Miley's POV

December 26th: The Day After Christmas

I woke up tired, with my back aching like crazy. Father Costello and two of his assistants at the orphanage picked the kids up about an hour ago, and after an hour of sleep I was finally ready to go back to my bed.

The kids wanted me to stay with them in the living room and tell Christmas stories to them until they fell asleep. Nick was unluckier than me, he played like twenty Christmas carols to them, while I was surprised he knew so many of them. I'm sure he wouldn't be talking today with that voice of his tortured yesterday. It was imaginable that he has the voice and beauty of an angel sent from heaven.

He consumed my thoughts and dreams all week and yesterday was the turning point. He was the only thing that I thought of yesterday. He showed me that he has a soft and tending heart with the characteristics of the guy I've always dreamed of.

Lilly has always told me that once you fall for a Gray there's no going back. And she was right. Once you've fallen even just a little bit for one of the Gray brothers there is no way on earth that you will be able to turn back. Joe was always the brother I wanted once Lilly introduced him to be about a year ago. There were times when talked about his only older brother Kevin, which from what I know is that he is sweet and loving brother and husband. Nick was always mentioned when I had some conversations with Joe when we talked about him Joe would always tell me a story of how he messed something up and Nick would always be there to fix it again. Joe and I soon bonded once I told him about Jackson and Joe told me more about his brothers we made a connection that Jackson and I never had. Joe quickly became like a brother to me and after some time of knowing him he called me the sister he never had, which made sense since he only have two brothers.

Joe became my brother. I've thought once that if Lilly and Joe would break up than I would lose him, but now I was there maid of honor with the Gray that tasked me out on a day yesterday. He is the perfect man I have been dreaming all my life for.

Late last night when everyone was finally asleep I convinced Nick to go back to bed and let me stay watch here, and since they were asleep he relentlessly agreed.

Nick did such an amazing job yesterday that I want to lend him a hand and take the night shift. It was probably the easiest thing I did since every one of them was asleep. I decided to go back to bed but stopped as I reached my door.

I heard a soft groaned coming from Nick's room. I wasn't exactly sure if I heard anything or not but I walked over to his room. I knocked a couple of times but there was no response.

I quickly got worried and walked inside. Nick was not in his bed. The covers were everywhere and he was not even in the room.

Again I heard a groan coming from behind the door at the far end of room, louder this time.

I walked over to it and pushed the door open. The first thing that hit me was the awful smell of the bathroom. I looked around until y eyes stop at the sight of him curled up against the toilet.

I rushed over to him trying my best to get him to say something. Hi face was pale and eyes were shut tight. I placed my hand on his head, feeling how hot it was.

"Nick are you okay? Nick answer me." He didn't respond.

"Nick?" I immediately pulled him up and dragged him back to his bed. All the workouts at the gym finally paid off. Nick was a big and muscular man and my ability to pull him over to his bed a miracle.

I walked backed to his bathroom and grabbed a towel from the cabinet and ran it under cold water. Hopefully this would help cool him down.

As I wiped his face I asked him again if he was ok. "Nick. Say something if you can hear me?"

His mouth slightly twitched. "Mom is that you?" he croaked.

I sighed in relief. "It's me Miley."

He didn't say anything for awhile. "Are you ok Nick? What happened last night?"

"I feel like I've about to burst into flames," he murmured in response.

I look around to see if the hotel's number was lying around. I found it next to the room service menu and was sitting on one of the drawers near the bathroom. I noticed that his phone lying on the ground and pick it up and quickly dialed the seven numbers.

"Hello, how can I help you?" a voice spoke from the other end.

"I need a doctor up here," I responded.

There was a short silence until I heard another person answer the phone. "Hello, Miss Stewart is there a problem?"

I quickly realized that it was the hotel manager's voice was on the other line, "I need a doctor up here. Nick is sick."

"Oh dear this is not good. I'll send a doctor right up Miss Stewart."

"Hurry," I said as I press the end button.

Ask I was about to put the phone back in to my pocket I received another incoming call as Joe's name flashed on the surface.

"Hey Joe," I said as I glanced over at Nick. His face is still pale and colorless.

"Is everything alright Miley?"

"No, Nick is really sick; I think he has a serious fever."

"Is he ok now Mi?"

"I'm not so sure. A doctor is about to check on him."

"Ok. I was going to ask him do something but since he's sick I'll leave it. If something happens call me okay Miley."

"Ok" I said, "I'll call you when he gets better."

I waited for a couple of minutes until a knock came from the front door. I opened a door to see a tall middle age man standing with a kit. "Right this way doctor."

I wait outside for awhile which seemed like hours until the doctor walked out.

"Is he ok doctor?"

"He has a case of serious staphylococcus aureus," he said. "It's quite severe."

I wasn't totally caught up. I was a college graduate but I was not a M.D. graduate. "And that is?"

"It's a really severe case of food poisoning and he has a high fever at 105. Did he eat anything last night?"

"I'm not sure." We ate together last night and nothing happen to me.

"Well it'll be awhile until he'll get better."

"How long would that be doctor?"

"Maybe three days at least until his fever is gone. It's hard to tell since I don't know what he ate yesterday."

He took out a small packet of Tylenol. "Here four Tylenols. Once every twelve hours. Make sure to make him drink a lot of water. It'll make him feel better."

"Thank you," I said as I lead him out to the front door.

I walked back to Nick's room to see him lying in bed just like the way I had left him. He slowly opened this eyes and I quickly realized that his beautiful brown eyes were staring at me.

"Miley?"

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