Chapter Five


January 20th, 2005

Lauren was tired from her date with Scott but she had a really good time. She couldn't wait until she could go out with him. To bad tonight she had to work really late. Tomorrow she was free though maybe she could ask him to go out with her then.

Lauren had about 30 minutes before she had to go to wardrobe for her next scene and she wanted to talk to someone about last night so she walked up to Alexis trailer and knocked on the door. She heard the TV turn off and someone footsteps coming towards the door. Alexis opened the door.

"Wow! Lauren are you ok? You look really pale," Alexis exclaimed. Lauren looked sick. She had started looking sick last week but it wasn't this bad. She looked really sick now.

"Ya Alexis I'm fine. Don't worry about it. I just have a little cold."

"It looks more like a cold to me. You're as white as a ghost. Come in."

"Well the real reason I came was so that I could talk to you about the date I had with Scott last night."

"You had a date with Scott!"

"Ya I did and I really need to tell you what happened but you can't tell any one promise?"

"Ya I promise. Spill. I'm all ears."

Lauren and Alexis talked for about 25 minutes when Lauren looked at the clock and realized that she had to be at wardrobe like now. So she told Alexis that she'd see her later and left to go get ready for her scene.

Later that day

Lauren was in her trailer. She had about 2 and a half hours before her next scene. She was really tired because it was about 8:30 pm and she started to feel sick. She heard footsteps coming towards her trailer door and the person knocked. She hoped that it was Scott. She opened the door and it was Scott.

"Hey Lauren can I come in?"

"Ya come right on in." Scott had to admit that Lauren was looking really pale. He wondered if she was feeling sicker then yesterday.

"So I was wondering when the next day that you are free to go out with me is?"

"Well I get off early tomorrow."

"Same here. So I'll pick you up at 7 again?"

"I'll be there."

"Lauren."
"Ya?"
"Try to get some rest you look sick."

"Okay I'll try to take a nap."

"Thanks. Well I'll see you tomorrow."

"Bye Scott."

'Why did everyone ask if she was sick?' Lauren thought. She looked at herself in the mirror. Lauren didn't think that she looked that sick. She did feel a little sick though and it was getting worse everyday. But she wasn't going to let that get in her way.

January 21st, 2005

Lauren was getting ready for her date. She wasn't feeling that great but it was no worse from yesterday so she just put some make-up on her face so she didn't look so pale. Scott got there at 7 just like he said.

Lauren started to feel really sick about halfway thorough dinner. She just couldn't take it anymore so she asked Scott if he would drive her home. Scott was getting really worried. Lauren was really pale. The make-up that he can tell she put on wasn't working that well. Scott thought that she should go to the hospital but Lauren just said it was the flu making up for all the years she hadn't been sick. As Lauren said that neither of them believed it but Scott just wanted to respect her wishes so he brought her home.

Scott desperately wanted to go in with Lauren and make sure that she was ok but Lauren had told him that she would be fine and that he should go home. So Scott just walked Lauren to the door. Lauren thought that she was going to throw up so she gave Scott a quick hug and ran inside to go get to her bathroom.

Scott drove home but couldn't help but think about Lauren. She was really sick and all alone. Scott turned his truck around and went to the closest grocery store to get ginger ale and other stuff that sick people use.

Lauren threw up. She got her pajama's on. Then she felt like she was going to throw up again so she ran to the bathroom. She did throw up. She never got sick so she was a little freaked. Was she going to have to go to the hospital?

'I wish Scott would have stayed' Lauren thought. She really wanted someone with her right now. She wanted her dad and she didn't care who knew it. She had to stay in the bathroom because she couldn't make it anywhere before she had to run back to the bathroom and throw up again.

Scott drove into Lauren's driveway with 3 bags of sick people stuff. Like ginger ale, chicken noodle soup, and new blanket and other stuff. He didn't know what Lauren used when she was sick so he just grabbed stuff that he thought that she would use. He walked up to her house and knocked. Since no one answered he guessed that Lauren was laying in her room. Lauren forgot to lock the front door so Scott just walked in.

"Lauren?" Scott called.

'Scott's here. I'll see if I can make it downstairs' without vomiting; Lauren thought.

Lauren really wanted Scott there. She walked downstairs' and when she saw Scott she waved. She didn't want to talk because she was afraid that vomit would come out. Scott saw that Lauren was looking even sicker now.

"Lauren, are you okay," Scott asked.

Lauren just nodded. She felt like she had to throw up again so she ran to the downstairs' bathroom instead of the upstairs one because it was closer. Scott just ran and followed her. When he got to the bathroom he saw Lauren bent over the toilet throwing up. Scott just walked up to her and held her hair so she didn't get vomit on it and he rubbed her back. He hated to see Lauren so sick.

Lauren was glad that Scott had came. She didn't want to be here alone. She knew that was a little selfish but she couldn't help it. She needed Scott. When he walked in she noticed that he had grocery bags in his hands.

'Scott's so sweet. I wonder what's in the bags,' Lauren thought.

When Lauren was done throwing up for that time she looked at Scott and smiled. Scott gave her a paper towel to wipe off her mouth and a glass of water so she could rinse out her mouth. Scott went and got the stuff he got from the store. He showed Lauren and she smiled. Actions speak louder then words. No one needed to talk right now.

Scott brought Lauren to the couch and put a garbage can next to it. He knew that that wouldn't really be as good as a toilet but for right now she needed to lie down and rest. When she had to throw up she could just vomit in the garbage can and Scott would clean it.

Lauren was happy that Scott had come. He was taking care of her. No one had done that in awhile. Scott was glad that he had come or Lauren might still be sitting in the bathroom waiting for the next time she throws up. She looked even sicker now. He really wanted to bring her to the doctor but he knew that Lauren wouldn't want to do that so he kept his mouth shut.

A few hours later

Lauren fell asleep on the couch. Scott didn't want to leave Lauren alone so he just decided to stay over to make sure she didn't get any worse. At around 2 am Lauren awoke having to vomit. Scott immediately woke up as soon as he heard her. He ran to get some tissues and a glass of fresh water.

Lauren lay on the couch trying to sleep.

'I'm really glad Scott is here' she thought.

A few hours later she fell asleep. Then suddenly Lauren awoke with an urge to vomit.

'Ugh.. here we go again' she thought to herself.

It wasn't until Scott returned with a tissue and a glass of water that she noticed he was still there.

'Wow' Lauren thought. He is really sweet.

"Thanks" Lauren said with a small smile. It was all she could get out right now.

Lauren took the tissue and glass of water. She wasn't going to drink the water because she would just throw it back up. Scott made her drink the ginger ale so she could keep hydrated. Scott was glad that he could help. He could tell that she needed him there.

'I wonder if Matt would have done this' Scott thought. He hoped that he would have.

Lauren finally fell asleep again but Scott knew that it wouldn't be a long sleep. He was right. About and hour later Lauren woke up again to vomit. He did the same as he always did when Lauren vomited. He went to get the tissue and glass of water when she just started. When she finished he took the garbage can and cleaned it out for her. It was a little bit gross.