One and Only

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Colby's POV

I ended up drifting off to sleep while clinging onto Echo. I was having a peaceful dream when Echo started shaking me awake. "Hm?" I hummed tiredly. "Please move." She said urgently. I lifted my head and she sat up and leaned over the trashcan and started throwing up. "Aw baby." I said while holding her hair and rubbing her back. Once she was done she laid back down on her side. She curled up in a ball and clutched her stomach. "Aww Echo are you ok?" I asked gently. She shook her head as a tear fell from her eye. "I'll be right back ok?" I asked her. She slightly nodded. I gave her a kiss on the cheek and walked out of the room. I sprinted downstairs and started rummaging through the cabinets looking for tums, pain meds, and a thermometer. I found the tums and thermometer. I was looking for the ibuprofen when Jake walked in. "Colby?" He asked while rubbing his eyes. "Yeah?" I ask back still looking through the cabinet. "What are you looking for?" Jake asked. "Ibuprofen or some kind of pain med. Echo is sick." I responded. He walked out and came back in a few seconds later holding a pill bottle. "I had a headache so I took them." Jake said. "Oh. You ok?" I ask him. "Yeah. I've thrown up a few times tho." He responded. "Sorry man. I hope you get better. Night." I said. "Night." He responded while walking back into the living room. I grabbed the stuff and ran back upstairs. I walked back to the room to see Echo throwing up again. I dropped the stuff on the bed and ran over to her to hold her hair back. I gently rubbed her back until she was done. She finished then wiped her mouth and sat up. "You ok?" I quietly ask her. She shakes her head and clutched her stomach. Poor Echo. "I got you some stuff." I said then kissed her cheek gently. I handed her the pain meds and the tums. "Thanks." She said quietly. Her voice was sore and raspy. I guess that was from all the throwing up she's been doing. She grabbed her water off the bedside table and took some pain meds before popping some tums in her mouth. "Can I take your temperature?" I ask quietly. She nodded her head so I grabbed the thermometer. I put it to her head and it started beeping loudly. It wouldn't stop beeping even after I tried turning it off. I slammed it onto the ground, shattering it into tiny pieces. Somehow, it was still beeping. I then ran over to the closet and grabbed the metal bat I kept in there. I then ran back and started slamming into the shattered pieces of the thermometer. After a few seconds of smashing, I swung the bat as hard as I could and it finally stopped. As I say there panting, I looked over to see Echo sitting up in bed laughing her ass off. Tears were streaming down her cheeks and she was covering her mouth but I could tell she was laughing. Her eyes then went wide and she quickly leaned over the trashcan and proceeded to throw up again while still laughing. It made me smile seeing her so happy in such a horrible state. After she finished she laid back down, quietly giggling to herself. "I'll clean that up in the morning." I mumbled to myslef causing her to lose it again. I say down next to her and started to laugh myself. I guess that was pretty funny. Just then, the door opened revealing a tired Jake. "What's so funny?" He asked. He saw the trashcan, Echo, and the broken plastic on the floor. His jaw dropped slightly then he shook his head and walked out, closing the door. I laid down next to Echo who finally calmed down. I cuddled her close and started gently mesaging her stomach. She moved a little and I quickly pulled my hand away, afraid that I hurt her. "No. Put it back. That felt good." She said quietly. I chuckled to myself then placed my hand back on her stomach to rub it again. She eventually drifted off to sleep. I couldn't tho. I was to worried about Sam. It was about 2 in the morning when I heard a knock on the door. "Come in." I said just loud enough for them to hear. Aaron slowly opened the door and quietly walked in. "Can't sleep?" He whispered. "Nah." I whispered. "Me neither man." He whispered. "Come on." I whispered. I stood up then motioned for him to follow me. I walked out of my room and into the hallway. He followed and I carefully shut my door behind him. I then opened Sam's door and walked in. He followed and I once again quietly shut the door behind him. "Sooooo."