Chapter Nine
"Jared! Kyle! Anyone! We need help in here!" I shouted at the top of my lungs, hoping they would hurry. I rushed over to where Doc was kneeling over Ian, careful not to get in his way.
Jared, Kyle, Aaron and Jeb all ran into the room at the same time. Their breathing was hard, and Jeb had to kneel down on the floor to catch his breath.
"What's going on?" Kyle asked, noticing Ian in the corner. "Oh my God, what happened?!"
"No time to explain, help me carry him to my office. We need to hurry." Doc said nervously. I wondered if he knew what was wrong or not.
Working together the five guys were able to lift Ian off the floor easily and gently. Kyle was holding Ian's head up, and I noticed a single tear fall down his cheek. He wiped it away quickly, probably thinking no one would notice, and went back to holding Ian up. As soon as they had a good hold of him they all started off towards Doc's office. They were walking as fast as they could while being careful not to hit anything or trip. When they finally made it to Doc's office they carefully set Ian down on one of the cots.
"Jared washcloth, Aaron bottle of water. Kyle in that box over there in the corner there is a Tupperware labeled Charcoal. Get a piece out of there and smash it up into little pieces, when Aaron brings the water I want you to mix it in there. Jeb I'm gonna need some towels, you might want to bring a lot." Doc gave orders to everyone in a calm, but meaningful tone. "Ian. Ian can you hear me? You need to wake up Ian." He didn't move.
"Hurry up guys!" Doc yelled.
"Here's the washcloth," Jared said, handing it to Doc. He placed it on Ian's forehead.
"Where's that water?!"
"Right here Doc." Aaron gave the bottle to Kyle who dropped the pieces of charcoal into the water.
"What is this even for?" Kyle asked. He looked grossed out.
"To pump his stomach. I'm not sure what he did exactly, but I can only assume he overdosed on something."
"Overdosed?" Me and Kyle asked at the same time. Both of our jaws dropped. "But he's going to be okay though, right Doc?" Kyle added. I saw another tear fall down his cheek.
Doc didn't answer. He was too busy getting Ian in a sitting position. Ian's eyes slowly opened a fraction of the way. After he was sitting Doc forced him to drink the water containing the charcoal. Ian gagged on the first sip.
"Ian you have to drink this. Just don't think about it. Assuming you even have a brain to think with at this point..." Doc kept his hold on the bottle to Ian's lips. It took him about three minutes to drink about half of the glass.
I looked over at Kyle, who was standing right next to Ian's cot. His eyes looked sad, like he was expecting the worst to happen. It broke my heart to see that look on a person's face, something I never thought I would see in these caves. Especially from Kyle. I then turned to Jared who was wearing the same expression, but not quite as dramatic. I assumed this was because Ian was not his family. Sure they were like brothers now, but they would never share the bond that Ian and Kyle have.
"So what is this stuff supposed to do exactly?" Kyle asked, unsure of himself.
"It shou-" But Doc was caught off guard by Ian throwing up on the sheets in front of him. It was black liquid. The sight of it made me want to get sick too, so I quickly turned away. "It should do exactly that." Doc finished his sentence, the corners of his lips starting to turn up.
Even though I was looking the opposite direction I still heard Ian spit up a little bit more. I put my hand to my mouth. I felt someone approaching me and turned to see Jared, who put his arm around me. I leaned in to him, and closed my eyes for a second. No matter where I was, or what was happening around me, I always felt safe in his arms. I felt like everything was perfect, but then I opened my eyes and saw where I was.
"Good. Good. Get it all out of your system. You will feel better in no time. Aaron, I think we are going to need some more water."
I turned around to look at Ian. There was black liquid all over the cot and his body, some even leaking on to the floor.
"I'll go get some," I offered. I wanted to stay and be with Ian and the rest of the group, but I could not take the smell any longer. I left the room and took a deep breath. I didn't run into anyone along the way, until I reached the eating area.
"Mel! Is he okay?" Jamie ran up to me, practically screaming. I looked past him to see a lot of staring faces.
"You told everyone? After I specifically told you not to?" I said in a stern voice.
"I heard about Ian, he didn't do anything stupid, right?" Trudy asked as she walked up to me with a half peeled potato in her hands.
"Well...Is that Wanda?" I squinted my eyes to see if I was just seeing things. No, that was definitely Wanda, but "what was she doing out in the eating area? I thought she was scared of everyone?"
"She came out all on her own about 15 minutes ago. She was looking for Jason." Trudy answered my question, sounded sympathetic.
"Who is Jason?"
"I don't know. She claimed it was her mate. I wanted to talk to Doc about it, but that's when I heard he was busy dealing with Ian."
Ian. "I'm sorry, I was supposed to be getting some more water for him. I'll talk to Doc about it later," I said quickly. I walked over to an ice chest, grabbed three waters out of it and ran back to Doc's office.
"Mel! Wait for me please!" I was almost to his office when I was stopped by Sunny, who dragged me into her room.
"What do you want?" I said in a mean tone. I didn't want to be rude, but she did slap me.
"I'm sorry for what I did, okay?" Sunny said. She sounded sarcastic to me.
"Yeah whatever."
"Can we just talk for a minute?
"I'm a little busy right now. Go find someone else to bother." I walked away after that, not bothering to see her reaction, but stopped once I was a few feet from her room. I'm not going to make that mistake twice. Last time I left someone alone when they were angry and upset they overdosed on something. I returned to her room to find her sitting on her bed.
"Okay, what's wrong?" I asked, showing no emotion.
"You don't really like Kyle do you?..."
"No Sunny! Of course not. I'm in love with Jared." That's what this was about? She thinks I would break up with Jared for...Kyle? Now that's just crazy.
"I just wanted to know the truth. I mean if he wants to break up with me, I guess I can live with that. But if he were to start liking someone else in the caves? That I would not be okay with. Everyone thinks of me as this sweet innocent girl, but I do have a dark side thats starting to show."
"Yeah, I noticed."
"So I just wanted to make sure you didn't like him. But anyway, sorry to bother you." She got up off the bed and left me in the room by myself.
Everyone was really starting to frustrate me now. Why does everyone always have to talk to me about their problems? Can't they see I have problems of my own to deal with?
When I returned to Doc's office everyone was gone. The cot Ian was just laying on just fifteen minutes earlier was covered in throw up. There was a pile of towels on the floor next to it, along with some more pieces of charcoal. Where did everyone go?
(A/N: Sorry if I didn't get the whole part about the 'charcoal' right. I have no knowledge about overdosing and stuff so I looked it up online, with a little help from Cherry Tulips =). Don't blame her if it's not right though, she just thought of the sleeping pills. Hehe. Gosh I feel like there is so much drama going on in this story, it's funny how it started out as a romance between Mel and Jared and turned into this. I'm having fun with it though. Don't forget to leave a comment =).
