Paper Balls

Chapter 43

Colby's POV
I wake up eagerly. I get up and head over to Sam's room. I open the door, surprisingly it's unlocked. I see him still sleeping. I grab his computer and walk out. Logging into it as I walk down the stairs.

Multiple tabs are open for Sam and Colby 2.0. I find the plane ticket tabs and purchase 4 tickets. "Tickets are done. Now to look into the Stanley Hotel." I whisper. I find the Stanley Hotel tab and start scanning the articles.

Footsteps come down the stairs and into the kitchen. I don't bother to look up because it's probably just Jake or Corey. "Hey man." Jake says. "Morning." I say. Jake gets a cup down from the cupboard and makes some coffee.

"Are you researching the Stanley Hotel?" He asks turning around and leaning against the counter with his arms crossed. "Yeah, I want to know more about it. I know it's haunted and stuff but I want to know how and why." I say looking up at him.

"That's smart. Are we gonna do rituals?" He asks. I nod. "We might do like one or two. Corey said he doesn't want to do more than that." I say. Jake nods and fills his coffee cup. "Alright, fine with me. I'm gonna go play Rocket League." He says and leaves the room.

Everyone else starts to slowly come out of their rooms and downstairs. Except Sam. "EVERYONE! I HAVE ANOTHER ANNOUNCEMENT! EVERYONE TO WHERE EVER JAKE IS SITTING PLAYING ROCKET LEAGUE!" Sam yells from the stairs.

I quickly close his laptops and run to wherever Jake is at. We all sit down and Sam stands in front of us. It's time to tell you guys that I've been keeping from you all, except Corey." He says. Jake pauses his game.

He takes a deep breath, and starts. "I have COPD. COPD is Chronic Obstructive Pulminary Disease. It's a condition which makes it increasingly difficult to breathe. Many people have died from this disease, but that's because they didn't seek help. When I was 4 I had trouble breathing so my mother took me to the doctor. They said I had COPD."

He stops and looks away. "Like I said, many people have died but that's because they didn't seek help like it did. I take medication everyday to help with it. Only my family and Corey know. But lately, the medication hasn't been working. So I called my doctor and he said that he would send me something else to help with it." He finishes and looks back at us.

"Now you guys know." He softly smiles. "Sammy, you could of told us this before." I say. "I know, but it's hard for me to tell people." He says.

"I found out about it one day. He was just sitting on the couch and looked like he was having trouble breathing, so a i asked him if he just went on a run. But then he just told me, then said not to tell anyone else in the house." Corey says.

"Wait, so if you have that disease, how do you run so fast in all of our exploration videos?" Elton asks. "Because I had medication to take that helps me." Sam says. "But I have to get some news ones next week."

We nod. "Okay, you guys can go back to whatever you where doing." Sam smiles. Elton stands up and walks back over to his room. "Well, before you came screaming through the house, I was sleeping. So so will be going back to sleep thank you very much." He says.

"Dude, it's 11:30. Usually you're up before all of us." I laugh. "Yeah yeah, you kids tire me out." Elton says and closes the door.

Everyone else gets up to leave except Jake since he was playing Rocket League. I get up and head back to the kitchen. "Um Colby?" Sam says. I turn to him. "Are you looking through my stuff in my computer?" He asks pointing to the laptop.

"No, I just wanted to see what you were looking up for the Stanley Hotel and plane tickets. And I paid for the plane tickets..." I say. He gives me a shocked look. "Bear, I said I would pay for the tickets." He says sitting down next to me. "I know Sammy, but you always pay for everything that we do. So I wanted to pay for something this time. You always say it's okay but it's not." I say.

Sam smiles and kisses my cheek. "Ugh, okay." He smiles.