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Luke- Concussion

Request for MikerowavesBabe

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Luke was standing in the middle of the stage strumming his guitar and singing his heart out. They were singing Jet Black Heart; the last song for that night, and the crowd was ecstatic. As Calum sang his solo, Luke walked around the stage a bit. He went over to Michael and stopped for a drink of water. As he was walking back to his microphone stand though, his foot slipped out from beneath him and his head hit the floor which a loud smack in a matter of seconds. It was like time went in slow motion after that; he was standing one minute, and the next he was laying flat on his back with a high pitched ringing in his ears. He shut his eyes tightly as a pounding headache started coming on and pulled his in-ears out to lay against his chest.

When he opened his eyes, his vision was slightly blurred for a couple seconds until it cleared and he could see again. He quickly pulled himself up off the floor and saw that Michael and Calum were looking at him with half worried/half amused looks on their faces. Ashton was up above them and too engrossed in his drums to concentrate on what had just occurred.

Luke stood and swayed a little on his feet, but quickly grabbed his mic stand to hold himself upright. The song finished and Luke stood there, trying to figure out why everything was so much louder and brighter now. Michael screamed out an obnoxious "THANK YOU AND GOODNIGHT" to the crowd which made Luke flinch. They started walking off the stage. Luke stumbled a bit but Calum caught his arm before he fell again. They handed off their instruments to the staff and then went to the dressing room to relax before heading back onto the bus.

As Luke entered the room behind the other three, he noticed his headache becoming worse and the room was spinning slightly. He dizzily reached his hand up to his head and held it gently. His ears were too fuzzy to hear anything properly and the fluorescent lighting in the room didn't help his headache which was beginning to make him feel nauseous. His feet began to feel really light and he suddenly felt himself falling backwards as his vision blurred drastically.

Two arms wrapped around him before he hit the ground and he could faintly hear someone calling his name. He opened his eyes found himself leaning heavily against Ashton; who was looking at him worriedly.

"Are you alright Luke, what's wrong?" he asked and Luke could only groan in response. He was so dizzy and nauseous; he was sure he would puke at any moment now.

Then without warning, his dinner from earlier that night shot up his throat and he promptly vomited down his and Ashton's front. Gag after gag, he couldn't catch a break long enough to breath, and could feel several hands on his back.

He coughed wetly, "I don' feel good..." he slurred out before another round of vomit poured from his mouth onto the floor. He was now down on his knees.

As he finished, he fell back onto whoever was behind him, and let out a long whimper of pain.

"I think he hit his head when he fell," Michael said to Calum and Ashton. "He probably has a concussion because I remember getting one when I was younger and it sucked,"

The other two looked down at the dazed looking Luke in Ashton's lap and worry filled their minds.

"Let's lay him on the couch," Calum suggested and Ashton nodded and lifted the tall boy up and over to the couch in the back of the room.

" 'M so dizzy..." Luke whined, feeling disoriented and confused of his surroundings.

"Shh, it's okay Lukey, just stay laid down, you're okay," Michael cooed.  He then went to their duffel bags and grabbed a new shirt for Luke and tossed one to Ashton. He carefully changed Luke and then turns to the others. "Let's carry him back to the bus now, we need to get him into bed,"

"Yeah, good idea. Here I'll carry him," Calum said and moved forward to gently lift Luke into his arms bridal style. Luke moaned and looked at Calum through half lidded, unfocused eyes.

"What...where?" he mumbled as his head lolled back and Ashton stepped forward to lay it against Calum's shoulder.

Luke felt so dazed and confused. He couldn't focus on anything and everything he saw was blurred; accompanied by the spinning room around him. He was moving now, but his legs weren't. He then realized that he was being carried. Nothing made sense and he was so tired, so he started to let his eyes slip closed.

"No, stay awake Lukey, you've got a concussion and it could be dangerous for you to fall asleep," Ashton said, rubbing Luke's head.

Luke moaned and mumbled, "Wanna go home..."

"C'mon lets get to the bus, he's getting delirious,"  Calum said and then made his way out with the others following.

Calum placed Luke on the back couch and draped his fuzzy black blanket over him. Ashton and Michael came in and sat beside the younger boy. Calum grabbed a cool wash cloth and dabbed Luke's face with it to calm him down and help him relax.

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Luke fell asleep after that with the guys' permission. Ashton had looked it up and found that rest was the best remedy for a concussion. Luke slowly came to about an hour later with a turning stomach. His head was absolutely pounding and and made him gag.

Michael noticed and quickly ran to get a bucket, pushing it under Luke's chin just before he vomited harshly into it.

"You're okay, Luke. Take deep breaths," Michael cooed as Luke slowed to dry heaving.

"I can't see straight..." Luke whined, dizzily swaying in his sitting position.

"You're gonna be fine, it's just a concussion," Michael told Luke, trying to sugar coat it for him.

"Can we cuddle?" he asked.

"Of course," Michael smiled. He asked Calum to get rid of the vomit filled bucket and then climbed onto the couch beside Luke.

Ashton handed Luke some medicine to help with the headache and stomach, which he swallowed immediately; the pain was almost unbearable.

His headache soon started to fade along with everything else. The numbness took over and the medicine kicked in. He was out like a light with his three brothers sat around him, protecting him.

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