The Virus

Chapter 2

Travis' POV

It was the next day after shift I decided to check up on Vic to see how she's feeling.

T=Travis V=Vic

T- Hey sicky, how are you doing?

V- Don't call me that🙄

T- Sorry, but seriously are you feeling better?

V- Not really, my head is still pounding and I threw up again

T- That sucks

V- Yeah it's not fun, but at least Luke is here taking care of me

T- Where is he now?

V- He went to get me some more gatorade and crackers. It's helping a little but I still can't really eat anything.

T- Want me to come over?

V- What happened to keeping your distance?

T- Shut up, I'll be right over❤️

I then grabbed a mask, my hand sanitizer and keys and headed to my car. I drove to the store to pick up some soup for Vic and then headed to Vic and Ripley's apartment. I knocked on the door and waited for a minute when Ripley opened the door. "Hey Montgomery, what can I do for you" said Ripley " Hey chief, I just wanted to check in on Vic, is she ok?" I said " Not really she threw up this morning and her fever spiked again, but she finally went back to sleep" said Ripley " Oh well, I brought her some soup in case she gets an appetite later" I said " That's nice of you, want to come in" said Ripley " Sure" I said as I put on my mask but then we heard coughing nearby " Hey Trav, what's with the mask" said Vic with a hoarse voice " Hey, I'm not risking it you know how I am about germs" I said while putting on hand sanitizer " Well why'd you come over then?" said Vic laughing "Because I care about you" " Awww Travy" Vic said she tried to hug me but I moved back instantly " Hey hey hey I love you but still keep your distance" I said backing up " Yeah ok sorry" said Vic " Well I brought you some soup whenever you feel like you can eat" I said setting the bag on the counter " Thanks, you're the best' said Vic " I know... well I hope you feel better soon,I'll see you when you're back at work" I said leaving out " Ok bye" Vic said " I'll let myself out, bye chief" I said " See you Montgomery" said Ripley. On the way home I picked up some dinner. When I got home I was eating my food when I started feeling funny. I ignored it thinking I'm just being paranoid because I know Vic is sick. I carry on with the rest of my evening and then went to bed.

The next day...

I woke up at around three thirty in the morning when a huge wave of nausea hit me and I ran to the bathroom and threw up my dinner. I threw up around two more times and then I was finally done. I looked at the time and saw it was almost four in the morning so I decided to drink some water and go back to bed. I thought maybe it was just what I ate last night. I woke up almost 3 hours later to my alarm going off. I turned it off and realized I felt worse. Maybe it wasn't my food, I think I caught the virus Vic has. At first I thought I would try to toughen it out this shift like Vic did but then I thought that wasn't the best idea. After all our job is to help people, how could I do that if I wasn't helping myself. I decided to text Andy.

A-Andy T-Travis

T- Hey Herrera, can you tell Sullivan I'm not coming in today I caught whatever virus Vic has

A- Yeah sure, are you ok?

T- Not really, I threw up this morning and my head and the rest of my body hurts really bad