Sophia Mendes-Secrets

Missing Medicine

I feel something brushing my cheek the next morning. I slowly open my eyes to see Hayes stroking my cheek.

"Good Morning!" He smiles cheerfully.

"Morning" I say tiredly.

Hayes helps me to the ground since I'm on the top bunk. Hayes and I walk to the kitchen and I get a bottle of water. I go looking for the medicine in one of the drawers, but couldn't find it.

"Hayes, do you know where my medicine is?"

"Umm, it should be in that drawer." Hayes says and then he looks himself.

He can't find it and he finally gives up.

"Maybe Shawn knows where it is." Hayes suggests so he brings me into the other room.

"Hey Soph." The boys say when I enter the room.

I smile a bit before Hayes starts to talk.

"Shawn, do you know where Sophia's medicine is?" Hayes asks.

"In the drawer." Shawn answers.

"It wasn't there. We both looked for it." Hayes tells Shawn.

Shawn looks confused and gets up to find the pill bottle. He looks through the drawer. He looks through the whole kitchen. The boys hear him still looking so they get up and look too. It has been 30 minutes and we still can't find it. The bus was torn apart looking for the pill bottle. They boys and I cleaned the bus hoping maybe we would find it, but we didn't. I just plopped down on the couch giving up. Teagan comes over and lays at my feet and looks up at me. Shawn come over and sits down on the floor in front of me. He cups my face with his hands and looks at me.

"You don't feel well do you?" Shawn asks.

I shake my head and he sighs.

"I could tell when you were searching for the pills. But don't worry, we'll find them." Shawn reassures me.

I know we won't find them anytime soon, but I nod my head because I don't feel like talking to him about it. Teagan gets up and comes to cuddle up by my chest. I rest my arm around her small body. The boys are frustrated that they can't find the bottle I can hear them cursing in the bunks, lounge, and kitchen. But then they act calm around me. Eventually they give up and hope that they will come across it. They all come into the front room that I'm in. Some of the boys sit on couches and some sit on the floor. I hear them mumbling about something, but I am zoned out so I'm not paying attention. I start to focus more on what they're saying and I hear.

"She's too sick."

"We need to get more pills tomorrow."

"Should we cancel?"

I then remember that the boys have one of their shows tonight.

"No, don't cancel." I speak up.

"I could wait backstage." I add.

"No Soph you are too sick to move without taking medicine." Shawn tells me.

"But I don't want to be the reason the show is canceled. I mean I can just lay here and sleep. That's what I have been doing anyway." I say trying to convince them.

The boys look at each other trying to decide what to do. They all nod and turn to me.

"We'll let you stay here as long as you don't leave this room. And we will be checking your wrists when we come back. So if you start to feel really bad, because of anything, just call one of us. Okay?" Shawn asks.

"Okay." I say.

The boys get up and start to get ready for the show.