Thank you to guest for reviewing, your support means so much :)
Prompted by Lee- Jason is exhausted all the time and keeps falling asleep on his brothers. At first they think it's hilarious but then when he falls asleep in a dangerous place and gets hurt they start to get worried.
Chapter 32- did you sleep last night?:
The first time Jason had fallen asleep in the presence of his brothers, no one had really batted an eyelid; they knew that Jason had had a hard day at work so it didn't seem that unusal.
Jason arrived home and for some reason, he was absolutely shattered. Fair enough he'd had a hard day, but he never normally got tired; well not this tired. He stumbled into the living room, not really paying attention to his surrounding.
As soon as Jason knew he was in the living room, he moved for the sofa and flopped down next to whoever was sitting on the sofa. Turns out it was Joe.
"You alright Jase?" Joe asked, putting his arm around Jason as the younger boy leaned against his shoulder. Jason tried to speak, but it just came out as a mumble so he decided to nod.
Joe felt warm to Jason and he had always felt safe. Even when Jason was younger, it was always Joe he'd fall asleep on. He felt his eyes start to droop, his neck jolting every time he snapped back into reality.
Joe could feel his little brother slowly drifting off to sleep and was tempted to try and keep him awake for his tea, but decided that Jason looked exhausted so Joe just let him be.
"Someone's had a hard day ain't they Jase?" Ziggy asked, as he walked into the living room. Jason just grunted, feeling too tired to actually make conversation with Ziggy. "What time is the pizza coming?" Ziggy asked. "Should be around 15 minutes" Joe said.
He looked down at Jason and just as he had suspected, he was asleep. "What's he been up to?" Ziggy asked, confused to why Jason was falling asleep so early; that was normally Robbie. "I have no idea, he came home, flopped down on the sofa then fell asleep on me" Joe explained.
"Maybe he's ill or something" Ziggy suggested, he just couldn't get head around why Jason was falling asleep so early. "Zig, I'm sure he's fine. Now go and ring Freddie and find out what time him and Rob are getting home" Joe instructed.
The second time Jason had fallen asleep, had been a completely time of day. The two brothers found it hilarious, the two brothers that had never seen Jason like this.
"Jase, have you got that Mrs. Stone has her car booked in for tomorrow!" Freddie shouted through the garage at Jason in the office. "Yes!" Jason shouted back. Honestly, this was his day off and he was helping his brothers out at the garage just because they couldn't get the staff.
Jason felt awful, he felt awful and instead of being at home where he could go back to bed, he has been forced to go to work with two of his brothers. He didn't know why he felt so tired, it's not like he had got no sleep last night because he did.
He didn't know what was going on with him, he felt so exhausted; like sometimes he couldn't move his arms and legs. It's like he didn't have the energy to move or think, but he just couldn't work out why.
"Jase, did you hear that!" Freddie shouted through the garage, snapping Jason from his thoughts. "What!" Jason shouted back. "Did you hear what I just said!" Freddie shouted back. "Erm no!" Jason replied and he could hear Freddie's loud sigh from where he was in the office.
"I said that we're going to have to get more supplies because we're running out of oil!" Freddie shouted, annoyed that Jason was paying attention. "Okay!" Jason shouted back. He grabbed the notepad that sat on desk and wrote down that they needed oil.
By now Jason felt too tired, he just couldn't stop his head from jolting forwards as his eyes started to droop. He let his gently rest against the table, knowing that he'd just rest his head there for a while, wouldn't do any harm.
"Freddie, look at this!" Robbie shouted, laughing at the site he'd just found in the office. "What?" Freddie asked, following the sound of Robbie's laughter. Although when Freddie walked in the room, he found out what was so funny.
Jason was asleep, sitting at the desk with his head all over the paper, and surprisingly there was a wet patch forming on the paper. Freddie leaned forward and grimaced to find that it was Jason's drool.
"Oh that's disgusting!" Freddie exclaimed, while Robbie was laughing. "He's such an idiot" Robbie muttered, taking out his phone and taking a picture of Jason. "Keep that and use it as blackmail" Freddie said, he too laughing. "Don't worry, I will" Robbie said, putting his phone away and still laughing at his brother.
The third time Jason fell asleep, things were very different. He wasn't at home, or at the garage; he was at work.
"So you understand what you're looking for?" Ben asked the young policeman. "Yep, I know what I'm doing" Jason replied. "Good, keep in contact with your radio and don't be afraid to stop people and check" Ben said. "Yep" Jason said, really not sure why Ben felt the need to go into all the details when he knew them. "Right then you know what to do, if you need anything just contact via the radio" Ben said.
"Yes" Jason said, before making he way out the car park and getting the car he had been assigned. He sat down in it and sighed. Today he was on traffic duty, which meant he had to sit at the side road, get funny looks from some people and watch traffic. He sighed before turning the key and starting up the car.
Jason had been sitting at the side of the road for an hour now, and it was taking its toll on him. Once again he felt exhausted, like he didn't have the energy to move his arms or legs. He could feel his eyes drooping, but he tried to keep them open as he knew that if fell asleep on the job, he wouldn't have a job.
Unfortunately, Jason tried but he couldn't keep them open. He did try, but sleep was just too powerful. His head moved forwards and rested against the steering wheel, his body oblivious to the world around him.
An hour passed and Jason was still at the side of the road and he was still asleep. About half a mile down the road was a car; a car that was out of control. It made its closer to where Jason was, however Jason didn't wake up. Before anyone could stop it, the car went into the back of another car; that other car was Jason's.
"Fred, I'm serious, I've had enough you slacking" Joe commented to his brother. "Well you're here, I don't need to do as much" Freddie replied, cheekily. However, before their conversation could continue, they were interrupted by the phone.
"Hello?" Joe questioned. "Um yeah it is. Why what's happened?" Joe asked. At this point Freddie stopped what he was doing and turned to look at his brother. "Is he-he, yeah we'll be there" Joe said, before slamming the phone. "Come on Freddie, it's Jason" Joe said, walking out the garage with Freddie closely behind.
The Roscoes reached the hospital in record time and now they were sitting by Jason's bedside. Jason had come off actually quite lucky, he only had a few cuts and bruises, some stitches and a broken wrist. Now they were just waiting for the doctor's verdict.
15 minutes later, the doctor walked in. "Hi I'm Dr. Cooper, you must be his brothers" the doctor said. "Yeah" Joe replied. "Right well, at the minute we don't actually know this happened so we're going to need to wake Jason up now" Dr. Cooper said.
"Okay" Joe and Freddie said, they both just wanted Jason to be okay. "As I wake him up, if you can talk to him as it will him understand his surroundings" Dr. Cooper requested and the brothers nodded.
"Jase" Joe said as the youngest Roscoe began to wake up. "Hey Jase" Freddie said. Jason opened his eyes and looked at his brothers with confusion. "You're in hospital Jase, you had an accident" Freddie informed him.
"Jason, my name is Dr. Cooper and I just want to ask you some questions. Is that alright?" Dr. Cooper asked. Jason nodded, but didn't say anything; he kept looking at his brothers. "Do you remember what happened?" Dr. Cooper asked.
"I fell asleep" Jason said with a hoarse voice. "Yes Jason, you fell asleep when the car hit you but can you tell me what happened before that?" Dr. Cooper asked. "I fell asleep" Jason said with a stronger voice. "I've been doing it a lot lately" Jason added.
Dr. Cooper frowned, this was new information he hadn't heard. "Okay, I would like to speak to you some more and run tests so we can find our what's going on" Dr. Cooper explained and Jason nodded.
Over the next few days had answered numerous questions and had numerous tests. "Have you got the results?" Robbie asked as Dr. Cooper walked into Jason's room. "Yes I have" Dr. Cooper replied. "What is it then?" Freddie asked.
"Jason how well have you been sleeping?" Dr. Cooper asked and Jason frowned. "Haven't you already asked me this?" Jason asked, he just wanted to go home. "Yes, but while you've staying in hospital we've noticed that your sleeping pattern is very irregular."
"What does that mean?" Joe asked. "It means that the reason Jason is so tired, is because his body/mind can only sleep for roughly 3 hour periods before he wakes up. This explains why Jason is so tired during the day as his bidy hasn't been able to rest at night."
Everyone was silent at the doctor's explanation, all just relieved that it wasnt something more serious. "So what do we do now?" Jason asked. "I'm going to prescribe some sleeping pills that will help your body relax more. I would also recommend that the hour before you go to bed is relaxed, meaning that you aren't to do anything strenuous."
"Okay" Jason said. "Well if there is nothing else you'd like to talk about, I will get the discharge papers and your prescription" Dr. Cooper said. "Thanks Doc" Joe said as the doctor walked out the room.
"Jase, I don't get it, how can your body and your mind not relax?" Robbie asked, clearly confused. "Why do you expect me to know Rob!" Jason exclaimed. "Ooh sorry" Robbie sarcastically.
Thank you for reading, hope you enjoyed, please review and let me know what you think and feel free to leave any suggestions :)
Next chapter prompted Alana- Jason feels like all his brothers are better than him and like he's the spare part. He thinks Sandy loves them all more than him and can't match up with them. Then Holly breaks up with him it's the final straw. Jason sinks into deep depression and tries to commit suicide. Joe finds him and they manage to get him to hospital in time. Each of the Roscoe brothers go in and talk with Jason and he starts to open up about how worthless he's been feeling and finally gets help. When he's discharged they're all shaken up so they won't leave Jason's side and all sleep together with him in the living room to comfort him