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When I woke up I first thought it was Boo lying in my stomach kicking and tumbling as he always did. Then I realized he was still and the movement by me was someone having sat down on the bed next to me.
"Mhm."
Only waking up my whole head and body felt both warm and cold at the same time. My head was pounding and my neck felt stiff but didn't hurt and I didn't by no means have any plans to move at all.
Especially not when I felt someone dabbing my forehead with something cold and wet. With that cloth I had been longing for every time I was ill on Sunshine.
"Mhm."
Moaning once again my eyes fluttered open. I was expecting to see Mike bent over me or May- Li, but even before my eyes were fully open and my vision sleep-ridden I couldn't help but recognize a blue hoodie and dark, frizzy hair.
"Johnny?"
I tried to push myself up but fell back again with a hand to my head. Gosh that pounding! And everything spinning made me feel like throwing up.
"It's okay." I felt him lying the wet cloth towards my forehead. "You can fall back asleep."
I would have wanted to stay awake. Johnny was here of course, but my head hurt and I felt yukky with dried sweat, I should get a bath from how disgusting I was. But before I got the chance to even sit up my eyelids were heavy and I fell back asleep.
When I woke up the next time I was turning towards the clock to see what time it was, but before I had turned all around my eyelids were closed again and I was left in a sleep too heavy for dreams.
"Mhm."
At last, when I woke up for more than one second I rubbed my eyes and then heavily sat up. Looking around me I flinched when a person- very much bigger and lighter than Minnie sat across the room.
"Johnny? What are you doing here? Where's Minnie?"
"Well, to answer your questions- yes, I'm moving back into the dumping ground. And until you are feeling better she stays in the room with Floss and Tee."
"I bet Floss isn't too happy about that."
"That's not for you to worry about. Are you okay?"
"Yeah…" I laid a hand on my belly. "Little Boo has had enough of sleeping and it's a miracle he hasn't woken me up with all of his kicking." I suddenly remembered when I had woken up to Johnny dabbing my fever- warm forehead. "Wait… what time is it and what day?"
"It's nine in the morning. And it's Saturday."
"I slept through exactly everything of Friday?"
"Yep."
"Well." I kicked my quilt off and forced myself up on my stiff legs. "I'll have time to think about it after I make sure not to wet my pants."
I could just hope that the bathroom was empty when I came rushing through the hallway stiffly and felt the door handle- thankfully the door opened.
"Look who's back among the living." Tyler laughed when I passed him in the hallway back to my room. "I never knew any person could sleep for almost two days."
I ignored him and rolled my eyes. I was just too tired with drowsiness to answer and closed the door fully when I came back into my room where Johnny had just changed the sheets on my bed.
"Thank you."
"No need to thank me." Johnny said and then threw the second pillow on the bed. "I figured you might need it. And…" He made a grimace to show how badly I smelt. "I think you need a bath next."
"Ha- ha."
I got a towel from the nearest cupboard and then did as I was told. As soon as the water was filled up- with the water colder than something else. And I sunk down and let it surround me I could- without exaggerating that it was one of the best baths I'd ever had.
"Do you know exactly what could make this moment better now?" Johnny sat on Minnie's bed when I came back and I was ready to collapse back on mine when Johnny shook his head. "If you were there and I could sleep on you."
Johnny smirked and gave a short laugh, but he did as I wanted, stood up and sat down by the head of the bed, I finally got into it and half sat up in between his legs and leaned against his chest.
"Well, now I'm wake. What time it is?"
I yawned, but could feel that I still wasn't going to fall asleep any time soon. I could just as well start speaking instead of only half lying there.
"Why are you here Johnny? Did they call you to visit when I was sick for whatever?"
"Actually I came here like five minutes after you fell asleep… It's a long story. But I'm back to living at least for a while. And then I took care of you because I'm the world's most caring boyfriend…" I laughed slightly and lightly hit him on the chest. "What? I am… Although I'm wondering now… I'm noticing that there are quite less kids here than when I left. I haven't seen Jeremy. Are there going to be anyone else gone by dinner?"
"Trenton's left too. There's been so many kids here there are barely space by the kitchen table for them all. So there was a couple here, and meanwhile Jeremy broke his foot. And one of them was a… I don't remember what it's called. Skeleton- doctor. and they ended up fostering him. Then… Well, the guy who was going to adopt Boo didn't quite work out. Anyway, he wanted to you know… This… point with meeting all of the kids really is quite strange. Mike?"
The old man had just come through the hallway and stood in the doorway and I could almost hear the way his thoughts were going around and around under his bald forehead.
"Yeah… It is quite strange. But of course, all people who's been coming here have already gone through the whole fostering process. It's just going a bit faster and as you said this place has been so crowded there's not even space by the kitchen table for them all. Anyway, of course the ones who gets left behind here feel left out and disappointed. But so do they after every fostering even when I and the social services has gone through. And I know you know that very well. We would never let any child end up anywhere they might get hurt."
I gave a slight smile.
"Are you hungry now Ken?"
"Not really…"
"Not even for orange marmalade?"
"No…."
"Ugh!" Johnny moaned towards Mike. "All of these fostering stories and I was gone just then."
The two men grimaced at each other and I, in the middle of them couldn't help but laugh.
"You'll still get your chance. In a day or two there's a couple coming over to… it sounds so rude they'll just choose the kid they like the most but there's no other way to say it really. Anyway, when they arrive here would you and Tee like to have a kettle with tea and plate of biscuits."
"Don't remind me!"
I had heard something briefly about how Johnny and Tee had tried so hard to get fostered when they were little. About the same as Harry, Floss and Michael did now whenever someone came around today.
"Who's coming then? Are they just going to go and pick a child like Jeremy or Trenton?"
Not until now I saw how strange it seemed. But when you needed something…
"After the McDonald's and Matt now this place do at least have less kids than I can remember the names of. So, while I need to go through this quite fast too they're not going to just come in here and pick the one they like the best…wow. It really sounds wrong when I say it like that. Anyway, I and Duke and May- Li as well as the social services are going through who they might get along with the best so not quite the same." Mike smiled. "Anything else you're wondering about?"
I shook my head and then yawned again and leaned back against Johnny's chest.
"Time for a nap I guess… I wonder who they are though? And I wonder who will get fostered this time."
Random fact
Now I think about it that way the Campbell's and then Matt came in and just picked the child they wanted is very strange. But if you think about it, something like that did they in that episode when… you know, it was the episode Ryan arrived. Harry was supposed to get fostered but he didn't as the daughter of the parents was a spoiled brat. Yeah, something like that.
