Ocean's Deep

Part 5

This chapter might be a bit boring but I hope you guys would enjoy it.

Alec has been in bed for almost two days. The first day he could barely wake up that morning due to the medication he's been taking. Maryse and Robert had been taking care of him alternately so that he won't be home alone. He hated the idea he had to be looked after since he's not a kid but the thought of his health decreasing each day made him less wanting to fight it over.

Alec was seating on the island with a bowl of cereal in front of him. He had been staring at it for a while trying to find an appetite to begin with. The usual morning starts and his family is already up and about with his siblings going to school and his father going to work. Today his mother's turned to take care of him.

"Alec you need to eat something." She said as she leaned across the island to meet Alec's gaze. "Not hungry." Alec said, weaken by the lack of sleeping but he refused to tell his mother about it even though she knew everything about it. "Please." She begs again and Alec sighed. He swallowed his throat dryly and took a spoon of his cereal before slowly bringing it to his mouth.

Maryse smiles at his attempt but when Alec gagged and jumped on his heels towards the sink, she rushed to his side. He gagged out all the content that he forced to take and it came out just as same amount he did. Maryse took a paper towel on her side and passed it on to Alec as she turned the tap on letting the water running, washing the vomit away.

Alec coughed keeping his eyes shut just to make sure he didn't repeat the same action cause it taken a toll on his energy too. Maryse grabbed a stool by the island for Alec to sit on as he leaned forward for balanced. He sat down gripping the sink with both hands and he let his head rested on his arm. "It hurts." He whispered and Maryse rubbed his back for comfort. No words could describe how painful it is for Alec to feel this but there's no words for it to make him feel better.

He was better after he had his meal that night he went out with Jace but somehow after that night, he went to bed and starts trashing claiming he was burning at one time and shivering at the other. It kept going on for the rest of the night and Alec had less and less amount of sleeping.

"Everything okay?" Robert spoke breaking her trance and saw Alec was sitting on the stool in front of the sink with his wife by his side. He went to his side and Alec was covered with sweats. "You have to eat something Alexander." He suggested but Alec didn't answer him instead Maryse stared at him with a worried eye and signed so they could talk somewhere else private about it. They both went to the fridge behind the island and Alec had moved to the living room and rested his body on the couch.

"I think the medication is making him like this." She stated and Robert looked at her equally worried. "But he need those to survive Maryse." He said but Maryse sighed.

"I don't know what to do. The new medication was supposed to help him but he got worsen because of it. I don't want him to be like this. He's like a walking zombie." She stated as her eyes looked towards the living room. She was worried but she couldn't be less encouraging either. 

"Hey Alec, are you okay?" Max asked coming to his side while his parents still talking in the kitchen. He was resting with his legs up on the couch and he has a small wet towel on his forehead, he looked over and saw Max already in his school attire with his bag on his back and ready to go.

He smiled and gesturing for him to sit beside him and he did. "Nothing bud, just a headache." He said and Max looked at him not convincing. But after Jace and Isabelle joined him they were reluctant to leave though Alec insisted that no matter what, they won't be able to use him as an escape for school.