Chapter 1
Crimson red blood spews out of his mouth a I try to roll him on his side so he doesn't choke on it as it goes onto the floor board. "Shh,I gotcha, easy Roman, we'll be there soon"I say closing the back door and getting back into the drivers seat. I've never seen so much blood come from one person before, none the less Roman. I try to speed it up but it's hard to do with the rain, I don't want to cause anything more to happen tonight, he's already suffered enough. Eventually I see a dim yellow light as I pull into the driveway of Godfrey mansion. Olivia is going to kill me for bringing him here at 2:00 in the morning but then again she doesn't like me anyways. I open the door to the backseat and with ease pick up Roman in my arms and carry him to the front door.
I can feel the feverish heat radiating off his skin as he curls closer into me , which is unusual because he never lets me touch or hold him that close, as I ring the doorbell. After long seconds,someone, Olivia answers the door, "What the hell, Darling what happened"she says gently laying her long pale fingers against his forehead, "Mom"he barely murmurs. "shh it's OK darling, let's go upstairs"she says glancing at me. We go upstairs and back to his bedroom,where I lay him down on the bed. "Peter, will you go to the bathroom and get a thermometer and a damp towel"she asks me somewhat civilly, "yeah"I say gently squeezing his hand before I leave. I go into the bathroom and I find everything she asked for and then I go back. When I'm right outside the doorway I can hear him really coughing and I wait a few moments before going in. He looks a lot worse than when I left him as I gently sit on the bed and give Olivia the thermometer.
She slips it into his mouth as he groans and then relaxes as it finally beeps. "104, damn, we need to get him into a cool bath"she says quietly. Very gently I help him sit up and then I pick him up again and then we go to the bathroom. Olivia starts the water as I start to get him undressed, but not without a fight, "no,no"he says making feeble attempts to hit me, "shh, I know man, I don't want this anymore than you do now stop hitting me Rome"I say gently. He stops fighting back and I get him down to his boxers, by this point the water is ready. I carefully help him into the tub, and he flinches at first because of the cold but then he relaxes. Olivia stands back as I wash away the blood staining his skin and then I let her take over as she starts to stroke his forehead and whispers to him. Then she gets up to leave the room, "do you mind finishing up, I need to make a call to the doctor"she says, "no not at all"i say quietly.
As soon as she leaves the room, I help him sit up and then I help him get out of the tub. I hand him a towel and he gets out of his boxers and into pajamas, then I guide him back to the bedroom. Once there we get onto the bed and I hold him to my side until he gently falls asleep.