A/N: Casey's got a fever in this part, but I'm Dutch, and we work with
Celsius, you work with Fahrenheit and I didn't know the temp in Fahrenheit
so he's just got 'a slight fever'. I also used
'May it Be', from the Lord of the Rings soundtrack. I needed a song. In
case you object, leave it in your review. But I as soon as I finished this
story completely, I am writing a song for that scene.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Casey wakes up. He feels a soft hand stroking his hair. It's Desi. He looks at her for a moment without a word, getting used to the bright light in the room. Then he lifts his head. He realizes he has been sleeping on Desi's shoulder. Desi looks at him and smiles.
"Good morning sunshine!"
He smiles as well. He wonders if she sat here the whole time while he was asleep. Then he yawns.
"Have you been sitting here the whole time I was asleep?"
"Yeah, I have."
"How long?"
After a short look at her clock she says:
"And hour. A little longer maybe."
He is surprised. How can she sit here for so long so calmly? He opens his mouth to ask, but he changes his mouth and closes it again. Desi laughs; he looks like a goldfish. Casey smiles.
"Do I look that funny Desi?"
She nods and smiles.
"You looked like a goldfish!"
Now Casey starts laughing two, but that turns into a scream of pain. Her mood turns in a second from happy to worried.
"What is it? Your stomach?"
He nods while an expression of great pain lies on his face. She feels the water she took with her an hour ago. It turned cold, so she races to the kitchen to boil some water. She returns and sees the pain in his eyes. She strokes his cheek, which is too hot.
"Casey, you're burning up!"
She takes a fresh towel and wets it with the cool water. She cools his face with the cool towel. Then she realizes the water is boiling.
"I'll be right back."
She takes the hot water and adds it to the cooler water. Then she takes another bowl with cooler water. She wets the towel again to cool his face a little. She helps him to lie down, and then she pulls his shirt up. His bondage is red again. She takes it off and is shocked by what she sees. There is a dirty fluid coming out of the wounds, and they are red and swollen.
'An infection.'
Flashes through her head. She wets a towel with the warm, almost hot water and carefully cleans the wound with it. Casey just lies there with his hand in a fist, fighting the tears of pain that are coming up. When the wound looks a little better and the fluid is gone she takes some alcohol to destroy any leftover bacteria's. Casey almost bites his tongue off trying not to scream, and when it comes, it sounds really bad. Desi realizes it hurts a lot. She holds his hand with her left hand, and keeps cleaning the wound with her right. He squeezes her hand so hard, she realizes it is really bad. When the wound is clean, she puts some clean bondage on it, very careful. Then she pulls his shirt down again and looks at him. The sweat stands on his forehead, and he feels really hot.
"God Casey, how did you get so sick? What did they do with that knife?"
She takes the towel for cold water, wets it again and cools down his face, not really expecting an answer. When she's cooling down his forehead the answer comes.
"They put some dirt on the knife, I don't know exactly. I didn't know or care enough."
Desi looks at him. He looks at her with his eyes wide open, revealing even without touch, it all hurts like hell. She decides to take his temperature, and see if it's really as bad as she thinks. When she took his temperature, she is relieved to discover he's not that bad as she thought. He has only got a slight fever. She sighs. She sees Casey's asleep again. She smiles; it gets her still to see him sleep. He looks so peaceful. But his sleep isn't so peaceful at all. An hour later she went back to the living room to study. She gets a bad scare when she hears Casey scream. She runs into the room, expecting murder, fire, the wound to have opened again. But what she sees is far scarier. Casey lies on the bed, but he's turning and twitching. His face is very red and sweat runs past his forehead. She tries to wake him up.
"Casey! Casey wake up! Please wake up!"
Suddenly his eyes open. He shoots up straight, which is followed by a scream of pain. Tears stand in his eyes. Desi takes him in her arms.
"Shh. it's okay, it's okay, shh."
Casey is crying.
"Fuck. It was such a nightmare. Gabe was beating you up, while you tried to make it clear to me to get out before they'd come after me. Then Gabe took his knife and stabbed you. He couldn't stop stabbing. When Mr. Tate came to help you, you were nearly dead. I ran up to you and the last thing you said was 'fight them, stand up to them, I know you can do it, I love you, I believe in you.' then you closed your eyes and died."
Desi gets a bad scare from what he tells her, but she keeps her calming noises up.
"Shh, it's okay, it was just a nightmare, it wasn't real."
Finally he stops crying and looks at her.
"Promise me that if he ever takes his knife against you, you will run."
"Shh, it won't really happen, it was just a bad dream."
"Promise me, please."
She looks at him. He looks so helpless and yet so strong.
"I promise Casey."
He smiles. He tries to sit up straight. Desi helps him. When he sits up he smiles.
"Shouldn't you be at school right now?"
"No, I called in sick."
He smiles. He still couldn't believe she cared about him so much. But he decides not to say anything. Instead, he pulls her close and kisses her with a passion that surprises Desi. She kisses him back. When the kiss stopped she looked at him.
"What was that for?"
"Because I love you, and because you take care of me, and take a few days off school for me."
"I do have to work, and do my paper round tonight. If I don't I won't get paid and I can't support us, not even myself anymore."
He smiles.
"You've got to do what you've got to do."
"Yeah. My papers were just brought here, so I'm going to do my paper round right now, all right? You get some more sleep, and I'll be back at 5 o'clock, okay?"
"Okay. Bye love!"
"Goodbye my poor, ill prince."
Desi smiles. She helps Casey lie down and kisses his forehead. She puts a big cool glass of water next to his bed and a box of aspirins.
"There. If you need to feel better to sleep, take on of those, though try not to sit up too much. If you try to walk, your stomach won't heal, so don't even think about it."
"Yes mummie, anything else?"
"Yes. Good night!"
"I can't sleep without a good night kiss."
She smiles and bends over. She kisses him and then she turns off the lights and closes the curtains. She leaves the door open, so there is some light in his room.
"Sweet dreams my prince."
"Good luck on your paper round."
She smiles and leaves. At exactly 5 o'clock she comes back into the apartment. She hangs up her cote and goes straight to the bedroom. She sees Casey there. He is staring at the ceiling.
"Why are you still awake?"
"Couldn't sleep. Every time I close my eyes I see those terrible images."
"God Casey. Well, I see you at least took the aspirin."
"Yeah, I got a terrible headache, so I took an aspirin. It didn't get less though."
"Well, you've got a wound on your head. Let me take a look at it, I didn't get the bondage off yet, because Nurse Harper told me to keep it on for at least today. But, seeing as today is almost over."
She takes the bondage off and looks at the stitches. They look all right. She takes some cool water and cleans them a little. Then she puts on some new bondage.
"You know, you look like. Like one of those karate guys with that bondage around your head. If you want to hide that I suggest you wear a cap over that."
"Not even such a bad idea."
He smiles.
"Well Casey, I'll make you some dinner. What would you like? I've got uhm. Beans, potatoes, and uhm. I think that's about it. How about a pizza? Or a peanut butter and jelly sandwich?"
"I'll go for the peanut butter and jelly sandwich! I love those!"
She smiles. She nods and walks to the kitchen. She fixes him a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, and herself a jelly sandwich. She hates peanut butter. Then she lies the sandwiches down on two plates and goes back to the bedroom. She helps Casey up and gives him the plate. They eat in silence. When they finished their sandwiches Desi lays the plates in the sink in the kitchen. Then she sits down next to Casey on the bed. He lays there, with his eyes wide open, scared to close them. She feels pity for him. The she finds the solution. She starts singing:
"May it be an evening star
Shines down upon you
May it be when darkness falls
Your heart will be true
You walk a lonely road
Oh! How are you are from home
Mornie utúlië
Believe and you will find your way
Mornie alantië
A promise lives within you now
May it be shadows call
Will fly away
May it be your journey on
To light the day
When the night is overcome
You may rise to find the sun
Mornie utúlië
Believe and you will find your way
Mornie alantië
A promise lives within you now
A promise lives within you now."
When she finished the song, she sees Casey is asleep. His eyes closed and his mouth in a smile. Desi smiles. She knows he probably will sleep through the night. She looks on the clock. 6 PM, what a hell of a time! Nothing to do, nothing at all. She decides to clean up the stuff she used for Casey. She takes the water and alcohol and puts them away. She does the dishes and all household chores that can be done without any noise. She hasn't got a vacuum cleaner, so she wipes the floor with a brume. When she cleaned the apartment a bit, she looks at the clock again. 7 PM. Time goes to slow for her. She starts putting the magazines in a closet she keeps for that purpose. Her aunt didn't understand why she kept all the magazines, but she keeps them for memories. When she cleaned that up, she looks at the clock again. 9.30. Wow! That was a hell of a lot more work then she expected, but some magazines she looked through. She looks at the magazines she laid down next to her. All about Casey and the saving of the school. She lays them on a little table next to the couch. Then she feels how tired she is. She lies down on the couch and soon she is asleep.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Casey wakes up. He feels a soft hand stroking his hair. It's Desi. He looks at her for a moment without a word, getting used to the bright light in the room. Then he lifts his head. He realizes he has been sleeping on Desi's shoulder. Desi looks at him and smiles.
"Good morning sunshine!"
He smiles as well. He wonders if she sat here the whole time while he was asleep. Then he yawns.
"Have you been sitting here the whole time I was asleep?"
"Yeah, I have."
"How long?"
After a short look at her clock she says:
"And hour. A little longer maybe."
He is surprised. How can she sit here for so long so calmly? He opens his mouth to ask, but he changes his mouth and closes it again. Desi laughs; he looks like a goldfish. Casey smiles.
"Do I look that funny Desi?"
She nods and smiles.
"You looked like a goldfish!"
Now Casey starts laughing two, but that turns into a scream of pain. Her mood turns in a second from happy to worried.
"What is it? Your stomach?"
He nods while an expression of great pain lies on his face. She feels the water she took with her an hour ago. It turned cold, so she races to the kitchen to boil some water. She returns and sees the pain in his eyes. She strokes his cheek, which is too hot.
"Casey, you're burning up!"
She takes a fresh towel and wets it with the cool water. She cools his face with the cool towel. Then she realizes the water is boiling.
"I'll be right back."
She takes the hot water and adds it to the cooler water. Then she takes another bowl with cooler water. She wets the towel again to cool his face a little. She helps him to lie down, and then she pulls his shirt up. His bondage is red again. She takes it off and is shocked by what she sees. There is a dirty fluid coming out of the wounds, and they are red and swollen.
'An infection.'
Flashes through her head. She wets a towel with the warm, almost hot water and carefully cleans the wound with it. Casey just lies there with his hand in a fist, fighting the tears of pain that are coming up. When the wound looks a little better and the fluid is gone she takes some alcohol to destroy any leftover bacteria's. Casey almost bites his tongue off trying not to scream, and when it comes, it sounds really bad. Desi realizes it hurts a lot. She holds his hand with her left hand, and keeps cleaning the wound with her right. He squeezes her hand so hard, she realizes it is really bad. When the wound is clean, she puts some clean bondage on it, very careful. Then she pulls his shirt down again and looks at him. The sweat stands on his forehead, and he feels really hot.
"God Casey, how did you get so sick? What did they do with that knife?"
She takes the towel for cold water, wets it again and cools down his face, not really expecting an answer. When she's cooling down his forehead the answer comes.
"They put some dirt on the knife, I don't know exactly. I didn't know or care enough."
Desi looks at him. He looks at her with his eyes wide open, revealing even without touch, it all hurts like hell. She decides to take his temperature, and see if it's really as bad as she thinks. When she took his temperature, she is relieved to discover he's not that bad as she thought. He has only got a slight fever. She sighs. She sees Casey's asleep again. She smiles; it gets her still to see him sleep. He looks so peaceful. But his sleep isn't so peaceful at all. An hour later she went back to the living room to study. She gets a bad scare when she hears Casey scream. She runs into the room, expecting murder, fire, the wound to have opened again. But what she sees is far scarier. Casey lies on the bed, but he's turning and twitching. His face is very red and sweat runs past his forehead. She tries to wake him up.
"Casey! Casey wake up! Please wake up!"
Suddenly his eyes open. He shoots up straight, which is followed by a scream of pain. Tears stand in his eyes. Desi takes him in her arms.
"Shh. it's okay, it's okay, shh."
Casey is crying.
"Fuck. It was such a nightmare. Gabe was beating you up, while you tried to make it clear to me to get out before they'd come after me. Then Gabe took his knife and stabbed you. He couldn't stop stabbing. When Mr. Tate came to help you, you were nearly dead. I ran up to you and the last thing you said was 'fight them, stand up to them, I know you can do it, I love you, I believe in you.' then you closed your eyes and died."
Desi gets a bad scare from what he tells her, but she keeps her calming noises up.
"Shh, it's okay, it was just a nightmare, it wasn't real."
Finally he stops crying and looks at her.
"Promise me that if he ever takes his knife against you, you will run."
"Shh, it won't really happen, it was just a bad dream."
"Promise me, please."
She looks at him. He looks so helpless and yet so strong.
"I promise Casey."
He smiles. He tries to sit up straight. Desi helps him. When he sits up he smiles.
"Shouldn't you be at school right now?"
"No, I called in sick."
He smiles. He still couldn't believe she cared about him so much. But he decides not to say anything. Instead, he pulls her close and kisses her with a passion that surprises Desi. She kisses him back. When the kiss stopped she looked at him.
"What was that for?"
"Because I love you, and because you take care of me, and take a few days off school for me."
"I do have to work, and do my paper round tonight. If I don't I won't get paid and I can't support us, not even myself anymore."
He smiles.
"You've got to do what you've got to do."
"Yeah. My papers were just brought here, so I'm going to do my paper round right now, all right? You get some more sleep, and I'll be back at 5 o'clock, okay?"
"Okay. Bye love!"
"Goodbye my poor, ill prince."
Desi smiles. She helps Casey lie down and kisses his forehead. She puts a big cool glass of water next to his bed and a box of aspirins.
"There. If you need to feel better to sleep, take on of those, though try not to sit up too much. If you try to walk, your stomach won't heal, so don't even think about it."
"Yes mummie, anything else?"
"Yes. Good night!"
"I can't sleep without a good night kiss."
She smiles and bends over. She kisses him and then she turns off the lights and closes the curtains. She leaves the door open, so there is some light in his room.
"Sweet dreams my prince."
"Good luck on your paper round."
She smiles and leaves. At exactly 5 o'clock she comes back into the apartment. She hangs up her cote and goes straight to the bedroom. She sees Casey there. He is staring at the ceiling.
"Why are you still awake?"
"Couldn't sleep. Every time I close my eyes I see those terrible images."
"God Casey. Well, I see you at least took the aspirin."
"Yeah, I got a terrible headache, so I took an aspirin. It didn't get less though."
"Well, you've got a wound on your head. Let me take a look at it, I didn't get the bondage off yet, because Nurse Harper told me to keep it on for at least today. But, seeing as today is almost over."
She takes the bondage off and looks at the stitches. They look all right. She takes some cool water and cleans them a little. Then she puts on some new bondage.
"You know, you look like. Like one of those karate guys with that bondage around your head. If you want to hide that I suggest you wear a cap over that."
"Not even such a bad idea."
He smiles.
"Well Casey, I'll make you some dinner. What would you like? I've got uhm. Beans, potatoes, and uhm. I think that's about it. How about a pizza? Or a peanut butter and jelly sandwich?"
"I'll go for the peanut butter and jelly sandwich! I love those!"
She smiles. She nods and walks to the kitchen. She fixes him a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, and herself a jelly sandwich. She hates peanut butter. Then she lies the sandwiches down on two plates and goes back to the bedroom. She helps Casey up and gives him the plate. They eat in silence. When they finished their sandwiches Desi lays the plates in the sink in the kitchen. Then she sits down next to Casey on the bed. He lays there, with his eyes wide open, scared to close them. She feels pity for him. The she finds the solution. She starts singing:
"May it be an evening star
Shines down upon you
May it be when darkness falls
Your heart will be true
You walk a lonely road
Oh! How are you are from home
Mornie utúlië
Believe and you will find your way
Mornie alantië
A promise lives within you now
May it be shadows call
Will fly away
May it be your journey on
To light the day
When the night is overcome
You may rise to find the sun
Mornie utúlië
Believe and you will find your way
Mornie alantië
A promise lives within you now
A promise lives within you now."
When she finished the song, she sees Casey is asleep. His eyes closed and his mouth in a smile. Desi smiles. She knows he probably will sleep through the night. She looks on the clock. 6 PM, what a hell of a time! Nothing to do, nothing at all. She decides to clean up the stuff she used for Casey. She takes the water and alcohol and puts them away. She does the dishes and all household chores that can be done without any noise. She hasn't got a vacuum cleaner, so she wipes the floor with a brume. When she cleaned the apartment a bit, she looks at the clock again. 7 PM. Time goes to slow for her. She starts putting the magazines in a closet she keeps for that purpose. Her aunt didn't understand why she kept all the magazines, but she keeps them for memories. When she cleaned that up, she looks at the clock again. 9.30. Wow! That was a hell of a lot more work then she expected, but some magazines she looked through. She looks at the magazines she laid down next to her. All about Casey and the saving of the school. She lays them on a little table next to the couch. Then she feels how tired she is. She lies down on the couch and soon she is asleep.
