Seizing Freedom

Mike

Thursday I wake up to the sound of vomiting from across the hall. I get out of bed and go check what was going on.

Ty is white as a sheet and knelt over the toilet praying to the porcelain god.

"You okay?" I ask grabbing a face cloth and wetting it in the sink.

He turns to look at me then hurls violently into the toilet.

"Guess not." I state and hold the cloth to his head. "I'll text Eddie and tell him not to bother picking you up today." I tell him and go grab my phone then head to the kitchen to get him some water.

After texting Eddie I let Andre know just in case. He texts me back saying he's home today and can come stay with him. I was going to skip classes for the day but when he gets down he tells me not to bother.

I guess it makes more sense for him to stay if he's not working but I still hate leaving him when he's sick. Andre insists they will be fine and ushers me out the door before I'm late.

I text him throughout the day just to make sure everything's alright.

He probably caught whatever the other guys at work had.

After class I stop and get him some soup and then grab a Kool-Aid slush from the gas station on the corner.

At least if nothing else, I know he'll drink that.

I swear there's a lifetime supply of Kool-Aid in our pantry. He may not drink pop or coffee but he can down more juice than I've ever seen someone drink.

As I get in the house Louise runs over and brushes up against my legs.

"Hello little Louise." I say greeting the little furball.

I pick her up and go over to the living room expecting to find Ty laying down.

"He's in bed, its been a long day, he hasn't been able to keep his meds down. Could be an interesting night." he states glancing down the hallway.

"Lovely." I mutter and let out a long breath.

"I'm going to sleep down here tonight, just in case." he says and I nod.

His phone goes off and he grabs it out of his pocket sighing when he looks at the screen.

"Shit, she's probably wondering why he didn't answer when she tried calling him." Andre says swiping the screen and holding the phone to his ear.

"Yeah." he says and raises his eyebrows then sits down on the couch.

"No we're fine, I think he's just out with Mike tonight. Maybe try him tomorrow, he probably has his phone turned off." he says then shrugs at me.