Science and faith

~Chapter 76~

Amy's pov:

It's been three days since Dan started to feel sick, and to be honest, it's not getting any better. He's done nothing but lying in bed, trying to sleep it off. Which doesn't really work. He clearly has lost some weight cause he can't keep anything down. Even water comes out the same way as is went in... But, I keep bringing him tea and stuff cause he has to stay hydrated. I tried to get him to eat several times, but he just can't keep it down and he said that throwing up hurts, so after a while I gave up and stuck to tea. I really hope he'll feel better soon seeing as it's almost christmas and we're going to his mum. 

My holiday started yesterday, so I can spend today looking after Dan. I felt bad having to leave him alone the last few days when I had to go to work. But Dan insisted that I had to go, and that he'd look after himself. Which I doubt cause every time I came home I found him lying in the same position as where I had left him earlier that morning. 

I was standing in the kitchen making him another cup of tea, looking out of the window while waiting for the water to boil. When I had finished his tea I walked up stairs to our bedroom. I carefully opened the door to our bedroom, in case he was sleeping. But I found him awake, lying on his back with the lamp on.

"Hey." I said walking around to his side.

"Hey." He whispered in reply.

"I made you another cup of tea." I said, placing it on the bedside table. I sat down on the edge of the bed and stroked through his messy hair. His eyes fluttered shut and a small smile formed on his lips while I was running my hair through his sweaty hair.

"Am?" He asked, opening one eye.

"Yeah?"

"Can you please help me to have a shower? I feel dirty." He asked, turning his head slightly so he was looking at me. 

"Of course." I replied and leant down to kiss him lightly on his forehead.

"Now?" I asked. He nodded in reply so I took the duvet away from him. He slowly sat himself up and sat on the edge of the bed. He closed his eyes and breathed a few times deeply.

"Are you okay?" I asked slightly worried.

"Yeah just a little bit dizzy." He replied, opening his eyes again. I nodded in reply, not fully convinced but stretched my hand out to him so I could help him up. He took my hand and brought himself shakily to his legs while I carefully dragged him up. I draped his arm over my shoulder and wrapped my arm around his slim waist so I could him support him before we shuffled slowly to the bathroom. Once we were in the bathroom I let go of him for a few seconds to get a towel but he wasn't even standing on his own for two seconds when he announced that he started to feel dizzy again. As quick as I could I was back at his side and made him sit down on the egde of the bath. I studied him closely while he had his eyes closed again, waiting for the dizziness to fade away. His hair was stuck to his forehead with sweat, and when I had wrapped my arm around him he felt pretty hot, but right now sitting on the egde of the bath he was shivering with coldness. And he had always been a skinny guy, but you could clearly see his ribs now. 

I decided that it wouldn't be a good idea to have him standing in the shower, seeing as the got already dizzy from standing on his own for two seconds. So I quickly ran out of the bathroom and got a plastic chair, so he could sit on that in the shower. I really don't want to risk him slipping in the shower, cause I don't know if I'll be able to catch him if it happens. 

I came back into the bathroom with the plastic chair and placed it in the shower, receiving a weird look from Dan.

"I don't want to risk you slipping." I explained. He nodded slowly, watching me while I got everything ready, a towel, shampoo, shower gel and fresh boxers.

"Ready?" I asked him once I had everything ready.

"Yeah." He said and stood up on his own, which went well to my surprise. I took the waistband of his boxers and pulled it down, letting his boxers fall around his ankles. He stepped out of them so I grabbed them from the floor and threw them in the laundry basket before I helped Dan in the shower. I took my socks off and rolled the sleeves of my shirt up before I turned the shower on. I waited a few moments before I bend down to reach for the shampoo, but as I did that I got totally soaked, making Dan chuckle.

"One sec." I said, handing Dan the shower. I got out of the shower and took my shirt and jeans off, hanging them over the bath before I got back to Dan. He didn't even make a flirty comment when I took my clothes off and came back in my bra, which made it even more clear that he was seriously feeling ill. I took the shampoo again and rubbed it into his hair, massaging his scalp while doing so. He rested his head against my chest, closing his eyes. After a few minutes I stepped back and let the shampoo rinse out of his hair. I took the shower gel and started at his shoulders, working my way down over his chest, stomach and thighs. After that I made him lean slightly forward and rubbed the shower gel into his back. Once I was done I got out of the shower to dry myself while I let Dan relax for a few more minutes.

When I had dried myself I turned the shower off and helped him out. I took the towel and started to rub him dry while he kept himself steady by holding onto the sink. Once he was dried I helped him into his boxers and guided him back to bed.

"I'll make you a new cup of tea." I said taking the now cold tea from the bedside table.

"You don't have to." He replied, clearly not in the mood for tea.

"But you'll have do drink something, Dan." I replied.

"Fine." He said sighing. I turned around and went back downstairs to make him a new cup of tea. 

"There you go." I said, handing him the mug.

"Pleas stay." He said when I went to walk away again.

"Okay." I said nodding and walked around to the other side of the bed and got in.

"Let's watch a movie." I said, trying to cheer him up a little bit. He nodded in agreement to I grabbed the remote and put on a movie that had both our interest. I shuffled over to him and wrapped my arm around his slim waist, pulling him into me. He leaned closer to me and kissed my cheek before he rested his head on my shoulder. He was drawing patterns on my thigh with one hand while watching the film while I had my arm around his waist and rubbing my thumb softly over his side.