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Part two of Nicks life continues here. Hope you guys enjoy it!!! :)

Two choices

Time had passed by since his second accident. Nick was listening to one of his favorite groups the Colonial Cousins…….to one of their first hits. He believed in one of the lines in the song...…….”time being the healer, time being the friend”……but he still had difficulty in coming to grips with what had happened. These days he often spent time alone in the college stadium near his home. It was a place of sanctity for him……a place to get lost in his thoughts. Suddenly self-pity became inspirational!!!!!

It was there that he met William for the first time. He had never noticed him before……could be due to the long hours wallowing in despair he thought, asking the Lord the same question over and over again “Why me??”. Today he decided to get a closer look at his unknown companion. William had been training in the stadium each and every time that he saw him. Nothing exceptional caught his eye.

But today something did………something he could not believe at first. As he came closer William looked up at him. “Hi stranger!! Been seeing ya here for the past month…….nice to say hello finally!!!” said William. Nick gave a rather weak hi…….the effect of avoiding his mates for some time now. He didn’t want to face them nor tell them about his ordeal.

“When did that happen?” Nick asked pointing to William’s leg. “Haha…..that, ohh it happened quite some time back………say a year. Lost a portion of the leg due to a motorbike accident……sounds clichéd doesn’t it???!!” quipped William. “How is it clichéd?? You have lost a part of your leg!!!” fired back Nick. “It’s so because you always get to hear of some idiotic teen getting into a motor bike accident due to his carelessness or what we nowadays call the Dhoom effect…….hehe!!” laughed Williams.

“So what’s your story mate?? I’ve seen you here for a long time now……you in the track team or something?” asked William. Nick then went on to narrate his story……….athletics, the accident everything. “I don’t know how you take it mate……..I am finding it difficult!!” confessed Nick. This surprised him...…..he hadn’t told what he felt inside to anyone…….not even his parents!!! He didn’t know why it was easy with William. “Hmmmmm I know exactly what you feel………I too felt lost in the beginning” continued William. “My doctors told me I had a 10 percent chance of coming out of this……….I just thought 10 is much better than zero!!!” laughed William.

Nick was surprised by the way William laughed everything off and he told this to him. “You got two choices mate……..laugh it off or let it take control of your life which I guess is what is going on with you” said William. Having something close to commonality or so Nick thought helped and he found that confessing what he felt was like lifting a load of his back. Their friendship grew as the days passed by……..William became a very close confidant.

One day William asked him “So you ready to start your training once more?” the question blindsided Nick and he mumbled the answer “I…..I am not…..not sure”. “There is no - I am not sure here, it’s either a yes or a no and I think in your case it should be a yes” continued William. “So what do you say?” asked William once more. Nick took one look at him and then looked at the track; he knelt down on the asphalt. “I have two choices here – a no or a yes. I will say why not!!!!” wisecracked Nick. Both looked at each other for a second and laughed together.