Different Times: Sebastian Sallow x Reader

3 - Just A Few Pills

As I walked in with Sebastian barely awake and draped over me, I noticed the receptionist eyeing Sebastian and Ann's clothing. I couldn't help but look at myself and realize how different our outfits were, I wore jeans and a band tee with a cardigan on, while they looked like they just fell out of a fantasy book.

I snapped myself back to the situation at hand. "Hi. He's got fever, cold chills, struggles breathing, and fatigue. Is there anyway we can be seen tonight?" I asked calmly hoping she won't ask too many questions. I added a slight smile trying to be nice about the situation.

"Just fill out these forms and I'll check you in." She smiled back while handing me a clipboard. I said thank you as Ann and I shuffled to find somewhere to sit.

Once we got Sebastian sat down Ann and I flopped down on both sides of him and let out a sigh of relief to have his body weight off us. I started filling out the forms asking Ann the answers to questions I don't know. Suddenly Sebastian's head plopped onto my shoulder making me jump slightly, I watched as his eyes fluttered open to look at me.

"You know I was besties with your grandfather," he said in a dazed state, giggling while he wrapped his arm around mine. "your grandfather, well and your grandmother, but I was so close with Ominis. But you're just sooooo pretty." He tried to boop my nose but missed while continuing to giggle.

I looked over at Ann who was laughing at the scene before her. "Is he okay?"  I asked with a light hearted chuckle.

"He just gets a little loopy when he gets a fever." She gave me a small shrug, and I let out a small laugh nodding as I kept filling out his form.

Once I finished I tried to lift up Sebastian's head but he just groaned at me and snuggled closer into my neck. I gave the clipboard to Ann as she tried and failed to stifle a laugh. I watched Ann make it to the desk and heard the nurse tell her it will be just a minute. I shoot Ann a silent plea for help as she sat back down.

"No can do he's found a comfortable spot and I'm not moving him." She whispered to me with a quiet giggle. I went to protest but Sebastian somehow managed to tighten his grip on my arm.

"Sebastian Sallow?" A nurse called out causing Ann and I both groan as we picked the heavy boy between us back up. We slowly made our way over to her. "His condition didn't sound this severe." She said eyeing the boy we were carrying.

"He comes from a small remote farm town and isn't used to being around this many germs." I quickly lied while following her back to the exam room. She nodded in response, I can't believe she didn't say something about my stupid reasoning, she had us sit him on the examination bed. I tried to hide my laughter as he flopped back on the pillow with a groan.

Ann watched intently as they took his blood pressure and listened to his heart and lungs. When the doctor came in she listened to the symptoms and Ann stares wide eyed at her. Once the doctor left Ann looked over to me.

"Women can be doctors now? And they can hear your insides?" She was completely baffled as I nodded at her.

"You can be whatever you've dreamed of Ann none of that 'you can be only a teacher or wife' nonsense. You can own a business too." I told her with a smile. She smiled with eyes of wonder just thinking of the possibilities. "I will say it is still hard for women to do so, but nothing is stopping us."

The doctor came back and ran a few tests and gave me a reassuring smile. "He's got Pneumonia, we'll transfer him to our over night room, start him on antibiotics, put him on an IV for the dehydration, and oxygen to help with his breathing."

"Thank you so much, will we be able to stay with him in his room while he recovers?" I asked as Ann sat nervously tapping her leg next to me.

"Of course, we do have a two visitor limit, but it shouldn't be an issue since it's only one night." She gave us another smile, "I'll have some nurses come in to get him to take him to his room and get changed and someone will get you from the waiting room once he's settled."

I gave her a quick thank you while Ann and I walked to the waiting room. While waiting Ann wrapped her arm around mine. "Are you okay?" I  saw her eyes fill with worry.

"It seemed so simple to her, we couldn't find anything to help for weeks, We come here and in less than an hour they have a solution. A cure." She'd been completely bewildered by this and all that has happened. She held me closer to her out of fear that this was all in her head.

"I promised my grandparents I would help you and Sebastian get better, and help you back into Hogwarts to graduate." I said putting my hand over hers and giving it a light squeeze.

A few minutes passed when the nurse who got us before comes back out. "Ladies, he's all set up in room 4013, I'll take you up to him." We get up to follow her. We went down the hall to the elevators and head to the fourth floor. "Do you think you can make it from here?" She asked kindly and I gave her a nod and tell her thank you.

We made our way to his room, and look in. He had the oxygen and IV tubes sticking out of him, yet somehow he looked like he's in a peaceful sleep. Ann looked at him and back at me, "this is the best I've seen him sleep in weeks. It may have been years but it felt like only a second to us. A month of us thinking it was incurable then in the blink of an eye it's a simple fix. So much has changed and I don't know where to begin learning."

"Thats why I'm hoping you'll stay with me this summer to catch up on what you can." I gave her a smile as we walked in the room. Ann took a seat in the chair next to the bed and I sat on the couch by the window. I watched as she holds his hand with a relieved smile. She slowly dozed off and I sat there looking at the pair in front of me. I was an only child and could never know what it was like to have someone so close, to care about me and not be a parental figure. Even though I had friends at school it was different from how my grandparents had described their friend. They talked about how the four of them were inseparable, and spent all their summers together in Feldcroft, and me... clearly the queen of popularity with my summers spent alone with the Graphorns.

Sebastian slowly woke up and looked around. "Where am I?" He asked with a groggy voice that I found far too attractive. I got cup of water and handed it to him. He stared at me trying to remember the events of the past 12 hours. "It wasn't some weird dream was it?"

"Nope, not at all, you're in a hospital getting treatment. We'll head back to my house tomorrow," I looked at his freckled face while he study his surroundings, "and you'll just have to take your antibiotics twice a day." I added with a light laugh at his confusion.

"What are antibiotics?"

"Just a few pills."

He started to look frustrated. "J-just a few pills?! All this time I've been sick and it's just a few pills?" He put a hand to his temple, like rubbing it will make the situation make sense.

"Welcome to the new world of medicine. I'm going to go get you all something to eat. What would you like?" I asked while he tossed his head back against the pillows. His stomach growled as if he hadn't eaten for weeks, well I guess it had been years.

"Anything." He said as his cheeks heated at the loud noise. I giggled and headed down to the cafeteria with only the brown eyed boy on my mind.