Zero Strings

ZS 16

River

I don't know how long I've been asleep, but all I know is that I woke up and my head was pounding like crazy.

I was so fucking exhausted yesterday and we've been walking around under the heat the whole day so I should've known this was so bad for me.

The exhaustion on top of the stress from the past days, so of course this happens.

With my blurry vision, I quickly got up and went to my bag to check for my meds, which stressed me out even more as I started to sweat from the head pounding and my breathing become erratic.

I had already taken out all my stuff out of my bag but for some reason my meds wasn't in there that I just let out a 'fuck' as tears started to well up my eyes from the pain.

Fucking shit!

I didn't know what to do.

I just wanted to lie down on the floor and wail but Casey was fast asleep and I didn't wanna wake her up.

There was also the fact that she didn't know about this whole thing and I wasn't ready to tell her about it yet.

So despite the pain, I got back on my feet and tried my best to make it out the door as I tried to endure the pain that the backlight of my phone was making to my already pounding headache as I googled for the closest hospital.

Thankfully, even with the struggle to move my feet I soon managed to make it out of the room and onto the hallway.

As I struggled to walk while having my hands on the wall for support, the door to Casey's parents room opened and out came her dad.

And as soon as he saw me, concern instantly filled his face before he ran over to me.

"River, buddy. Are you okay?" He asked me as he helped me up.

"I need to go to the hospital" I told him "Please don't tell Casey please please..." I begged as panic filled his face while he struggled to keep me up, unsure of what to do.

"Okay I'll get Cam and we can bring you to the hospital" he said before letting me go for a second so he could get Cam. Not even a minute later, Mr. Kirk and Cam came back out and was rushing to get me out of there and to the car to bring me to the nearest hospital. I'm actually also very thankful about the fact that Casey's dad and Cam are both in the medical field so at least they knew how to help me in some way.

"Keep your eyes open, yeah?" Cam told me as he sat with me in the backseat while Mr. Kirk drove out of the parking lot as fast as he can.

"River, do you think you can answer my questions?" Mr. Kirk asked

"Y-yes sir" I struggled to answer as my body filled with sweat and I felt my whole body shake like I was having a mild seizure.

"Do you have any illness? Anything that you think could be causing this?" He asked.

"Yes sir" I answered. As much as I wanted to elaborate, I really didn't have the energy to do so and can only say a limited amount of words.

"What medication are you taking?" Mr. Kirk asked

"C-carmustine" I answer, and all of a sudden the car feels silent.

"Carmustine...." Cam whispered under his breath before he felt me start to rapidly shake "Shit, dad hurry he's having a seizure"

That was the last things I heard before I passed out.

For the second time today, I didn't know how long I was passed out, but as soon as I woke up, the blaring white lights and white walls were the first thing I saw as soon as I opened my eyes.