Author's note: I just realized I forgot to put in a disclaimer so…

Disclaimer: I do not own The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

Chapter Four

Two-Bit

I didn't get any sleep at all.

I was freezing all night, I tried to call Savannah to tell her to bring me another blanket, but she couldn't hear me. There were several times when I thought I had to be dying. I stared at the clock, watching the minutes crawl by. My eyes were heavy and hurting, every part of me was screaming 'Sleep!' But I couldn't.

To make everything worse, Savannah's dog snores. It seemed like it was taunting me because it could sleep and I couldn't.

I think the fever finally took over.

I heard Savannah get up a while later and call in sick to work. Why was she calling in sick? I'm the one that's sick. The door opened and I looked up, so did Sheba. Sheba jumped off the bed and walked over to Savannah. She looked up at her and started making these whimpering begging noises. After a minute though, I realized that it wasn't the dog that was begging for Savannah's attention.

I was.

Savannah walked past Sheba and over to me. I was still whimpering.

"It's OK," Savannah said softly.

My head was spinning. My eyes hurt. What was wrong with me?

Savannah put her hand on my forehead. "You still have a fever," she said. "And you look terrible."

All that I could do was moan, I was too sick to talk.

"Do you want me to call a doctor?" Savannah asked.

I had another flashback to when I was a kid. Mom had called a doctor that time I was sick. The doctor gave me this awful tasting medicine, but mom told me it would make me feel better, so I took it. After taking the medicine, mom would give me ice cream. And the medicine did make me feel better after a few days…

"Two-Bit?" Savannah said, "Do you want me to call a doctor?"

I nodded. Maybe the doctor could help me feel better.

Savannah

I hung up the phone, the doctor would be coming over in half an hour or so. I walked back toward the guest room where Two-Bit was staying. Poor guy, I could tell he was suffering.

When I opened the door to Two-Bit's room he didn't even look up. He usually notices when I come in the room. Maybe he was asleep.

"Two-Bit?" I said softly as I sat down next to him. His eyes were closed, but he was breathing too heavily to be asleep.

"Hey," I said. "Are you awake?"

"Johnny?" Two-Bit asked.

"What?" I said. Who's Johnny?

Two-Bit opened his eyes and gave me a confused look. He blinked several times and then mumbled "Oh, sorry. Never mind."

"I called a doctor, he'll be here soon," I said.

"Mmmm," Two-Bit replied.

I sat next to Two-Bit for a while. Sheba was still lying next to him. She had this weird look on her face, it almost made her look worried. Two-Bit's face was pale, all but his cheeks which were a deep shade of pink. His eyes were closed, but I could tell he wasn't sleeping. It seemed like he was fighting to breathe. He would shiver every few minutes.

"Savannah," Two-Bit said. "I want another blanket."

Two-Bit already had a mountain of blankets on him. I could tell he was cold though. I got up to get him another blanket.

When I came back in the room, Two-Bit was asleep.