restless_heart_syndrome_

Chapter 41

Brian: I gently stroked Billie's forehead, and found out he was glowing. "Billie are you okay?" I asked worried.He seemed to have fever.He mumbled that everything is okay.The whole thing with Adie seemed to have thrown him off more than he made it appear. "Billie please wait here, I'll be right back." I went down to the reception and asked the staff member for fever lowering medication.Unfortunately she didn't have it there, so I ran to the nearest pharmacy. I hurried because I didn't want to leave Billie alone for long. *Dear God !! how slow is this lady* I asked myself annoyed as I waited at the cash register. When it was my turn an older lady stood in front of me whom I had to explain everything 3 times. I noticed that I was annoyed... it wasn't the woman's fault. The whole thing with Adie just pissed me off. And I wanted to go back to Billie. With the waiting time at the queue and her advice, it took me over 1 hour. I quickly ran back to the hotel to check on Billie. *Damn, I should have called Mike or given Billie a cell phone* I thought worried. When I walked in, Billie was still on the bed. In the first moment I breathed a sigh of relief until I noticed how much he was sweating. His face was bright red like that of a tomato. I measured his temperature, 40°!!

Out of panic I needed a few seconds to think *I have to lower the fever.* In the bathroom I grabbed some towels and moistened them with lukewarm water. Billie growled annoyed when I tried to take off his clothes and whined "It's cold". "I know, I'm sorry. You have fever. Lie down, I'll help you." I took off his hoddie, his pants and his socks so that it wasn't too warm. He shivered and snuggled under the covers. I wrapped two towels around his calves and placed another on his forehead. For a few minutes he was suffering. I tried to encourage him to swallow the medicine and drink a lot, but he was annoyed. "Billie please... I know I'm annoying you with this right now, but please take the pills now. Your fever is too high." Reluctantly, he took it after all. With a lot of force I managed him to drink a glass of water. Usually he's not that stubborn, but somehow he was very frustrated because of Adie...