I'll Love You Every Step Of The Way

Chapter 44

"Can we stop by the house? I need to change my clothes." Mercedes nodded. When they got there, Chord already had the door unlocked for her,since she was the only one going inside. She quickly changed into a gray sweat shirt and black sweat pants, and pulled a grey hoodie over her head. She put her boots on, the leg of the pants going over it, and grabbed anything she might need, which means she grabbed her money and phone charger. They left again, this time it was her and Chord in the front. One of the reasons why she always sat in front is because of her long legs. They were the last to get to the hospital, where everyone was waiting in the waiting room, including Cam and Mary.

"How is he?" Brenda asked as she sat down beside Mary, Chord sitting on the other side of her.

"We don't know. He couldn't stop coughing the whole way here, then they wouldn't let us go back with him." Brenda sighed.

"This is what? The third time he's been in the hospital since I've freaking met him." She grumbled. Of course she's upset, but she's mad at the dude that tackled him."He doesn't deserve any of this shit."

"We know."

"Hasn't he been acting weird to you though?" Mary asked.

"Beside's being grumpy all week, yeah. Last Monday he stood up and almost fell again. He said that he 'stood up to fast', but he's done it a lot these past two weeks." She said.

"Didn't he say that he got dizzy when he fell a little while ago?" Jake asked Chord.

"Yeah. He sounded out of it, like he wasn't his normal self." Everyone nodded in agreement.

30 minutes later

A little while later, a doctor came out, asking,

"Samuel Evans." Everyone looked at her while Brenda, Mary, Chord and Dwight stood up.

"How is he?" Dwight asked.

"Well... Have a seat, there's a lot to tell." She said, which made everyone start worrying more. She sat with them."Well, he was hit pretty hard when he was tackled, evidently,  which is why he had a hard time breathing. He seems a little out of it, right?" They nodded."Being tackled isn't the reason for that. I was asking him a couple of questions, but I could barely make out anything he said. One of the questions I asked him was 'When was the last time he got some sleep' and he said something like 'A week ago'. For the other questions, I couldn't make out what he said. He has a high fever. All I have to say is, he shouldn't have played tonight." Everyone was quiet.

"He hasn't said a word about feeling bad or anything, to any of us." Chord said.

"Nope."

"Last Tuesday he told me that he couldn't sleep that night, but he said it was because he was nervous." Brenda said.

"Nervous about what?"

"Singing at the pep rally, getting his test scores, and the football games." She answered.

"Huh, well, you guys can go see him. And if all of you are going back, please be quiet." She led them to his room, where he was laying on his back, staring at the wall. She didn't stay, but she closed the door when everyone was in the room. They made spots on the floor, and in chairs. Brenda sat in a chair next to him. There was an IV in his right arm, and his cheeks were red.

"Sam?" Brenda asked.

"Hm?"He looked at her.

"How are you feeling?"

"Eh. Like poop."

"How many hours of sleep have you gotten this week?" Mary asked.

"You mean in the last two weeks?"He asked seriously." Um," He counted on his fingers." Like, 6 hours all together."

"Why didn't you tell anyone bro?" Chord asked.

"I didn't want no one to worry. You know how B gets when she's worried about me!" He tried to whisper the last part but it didn't work, and it made everyone laugh.

"You should have told someone, Sam."He shrugged."Have they done any tests?" Dwight asked.

"They took blood, shined a bright light in my eyes, which is rude, then they kept asking me dumb questions and shit. They made me pee in a cup." He shivered. Brenda grabbed his hand. He looked at her again and said," You're seriously pretty." Brenda laughed and started running her hands through his hair. He closed his eyes and told her,

"You should totally be a head massager.(I'm pretty sure I spelled it wrong but oh well)" Brenda giggled again. A little while later, he was finally asleep. Almost everyone had left, the (present) glee club members, went to their homes, Rachel and Finn went to stay with Rachel's dads, Quinn and Puck went to stay with Judy, Tina, Mike, and Jenna went back to their apartment, Santana and Brittany were staying at Brenda's house, along with Mercedes, Blaine, and Kurt. Blaine went to spend time with Kurt. The Evans' left, and now the only ones with Sam was Chord, Mary and Dwight. There was a knock on the door and the doctor came in.

"Okay, I have the test results from when we drew blood earlier." She started." He was also having a mini-panic attack. He seems a little out of it to you, right?" They nodded." Well, it's from tiredness. I was asking him many questions and he kept saying dizzy, and then I asked him when the last time he got any sleep and he said a week. The test results came back positive for Mono." Brenda raised an eye brow." I know all of you are thinking that the only way you can get mono is by kissing someone. That's not the case. The disease lives and grows in the nose and throat, and some people who have mono don't have any symptoms, and you can get it from drinking out of the same bottle or cup, and using the same eating utensils. And I doubt he's kissed anyone except for you." She glanced at Brenda when she said that."Mono usually lasts for about a month or two, so it looks like he won't be going back to school until the new year."

"What are the symptoms?" Dwight asked.

"Fever, sore throat, headache, fatigue, muscle weakness, swollen tonsils and night sweats."She answered." I'm going to prescribe some medications to help the symptoms and I want him to stay over night so we can watch his breathing, and he can go home tomorrow morning. Just be aware, if he tells you to get out of the way, get out of the way, or he'll throw up on you. And he'll probably sleep and lay around a lot, and his muscles will probably hurt."She left again. Mary stood up and picked up her purse.

"C'mon baby, we need to get home." She told Chord, who stood up. He kissed Brenda on the top of her head before he stood at the door to wait on Mary, who kissed Dwight, then kissed Sam's forehead. She looked at Brenda sympathetically, knowing that she wouldn't get any sleep, from worrying. It was quiet after that, besides Sam snoring like the muffler fell off of a motorcycle.

Hope y'all liked it! After this I'm gonna give Sam a break, I have been making him sick and getting him hurt alot in these books, huh? Whoops! Sorry for the mistakes!