Hey. Here's chapter 3 of "Sick"


"Ryder...I'm going to help you sit up okay" Lennox helped him into a sitting position and then pressed the nurse call button. "Is that better? Can you breathe?" He began coughing, crying of pain. The nurse then came in.

"He's having trouble breathing." Lennox explained, trying to keep calm.

"I'm going to get him an oxygen mask. I'll be right back." The nurse went out and got an oxygen mask. She took the nasal cannula off and put the mask on instead. "I'll tell the doctors to come and see him. This mask will help." The nurse rushed out to go and get a doctor.

"Is that helping?" Lennox asked him, stroking his hair.

"A bit yeah." He said back, looking like he hadn't slept in a long time. He tried to hide the amount of pain he was in but Lennox saw right past his plan.

"You're in a lot of pain aren't you"

"N..no" he lied.

"Ryder I've known you your whole life and I know when you're lying. Like whenever Holly is controlling so basically whenever you're with her you feel like tearing her insides out."

"How do you know?"

"I'm your sister. I know more about you than anyone." She ruffled his hair. The doctor then came in.

"The nurse has told me that you've had trouble breathing. That's normal for somebody who has pneumonia. The oxygen mask will help and the anti biotics will help him. We can up the pain killers to help control the pain but that's all we can do at the moment. Let me check vis temperature." The doctor checked his temperature. "It's 102.3 so it's going down more. He should make a full recovery in a few days." The doctor then left. Mel came in behind him.

"How is he doing?" She asked, sitting on the end of his bed, holding his hand loosely.

"He's a lot better than before but still quite sick. He should be better in a few days. We will hopefully be able to discharge him tomorrow if all goes well." The nurse explained.

"Aw that's good isn't it." She put a hand on Ryder's cheek lovingly.

"We will have to continue the antibiotic treatment at home for another five days at least. He will then have to come in for appointments to check up on him. Can I do a quick blood test?" The nurse got the equipment ready for a blood test. "I can't find a vein in his arms so I'm going to check his hands." The nurse found a vein in his left hand and took some blood. "We are going to see if the antibiotics are working. The results will be back within an hour."

"So Ryder how have you been today?" Mel asked

"Better than before but I'm tired." He turned around and tried to sleep. He looked absolutely exhausted.

"Sleep for a bit okay." Mel covered him with a blanket and put an extra pillow under his head and one under his knees. He fell asleep pretty quickly.

"Lennox go home and have some rest. I'll keep you updated." Mel told Lennox. Lennox got up and left. Mel began to think deeply about Ryder. So many what ifs came to her head. He was one of those kids you didn't have to worry about so she didn't want him feeling like she cared for Lennox more than him. He then moaned in pain.

"Ssshhh go back to sleep." Mel eased him into sleep, brushing his hair to comfort him.


Sorry for it being very short. There's going to be one more chapters and then this is finished. Xoxo