Hey guys! Ok long story but I'll (try to) make it short. So school started and it's my last year because I'm a senior. I'm in this scientific research program that is going really well so far but will get harder and more intense as the year goes by. I'm also taking AP Physics back at my school and that's always fun…. (sarcasm) While going to school and working on homework I'm doing college research and visits along with SAT studying. Oh and another thing I forgot to add on the list. I'm ALSO doing an internship at a hospital. So if you haven't guessed, my year is going to be REALLY busy and intense. Wow sometimes I don't even know how I do it. So with that saying, I'll try to update this story whenever I can but I can't guarantee that they will be fast. Sorry :( Maybe when I'm done with my SAT's my updates will be a little bit faster :)

Darren opened his eyes and immediately shut them due to the sun coming right through the window directly in his face. He groaned and turned the other way around in bed and was surprised to hit another body. This scared him. He bolted right up in sitting position looking around the room in confusion and noticed the very still body that was lying right next to him.

"Oh it's just Chris….."

He blinked his eyes a few times, adjusting to the light, and took a couple of minutes to stretch. He yawned loudly and questioned himself about what time it was. He grabbed his cell phone from the counter next to the bed to discover that it was already 5:30 pm.

"Oh my God I slept for a whole two hours! Damn, how did that happen?"

Kicking the blanket off his feet, he got up from the bed to pull the curtains down from the annoyance of the sun's light. Once he did that, he went over by his phone to check if he had any new text messages.

With the click of a button, he saw that he had three new text messages. They were all from Cory.

Cory: Hey ik i already called u but just tell me how chris is doing. Its been a while since his status was updated.

Cory: Hey yt? Everyone wants 2 no if chris is ok.

Cory: Btw I mite come over around 7 just to check on chris. Some other ppl mite come 2.

Darren noted that these messages were all sent in the past two hours while he was sleeping. He quickly sent Cory a reply. After all, the last thing he wanted to do was worry him.

To Cory: Hey I just woke up. Chris fell asleep too. Hes still sleeping tho. Yea sure u can come and also bring friends. The more the merrier!

Darren felt like such a dork at that last line of his text but that's ok because everyone in the cast knew he was. He himself even admitted it! He quickly reread his text and then pressed the send button. Looking at the screen of his phone he saw that it now read 5:38 pm.

Wow time flies! I should probably wake up Chris. He needs to eat something so I can give him some medicine. The last time he ate was three hours ago and that's way out of his system!

Darren put his phone down and went over by Chris' side of the bed. He crouched down on the floor so that he was facing Chris with his head tilted back. He smiled to himself and started petting his hair.

Man, he looks so peaceful. I really don't want to wake him up, but I guess I'm gonna have to.

Darren put his hand on Chris' shoulder and shook it lightly. When he saw that Chris didn't move he shook it a little bit harder and called out his name.

"Chris, buddy….. It's time for you to wake up."

Chris turned his head a little to the side and did nothing more.

"Come on Chris. Naptime is over," Darren continued shaking his shoulder gently.

This time, Chris turned his whole body the other way around to sleep on his side.

"Come on Chris. If you don't wake up now, you won't be able to fall asleep when it's actually time to go to bed."

Chris turned to sleep on his back and let out a low moan.

"I know you don't want to wake up but you have to at some point. Preferably now," Darren said with a friendly voice.

Chris let out a few other moans and quickly hid his head under the blanket when Darren opened the window for the sun to come in.

"Come on, up you get," Darren said while taking the blanket away from Chris to fold it up.

Chris finally slowly got up, stretched, and sat up cross legged in a sitting position massaging his eyes and yawning at the same time.

He took some time to stretch again and after let his back come in contact with his pillow that was against the wall near his bed.

Darren finished folding the blanket and put it on Chris' bed. He looked back and saw that Chris was up but still looked kind of groggy.

"Hey look who's up! By the way, that was some nap you took huh? Three hours! That must be refreshing!"

"Mmm," Chris half smiled.

"Yeah, I'm sorry I had to wake you up. Believe me, I didn't want to. But I wanted to have time to let you eat something and then give you some medicine. Are you up for it?"

"Well I am kind of hungry…."

"Good!" Darren looked relieved. "Because I was gonna say if you weren't, there's something wrong with you," he chuckled. "You've basically had an empty stomach for the whole day now."

"Ugh, don't remind me…."

"Yeah I know; it happens. But trust me. You're not the first person to experience this and definitely not the last!"

Chris gave a small chuckle.

"Oh, by the way. A lot of people have been asking about you and how you've been doing. Seems like you're pretty popular," Darren raised his eyebrows while nodding his head and smirking.

"Oh really? Do tell."

"Well, while you were sleeping I checked my phone and guess how many text messages I found?"

"How many?"

"Thirty nine!"

"What! No way!"

"Way! And the best part? Each and every one of them was about you!"

"Wow," Chris raised his eyebrows. "I would never have guessed."

"Yeah. They all care so much about you!"

"Yeah, I have the best friends!"

"You sure do!"

"Oh by the way, Cory said he might come over around 7:00 along with some other friends maybe if they're not busy and they get out early," Darren informed Chris.

"Great, now they have to see me like this. All sick and disgusting."

"Ah come on; you're sick. And don't say that! Trust me; I've seen people much worse!"

"Right…." Chris said sarcastically but Darren didn't hear him.

"So what do you want to eat? Your stomach should have settled. It took a break for three hours for crying out loud! It can't fail on us this time."

"Yeah I hope so. But I am kind of feeling a little bit better. It must have been that really long nap. I needed that since the beginning of the week!"

"Yeah I bet!"

"Ok so I think I'll try some soup this time and if I can keep it down maybe an apple or something?"

"Yeah that sounds good. I'll go make you some soup right now!"

"Thanks so much Darren!"

"No problaimo!"

As Darren headed out into the kitchen, Chris went in the bathroom to empty out his bladder. After all it had been a whole four hours since he last went to the bathroom! After he was finished doing his business, he washed his hands, and headed back slowly (he was still a bit weak) to his bed.

"All done! Here you go Chris," Darren said handing him a hot bowl of soup with a spoon. "Be careful though. It's hot!"

"Wow that was fast!"

"Yeah. It was one of those easy microwaveable soups that you just pour in a bowl and wait two minutes for it to heat up."

"Ahhh. I gotcha."

Both boys got a spoonful of soup and blew on it to make it cooler. Darren watched Chris carefully eat his first spoonful of soup. After he swallowed it he started choking and coughing.

"Oh my God, are you ok?" Darren bolted right up as he took the bowl of soup away from him. He patted his back a little hard to help control Chris' choking.

"Are you gonna be sick? Do you need me to bring you a bucket?"

Chris didn't answer. He just continued to cough and choke.

Darren raced in the bathroom and quickly got a small trashcan that was located near the sink. He quickly ran back to Chris' bed and put it in between his legs and under his mouth just in case.

Darren patted Chris' back again and then gave him some water to sip on. That made Chris calm down a little bit. Darren proceeded to pat Chris' back until Chris completely stopped.

Chris put down the trashcan Darren had brought him next to his bed and handed the cup of water back to Darren to put it back on the counter.

"God you scared me there! What happened?"

"I just *cough* choked. It went down the wrong way. I'm ok now."

"My God I thought you were gonna be sick again! I got so worried because…. because you barely ate a bite and then you were gonna bring it up again! Oh God please don't scare me like that again!"

Chris chuckled, "I'll try not to."

"By the way thanks for saving me…"

"Well when you put it like that, you're welcome. But seriously I almost got a heart attack," Darren gave a small laugh afterwards.

"I'm sorry. I promise I won't die on you," Chris smiled.

"Yeah you better not mister! I've known you for too long!"

"So do you think you can start eating again? You sure that wasn't your gag reflex?" Darren smirked.

"Yes I'm positive. Plus I don't have anything to throw up! Even if I tried, nothing would come up!"

"Yeah I guess that's true…"

"Ha I win!"

"Yeah, for once…" Darren said under his breath.

"Hey I heard that!"

And that's how their afternoon passed. Fooling around and telling each other jokes to see who would be the first one to laugh. Chris succeeded in eating all of his soup (even though it took him a whole 45 minutes and Darren in just 10!) After that Darren offered Chris if he wanted to eat anything else but he said later. He wanted to digest the soup first. While waiting, Darren showed Chris all his text messages he received from various cast members asking if Chris was alright. Chris couldn't believe that every text was about him and that his cast members really cared that much about him. Fifteen minutes later, Chris ate two whole apples (without the peels)! Darren cut the apple in little pieces just to be safe. He was proud of Chris for keeping everything down and he wanted to keep it that way so Chris could finally take his medicine.