Sunken (a magcon fanfiction)

Chapter 13 I Do Believe

I swallowed and rolled over. My throat was dry and sore and I could already feel the snot crusting over on my nose. Ugh why do I have to get sick now. I know mom has something for stuffy noses but that's all it works for. I sat up and looked at my clock. 9:38. Shit I'm late. I slowly got out of bed and texted Ryder to tell him I was running a little late. I threw on a pair of leggings and one of my many 5SOS shirts. I put on a pair of uggs and a sweatshirt. It's part of my curse when I get sick. I'm always cold and I always get a really bad cough. Usually the nose problem goes away after a day or so but the soar throat stays and the cough stays for weeks and weeks. I groaned and stepped out of my room closing the door behind me.
"Going to Ryder's" I said turning towards Ryan's open door. My voice was cracking and hoarse.
"You sound sick. You sure you wanna go?" He said looking up from his laptop. I nodded and coughed before shoving my phone in my hoodie pocket and stumbling towards the door. I opened it and stepped into the warm air. Of course I didn't feel warm. I heard Mavericks bark behind me as I headed down the steps and over to Ryder's house. I knocked on the door and put my hands back in my pocket.
"You're late you little- whoa you look terrible" Ryder said opening the door.
"Yeah I know. Come on let's get this over with" I said stepping around him into the house.
"Did you sleep last night?" He said rubbing one of the dark circles under my eye.
"Yeah" I croaked.
"Well it doesn't look like it" he exclaimed chipper.
"Where did you sleep last night" I said coughing. Ryder gave me a look of sympathy before leading me upstairs.
"On the ground which is surprisingly more comfortable then it looks" he said.
"Can we start" I said blinking and of course, coughing again.
"Are you sure you're up to it? You look terrible"
"You mentioned" I said starting to get annoyed. He shrugged and turned around in his room surveying his surroundings.
"We should start with the furniture. We got a bunch of new stuff from ikea so we'll have to put it together. I nodded and like my dry lips.
"Ok bed first?"
"Sure" I whispered hoarsely.
"Ok it's not that heavy" he said kicking boxes out of the way. We picked up the huge mattress and hauled it over to the bed. We slid it across the bed frame and then adjusted it so it was perfect. I was feeling increasingly worse every second that went by. I sat down on the bed and sniffled.
"My desk is still downstairs I think. I'll have uncle Brian get it for me" he said. I nodded and pulled out my phone to go on twitter.
@saylorfitch:
Who else is sick? Join the party. Plus helping @ryderlynn unpack isn't making me feel better
"Got it. Where do you want it Ryder" Brian said coming up the stairs with the heavy desk.
"Over here" he said kicking more of the boxes out of the way.
"Ok. Oh saylor are you sick?" He said after putting the heavy thing down and looking back around at me.
"Yeah. I'll be fine though" I said forcing a smile.
"If I can get you anything Just tell me" wow most of my other rich friends' moms would've kicked me out as soon as they new that I even had a sniffle. It was clear that Ryder's family had enough money but the kids weren't spoiled.
"Thanks" I croaked. He nodded and then walked back out into the hall.
"Ok so I have this bedside table that we have to put together and then there's only like clothes and that stuff"
"Do you need my help for that?"
"For the table?" I nodded.
"No" he said.
"I'll start unpacking your clothes. Do you have hangers?"
"In the closet" he said. I nodded and picked up a box. In front of Ryder's bed there was a flatscreen much like mine. Against the same wall as his tv there was his desk. Next to his bed was his bedside table (duh) and then there was his huge closet. I ripped open the box and peered in. I stood up and pulled out the pairs of jeans, piling them on one of the shelves in his closet.
"You have 2 boxes full of shoes?"
"You have a whole closet full of shoes"
"Hmm true" I said coughing.
"Ok done" he said stepping back after scooting it over next to his bed.
"Wow I'm really surprised that you could actually put that together" I said looking up from putting his shoes in rows.
"Oh shut up sickly one" he said.
"You still love me" I said.
"Yes that's true. I do still love you" he said.
"Hey what school are you going to"
"I dunno. My aunt said something about a private school website"
"Creekside?"
"Yeah. I think so"
"That's what I do" I said brushing a strand of ombré hair out of my face that had fallen from my my ponytail.
"Oh awesome. I'm not starting for another week or something." I nodded hanging up his shirts.
"I'll do that. You're better at design" he said taking the shirt out of my hand. I nodded and turned towards him. He stared back at me.
"You have awesome eyes" he said. I scoffed and rolled my eyes stepping past him. I wet my bottom lip before bitting it. I pulled open a box sitting on his bed.
"Ryder here's your chair" Sam said pushing the rolling chair into the room. I looked up meeting his eye and then smiled looking back down.
"Ah Say are you sick?" He said stepping closer to me. I nodded and went back to putting together the green and blue lava lamp. He put his hand on my forehead slowly.
"You have a fever Saylor" he said.
"I have to help Ryder" I mumbled plugging in the lamp and turning it on.
"Ryder can finish later. You have to go get some rest"
"No I'm fine" I said pulling out Ryder's laptop and placing it in the center of his desk.
"You're the only one that can tell her she has to go home" Sam said stepping back and walking out of the room.
"Saylor we have two more boxes. We can finish and go to your house or we can just go to your house"
"Let's just finish" I said throwing the empty box to the pile we had made.
"Here" he said handing me one of the last boxes. I opened it and reached in pulling out the picture frame. In it was a picture of him and an older boy.
"Who is this Ry?"
"Oh. That's my older brother. You can just put those surrounding my bed I guess"
"What's your brothers name"
"You mean what WAS his name" he said nonchalantly.
"Ryder?"
"He died in the same car crash as my parents. We was never around anyways and if he was he was abusing me. His name was Jack" he said. I could tell he was hiding his pain.
"Ryder it's ok to feel sad. You don't have to be strong all the time" I said setting down the picture and crawling across his now made bed to where he was standing.
"Feeling sad is selfish"
"Then be selfish. Ryder you don't always have to make everyone happy. You're aloud to feel too. You don't always have to be the strong one." I said running my hand through his hair. He looked down at me and kissed my forehead.
"You always know what to say"
"It comes with the nickname. Now come on I feel like shit and I'd like to go home" I said.
"Ok" he said shoving his phone in his pocket and followed me down the stairs.
"UNCLE BRIAN IM GOING TO SAYLORS" he yelled. I coughed and shuffled across the street to my house. I opened the door and left it open for Ryder.
"Hey" Ryan said from upstairs.
"Hey I meant to ask you. How's wren"
"Yeah I was just going to visit him. Uhm your medicine should be on the table." He said. I totally forgot my antidepressants this morning whoops. Ryder came in behind me and closed the door.
"I'll be down in a minute Ryder. Make yourself comfortable." I croaked and scampered upstairs. I downed the meds and grabbed two bottles of water. Before running back downstairs I looked out the window at the ocean churning. The sky began to grow black. Good I like it when It rains. I licked the side of my lip and then went back downstairs to my room. I threw the water at Ryder who was flipping through channels. I sat down next to him opening the water. Ryder sat up and felt my forehead.
"You're burning up Say. Here where're your towels" he said jumping up.
"That closet" I said weakly.
"Lay down and try to sleep" he said opening the closet in the bathroom and pulling out a washcloth. He wet it and then put it down on my forehead. I closed my eyes and cuddled into my pillows slowly falling into a deep sleep.
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I opened my eyes and blinked. I felt even worse then I did before but I pried my eyes open and rubbed away the crust. I slowly stood up and brushed my hair out of my face. I could hear Ryder and Ryan upstairs doing something. I hacked, my lungs screaming in my chest. I groaned and made my way up the stairs.
"Hey baby how're you feeling?" My mom said feeling my forehead.
"My nose is better"
"Yeah but your voice isn't. Go sit down. I'll get you some tea" she said. I sighed and sat down on the couch next to Ryder, pulling on the blanket.
"Awe Say" he said. I glanced at him and then back at GTA 5.
"What time is it mom" I said taking the hot tea from my hands.
"4:30"
"Why do I sleep so much" I groaned.
"Because of all the meds your on. It's ok saylor" she said. I mean of course she new.
"Home early. Where is everyone" I heard Luke yell downstairs.
"Up here sweetie" my mom called.
"Hey. Where's saylor she's always down- oh" Luke said looking at my sick curled up body.
"Oh say you sick" Calum said throwing his hoodie on the char.
"I'll be fine. Let's just film the video now so I can get it over with" I mumbled standing up and walking downstairs to get my camera. I wrapped my blanket tighter around my cold body and shuffled back upstairs.
"Can we just do it here so I don't have to go back downstairs" I muttered.
"Sure" they all agreed.
"We'll move" Ryan said hitting Ryder and pausing the game.
"It's fine. Just keep it on mute" I said putting my camera on the tripod and sitting down on the couch.
"Two of you have to be behind" I said feeling my hot forehead again.
"You sure you're up to this?" Ash said sitting on the back of the couch with Calum.
"Yeah. Come on it doesn't have to be long" I said grabbing my phone.
"Alright" he shrugged.
"Ok ready" I said pressing the record button.
"Heya guys. Yeah I know before the comments roll in... I know I'm sick and I look terrible. Let's just get past that. I'm here with 5 Seconds of Summer and we're gonna be asking your questions. So yesterday I tweeted out the hashtag #5sosQ&Awithsaylor and we were trending world wide all night. That's freaking huge guys. I've also gained like 3 thousand subs over night. That leaves me 2 thousand subscribers away from 4 Million. Wow guys. Just wow. Uhm anyways let's read some questions" I croaked out.
"I'll take the first one" Mikey said with concern. I nodded and handed him my phone.
"Well the most popular question looks like, "how do you know 5SOS" he read.
"We've known Saylor for quite a while now." Calum said.
"Saylor is my cousin." Luke blurted out.
"Yeah. Uh dad's brother's son" I said coughing.
"Ewwwww" ash said. I was too sick to care.
"What color is your hair going to be next Mikey?" Ash said reading off my phone. I looked back at Michael curiously. Is that a word? Curiously? I think so. Yeah that's a word. Why do I talk to myself.
"Uh I dunno. But probably something fabulous" the boys and I laughed at his tone.
"That's a promise people" I said.
"Fabulous" Ryder sang in the background.
"Shut up Ryder we're making a video" I said taking my phone back.
"What's your favorite comic book?"
"I like batman" ash said.
"I like spider man. Like the new one" Mikey said.
"I like uh spider man as well"
"I like the incredibles" Calum said.
"Leave it to Calum" I said rolling my eyes.
"If you could marry any celebrity who would it be" I said.
"Did you just make that up? You don't even have your phone" Ash giggled.
"Yeah but I'm sure that that comment came up eventually" I said. After a few more life sucking questions and coughing my lungs out, I had to do my outro.
"Well uh yeah guys. That was that video. If you enjoyed this hit the like button. Just murder the like button. I mean I won't call the cops or anything. Just murder it. Yeah tomorrow there will be a new video no matter how crappy I feel. I think I'm gonna go watch some Spuds because Troye Sivan's my bitch. Yeah I hope you heard that buddy. Yeah. Well have a goodnight or day or whatever. I don't think I have the energy to edit this so yeah I'm just going for it."
"YOLO" Mikey said.
"Exactly. Love you guys. Byeeeeeee" I said turning off the camera.
"Well that was fun. What movie were you gonna watch?" Luke said getting up and cracking his back. Ew.
"It's fine. Will you go get me my laptop." I said.
"Ah you no fun. I'm not watching a movie" Ryan said.
"Hey you have COD?" Mikey said.
"Yeah you wanna play?" My brother said.
"Sure" he said and they both trooped down stairs.
"Saylor do you want something to eat?" My mom said as I went through the movie cabinet looking for Spud. I found the DVD and pulled it out, coughing.
"I'm gonna get you some more medicine" my mom said. She worries way to much. I stood up on my tippy toes to slide the disk into the huge tv.
"What's this about" Calum said pulling the blanket over himself.
"You'll see" I said grabbing the remote.
"This has Troye in it?" Ryder said looking down at his phone.
"Mhm"
"Who's Troye" Luke said coming up the stairs with my laptop.
"Thanks. He's a YouTuber. He lives in Australia just FYI" I said pressing play and cuddling into the couch.
"Here take this" my mom said shoving love pills down my throat and water to follow. I scowled and opened my laptop to log onto YouTube.
"Your phones ringing" Ryder said.
"Wasn't it in my pocket" I said patting my stomach.
"No" Ryder said handing it to me. I narrowed my eyes, confused and answered the phone.
"Hello?"
"Damn girl you sound sickkkkkk"
"Tay you changed your number" I laughed.
"Yeah. I got a new phone because I cracked my other one."
"What's up?" I said
"We miss you" I heard Aaron yell from the background. It sounded busy.
"You guys are at the airport aren't you" I said.
"Yup" I coughed and wiped the tears coming out of my shaking body.
"You have a fever go rest" my mom said feeling my forehead.
"Oh yeah. Go get better say" I heard someone say.
"Thanks Mattchew" I said.
"Ok. Bye bye say. Feel better"
"Bye guys. Thanks" I said hanging up and coughing again. I burst into another fit of shivers. I groaned and sat back down next to Ryder and Ash. Two of my favorite boys. My eyes were heavy but I wasn't tired. I'm sure the black bags below them were increasing in size.
"Are you cold Say?" Ryder said noticing my goosebumps.
"That's the funny thing. I'm actually quite hot" I said.
"I think you need to go to bed Saylor. You can finish the movie in your room." My mom said taking my laptop from my lap.
"No I want to be up here" I mumbled.
"Maybe when your better. Come on" she said. I groaned and tried to stand up on my shaken legs.
"Mom where's Mavericks?" I mumbled focusing on the dizziness that had over taken me.
"In Toby's room I think" she said. I dunno I only half heard her.
"Luke will you carry her. I don't trust her legs" my mom said.
"I don't need it Luke. I'm not a baby and I think I can walk down some stairs" I croaked and shook the head rush out of my body. I walked down the stairs and into my room. I got into my bed kinda pissed at my mom for babying me. She put my laptop on my bed and turned on the tv to put in my movie. Ryder came running into the room like a lost puppy. Speaking of lost puppy... Mavericks jumped up onto my bed and curled up next to me.
"Ok well text me if you need anything. Ryder are you gonna stay here with her?" My mom said.
"Yup"
"Ok. Try and rest Saylor" my mom said. I rolled my eyes and sat back on my bed. Ryder sat down in one of my chairs and made himself comfortable. Half way through the movie I remembered I still hadn't uploaded my video. I opened my laptop and didn't bother editing. I just added a caption and title and posted it. I shut my laptop and grabbed my phone from my hoodie pocket. Strangely, I still had my UGGs on.
Yeah I know I'm weird. I opened up twitter and glanced up at the tv screen.
@saylorfitch:
Ok new video up with @5sos I know I look like crap you don't have to point it out because I feel worse.
@saylorfitch:
Watching fetus @troyesivan in Spud 😂
I turned off my phone and cuddled into the bed around me. Slowly but surely I fell asleep. Without dinner. Wow.
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OMG guys I just realized that this has totally changed from the beginning. I'm really sorry but I kinda like the way it's turning out. Tell me what you think of it though. Like no one ever comments and I'd seriously rather have comments then followers. Well stay beautiful. BE WARNED SERIOUS PLOT TWIST IN THE FUTURE LIKE SERIOUS... NOT KIDDING. ITS SERIOUS. BUT ITS NOT COMING FOR A WHILE. OK BYE