Chapter 18- Uh-Oh

Universal POV
Later that night, after everyone had settled down in their beanbags and headed towards one of the Computer Labs, Autumn was still awake. She just couldn't fall asleep, which has happened to her many times before.
     At home, this had happened so many times. She would stay up until midnight and instead of getting sleepier, she would stay awake. She would stay up until as late as 3 o'clock in the morning sometimes. But it was never fun. Everyone else she could either text or talk to (in the case of a sleepover) had already passed out and she was lonely.
     So here she sits, taking account of everything that has happened in the past few days. She remembers about Louis and his sad little speech earlier. Then she looks at him and gasps at what she sees.

Autumn's POV
I turn my head to look at Louis and I gasp at what I see. There is a puddle of blood surrounding Louis. The only injury that he got that I remember was from that thorn earlier. What was a supposed scratch was actually a large gash. And judging how much blood had soaked through the beanbag and his shirt without someone noticing, he was about to bleed out.
"Help!! Someone help!!" I shout, hoping that one of my friends would wake up and try to help me. Russ wakes up and jumps to his feet.
"What's wrong?" he says, in a serious voice. I was taken aback for a minute, I'd forgotten that when he was serious, he was also scary.
"L-l-Louis." I stutter, pointing at his arm where the gash was.
"How did he get that?" he says, shocked. I guess nobody but me had noticed that he cut his arm.
"Overgrowth." I say, still too shocked to say more then one word.
     By now, a few of the other were awake. May was over here in a flash. She cringed when she saw the gash, but started to think of what to do right away.
"Take his shirt off Autumn, we need a better look at the wound." I gulped. This was going to be super weird.
Slowly, I lift his shirt up and over his head. He winces in his sleep when I move his arm, it must hurt.  
     When his shirt is finally removed we all gasp. The wound is deep, almost to the bone. And the skin around it is cherry red and swollen.
"The wound is infected... this is bad," says May, looking around and running a hand through her hair.
     She looks inside her first aid kit and finds a needle and a thread. She threads the needle and starts to stitch up the wound. After she finishes, I know that he may not make it. It is infected and we have no medicine to fight the infection.
     "Autumn, I'm not going to lie to you, the chances of him living are slim. I know what kind of medicine it is that he needs, but we don't have any here." she says.
"Wait! You can go and find it somewhere like the doctor's office down the street a few miles, right?" By now I was becoming delirious, wildly looking for a way to save Louis. If he dies, I die, even if I don't physically, I will be dead mentally, not helping anyone in this race for survival.
     May started to zone out, like she does when she's thinking.
"Well, I could actually go there and get the medicine, I know that they have it, I just need to get there... Freddy, you come with me." says May, nudging him with her foot until he wakes up.
"We'll be back as soon as we can, ok? Just make sure he stays alive, and if he has a fever, soak a washcloth and put it on his forehead. That's the best advice I can give you due to our current position. Bye!" says May.
Freddy trails after her, no doubt excited for this mini adventure even though he didn't know what was going on.
After they leave, I sit there, staring at the boy of my dreams while he is slowly edging his way towards death. I rest a hand on his forehead, and it is burning up. I quickly find a clean shirt from his backpack and soak it with water. Then I drape it over his forehead.
He should have something to drink, shouldn't he? That's what I do when I'm sick. I grab a pre filled water bottle from my backpack and I try to wake him up. He just ignores me for a while, then finally awakes.
     He grunts out of the pain in his arm but turns to look at me.
"What happened?" he asks, his eyes wide, probably surprised at the blood on the floor and the pain in his arm.
"Well, earlier you cut your arm on that thorn, remember? And you didn't tell us about any of this. About 15 minutes ago, I look at you and you're unconscious with this ridiculously large puddle of blood on the floor and an infected gash on your arm." I look at him through all of this. The memory seems to come back to him.
"Now, drink this water. I know I'm not a professional but since May's getting medicine, I'm in charge of you for now." I say. I raise the bottle to his mouth and he slowly gulps down half the bottle. Then I recap the bottle and look at him again.
     "Why am I shirtless?" he asks questioningly, with a smirk.
"Well, we needed to have a clearer view of the injury, so I took off your shirt." I say.
"Are you sure it wasn't just so you could admire my abs?" he says with a stupid little grin on his face.
"Nope, there's absolutely no chance that that was the reason." I say.
     "I'm cold..." he says. I feel his forehead and it still feels like it's on fire. I take the shirt and pour some more water onto it.
"I know you feel cold but you have a high fever so I need to put this shirt on your forehead." I say, calmly.
"Fine," he says, "But on one condition." I place the wet shirt on his forehead.
"And what would that condition be?" I ask.
"That you stay with me until May comes back, because if this is my last night, I want to spend it with you." he says.
      I snuggle up into his chest and he wraps his muscular arms around me. Even though he's very warm, it doesn't bother me.
"Goodnight," I whisper to him.
"Goodnight Autumn, I love you," he says and presses his feverishly hot lips gently to my forehead. And we both fall asleep.

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A. N. Hello! I came up with the idea for this chapter while just sitting one day and thought, why not try it? So I did. Anyways, I hope you liked this chapter!! Please comment any good ideas/suggestions! Thanks!

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