Another update. I'm a little more than halfway done catching up with all my themes.
The next day was Monday, which meant Katie, Logan, James and Kendall had to go to school in the morning but not Carlos because Mrs. Knight though he was still far too sick to go. His temperature did go down quite a bit though, it was now about 103. Even though Carlos was making progress Mrs. Knight insisted that he stay home for at least a week.
In the morning James was resisting to leave the apartment in the morning not because he was too tired to wake up, not because he didn't like school, but because he didn't want to leave Carlos, he was being rather melodramatic about it really.
"James! Mrs. Knight can take care of him for a few hours!" Logan told him as he tried to pull him out the door with Katie and Kendall's assistance.
"We have to go!" Kendall said.
"But Carlos needs me! Guys c'mon let me go!" James argued and tried to break free. James felt like it was his job to comfort Carlos. He was worried that Carlos would feel upset or stressed or have an unexpected vomit episode, he was going to worst-case scenario.
"Don't worry James." Mrs. Knight assured him "Carlos will be just fine until you come back. Just go to school and let him sleep." Kendall and Logan finally dragged him out of the apartment and into and elevator.
"Just relax James." Katie said. "Mom is a great nurse."
"But what if something goes wrong and Carlos wants me around?" James asked.
"He has Mrs. Knight around to take care of him." Logan said.
"But he needs me." James argued.
Kendall laughed a little "You're such a mom."
James slapped his shoulder and said "I just want to be around him incase his fever starts to get to his head. I mean when people have such high fevers it can get to them."
"How so?" Logan asked wanting to know what James meant.
"What if he wants to or he has a bad dream or he hallucinates and starts to freak out?" James said.
"Woah, woah." Kendall slowed him down before he could continue to ramble "Calm down mother hen. If anyone is freaking out it's probably going to be you. And second my mom is totally on it."
"I hope so." James said then the four of them walked out of the elevator to their classroom.
All day James couldn't focus on what he was supposed to be learning in class. He was thinking of what could possibly be happening to Carlos. What if he's having a bad dream? What if he's barfing his guts out? What if his fever got worse? What if he needs me?
"James!" he heard and snapped out of his thoughts "pay attention." Ms. Collins said.
"Sorry Ms. Collins." He apologized. Ms. Collins turned around and continued to teach the class. James wanted the day to be over so badly.
Finally noon came and the last bell rang for the day and they were out of school for the day. James was rushing into the elevator and Kendall, Logan and Katie barely got in before the doors closed. The more Kendall saw James acting so protective the more Kendall wondered how protective James would be for his own kids someday. The elevator opened and James was the first out and ran down the hall to their apartment.
"Hello boys." Mrs. Knight greeted them "How was school?"
James paid no attention to the question and asked her. "Where's Carlos?"
"He's in his room taking a nap." She said.
"Thanks," James said and went in, Kendall and Logan caught up to him soon and went in too. Carlos was lying in his bed, cuddled in his sheets, sleeping peacefully. If it weren't for his small snores they would've assumed Carlos was dead. There was a bowl of some tomato soup on his nightstand and a water bottle full of Gatorade was next to it so they assumed Carlos had been eating.
"Hey buddy." Logan said when they approached the bed. Carlos's eyes slowly blinked open and he saw his friends standing above him.
"Hey guys." Carlos said groggily and sat up. When he sat up the guys noticed Carlos was wearing a pair of sweat pants and the oversized hoodie his grandma sent him for his birthday and on his chest was a blue sticker with a smiling sun on it.
"Where'd you get that sticker?" James asked as he sat on the bed next to him.
"Mama Knight took me to the doctor earlier and the doctor gave it to me." Carlos said.
"Mom took you to the doctor?" Kendall asked. Carlos yawned and nodded.
"So how are you feeling?" Logan asked.
Carlos shrugged. "Better I guess. I don't like staying inside though. I want to go to the pool or the park." He said.
"Well we're all going to be spending the next week inside because we're grounded." Kendall said. Carlos started to cough and James rubbed his back to calm him.
"We can keep each other company." Carlos said and smiled a little. It was the first time he'd smiled since he got sick. He was without a doubt getting better and they guys knew it. James put him arm around his little buddy and the four of them talked about how the Jennifers got mad a Guitar Dude again and smashed his guitar over his head earlier that day at school and Carlos laughed. Soon Mrs. Knight called Kendall, James and Logan to eat their lunch and to let Carlos get a little more sleep so James pulled the covers over Carlos and they left his room to let him sleep. James wouldn't admit this but he felt slightly stupid for letting himself get too over protective… again.
A/n: I loved that chapter. It was fun to write cuz I love over protective James, I mean who doesn't? He's so awesome when he's like that. WHO AGREES!
Okay BTW I have a poll on my profile that I need people to vote for so please go check that out and vote cuz I'd really appreciate it. Thanks ^_^
