it
          And all my, all my faces are alibis
          And me, I'm half the man I wanted to be


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                                                      He felt a bit stupid after his brother explained that swimming would help his lungs. "Right, 'cause the doctors are always right." He mumbled under his breath. They all kept coming up with ideas to help Josh breath easier but it never worked, if anything their ideas were even more stupid at least that's what he thought. His brother hated to swim so wouldn't that stress him out even more then help him? He never really understood doctors.

                                                      Sadly most of Ashton's words went over his head, he was so worried about his brother that if Riley confessed his love to him he probably wouldn't even notice

                                                      As soon as Josh started to shake his head and was going to argue with Derek, he opened his mouth to say something to convince him it was better to use the machine, he started to cough. Which convinced Josh better then he could have, he nodded. "I'm glad you see to reason. Besides mom would kill me if I let you end up in the hospital on the first day of camp." He smiled. "And you know mom, she wouldn't allow you to join football if you can't survive camp." He wished that their mom had given him a manual when it came to dealing with his asthma, a ten minute lesson was not good enough.

                                                      Derek watched when he blew into the small device and swore under his breath. He looked at his brother. "I didn't just swear in front of you." He said simply, he didn't the wrath of Josh's mom to rain down on him. He shook his head when Josh stood up and started to walk. "Hey! I'm stronger then I look and I know it's embarrassing but I'm carrying you to the cabin." He put the bag over his shoulder and smiled. "Beside no one ever died of embarrassment." Before Josh could even open his mouth to protest, he scooped his up and carried him in the bridal way and headed to the cabins. He excused himself and Josh from Ashton.

                                                      When he got to the closed door of the cabin, he set Josh down and opened the door. The moment they were inside he kicked it close with his sneaker and brought Josh to his bed. He kicked the items that had fallen off his bed to the side. He opened the bag and looked at it all dumbfoundly. "Okay... Um..." He pulled out everything that was needed and started to assemble it together. Once everything was set up, he handed Josh the mask and prayed he put everything together properly. "Do you think you will be able to sleep in the other cabin? Or should I ask to see if you can be moved into here with me?"

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                                          Josh buried his face in Dereks chest as soon as he was picked up. He was shaking as he breathed, trying to stay as relaxed and calmed down as he could. He heard the door to the cabin open and close quietly. He was greeted with slightly cooler air that seemed much more fresh. Josh heard voices, but didn't want to open his eyes just yet. He was set down onto a bed and he coughed harshly before opening his eyes and watching Derek set up the machine. He let his eyes flicker around and his gaze fell on Riley for a moment before he looked back at his brother. Josh rubbed his tight chest before taking the mask slowly and pressing it to his face. "I would feel more at ease being in here with you. The attacks get much worse at night. Did mom tell you I was in the ER last night for an attack?"Josh asked softly. He slipped the elastic on the mask over his face and curled up to his brother. His sholders shook with each deep breath to try and get his lungs to loosen.

                                          Josh dropped his gaze to the floor when he noticed the other councellors stareing at him. He looked at the ground and coughed weakly into the plastic mask. Much to his relief, Josh could feel his airways start to loosen, but the pain from the constriction was still there. Josh was used to it though, much as he hated to admit it. He took another deep breath of the medicine. He was hoping that his brother would realize there were asthma pamphlets and an Asthma for Dummies book that his mother had thought to buy because they knew Derek had forgotten alot of the stuff. "My chest still hurts, but it's definatley alot better than not being able to breathe,"he wheezed weakly with a weak laugh. He coughed a little, still nervous he would have another attack later.

                                          Josh slipped off the mask and used the peak flow meter again. Taking as deep a breath as he could, he exhaled into the meter and grimmaced it was at 275, which was better, but still not as good as 500. "This sucks. Why is this so bad?"Josh asked Derek, his voice barely above a whisper as he put the mask back on. His attack still could go downhill and his brother was going to have to monitor him for the rest of the day. He felt bad that his brother had to worry about him all the time though. He hugged his brother softly once more. "Can you ask and see if I can sleep here just incase of another attack?"he asked softly while looking down still. Josh turned his head on Dereks shoulder so that he was looking at both Riley and Jacob with teary eyes and wheezy breaths. He just wanted to feel safe and that was generally when his brother was there to help him out and get him breathing again.

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                          Ashton Demitri Zimmer

                          He nodded as the two disappeared into the councilors cabin and he too left the outdoors. He headed back into the cabin, rolling his stuff out and grabbing a thing of midnight black hair dye and all the other necessary things. He looked around for the bathrooms before finding them and stepping in side to grab a sink. He flipped his hair over, giving it one last look before bidding it farewell and beginning the excellent dye job. The stuff was not that bad smelling considering he wouldn't use it if it smelled like s**t.

                          It took a while, especially the drying part of it all but then it was all done with and his hair was fabulous. It was black with blond streaks, just the way it looked great, but he'd probably get bored of it by tomorrow and dye it back to blond or maybe pink... pink was a good idea... or maybe blue even. He chuckled to himself walking out of the bathroom and heading back to his cabin to deposit of his dye before heading back outside. He hoped Josh was ok. He hadn't been able to breathe very well and he knew that could be bad... He looked around, and not spotting him, he assumed they were doing the treatment still.



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D e r e k Alexander H a r r i s

          This is not the man I hoped to be
          And I'm just trying to stop the bleeding
          I don't know how to word it
          I just started to deserve it
          And all my, all my faces are alibis
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                                                      Derek's eyes widened and he shook his head. "Okay that's it. Josh what the hell did you do? I mean mom and dad would not have sent you down here if your asthma was this bad." He shook his head and got up from the floor he moved passed the others in the room and to the chest that he brought with him. It was filled with bottles of water, he always brought a chest full of them that he would share with the other councilors. He brought the water back and untightened the lid. He put the bottle on the nightstand next to him and smiled at Josh. "When you can breath again, drink that okay?" He moved closer to his little brother and smiled at him. When it came to his brother and him in the middle of an attack everyone else wasn't as important. In truth, he actually forgot that they weren't alone in the room.

                                                      He smiled at Josh's words and messed up his hair with chuckle. "Yeah, breathing is a very important part of life." He joked. He was just happy that he was breathing again. He started to look through the bag and smiled. "Hey! Dummies guide to Asthma, mom really thought of everything didn't she?" He flipped through the pages quickly and placed the book and the pamphlets on the bed next to Josh. He gave his brother a goofy grin. "Hey hopefully there isn't a next time but I'll be more prepared."

                                                      "This sucks. Why is this so bad?" Josh asked Derek who like him was at a loss. "Maybe... It's the pollen?" He took a wild guess. He knew what this meant though, he was going to have to watch him all day to make sure the attacks didn't get worse. He stroked his hair softly and smiled. "I'm sure it'll be fine, Josh. You can take my bed and I'll set up a cot next to the bed, that way you can wake me at anytime. Okay?" He pulled away from the boy and brushed Josh's hair from his face. He was so worried about him. "Do you think you are going to be able to make it through the summer?"


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                                          Josh dropped his gaze when his brother asked what he'd done to get sent down to the camp. He hadn't done anything, it was what he'd almost done. To put it fairly simply, his mother had walked in on he and his girlfriend almost having sex. His mother and father ended up giving him the talk and decided they couldn't trust him for a while. Josh was then sent off to have lovely brotherly bonding time with Derek. He bit his lip and coughed roughly before he slipped the mask off when the treatment was done. He gently took the bottle of water and uncapped it. Josh tilted it to his dry lips and took a few small sips. "The truth? They sent me here because they found me and my girlfriend in a compromising situation. We didn't do anything, but we were about to,"Josh said, his face turning red. He capped the water and pressed the cool plastic to the back of his neck. His breaths were still heavy and congested, but they seemed at least slightly less wheezy.

                                          Josh laughed at the book and smirked at his brother. He didn't want to say that it was actually his own idea to grab the book as a joke, not actually realizing that it could come in handy. Josh pulled away from his brother and laid down on his stomach, he knew that just laying and taking deep breaths would help his lungs open up more. Josh closed his eyes, envisioning a clear field with the breeze blowing. He took a deep breath, his chest rasping as he slowly exhaled, letting his airways open with the effort. "Okay. That would be fine. I'll grab my stuff later. Trust me though. As much as I hate to say it, there will definetly be a next time,"he wheezed weakly. He had been way more stressed lately but was hoping that he would relax with the summer.

                                          Josh slowly sat up again and nodded. He hoped he could make it through the summer at least. "Yeah. I'll be fine, don't worry. I'll make sure to tell you if I can't breathe,"Josh said with a smile and cough. His chest definetly ached and his throat was sore from all the coughing. He rubbed his chest and winced, curling up into a ball. He bit his bottom lip, suddenly aware of the others in the room. "I think they're staring and I think Ry is probably wondering why I'm here,"he wheezed before coughing, resuming his comfortable position against his brother. Josh put his head back on Dereks shoulder so that he wouldn't give himself another attack. He knew that as soon as he got stressed out again, he would be gasping for air and coughing his lungs out and the only other medicine that stops a bad attack is an EpiPen, which he hoped he'd never have to use.

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