This = Love

Chapter 52

"And I love you the most" Danny said as he came towards me.

"I love you too" I said as I wrapped my arm around his waist and headed for the lift. I noticed that Danny has been getting paler and paler as the night had gone on.

"Are you feeling OK babe?" I asked.

"A bit tired, but I'm fine" he told me.

"Let's go to bed then, it's been a long day" I said as I led him straight to the bedroom where he quickly stripped off his clothes and climbed into bed.

I went into the bathroom to get ready for bed and by the time I came back Danny was almost asleep.

As I climbed into bed he rolled over so that he was cuddled into my shoulder. It was like role reversal as I would usually cuddle up to Danny like this but he seemed content so I wrapped my arms around him and kissed his head, stroking my fingers through his hair to soothe him to sleep.

Within minutes Danny had fallen asleep. I lay silently for a while still stroking through his hair before my eyes became too heavy and I fell into a deep sleep.

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By the time I woke up I felt refreshed. Danny was still sleeping in my arms and I didn't want to move for fear that I would wake him, now I really know how he feels!

I managed to wriggle out of bed without waking Danny and went to make some coffee.

Just as I sat down to drink it I heard Danny running to the bathroom and then being violently sick.

I am hopeless when people are sick, the noise alone can usually make me gag but when I heard Danny I instinctively ran towards him, sitting down beside him on the cold tiles of the bathroom floor. I gently rubbed his back as he continued to vomit repeatedly until he was bringing up bile.

I grabbed a glass of water and tried to encourage Danny to drink it but as soon as he took the water he was bringing it back up again. He tried a few times but he really couldn't keep it down.

Danny looked weak, I felt for a temperature but he wasn't burning up.

I helped Danny back to bed. He was worried about going back to bed because he didn't want to miss the lobby call at 3 but I reassured him I would sort it out, I had no idea how.

After settling him back in bed and soothing him back to sleep I went and called Mark, surely he would know what to do?

"Hiya Kay" he answered, sounding very upbeat.

"Mark, I need your help" I said with the concern I was feeling clear in my voice. "It's Danny, he's really sick and I don't see how he's going to be able to perform tonight, I don't know what to do"

"I'm coming now" Mark said as he hung up the phone.

Mark and Rina came straight to our room and I told Mark about how Danny couldn't keep anything down and how weak he was. I explained that he is sleeping now and I didn't want to have to wake him up to go to the venue if he wasn't able to perform anyway.
Mark took out his phone and rang Quinner.

"We need to get a doctor to see Danny....." Mark said. I became really worried by this, I hadn't thought he needed a doctor. Rina explained that they won't cancel a show for illness without seeing a doctor first and it wasn't that Mark thought it was anything to be overly concerned about.

"It's not a hangover mate, he's keeping nothing down, he needs to be seen......"

"Hang on ....." Mark covered the mouthpiece on the phone as he spoke to me. "We need to get him to the venue and a doctor will see him there" Mark told me, relaying what he had been told.

I held my hand out, gesturing for Mark to give me the phone. Reluctantly Mark handed it over to me.

"Quinner, it's Kay" I said "I'm not taking him to the venue, can you not arrange for the doctor to come here?" I asked him.

"No I can't" Quinner said abruptly "He's got a sound check to do and he can't do that from a hotel room, can he?"

"No, I don't think you're understanding me, he can't do it at all and I'm not going to try to move him. Get the doctor here. If the doctor gives him the all clear then we'll be at the venue later"

"That's not how it works Kay" Quinner said, starting to sound impatient.

"It is now" I replied firmly "He's going nowhere until he's seen a doctor" I continued, refusing to back down.

"I'll see what I can do" Quinner said in defeat.

I hung up the phone and handed it back to Mark.

Mark rang Glen and they agreed to head down to the venue early so that they could meet some of the fans who would already be queuing outside. Since they didn't know if Danny would be able to perform, this was their way of making it up to the fans.

"Call me if you need anything" Rina said, hugging me "Or would you rather I stayed with you?" She offered.

"No, I'll be fine" I reassured her "thanks for all your help" I said to both of them as they left.

I went back through to the bedroom and sat with Danny as he slept. He woke up rushing to the bathroom 3 more times but he was only gagging, not actually being sick. Each time, Danny became more anxious about tonight's show and it was becoming increasingly difficult for me to get him back to bed.

At 3pm, Quinner arrived at our hotel room along with a doctor.

"This better not be a hangover" he said as he came in. I just let out a sigh deciding that the comment didn't warrant a response and I led the doctor to the bedroom to see Danny.

After telling the doctor what I knew, I gently woke Danny and then left him with the doctor while I joined Quinner in the living room.

About half an hour later, the doctor came from the bedroom.

"Extreme exhaustion" the doctor said as he came and sat down with us.