Chapter 4 4-The Clinic.

Caden and Emilio walked me to the nurse's office, except it looked more like a mini-clinic. She looked at my face that was still slightly bruised and my sneeze that didn't stop.

She offered me a tissue so at least this time I didn't have to use my sleeves this time. She asked for my name and typed it in before asking a weird question.

"No guardian yet?" she says more to herself.

She told me the doctor would come and check me in just a minute. I haven't seen a doctor since, I can't even remember the last time I saw one. I wasn't sure if I should be scared, ready for a fight, or okay with it all.

The two guys were still watching me, ready for the action. When the doctor finally came I decided that I don't like him. I don't like him at all, he asked me to take my shirt off, didn't he know I'm freezing cold.

"No need to be shy Mister Alex, just take it off for a minute," he says again. I'm not shy, I'm cold now how to make him understand that.

He tried to manhandle me and take my top off but I just slapped his hands away, how rude of him. The doctor looked at the two guys that were with me then nodded toward me.

Just in time for another sneeze, the guy Caden got a tissue and offered to wipe my nose for me. Uh, no thank you, I took the tissue and blew my own nose.

"Can you please take the shirt off?" this time it was Emilio who asked.

I shivered from the idea alone, he noticed my shiver and went to the nurse, he asked her to raise the temperature in the room.

Once it was finally a bit warmer in here I took my shirt off giving the doctor a clear sight of my bruises, and over the skinny body.

The doctor's eyes went wide with a shock first but he got his poker face back and looked over my bruises and checked my chest and throat.

"You got the flu, better keep you warm and out of the cold," he says writing something on a medical pad.

He gave the paper to the guys and not to me, well great since I didn't have the money to pay for the medication.

I was finally able to put my clothes back on, back to the warmth and safety. The guys offered to walk me to my next class, I was a bit late but didn't mind much.

I went in and took a seat, the teacher just looked at my two companions but didn't say much. My head hurt too much now to keep my head up, I was really tired, I placed my head on the table and took a quick nap.

I only woke up to Caden waking me up, I looked up confused, the class was empty, they left me asleep.

"Hey little guy had a nice nap?" he asks me and I blush.

"Come on What's your next class?" he ask me while I was hardly awake.

I'm feeling more sick than I did this morning, the quick motion of getting up wasn't helping either, I wanted to call Caden and tell him I feel sick.

But I wasn't fast enough, the sickness won over and I vomited all over myself and the floor. Damn it.

I looked up at Caden expecting him to be really mad or yell at how I just got sick but instead, he looked at me with eyes filled with worry.

"You okay little guy?" he asks and I shake my head no still feeling sick.

"I guess we better take you home" he walked me somewhere, I was too tired to notice.

He took me to a locker room, the football team locker room. He helped me out of my now dirty sweater, instead, he gave me a hoodie with Emilio's name and number over it.

I gave him a look and he just chuckled holding his hands up.

"Mine isn't that clean and I'm sure Em won't mind," he says and I just nod still too tired to fight or object.

He was being nice to me so far, so why would I object, especially when this sick.

"Come on let's get you home" he offer to drive me home and I panic, now he'll know where I live.

"Uhh..no need...I can get home alone" I say in a panic.

"Come on little guy you're sick I can't let you drive," he says.

Well, he doesn't have to worry since I have no idea how to drive.

"I'm okay, I'll just be on my way," I say trying to skip this mountain of a man but to no use.

"Come on little guy," he says again pulling me by my arm.

This time I do fight, I snatch my hand back. Who does he think he is.

"I'm more than capable to go home by myself" I yell at him.

"Come on man, you are sick!! I won't let you be alone" he says again trying to reason with me.

I just fight my way out of the way, he tried to stop me. He didn't want to hurt which was to my advantage letting me get away easily.

No one stopped me since I had already been to the nurse's office so they all knew I was sick.

There were no buses at this time so I had to walk home, here goes my very long walk.

I was starting to make progress in the journey when I heard the honk of a car, ignoring it I kept walking. A car slowed down to my pace and kept honking until I looked inside to see Emilio.

"Get in I'll give you a ride," he says, it was more like an order than a request.

The way was still too long and I was too tired, he won and I got in. I opened my mouth to give him my address but he beat me to it.

"The office gave me your address Alex, you can't walk all the way there," he says more like talking to a small child making me frown.

The ride to the house was mostly silent, when I got there I went to leave when a hand on my shoulder stopped me.

"Here you these are your medicine, please take the baby boy" he pleads with me.

"Uhh...thank you...." I say awkwardly before leaving the car and going inside the house, that was so weird...