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It was a slow process, over the past few days, Liam had been getting sicker and sicker. It started off as a small tickle in the back of his throat, a minor headache, and a low grade fever. Now, Liam was laying in bed with a splitting headache, cold chills, a horrible earache, and a very painful throat ache. The boys had been monitoring his symptoms closely, but Liam would often pretend like he was feeling much better than he actually was; however, he couldn't do that anymore, because he was feeling absolutely awful. Louis knocked on Liam's door when he realized it was nearly 10:00am, and Liam still hadn't come downstairs; Liam was always up at 6:00am to have a morning run. "Li?" Louis asked knocking lightly on the door, and opening it slowly. "Hm?" Liam noised from the bed, and even just making noises was extremely painful on Liam's throat. "You okay, babe?" Louis asked and walked over to Liam's bed. Liam looked like a hot mess; he had his covers pulled up to his ears and was shivering, his hair was matted to his forehead with sweat, and he was extremely pale. "Mm," Liam noised against and winced in pain. "Liam," Louis sighed realizing how sick he had become, and laid a hand on Liam's forehead. "Babe! You're burning up!" Louis said and Liam closed his eyes. "I'm going to get the thermometer," Louis said walking out, and Harry saw him in the hall. "Everything okay?" Harry asked seeing how concerned Louis looked. "Well, Liam appears to be very sick. I think he's been hiding how sick he really is from us this whole time. I'm going to take his temperature," Louis said walking into the bathroom he shared with Harry. "Thermometer is in the first aid kit," Harry said. By that time, Niall and Zayn had come upstairs to see what the commotion was about. "What's going on? Did he check on Li?" Zayn asked as the reached the top of the stairs. "Apparently Liam is really sickly, so Louis is going to take his temperature," Harry explained as the watched the Donny lad digging around in the medical kit. "Aha!" he said finding it, and walking back into Liam's room. Harry, Zayn, and Niall followed and watched from the doorway. "Oh my goodness!" Niall said seeing the state Liam was in. "Open," Louis instructed and Liam groaned. "Louis, I'm fine," Liam said with the little bit of voice he had left, and erupting into a huge coughing fit, and Louis patted his back to help him get his air back. "Right, because that sounds like someone that's fine. Open," Louis said and Liam rolled his eyes, but opened his mouth. They waited for the thermometer to beep, and then Louis took it out. "101.4," Louis said looking at the horrid number. "Come on, get up. We are taking you to the doctor," Louis said and Liam's eyes went huge. "No! I'm fine!" Liam said and had yet another coughing fit. "Liam, you obviously aren't," Zayn said intervening, and helping Liam sit up. "Is this why you didn't tell us? You didn't want to go to the doctor?" Niall asked as him and Harry made their way over to help stabilize Liam. "Yes.." Liam admitted as the boys helped him go into his bathroom. "Liam, we know you aren't a fan of the doctor, but you need to go. We will be there with you the whole time," Harry said, and Liam sighed and nodded, but he could feel the fear taking over his body. "Let's get you a good cold shower going," Louis said turning the water on to a comfortable temperature, and Liam took a quick shower before meeting the boys back downstairs.
The boys got Liam into the car, and he rested his head on the door. He was shaking with not just cold chills, but now fear. Zayn could see how tense and uncomfortable Liam looked, and he gently pulled him over to lay on his shoulder. Zayn rubbed Liam's back, and Liam buried his face into Zayn's neck. "It's going to be okay, babe," Zayn said and Liam tried to believe him. The drive went by pretty quickly, and Louis pulled into a parking spot. Liam could feel his heart start pounding even more as he saw the familiar gray building. "I don't wanna," Liam said sound a bit like a child. "I know you don't, Li. But you need to see a doctor," Niall said as Zayn unstrapped Liam's seatbelt, and Liam started shaking even more. "You're okay!" Harry comforted as he laid a hand on Liam's back, and walked him into the office. "What's the name?" the receptionist asked as they walked in. "Liam Payne," Zayn spoke to her. "Okay! And why is he here?" she said typing some stuff into her computer. "He's sick," Zayn answered back. "Okay! Go fill out these papers, and I'll have you guys back shortly!" the receptionist said, and they all went to sit in the waiting room seats. Liam leaned against Harry, and Zayn worked to fill the papers out. Shortly after, a nurse came to the door. "Liam Payne?" she asked and they all stood. "Follow me," she smiled and led them into a room.
"Okay! You just sit right here, and the doctor will be in shortly," she said after asking a few questions, and she walked out the door. "Guys, I can't do this. I hate this so much!" Liam said hopping off the bed. "Li, you have to. You're sick! You will feel so much better after they get you some medicine, and we figure out what's wrong with you," Niall said moving in front of the door just in case Liam decided to try and make a run for it. "I don't want to!" Liam said as Harry walked over, and directed him back to the bed. Harry hopped up next to him, and let Liam rest on him. "We know you don't want to, babe. But Niall is right, we need to find out what's wrong with you and get you some medicine, so you'll feel better," Harry said, and Liam busted into tears. "Awe Liam," Zayn said going over to sit on the other side of Liam on the bed. "I don't like this at all!" Liam cried and Niall and Louis went over too. "Liam, please relax. It's okay! She's just going to take a look, and try and help you. She isn't going to hurt you," Louis said as he rubbed Liam's knee. "We promise, we will stay right here with you the whole time! We won't let anything hurt you!" Niall added on. Liam cried into Harry's neck, and Zayn, Louis, and Niall all tried to give him words of encouragement. They finally got him calmed down a little, and the doctor entered.
"Hi guys!" she said walking in and washing her hands. "Hey!" the boys greeted, all except a very red-faced Liam. "Are you okay?" she asked seeing a few stray tears still rolling down Liam's face. "He's a little scared, I think," Harry answered for him as he looked down at Liam who was still curled into his side. "That's alright! I'm just going to take a look," she smiled and put some gloves on. "Harry, you can stay right there if you'd like!" she offered and Harry nodded with a smile. Louis, Niall, and Zayn moved out of her way, but stood where they could all have a hand on Liam, or where he could at least see them. "Okay, Liam. Can I have you sit up for me?" she asked and Liam looked up at Harry. Harry gave him a reassuring nod, and Liam sat up for her but grabbed Harry's hand. "I'm just going to start off by taking your temperature," she said sticking another thermometer in his mouth. "101," she said with a frown. "You probably feel awful, bud!" she said rubbing the cold metal bit of her stethoscope on her palm. "I'm just going to listen to your heart and lungs," she said and had Liam take a few deep breaths. "Okay! Lungs and heart sound good! Now, tell me some of your symptoms," she said giving him a minute to relax again. "I have a bad headache, a cough, my throat is killing me, my ear hurts too," he said and listed all of his symptoms. "Okay! I'm going to take a look in your ear," she said taking her tool and looking. "Okay, you do appear to have an ear infection. I'm going to look at your throat too," she smiled and had him open. "It is very red. I'm going to just feel your lymph nodes," she said moving her hands to his neck. "They're swollen. I suspect you have strep throat, I'll get you a strep test really quick," she said leaving the room, and returning seconds later. "Okay, open nice and big for me. Take a deep breath," she said and Liam winced as she swabbed his throat. "All done!" she said when he coughed a few times. "You did great! I'll be right back," she said and went to go see what the test said.
"You're doing great!" Zayn said moving back in front of Liam, and laying a hand on his leg. "Thanks," Liam smiled. "Of course, babe!" Zayn said and Liam started feeling less anxious. "Okay!" she said walking back in. "So, it does look like you do have strep. So, I'm going to call you in some antibiotics for your strep throat and ear infection. I want you to rest, and drink plenty of liquids, and you can go home," she smiled and Liam sighed in relief that the appointment was over. "Thanks doc!" Niall said and she shook all of their hands before going back out to the car. "Thank you for being there for me," Liam rasped as they all piled back into the car. "No problem at all!" they all said and Louis drove them to get his antibiotics, and some ice cream to eat. When they got back to the house, Liam laid down on the couch and Niall brought him his medicine and a huge bowl of ice cream. "Thank you, Ni," Liam said gaining his voice back slightly. "You're welcome!" Niall said and they all sat and watched a move. The next few days, the boys would bring Liam his medicine and water, would make sure he was drinking plenty of water, and would make sure he had ice cream to ease the horrible pain he was dealing with. In no time, Liam was feeling much better thanks to the boys help!
