Summer Love

Chapter 34

****3am****

I woke up to the pitch black with a tiny light sticking out of Ethan's bag. The lantern. All of a sudden I felt a wave of nausea and I the feeling of throwing up was at the back of my throat. I got out of Ethan's hold and ran out the door to the lodge washrooms. When I closed the door to the cabin as quiet as I could with the feeling of throwing up I heard Ethan calling my name quietly. I ignored him and ran.

Once I got the lodge I ran to the washroom, went to the handicap stall, got on my knees, and threw up. I'm guessing I lost my dinner and any water I consumed. When I was done I flushed the toilet and laid down. I couldn't sit up any longer. I realized while I was lying there trying to get the strength to get back up that I was still on my period and that I needed to change. I tried to use my arms to prop myself up but my head felt like a boulder and I fell back down with a cry.

Then the door opened and footsteps came over to the stall.

"RILEY!" Ethan kneeled down and softly picked my top half of my body up from the ground and sat down resting me on his chest. He took my hair putting it in a ponytail and rubbing my back.

"Riley, what happened?" He asked with a ton of worry in his voice.

"I felt sick." I muttered. "I couldn't hold it in Ethan. I feel awful. I just want to sleep but my stomach hurts so bad. Make it go away please."

"I don't know how. Do you think you need to throw up?" He asked me propping me up. I shook my head but once my head stopped moving the feeling came back and I leaned over to the toilet and threw up again. Ethan moved closer, rubbing my back and making sure the ponytail stays back. I leaned away and Ethan reached to flush the toilet.

"Are you okay now?" Ethan asked. I nodded. "Okay so I brought your products assuming that you would want to change. " He handed me a pad. He then helped me up and left the stall closing it and holding it with his hand so that way he can come in faster if I get sick again. Once I was done I opened the door and he helped me walk over to the sink to wash my hands. He then took some cool water and rubbed my face with it. He then dried my face and helped me walk out of the washroom.

"Okay so if you feel like you can I am going to take you to the nurse's office to see if she knows what is wrong. Are you ready Angel?"  I nodded. We made our way slowly to the nurse's office. Once we got there Ethan helped me sit in a chair on the porch and knocked on the door. The nurse came to the door pretty fast.

"What's wrong Quantum that you are here at 3:30am?" She asked.

"It's Riley. She woke up at about 3:00am running to the bathroom. I ran after her and found her lying on the bathroom floor next to the toilet. I propped her up and asked what was wrong. She seems kind of out of it but I think she kind of knows what's going on to her. We were about to come here but she threw up in the toilet. When she was done we slowly made our way over her." Ethan explained.

"Okay help her in and I'll get a bed ready." The nurse said.  Ethan walked over to me and helped me up walking me to the room the nurse was making a bed in. Ethan helped me lie down on the bed and covered me with the blankets. The nurse came with a bucket and some medicine.

"If she has the flu this stuff will help with the stomach and help her sleep for the rest of the night. If she doesn't have the flu this will still help her sleep. We will figure this more when she is a little more aware of her surroundings." The nurse told Ethan.  She gave me the medicine. He nodded. " Do you want a bed Quantum?"

"No I'll stay here just in case something happens to her. If it's okay I'll just share a bed with her. I know her outside of camp. We were childhood friends and we use to sleep in the same bed as kids." Ethan said. The nurse nodded and turned the light off making the room go pitch black. I whimpered.

"Ri, it's okay I brought the lantern with me. I'll put the lantern under the bedside table." He leaned down to put the lantern down under the table and got back up. He started lying down when I felt the feeling again. I hit his arm a bit to get him to give me the bucket. He quickly gave it to me and grabbed my hair and rubbed my back.

When I was done I leaned over to Ethan. He took the bucket and walked out the room to the bathroom. He came back with the bucket empty and a small white thing in his hand.

"This is a mint. Not saying you have bad breath but I know that it feels like your mouth tastes disgusting when you throw up so I figured you would want a mint." He said handing it to me. I took it and moved it around my mouth until it dissolved.

 I then lied down with my head on the pillow. Ethan lied back as well. I cuddled up to him as he wrapped an arm around me. I could feel the medicine start to work making it hard to keep my eyes open. I loosened my grip on Ethan as my eyes closed and I went into a deep sleep.