Brotherly love.Creature Feature fan fic.

Chapter 11

I wake up and I groan, I look at my clock and see that it reads 3:16 am, I got this sick feeling like I am going to puke. I try to sit up but the feeling gets worse and I don't think I will be able to make it to the bathroom, I sit back down and I let out another groan, I start to gag because the feeling is getting stronger, then I start coughing really hard. I decide to make the risk. I get up and sprint to the bathroom where I kneel down by the toilet and throw up. I do it for a few minutes, completely emptying my stomach. I lean against the wall when I am done, I reach and open the window because I am too hot. I get the feeling of throwing up again so I lean my head over the toilet and puke again. I lean against the wall and start coughing terribly, it hurts my chest and throat. I faintly hear footsteps and a voice say "Erik, are you okay?", I look up and see Curtis walking towards me, I don't respond, I cant, instead I just have another coughing fit. Curtis feels my forehead and says "You're burning up", then he leaves, I watch the doorway for a few seconds before I close my eyes again. When I open my eyes its because Curtis was lightly tapping my face telling me to wake up, so I did. "Here, hold this under your tongue" Curtis says holding a thermometer in front of me, I open my mouth and move my tongue and Curtis sets it under my tongue and I set my tongue on top of the thermometer so I can keep it in place. After awhile it beeps and Curtis takes the thermometer, "104.2" Curtis says, I once heard that if you have a fever over 103.0 it is fatal. I get this feeling in my stomach and I soon know what it is, I start to puke again and Curtis rubs my back till I am done.

Once I am done Curtis says "Come on, lets get you back to bed", then he picks me up and cradles me in his arms as he carries me to... His room? Why his room? Curtis sets me down on one side of the bed and covers me with the blankets, then he gets in on the other side but doesnt fall asleep, he is just watching me for a few seconds then he rests his head on his pillow so he can sleep. After a little bit I am really cold and I start to whimper softly, soon it becomes louder and soon its soft crying, I feel Curtis place a hand on my shoulder and say "Whats wrong Erik?", "C-Cold" I whimper. Curtis moves closer to me and wraps his arms around me in a warm embrace, I snuggle close to Curtis and rest my head on his chest, I am starting to warm up and I am asleep in seconds.

I wake up and I feel a little better, my head, chest, and throat hurts, but at least my stomach has little pain. As I try to stand I almost fall because I am to dizzy. "Curtis" I call weakly, my voice sounds terrible, it is all scratchy. I can hear Curtis walking up the stairs, soon he is in the doorway "Do you need anything?" Curtis asks, "How did I get in your bed?" I ask not really remembering last night, only remembering being in pain and throwing up. "You were throwing up and you had a high fever, I wanted to watch you to make sure you were okay so I put you in my bed. A few minutes after you were also whimpering because you were so cold and I held you to warm you up and you feel asleep in my arms. Dont you remember?" Curtis asks, "I only remember being in pain and puking" I reply, "Don't talk, I don't think that would be best for you right now" Curtis says, "Well how do I communicate with you?" I ask, "Hmm... Clap, when ever you want something just clap three times, when I try to figure out what you want just clap once for no and twice for yes" Curtis replies, I just nod then I clap three times. "Do you want something to eat?" Curtis asks, I clap once and shake my head furiously, I have a feeling that if I eat I will just throw it up, "Do you want a drink?" Curtis asks, I clap once then I try to get up but I just fall back onto the bed. "Don't try and stand either" Curtis says, I allow the dizzy feeling to go away before I clap three times again, Curtis has a look on his face that tells me he is thinking. "Do you want to watch TV?" Curtis asks me, I clap twice, "Okay" Curtis says and walks over to me, he then picks me up and carries me down stairs and sets me on the couch and gives me the TV remote.

Once I am on the couch I start to have another coughing fit, it makes the pain in my chest and throat even worse. "I'll get you some cold medicine" Curtis says, "No, I am not taking that nasty stuff" I rasp, "I said no talking and you are taking the medicine" Curtis says, "No I'm NOT" I rasp again, Curtis turns around and gives me a stern look saying "Do you really want to be spanked? I told you not to talk, and you ARE taking the medicine if you want to feel better, and I will even force the medicine in you if I have to", I look down at the floor when Curtis said that, I don't want to be spanked and I don't want to take the damn medicine. While I wait for Curtis to get back with the medicine I hold my head because it hurts really badly, I get up and I struggle to stay standing, I need to make it to the kitchen, there is a bottle of aspirin on top of the fridge. I make it to the kitchen and I reach on top of the fridge and grab the bottle of aspirin, I struggle to open the bottle, I feel very weak. I manage to open the bottle and I take two pills. I get a glass of water and I take the pills, as soon as I put the glass in the sink I hear Curtis say in a stern voice "I told you not to get up", then he walks over to me, turns me around and swats my bottom 5 times, the swats stung and a few tears formed in my eyes, "I'm sorry, my head really hurt and I needed an aspirin but it hurt so bad and I couldn't wait for you to get back down" I rasp, Curtis hugs me tightly and says "Its okay. By the way we are out of cold medicine so I am going to have to get some. Do you think you will be okay by yourself while I get some? I don't want to leave you but I have no choice, I also wont be gone long. Clap twice if you will be okay, once for no", I clap twice and Curtis says "Okay, lets get you back to the couch and I'll get some things for you so you wont have to get up. The bathroom is only a good few steps away from the living room so you can get up to go there".