A Multitude of Casualties
Summary: Requested by PizzaTop21. When the boys have the apartment to themselves for a whole weekend they're ecstatic. However things don't go as planned when James gets sick and things soon get worse before they better. No Slash. Please Read and Review.
Authors Note: Like I said this was requested by PizzaTop21 who wanted a James sick or angst fic. I was originally gonna write it in with the oneshots that I was going to write but decided just to turn it into a multichapter fic. It's going to be full of angst so I hope you enjoy. Please review.
Chapter One
When James woke up that Friday morning he wasn't feeling the best. He was feeling both hot and cold. Everything was sore he was feeling like he had been hit by a truck. His throat was sore and his stomach was in bits. Ugh he was not in the mood to get up today, but knew that he had to otherwise Gustavo was going to kill give him.
He suddenly felt freezing and wrapped the covers around him. It was way too cold for July or maybe it was just him? But it felt like the whole room was an iceberg. Suddenly a loud knocking banged on the door and James winced at the loud noise.
"James you ready? We've got to get to practice." Logan's panicked voice shouted through the door.
James sighed knowing he would have to get now rather than later otherwise Logan would be chasing him out of the apartment. "Alright Logan I'll be there in a minute." He winced at how horrible his voice sounded luckily for him Logan didn't hear it.
James stood up but was quickly hit with a wave of dizziness he held on to the nearest thing. He grabbed his head and hoped that it was just exhaustion or something small. He really didn't need to get sick, not right now and James Diamond never got sick. Except that one time when he was dared to lick the ground…and ended up puking his guts out for the next few days. Other than that he was perfect.
"James, you alright?" Logan's worried voice said through the door. James sighed knowing this would be coming.
"I'm fine Logan, just still asleep really." He could almost hear Logan frown and make a face – he knew his friend too well.
"If you say so…." Logan replied.
"Logan I'm fine. We're going to be even later if you don't let me get ready." He hadn't mean to sound so harsh, but it was the way he was feeling.
"Okay, be quick." Was all Logan said before leaving. James sighed knowing that he had hurt his friend.
James got dressed, slowly but surely. Whatever was happening to him was making him tired and sore. He could just about function. He had to function, otherwise he wouldn't be able to do this rehearsal and Gustavo would hate him more than he already does.
When he made his way into the kitchen he wasn't surprised to see his friends already waiting for him at the table.
"Finally!" Carlos exclaimed when he saw the oldest member of the band.
"Sorry guys. Guess I forgot to set my alarm for this morning." He hoped no one heard how sick he sounded, no one commented so he figured no one copped it. But he could feel Logan staring and knew that Logan knew something was up. It was Logan, he knew everything.
"It's fine James." Kendall said. "But we really got to go otherwise Gustavo is really going to kill us."
James nodded and followed the others out of the apartment. "James, are you sure everything's alright?"
James tried not to roll at the question. He figured it was coming sooner or later. "Logan I said I'm fine."
Logan frowned, knowing that James was lying. He could always tell when James was lying.
"Logan." He said more harshly this. "Would you quit asking? I said I'm fine."
Logan was taken aback by the sudden change of tone in James's voice. James immediately felt guilty when he saw the look on Logan's face.
"Logan I didn't mean –"
But he was cut off. "It's fine." Logan said shortly. "We better go." Logan hurried off and James knew he had hurt his friend.
He cursed himself inwardly for doing so and could feel the headache getting worse. He just hoped this day would go quick because he really needed to sleep.
By the time rehearsals had finished, it was late in the evening and James was feeling just as bad as he was this morning. His muscles ached even worse his head felt like it was going to explode and he felt like he was going to throw up.
When Logan placed the plate of food his stomach churned instantly just looking at it. There was no way he could eat that without letting the guys know that he was sick. He could feel someone staring at him he looked up and saw that it was Kendall.
"James. You feeling okay there buddy?" He could hear the worry in his friend's voice.
He had to pull through. He smiled at Kendall and hoped he wouldn't see how fake it looked. "I'm fine, just a bit sore from today."
Kendall seemed to buy it because the next thing he said was "Tell me about it. Was it just me or was Gustavo seemed extra pissed off today? I mean more than usual."
Carlos nodded in agreement, his mouth full of food. "Totally. Did you see his face when Logan messed up the dance move? I thought he was going kill."
"Hey! It's not my fault that I'm a bad dancer okay?" Logan defended himself.
Kendall chuckled. "Don't worry buddy. You'll get the hang of it."
Logan rolled his eyes. They drifted over to James was looking down at his food. He was beginning to worry about his friend. He couldn't help but worry over him at rehearsals, which is why he messed so much. He didn't want to tell the others because he didn't want them to worry either. Especially if there's nothing wrong with James. But there was something wrong.
He was unusually quiet. He was getting paler by the minute. He could see the sweat forming on his forehead. He knew none of the others noticed this. But Logan wanted to become a doctor and to become a doctor he had to know the symptoms of diseases, even small ones like the flu and from what he had gathered – James had the flu.
He couldn't understand why James couldn't just say to them that he wasn't feeling well. Although he was always stubborn when it came to being sick.
Suddenly Logan was pulled out of his thoughts when he saw James stand up. His eyes immediately flickered to Kendall and Carlos and saw that they were both looking at James with both confusion and curiosity.
"James?" Carlos asked.
James didn't answer instead he ran straight towards the bathroom. The guys looked at each other in worry before rushing after their friend.
"James?" Kendall asked urgently knocking on the door. It wasn't long before they heard James puking into the toilet.
Carlos made a disgusted face. "Gross." Kendall whacked him on the arm.
"Ow."
Logan rolled his eyes at his friend's antics. "Guys seriously? You're going to mess when our friend is in there puking his guts out?"
Carlos was about to hit Kendall back but stopped when he heard what Logan had said. "Sorry." Carlos mumbled looking down at the floor feeling guilty.
"Kendall I need you to go into the kitchen and get me a wet towel, medicine and a glass of water." Kendall nodded and was about to go until they heard James getting sick again. "Maybe you should get a bowl as well, while you're at it." Logan added.
"Got it."
"Is there anything I can do?" Carlos asked hopefully wanting to help his friend.
"How about you go and help Kendall?"
"On it."
Logan knocked softly on the bathroom door. "James?" He waited for a reply but got nothing so he twisted on the doorknob and opened it slowly. When James came into view, Logan wasn't surprised when he saw him lying down beside the toilet.
"Hey there buddy." Logan said softly kneeling down beside. "How are you feeling?" He placed his hand on the older boy's forehead and hissed when he felt how hot it was.
"Sorry." James mumbled his voice tired and weak.
"Don't ever say sorry for being sick. I guess I didn't realise how ill you were." Logan frowned cursing himself for not knowing sooner or later.
James lurched forward as a coughing fit hit him. Logan rushed by his side and started to rub his back soothingly.
"Woah, woah, woah." Kendall said as he rushed into the bathroom. He knelt down in front of the other two and handed Logan the medicine and James the glass of water. "Here you go buddy."
James smiled and took the glass of water gratefully and it wasn't long till another coughing fit hit him.
"God James how long have you been like this?" Kendall asked.
"Since this morning." James replied weakly and took the Tylenol that Logan handed him.
"This morning?" Kendall asked shocked. "And you didn't think to tell us?"
James opened his mouth to speak but Logan cut him off. "Don't speak, you'll tire yourself out. Kendall be quiet and help me bring him into his room."
Kendall was silent for a moment before he nodded. As they passed by Carlos he asked worriedly "Is James okay?"
"Well to me, it only looks like a bad case of the flu. He just needs to take his medicine and a get a good night sleep." He and Kendall carefully helped James into bed. "He should be fine in the morning."
As soon as his head hit the pillow he began to feel tired. His eyes started to close and he felt somebody press a cold towel on his face. He could hear the others talking but they started to sound distant. Maybe Logan was right and this was just a bad case of the flu. His eyes closed and the last thought to enter his mind before he was developed into darkness was – he better be okay by tomorrow.
Well there we go. There's chapter one it wasn't that angsty but it's just the beginning of the story. It will get more angsty as the story goes on. Has anyone bought Elevate yet? I had mine pre-ordered from like two weeks ago and was meant to get it for Christmas but Amazon messed up and now I'm not getting it till February which sucks. So unfair. Anyway PizzaTop21 I hope this is what you were looking for and that you enjoyed it. Also sorry I took so long to write it. I was just busy. So if you guys liked it and read it please review it. It will only take a second and would mean a lot. Thanks.
-UnpredictablyReckless
