All My Friends Are Dead

Chapter Nine: Him Too?

After the movie, we both decided to go to sleep. The anxiety starts to get worse again and Elias notices. He pulls me closer as he gives me a hug. the only thing is, he doesn't let go. I'm not complaining though, he makes me feel safe. I lay my head on his chest as we fall asleep. I think about how safe he makes me feel. I think about how he's been there for me 24/7. I think about how he makes me feel in general. I think I'm falling for him. I think about my mom. I'm secretly hoping she will get better, although I know she won't. Elias is falling asleep, but I wake him up with my thoughts. my breathing started getting heavier and so he asked what's wrong. I tell him how I'm worrying about my mom and what this means for Theo and Andy. we're going to have to learn to take care of them. He reassures me while running his fingers through my hair. "Ella, this is going to be hard, I'm not going to lie." he explains. "But we can do it together. we can Ella, I believe it." he says. I lift my head off his chest and look at him. "I'm so thankful you're here Elias." I tell him. I lay my head back on his chest and he gives me a little kiss on my head. we eventually fall asleep.

I woke up to my phone ringing. It's a facetime call from my mom. I grab my phone and go to the bathroom, so I don't wake Elias up. I answer and it's a doctor. He explains how mama was getting better overnight but has started to get sicker. He turns the camera to her, and she looks terrible. I ask the doctor if I can explain what's happening to Theo and Andy and then call back so we all could say goodbye to her, and he said yes. He hangs up and I go back to my room. Elias is awake and I tell him what the doctor said. I go to Andy's room and Elias goes to Theos room. We bring them downstairs, and we explain what happened. Andy already figured it out because she's been through this with Alana. Theo doesn't really have a reaction and that worries me. I called the doctor back and we all said goodbye to mama while all sobbing. After we hang up, Theo says he's tired and we allow him to go back to sleep. I convinced Elia to watch Tangled with me since it's my favorite Disney movie. After the movie, he tells me how that was actually a great movie and tells me to pick another one. so of course, I put on Hamilton and I sing along with my favorite songs. he smiles and laughs at me a lot. After Hamilton, I told him to put on a movie. He put on a scary movie of course. I ended up getting scared a lot and jumping a lot, so I grabbed onto his arm whenever I got scared.

After the movie ended, Theo came downstairs. He told us how he felt a little sick and so we let him sit between us for a little while. We watched one of his favorite movies. He falls asleep halfway through the movie. I go to feel his head and he is burning up. I panic and Elias tries to calm me down. I go upstairs and get Andy while Elias gets Theo in the car, and we drive him to the hospital. I panic internally because I can't let Theo or Andy see. my leg starts bouncing and Elias reaches over and puts his hand on my thigh. I look over at him with tears in my eyes and he gives me that look that says stay strong. I calm myself down with the help of Elias as we arrive at the hospital. It was chaotic since the second we stepped through the door. They give us masks to put on our face as a precaution while taking Theo to a bed. They make us sit in the car as they check him. Andy starts to get scared and so Elias and I reassure her and tell her no matter what happens, it will be alright. I wish I could promise her that everything will be alright but that's just not something I could promise at this moment. I explained to her that we will make it through this.