Chapter 5
John sat in the chair next to the bed and watched as Kira slept peacefully...He leaned over and was running his fingertips around the soft skin on her face...His blue eyes staring at her...He wanted nothing more then to lean down and capture her lips. John wanted to kiss her ever since she'd kissed him 2 years ago, when he had convinced everyone to leave their friendship alone.
John had been shocked and nearly fell over when she kissed him...but he just figured she would never want to jeopardize their friendship...even though he was dying on the inside to just ask her on one date...He'd take her out and really show her a great time...show her that all the dead beat losers she's been on blind dates were really supposed to show her a good time and not help her get pneumonia.
John touched her forehead, he could've sworn she felt warm...The only person he knew who had a kid that could tell if she had a fever or not would have to be Mark Jindrak...Him and his wife Tammy had a 2 year old and if anything they'd know. John pulled his cell phone out and called Mark...Him and Tammy were just down the hall from Kira's room.
Mark agreed to come down and see what was going on. When he got there John let him in and Mark said, "What happened to Kira...I heard she had a lousy blind date, but now she's sick?" John shrugged his shoulders and said, "I don't know...I was going to check on her and when I walked in she told me to piss off and I could hear her coughing down the hallway at the arena."
Mark said, "Tammy talked with her earlier and apparently her blind date left little to be desired...Apparently he was a real dick...she ended up walking home in the rain which is probably how she got the cold...Where is she?" John said, "C'mon I've got her laying down." Mark followed John into the bedroom of the hotel and Mark said, "She's really pale."
Mark leaned over and put his lips against Kira's forehead and pulled back fast and said, "Mother fucker." John said, "What?" Mark said, "I think you should take her to the ER...She is burning up...Her fever has to be spiked somewhere around 104 maybe 105...If it goes to 107 it can actually fry her brain." John said, "Nuff said," John pulled his sweatshirt on and shoes.
Mark went down to tell Tammy her best friend was being taken to the hospital.
John leaned over Kira and said, "Kira baby...wake up." Kira moved around a little and whimpered...Her whole body was in pain this cold was definitely kicking her ass...John said, "Kira...C'mon wake up girl." Kira slowly opened her eyes as she was met by beautiful blue eyes staring back at her.
Kira's eyes were sluggish and said, "Hi John, is it morning already?" John said, "No sweetie...I need you to wake up...you've got a really bad fever and it's not breaking...I'm gonna take you to the ER." Kira sat up and a pain zinged through her head, as she held her head she said, "John I hate hospitals. I don't wanna go."
John squatted down in front of her, putting her tenny shoes back on and said, "I know sweetie...but you're really sick right now...And I'm not going to take a chance and have you get worse." Kira looked at him and said, "Promise you won't leave me...Promise or I'm not going." John looked up and smirked at her and said, "I promise I'll stay with you for as long as you have to stay." Kira smiled weakly and leaned over and kissed his cheek and said, "Thank you."
John stood up and carefully lifted Kira in his arms, when he stepped out of the hotel room, Tammy and Mark were standing in the hallway waiting for them...They moved quickly and took off to the hospital. When they got there, the hospital staff took over and said she had walking pneumonia...which wasn't as severe as regular pneumonia...but they said there wasn't much they could do for her at the hospital.
John called Stephanie and told him what was going on with Kira. Stephanie could hear the concern in his voice and said, "What do you wanna do John?" He said, "I'm going to take her back to West Newbury...I'm going to have her stay at my place...I wanna keep an eye on her and take care of her."
Stephanie said, "HELLO...What would you like me to tell my dad and the writers?" John said, "I don't care what you tell them...She's my best friend, I'm not going to just ignore the fact that she's this sick." Stephanie said, "Okay...I'll figure something out...I'll put you on emergency family leave...but as soon as she's better you two get your ass back on the tour...or it's my ass with my father."
John said, "Thanks Steph." Stephanie said, "John...Take care good care of her please." John said, "I wouldn't have her stay with me if I wasn't going to give her the best care myself." They hung up.
John got a rental car and drove himself and Kira back to his place in Massachusetts. John made Kira as comfortable as possible in the spare room...which was already designated as hers when she would stay with him, just like her spare room was Johns when he would stay with her.
