maybe i made limeade [REWRITING]

🍋 ch 2 🍋

march 23, 2022 - wednesday

i woke up today, feeling not so great, i regret eating all the sugar i had yesterday at uncle cal's house. instead of waking up early at like 7, i slept in til at least 10, which wasn't out of the ordinary.

but it caused alarm bells in my dad's mind. i had been sleeping peacefully at 9:30 this morning, when my dad quietly knocked on my bedroom door.

"come in." my voice was raspy, i hoped he didn't notice that. "you still sleeping sweetheart?"

"yeah, my sugar high caused me to crash." "see, this is why we don't have a lot of sugar. anyways your mom and i are going on our daily wednesday date, so you gonna be ok—"

he leaned against me and stopped talking. "honey, you are burning. are you okay?"

"been feeling bad all night, but just got worse now." i leaned against him. he sighed. "mom and i can cancel our date, and take care of you."

"no, go on your date, i'll be fine here."

"are you sure? i can ask one of the guys, see if they can come over."

"sure, to make you stop worrying."

"hmm. seems like ashton is only available. sierra's sick, and then kaden's sick as well."

"seems like i was the next person to get it, i guess."

"it'll be okay though, ash is great at taking care of people."

"alright, can i fall back asleep?" "sure, i'll tell uncle ash that." he kissed me on the forehead and shut my door quietly.

i was out like a light, once my head hit the pillow. it was hours later when i felt like opening my eyes, and they burned.

i sat up and just a wave of dizziness started, and i realized i had a headache too. i picked up my phone and it had texts on it.

sierra: feel better sweetheart, #sickbuddies

kaden: #sicktogether but actually feeling better

dad: uncle ash is here, lounging in the family room if you need him.

ash: i'm here if you need anything. text me when you wake up so i can give you medicine and check your temp.

i opened up ash's message and texted him back. i set the phone down, and shut my eyes, and laid back down as well.

soon enough i heard light footsteps coming up the stairs. light knocks were heard and then the door opened.

"hello little clifford, heard you weren't feeling well today." i waved to him. my head was killing me.

"i'm gonna need you to sit up." "can i just lay down? i really don't feel like getting up." he grabbed the thermometer and placed it in my mouth, getting a feel for himself.

"you're warm." he commented, mostly to himself. the thermometer beeped and he took it out. "what am i?"

"103.1." "ok. where's the medicine?"

"it is downstairs, with the chicken soup. you have to eat it."

"alright, i'll start getting out of bed, and changing."

"you do that, and i'll finish it." he stepped out of the room, and quietly shut the door so i could change.

i changed into leggings and ashton's hoodie that he left. getting up and down the stairs was the hardest part.

i got to the stairs and didn't trust myself at all walking down them. "uncle ash!" "yes?"

"i'm feeling super dizzy right now." my voice rasped out. "where are you at?"

"the stairs, i don't trust myself." i shut my eyes, my dizziness was literally taking me over.

i lowered myself, so i could sit. and i just slowly went down that way. at the bottom i couldn't get up and i could see uncle ash putting my bowl of soup on the table, and walking this way.

"hey, you said you were dizzy?" "i still am, just slid down the stairs." i told him.

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after finishing half of my soup, i laid my head down on the table. "you're really not feeling good, huh?" i nodded. only making my headache worse.

"you wanna do anything?"

"can you just hold me for a little bit..?"

"of course, come on."

i curled my body into ash, and he didn't mind at all. i honestly fell asleep when he started stroking my hair. i got repositioned a couple times, when he had to get up, but i was asleep the rest of the time.

soon enough, i was woken up again, this time with a pain in my abdomen. ash wasn't here, but i saw a note.

hey, little clifford. i left about an hour ago, your mom and dad are back. i left you your next 2 pills. and water is with them. hoping you feel better soon.

- uncle ash xx

i took the pills and drank some sips of water calming my stomach immediately. it was quiet in the house. but then i heard my mom in the kitchen.

"mom?" my voice was shaky.

"how was your nap honey?"

"it was good. i'm still feeling pretty crappy."

"did you take the pills that ash left for you?"

"yeah, but now i'm cold. can you get me a blanket?"

"i'm sorry honey, we gotta get your fever down, so no blanket right now."

"what am i at?"

"it went back up to 103.2. dad is getting some ice cream from the store."

"what's for dinner?"

"chicken and rice, but soup for you, if you feel up to it."

"i'll try."

"alright, i'll be out in the kitchen, if you need me. dad should be home soon." she kissed my forehead and left for the kitchen.

i laid on the couch til dad came through the front door. "honey i'm home!"

"babe, shh avi's recovering." crystal shushed him. he smirked and then went quiet. he rounded the corner and i was there, laying on the couch.

"hello sweet girl, are we feeling better?" i nodded my head no. "aww, we're here to help."

"can i go to the beach today?" i half smiled. "no, not today, you're sick, maybe in a couple days."

"dinner's ready you two." crystal smiled from the doorway. i grabbed my dad's hand and he helped me up.

i ate some soup, but once my stomach couldn't handle anymore, i stopped. it was okay, though, i couldn't handle food that well anyways.

after dinner, i ended up back on the couch again, watching whatever my dad was watching. we ended up connecting his phone to the tv and called the crew.

ashton answered first, "how is she feeling?" i put a thumbs down. "she's still feeling crappy ash." dad told him. crystal came and sat with me, letting my head rest on her lap.

luke popped on the screen. "hey guys!" dad waved to luke, and so did my mom. "angel, how're you feeling?" nodded my no. "sierra's feeling better, and baby hemmo." "when y'all due?" crystal asked.

"september 27th." i gave sierra a thumbs up. she smiled as a thank you. "when's cal getting in?" dad asked. "uhh not too sure since kaden was sick today too."

just then cal popped onto the screen. "sorry, had a little issue." "no worries, you didn't miss anything."

everyone talked for a good hour, or at least til i fell asleep. an hour later, once i heard everybody leave the call, i felt being picked up.

i snuggled in my bed when i got the chance, and immediately fell asleep. let's see what the next days hold. goodnight.

very long chapter, yw

- ASH 🤍🤍