“How are you feeling” Kerry asked, “tired” I replied. Instead of going towards the bed like everyone assumed I would do, I went to the door. “Where do you think you’re going?” Lucas asked.
“outside?” god he was dumb. “Ruka you’re sick, here is some pain meds for your head I went to the nurse for you. Now come rest” Matt told me. See told you now that I’m sick he’s glued to me there is no escape! “You’ll find a way rukaaaa” Kalebs voice echoed in my head. Bringing with it more pain, I nearly collapsed but quickly recovered. Stupid brain listen to MY voice not HIS voice.
 “Let’s compromise, how about I take the medicine and I get to go outside?” I asked Matt.
 “No your sick, take the meds and get in bed” was his reply.
“Umm…how about yes I take the meds and not go to bed instead I go outside for an hour or so for fresh air?” I responded back, this was really childish. I was still by the door.
 “No” Matt said. “Yes” “No” “YES” “NO” “YES!” “NO!” it went back and forth with Kerry and Lucas watching. I kind of felt embarrassed, but I’m the sick one here. Everyone should do what I say not the other way round.
Matt started to walk towards me, out of instinct I grabbed the door knob. But didn’t turn it, I didn’t want to have a fight with Matt.
“Okay fine, I’ll sit on the bed, but I’m not lying down” because that would lead to sleep which would lead to death dreams with Kaleb. “I’ll take the medication, but in return I want both you boys out of the room. Kerry can stay since she’s not being overbearing like you two are”. There I finally said it and now I feel guilty. Great. “Nope, I’m staying” Matt replied almost holding back a laugh, “Me too” Lucas said with a dumb cute smile which I would love to slap off his face! Stupid dream why in the hell did I have to say,” sorry Lucas I love you” I must be out of my mind. Okay Matt just refused all of my demands, fine two can play at that game. “Fine you can stay, give me the medicine Matt” he handed me two red pills eyeing me, he handed me a glass of water which I flatly refused. I walked to the bathroom and flushed it down the toilet. I really could have used them, but my brother was being unreasonable so it was my only option. “Why did you do that?” Matt asked angrily, he looked mad to. Okay that’s scary, you’re a brave girl pretend you aren’t scared. “My head doesn’t hurt, I’m feeling fine. So I thought it would be fun to see what happens when you flushed a tablet down the toilet” I replied. When I did flush It down the toilet, it looked really cool. The water went pink then red then clear, so I wasn’t really lying. I was only lying that I’m feeling fine, I was feeling really really sick.
“You don’t look fine, I’m going to get the nurse up here to see you now” Matt said running out of the room before I could protest. He won! He knows I have a tendency to freak out at nurses and doctors, it’s all because I fainted once at my blood test appointment. The stupid nurse pocked me with the needle ten times before she found a good vain to suck out the blood, and when she pulls it out it hurt like hell and the blood kept coming out of my skin. That was enough to make me faint and freak out whenever I saw a nurse or doctor. In my head it goes like this nurse equals needle equals blood equals pain equals fainting. No thank you.
I walked out of the bathroom, and sat on my bed. “Kerry can you stay in the room with me when the nurse comes in?” I asked Kerry pleading. She sat on the bed next to me “Of course I’ll stay” she replied. “Can you do me one more favour?” I asked. “Sure ask away” she said happily. “Make Matt and Lucas go away” Lucas laughed while sitting on Kerry’s bed. I glared at him, I don’t think it worked because he laughed harder. I think my glare looked like confusion. Sending the wrong message out, stupid body! “Sorry Ruka, I can’t Matt will just get angry, and plus would you want to be away from him if he was sick?” she asked me. “Guess not” I replied.
“Why does Lucas have to be here?” I asked Kerry. Lucas answered for Kerry  “Ruka, I’ve seen you faint twice, it’s no big deal me seeing you sick. But it’s nice to think you care about that. Don’t worry you’re not grossing me out or anything, I don’t get sick” someone cut off his tough!
Matt walked in with the nurse, she looked young and friendly, but for all I know that could be an act. Kerry kicked the two boys out momentarily while I got checked by the nurse. She was gentle.  She checked my blood pressure, temperature, eye dilatation and then her hands were around my neck. I thought she was going to strangle me and so moved backwards from her hands.
“Honey I’m only checking your glands, don’t worry” she put her hands around my neck which was tense “relax hon” I tried I knew I failed. My glands were swollen. She asked me a few questions, I answered I have a headache, haven’t been sleeping well, my muscles are soar and my chest hurts. She gave me a bottle of antibiotics and sleeping pills so I could rest better, no thank you I thought. Thank god Kerry was there she stopped me from running out the door by being there.
“you really don’t like nurses do you” Kerry asked me.
“No I don’t. Thanks for staying” I smiled at her.
The nurse left informing Matt and Lucas that I had a bad case of the flu, I have no idea where I could have caught it from, guess my body felt like getting sick. Again I repeat stupid body. I still sat on the bed, I really wanted to lay down but forced myself not to. “Can I go outside?” I asked Matt. Matt said no, but at the same time that Lucas said yes. Okay confused, I looked at Matt looking for approval, which still seemed like a no. “Fine you can go, but ten minutes is all I’m giving you, you’ll come back eat something take your antibiotics and sleeping pill. And Lucas hold Ruka by her arm she looks like she’s about to collapse. Ruka don’t let Lucas let go of you. I’ll know if he does” Matt said all of this very calmly.
No way, I get ten minutes of freedom with the person who irritates be the most! On top of that he has to keep a hold of my arm! Fine it’s worth it, the air in the room was making me feel sicker as it was. “Thank you” I said to Matt sarcastically. I looked at Lucas and walked out the door, his hand was already around my arm. Ignoring Lucas starting from now. We walked slowly downstairs, there were a lot of stairs 6 flights of stairs, ten minutes of freedom and I’ll spend them all here. I frowned, I couldn’t walk any faster. Lucas stopped walking which caused me to stop walking, I frowned again, ignoring him wasn’t working, him stopping was ticking my ten minutes away even faster.
“Do you trust me?” Lucas asked staring me in the eyes. Why was he asking me this? Fine I’ll answer, my brother trusts him so I trust him…a little bit. “Yeah why?” I replied.
“close your eyes, even when you don’t know what’s happening keep them closed okay, promise to keep them closed” Lucas asked with a smile. He sounded so sweet, I couldn’t refuse “okay, I promise” I closed my eyes. What happened next shocked me, Lucas lifted my body up gently with his cold strong hands. I was about to protest but he said “keep your eyes shut”. I did. What happened next was incredible, Lucas was running really really fast down the stairs, I could feel the cold air hitting my skin, I pushed my body more towards Lucas for warmth. He chuckled, he finds everything I do funny, I find his chuckling irritating I thought. All of a sudden Lucas came to a stop. That was fast. I knew we were outside I could feel the sun on my face it felt nice and refreshing. “Can I open my eyes now?” I asked Lucas.
“Yup” he replied and let me on my feet, but he still had one hand around my arm. “Thank you for getting me down here faster, we still have three minutes left” I laughed. We started walking around the girl’s dorm, silently. Then I thought of a question I could ask Lucas. I turned to him “Do you trust me?” he didn’t look fazed maybe he thought I would ask. “Yes”. I smiled at him, now I wanted him to prove it. “Okay, if you trust me let me go to the lake” I told him. His face looked strained like he wanted to say yes, but knew he couldn’t. He didn’t answer, I should learn not to ask questions, it just makes me angry. “Please don’t cry Ruka” Lucas said while wiping my tears. Crap stupid angry tears, now I look like a spoiled brat in front of him, god he must think I’m the most childish 16 year old in the world! “Don’t worry, I’m not crying for the reason you think. Times up let’s go back to big brother up there before he explodes” I said. “Ruka I’m” I cut Lucas off from saying sorry. I didn’t want to hear it, I didn’t deserve it, he was nice enough to take me downstairs, even if he didn’t trust me I shouldn’t care, who was he to me anyway. “Don’t worry, I’m okay. Thank you for taking me down stairs to get fresh air I’m feeling a bit better now.”
Lucas took me back to my room the same way we got downstairs. Even running upstairs he was fast, I swear it felt like he was even faster upstairs than down. I felt like I had gotten a bit closer to Lucas, I liked him. But he’s still annoying I laughed to myself. “What’s so funny?” Lucas asked me. “Nothing” I said blushing. He gave me a weird look, I smiled. Matt opened the door for us.
“Your one minute late Ru” Matt was interrupted by Kerry “you guys are just on time” she said sweetly glaring at Matt to shut up.
 “Fine, you’re on time” Matt rolled his eyes. I smiled back at Kerry and sat on the bed.
“How are you feeling?” Kerry asked putting her hand on my hand, which was still hot.
“The fresh air was good, it made me feel a bit better”.
“You look really tired maybe you should eat and go sleep” Kerry said while putting the thermometer in my mouth.
“Keep it under your tough, me and matt went and got lunch for everyone. We will eat soon” Kerry said.
While I had a yucky metal taste in my mouth I watched Kerry Matt and Lucas set up one of the desks in my room into a lunch table. Matt and Kerry had bought a fruit salad for me, while they all had a sandwich and what I was guessing was a strawberry milkshake, it was really red. Matt got me a chocolate milkshake which was my favourite. After they had finished telling me what was for lunch and setting up the table Kerry took the thermometer out o my mouth “her fever hasn’t gone down, it’s gotten higher” she said with concern. I honestly felt better maybe the thermometers broken. Matt bought me my food to my bed. We all talked while eating, when I looked at my food, I didn’t feel hungry. I ate a bit to keep everyone happy. Though I hardly touched the shake. No one protested to how much I ate. Thank god I couldn’t eat any more I felt like puking it all up right now. Matt handed me two tablets and water. I took the antibiotic first and drank it down with water. Then I looked at Matt and shook my head. “Ruka, I let you go outside, you promised to take the medication and sleep. Please take it” Matt asked. I really don’t want to sleep right now, I don’t want to have a nightmare. “Ruka?” Matt said still holding his hand out with the blue sleeping tablet.
“Can I try to sleep on my own first?” I asked.
This time Kerry spoke “Ruka you haven’t slept properly for days, you may fall asleep by yourself but you’ll have a restless sleep. You won’t be able to get better if you don’t sleep or eat properly”.
I’m such a wose my heart started beating faster, all I could think was they’ll keep trying to make me take it. I can’t win, everyone else gets to win. I took the tablet out of Matts hand shaking, my heart was still beating fast, I was scared I would see Kaleb again. My glass was empty Lucas poured me another glass of water, he smiled at me. I swallowed the tablet Matt smiled at me. I tried smiling back. I still didn’t lay on the bed, but that didn’t last long the stupid tablet made me feel drowsy and my head hit the pillow without my consent.