chapter 8: doctor

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Saturday 1 may 1982 ,the afton household.

michael pov

 I opened my eyes slowly...everything hurts..I felt some weight to my side..I looked down at what was laying on me..It was Evan cuddling to me..My vision was blurry..I realized I was blind in one eye now..the one with the flower..and in the other eye my vision was blurry..Even though I didn't see it clearly I knew I was in fathers room..How did I even end up here..I heard some shuffling..I saw a kind of blurry figure..I could tell it was father..He pulled me up and hugged me..was he worried.. He had a good grip on me.." mike! you made me so worried..You slept for so long..It's already 2 pm..I decided to let Evan sleep since he barely gets some..But I couldn't get you to wake up.." he sounded genuinely worried.." well I'm awake now.." He grabbed my face and looked in my eyes.." mike can you see me properly? You're eyes seem so out of focus.." I gulped at that.." not really..everything is blurry.." He touched my face..I first didn't realize why..But then I remembered ..the flowers.." That's nothing dad! it's just make up.." it was silent..I could feel him sit down on the bed properly..he cleared his throat.." first of all can you hear me properly? secondly..I know it's not make up..and if it was I want you to take it of now.." I looked down." I can't..but I can hear you properly.." He nodded.." I want you to tell me what's going on..You seem really sick...and we're going to the doctor..If you can't see me properly we have to look for glasses.."

I got scared.." NO! I'm not going to the doctor!.." I got Evan of me and he jumped awake..I got of the bed and tried to get out of the room..But I walked next to the door..And dad catches me and held me in place.." Evan call Henry and tell him to come over and babysit I'm taking you're brother to the doctor ..now.." He picked me up and threw me over his shoulder..I was punching his back yelling at him to put me down.." NO! PUT ME DOWN NOW! I'M NOT GOING TO THE DOCTOR!"He just ignored me..He forced me in the car..I was trying to get out as we started driving towards the doctor..I started to panic..He will find out..He can't know..what do I do..I started breathing faster..I started to cry..I heard my dad start to sing softly..A song he used to sing me asleep with as kid..I started to calm down..

 he looked at me as we parked .." you worry me mike.." I looked down..ashamed..I hope he isn't going to freak out if he knows I'm dying.. He opened the car door..I tried to run away but he was prepared and picked me up again..I was scared..I held onto him as he carried me to the waiting room..he had his arm over my shoulder forcing me down on one of the chairs in the waiting room..The doctor came out the door and looked at me..he looked shock..He let us inside the room quickly..He sat down on his desk and grabbed a pen and paper.." So mister Afton your son can sit down right there while I ask you some questions.." the doctor said..I sat down on the check up chair..I was kicking my legs around nervous..my dad told the doctor everything he knew..which wasn't much..the doctor wrote everything down..He and dad went to me..the doctor told me to lay back..I was really nervous..I had tears in my eyes..the doctor listened to my heartbeat and looked at me properly.. " does your son have anxiety or some problems with dealing with stress?.." my dad shook his head.." not that I know of..He did have what I think is a panic attack in the car.."the doctor nodded.."I'll write that down..we'll have to see about that.." the doctor pushed my hair aside and touched the flowers..he pulled them slightly I winced that hurt hella bad.. " how long has this been going on?" he asked to my dad.." I don't know I found out yesterday evening..he fainted .." the doctor nodded and wrote that down..he turned to me.." do you know what is going on?.." I looked down..I was uncomfortable..I felt tears run down my face..dad took my hand and looked at me with a worried expression.." do you know what is going on with him?" The doctor looked at his notes.." did you hear him cough badly?..has he been acting strange or sick lately?.." my dad thought for a moment.." actually yes..he has..for more then a week..

the doctor looks at me and then my dad.." I'm pretty sure that he knows what's going on..now it's to you if you want me to tell you or if you want him to  say it" the doctor looked at father..Dad held my hand and sat in front of me.." mike..Are you ready to tell me or does the doctor have to do it?.." He never talked to me this softly..I shook my head.." I can't..he can't.." dad looked  at the doctor.." you can tell me sir.." I pulled dad to me.." NO!" I tried to stop him from saying it but dad grabbed me and held me in place.." please calm down mike..the fact that you react like this makes me more worried.."I started crying while hugging my dad..the doctor told him everything he thought it could be..my dad didn't understand the disease at first..But after the doctor explained what the disease contained and there was a high chance that I won't survive , everything went quiet..The room was complete silent...I just stared at the floor , scared for father his reaction..Finally the silent broke with a sound..It was father it sounded like he was crying..wait crying?..my dad is crying?..over me?..I looked up at dad..He had his face covered with his hands while he cried into them..I hugged my dad..I got emotional..It hurts to see my dad cry..I've never really seen him cry..or at least not because of me..dad pulled me close..He hugged me back..after some minutes he had calmed down..He stood up and asked to talk alone to the doctor..after ten minutes the doctor and dad came back in the room.. the doctor gave my dad a bag of medicine..I already hated the thought of having to take all that stuff..Father payed the doctor and we left to go to the car..

The ride home was silent..father his eyes were still red and he looked like he was going to start crying again at any moment..The sight made me feel guilty..when we arrived home Henry his car was in the driveway..We entered the house to see my siblings playing with charlie in the living room while Henry was cooking..It smelled delicious.. but for some reason the thought of food made me feel sick in my stomach..dad went to the kitchen to put the medicine away..I decided to go to the kids and not the adults..I sat down on the couch..charlie immediately ran to me..her and lizzy begged me to let them play with my hair..I let them..

william pov: 

I went to the kitchen and said hello to Henry..I put the medicine in the cabinet..Henry turned to me and looked at me with a smile..but he noticed my face and that I wasn't in the best mood.." what's wrong?..I heard you went to the doctor..Is he that sick?.." Henry said..I sighed and turned to him.." he's really sick Henry..And there's nothing I can do about it."I had tears in my eyes.." He'll be okay..mike is strong.." I shook my head at that.." he's going to die Henry!..And I can't save him..He's going to die because he fell in love with someone..If I was a good dad and made sure he wouldn't fall in love with a person.." Henry looked shocked.." wait wait..first of all you are not a bad father..Every teen falls in love ..it's normal to happen..secondly..what do you mean he's going to die?! ...Is there no cure?.." I shook my head.." there was none..or there were two but he told me to discuss it with mike first instead of taking decisions for him.."

me and Henry talked about it ..Henry ended up crying..Henry decided to stay the night..we watched a movie with the whole family..I let the kids sleep in my bed with mike while I slept in mike his room and Henry in the guest room..I had problems sleeping..I was scared my son would die this night..He looked so sick..I don't think he has a lot of time left..

I'm going to fix you son..



creators note:

So they found out..how will William react when he knows who is the cause of it?

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