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Mistreated.

I hear the door open.

Great.

"Mitch?"

I whine.

"Look, I know you're sick, but you have fans. The others always give 100% but you give like 85, okay?"

I wipe my eyes and sit up.

"C'mon. It's only an hour rehearsal and then you're free."

I pull on a hoodie and grab my phone before heading out the door.

On the way down I start profusely sweating so I take off my hoodie and tie it around my waist.

In the car I get shivers so I put it back on (this is so bad idk what I'm doing).

No, Mitch. You're fine.

When we get to the venue I get out and walk inside, accompanied by Jonathan.

We walk in and everyone turns to us.

"Mitch? What are you doing here?" Kirstie asks.

"He said that he was feeling better." Jonathan says and I smile and nod.

"Okay..." Scott starts. "Great, well let's get started, I guess."

"I'll be back." Jonathan says and walks out.

"You don't look good, Mitch." Kevin says and feels my forehead.

He widens his eyes. "He needs to get to the ER."

Avi calls in Esther and Scott sets me on his lap.

Esther takes one look at me and makes a face.

"We need to go now."

I feel a pain in my chest and cry out.

"Mitch, calm down. We're getting you help, okay?" Kirstie says and squeezes my hand.

Esther picks me up and carries me out to the car.

She starts up the ignition and speeds out onto the main road.

I shriek as my head throbs.

"I know, I know. Almost there."

She pulls into a small emergency room and hurriedly gets me out of the car.

"Can you walk?"

I nod and take small steps towards the door.

I lean on Esther as I get dizzy.

She gets me inside and I sit down while she checks me in.

Thankfully not to many people are there at this time of day, so I get taken back pretty quickly.

A young female nurse walks in.

Esther explains my situation, gives her all my information and then she tests me for pneumonia.

"Have you ever been tested before?" She asks.