Life Is A Surprised (Laurmani) Completed

Chapter 14

Lauren's P.O.V.

It's Friday morning. I'm kind of nervous about lunch today. It's weird because it's Normani, the person I can always be myself with, I'm not nervous about being with her I'm just nervous about it being a date. I know that she wants to try again but I feel like I'm going to screw it up. I don't know why or how but I just feel it. I really want things to go right this time, I need things to just go right. It's around time for me to wake up Aiden and as I start to leave my room I notice him in the hallway. I cut the light on and he looks up at me with tired eyes.

"Why are you up? I normally have to force you out of bed for school."

"I don't feel good." He says as he rubs his eye.

"Well what's wrong?" I don't get an answer but he does vomit on the floor. Shit! He stops but he looks like he might again so I step over the vomit and direct him to the bathroom where I discover I was right. He does it again and I rub his back as he finishes then I flush the toilet. He looks up at me with this look of sadness and agony and my heart aches for him. I feel his forehead and he feels slightly warm.

"Do you feel a little better?" I ask and he shakes his head.

"Well you're not going to school today. Rinse your mouth out okay?" He nods and I leave the bathroom. Luckily I have  wooden floor in the hall. I clean that up after I tell Aiden to brush his teeth then I go check on him. His shirt is pretty much covered so I carefully take that off of him and run him a hot bath. After his bath, we go lie down in my bed and we both fall asleep. When I wake back up it's around 11. Aiden is still sleep and he still feels warm. I grab my phone and see a message from Normani. I skip texting and just call her.

"Hello?" She answers. I walk into the living room and sit on the couch.

"Hey."

"Hey. You just wake up?" She asks.

"No. I woke up then went back to sleep. I can't do lunch."

"Oh...why not?" I can hear the disappointment in her voice.

"Aidens sick. I think he has a fever and he threw up this morning."

"Poor thing. How's he feeling now?"

"I don't know. He's still sleep and I need to go get him some medicine but I don't want to take him outside."

"You tell me his symptoms and I'll get him something."

"Mani,you don't have -"

"Just tell me." She says and I sigh.

I tell her and she says she'll be over soon. I put my phone down and rest my head against the back of the couch. I've never dealt with a sick kid before. Do I take him to the doctor or just give him some medicine? Is it a cold? The flu? Or maybe something that's only 24 hours? I call his school to excuse his absence then I go back to my room to check on him. He's lying on his side, watching my TV and he looks miserable. His eyes are low and his mouth is open, which I'm assuming is how he's breathing and his nose is red. I sit on the bed by his feet and he glances down at me.

"How do you feel?" I ask.

"Sick." He says then coughs a little.
"Well we don't have any medicine yet so you're lucky right now. Do you want to eat?" I ask and he shakes his head.

"My throat hurts." He says with a pout and I sigh. Maybe I need to call my mom.

"I'll tell Mani to get you some cough drops."

"Mani's coming?" He asks and I notice his cloudy eyes light up slightly. I nod and he cracks a smile then frowns.

"What's wrong?" I ask.