Inferno Part 2

~22~ I Hate the Awkwardness

Ellie's POV

It's been a week and Jake and I haven't spoken to each other at all. I'm still mad at him and I'm sure he's furious at me.

I hate being in a fight with my brother. We healed our relationship so completely that this just feels
wrong. Being mad at him feels wrong. Having him mad at me feels awful.

I get into school today and start my work. Lance comes in about an hour into my day and sits down on the cot.

"What can I do for you, boss?" I ask him with a smirk.

He doesn't even smile at me as he lays on the cot. "I feel awful today. Can you take my temperature?"

"Sure" I say, getting out my thermometer and taking his temp.

"Yuck. 102.9. You're a sicko, there, friend" I say, getting him some Tylenol and getting in my mini fridge to hand him some juice.

"Damn" he says, shaking his head in disgust.

He takes a drink of the juice and lays back down on the cot.

"Feeling dizzy?" I ask, feeling his forehead. He's clammy.

"No. It's my stomach" he says, gripping the lower right hand side of his stomach.

Uh oh

"Pretty painful?" I ask him.

He just nods.

"I'm going to get personal with ya, Lance. Have you been having any diarrhea?"

He nods. He's in too much pain to be embarrassed.

"All damn day" he says, miserably.

"Can I lift up your shirt and check something?" I ask.

He just nods.

I lift up his shirt and start feeling around. Dang this man is shredded. You can't really see how fit he is under his dress clothes, but holy cow. If I wasn't a married woman, I'd be insanely crushing on him. He's seriously cute.

I feel around and notice that his appendix is swollen. Uh oh.

"Lance, I'm going to call an ambulance" I say gently, wrapping him up with a blanket.

"What's wrong?" He asks, concerned.

"I think you're having an appendicitis" I say as I quickly dial 911.

I explain what's going on and then hang up, going back to Lance.

"How bad is the pain?" I ask rubbing his arm gently.

"Excruciating" he says, groaning in agony.

I nod and hold his hand until the ambulance gets here.

Nora and Drake arrive; Taylor comes in too. He must have heard that the call was for the school and wanted to make sure it wasn't for any of our family.

"Hey Lance" Nora says as Taylor and Drake get him on the gurney.

I had already called down to the secretary to let her know what's going on. Then I get into the ambulance with them.

Nora hooks him up to an IV and gets started taking his vitals.

"Oh yeah, I'm sure it's his appendix. Do you have any family we can call?" Nora asks him.

"Yeah. My mom. Number is in my phone" he says, trying to get his phone out of his pocket. He can't quite reach, and Nora is busy with his IV, so I reach into his back pocket and grab it.

Taylor did NOT like that at all. He doesn't say anything, but his face is saying everything.

I wish he would quit being jealous of Lance. I got the man his phone so I could call his mom. I didn't grab his ass.