I HELPED ERICH TO SHOWER

When I got to school, I found my friends except Erich, we were nine.

“Where is Erich? Is he already in class?” I asked Lana and Rose.

“No, he told me that his sick, and can’t come to school,” Michael answered.

“Wait! What’s wrong with him?” I asked hurriedly.

“He said he has cold, and he’s very weak, so I am going to check him after class,” Michael answered.

“Please give me his contacts, I will go and check up on him now,” I said it, I mean I care about Erich. He’s sick so he needs someone to take care of him.

“So, you’re not attending classes?” Aaron asked whilst shouting at Nathan who was running to Erich’s campus resident.

I quickly made a call to Erich to let him know that I was coming, so that he can come down and fetch me, because I can’t go to his room without his allowance due to his resident rules. He told the security lady that she’s sick, can’t come down through call, and they can allow me to go upstairs. So, I hurriedly went upstairs. Oh! Before that, I went to that 24-hour store, and bought his orange juice pack, and some few cold and cough medicines.

When I got inside, I found the door unlocked, he was so pale, lying inside his blankets. I just placed the medicines that were in a plastic bag next to his bed and took the orange juice pack to his kitchen and I started making him a soup, and I got lucky that I found all the ingredients I need in his kitchen cabinets.

After I finished with his soup, I pour it inside a bowl and took it to him I found him asleep, and you can see that he’s very weak. I sat next to him on the bed and start waking him up by calling his name few times before he could open his eyelids slowly. His room is painted cream white on the walls, and his wardrobe and drawer cabinets were white in color, while curtains were light in beige and his sheets and blankets were dusty blue.

“What are you doing here?” Erich asked with hoarse voice, whilst trying to face at my direction.

“I came here to help you, and don’t argue with me,” I stated whilst placing the soup bowl on top of his drawer “Wake up and sit down so that I can feed you the soup, you need to take the medication after.”

I wonder how he got this bad flu within a day or hours. Was he with that guy the whole night outside? Does he even care about him? I brushed off my words from my mind. I should look after him. He needs me.

I saw Erich trying to wake up but he was too weak, so I motioned my body near him to help him sit down. I took the bowl, with a wooden spoon, and blew some air on soup that was inside the wooden spoon to make it less hot for Erich, Erich who was looking down, he looked very terrible. His hair was all over his face, he looked like he spent his night dancing back and forth with his head while his hair was loose.

“Open your mouth so that I can feed you,” I stated with a low voice and spoon near his mouth full of soup.

Joseph, he has been texting Erich the whole morning, and he’s surprised why Erich he hasn’t opened his messages, but he thinks maybe his in class and he will respond them when they’re done attending classes.

“Guys we should check Erich after we are done with classes,” Lana stated.

Rose cleared her throat twice before responding Lana “Edward just texted me now that Nathan said we should focus on the project, he will take care of Erich.”

Lana felt a sharp pain on her chest when Rose responded, because she’s already in contact with Edward.

“Oh! Girl, share more details, are you and Edward together now?” Chris asked with some snapping on from his left fingers.

“Hahaha, no we just started talking there and there,” Rose stated with a hint of a smile on her face.

Lana just realized that she should just let Rose go from her heart, because it just shows that Rose will never be in love with her, and she should just wish her some happiness with Edward as her best friend.

“Guys, Nathan said he will send us his ideas along with Erich’s, that Erich he’s so sick and he can’t be left alone,” Edward stated whilst reading from his phone.

“Wow, that’s so nice, these people need us, and we have to take care of them,” Aaron said, with a pity face and tone. His actually talking about Chris.

“Hahaha, Mr. Chris,” Toni stated with a laugh “And Eddie here, what’s up with you and Michael?” Toni asked.

“I don’t know guys, I mean at first, he used to stare at me without moving his eyes, and when I stare back, he turns them away or walk away, sometimes his good to me, and accompany me to my place after soccer practice, then this day I saw him peeking at me under the tree shadow. He was just standing there, looking at me thinking I don’t see him, that was the day I met Jasper and he’s the one who companied me to my flat,” Eddie stated widening his eyes.

“Are you stupid or what? Can’t you see that Michael he’s into you? He peeked at you because he was the one who was supposed to accompany you and not that Jasper thing,” Edward stated with a disgusted face at the end.

“Yeah, he is, he’s really into you. I saw him many times staring at you,” Aaron stated while nodding.

“That is why that day he hissed when Jasper was talking to you at the cafeteria,” Toni stated firmly.

“But he’s not into guys, I know he’s straight.” Eddie stated, somehow Eddie liked the idea of being liked by Michael, and he experienced some tingling in his heart.

“You don’t know what love would make you do something you never thought you would do,” Aaron stated while looking down.

“Somebody he’s talking about himself too,” Toni stated with a chuckle.

Edward he’s praying that they won’t say anything about him and Rose.

“Don’t think we don’t know anything about you and Rose!” that was Toni.

I gave Erich the medications I bought, and he had no medications in his room, he tried to take the juice that was in my hand.

“What are you doing?” I asked him, and he gave me a pout with some pleadings looks after.

I gave him, his favorite juice flavor at the end, he drank the whole bottle in a minute, and he tried to go back to sleep but I denied him. He was surprised why because his sick and he have to sleep.

“You have to take a shower,” I stated while looking at him.

“How can I shower myself whilst I don’t have any strength left in me?” He asked with that raspy voice again, and he was telling the truth, he can’t keep his body and hands steady for longest time.

He left a big question in my head “What should I do?” I mean he has to take a shower so that he can heal fast, the presentation of our project it’s tomorrow.

I took him in my arms to his bathroom, and he didn’t deny me.

“I will help you.” I stated firmly, but I know I was not sure with what I’m about to do.