Being shook awake Lou quickly looked around confused.
“Hey hey relax kid, you need to take your meds now and eat something!” said Koby’s brother.
“Ok” Lou muttered silently as he pushed himself into a sitting position. Taking a piece of bread Lou slowly ate it before taking the pills with water. Closing his eyes Lou drifted back to sleep. Upon waking, it appeared to be early morning. Looking around Lou saw the radio clock, it read 2:20am. It appeared that they were parked at a pit stop. Feeling the need to go and desire to wash his hands, Lou saw that Koby’s brother was deeply asleep. Not desiring to wake him up, Lou opened the door after realising that his belt was off. Immediately feeling the cold, Lou quickly got down before closing the door. Standing there Lou waited for his eyes adjust to the dark, he begun to see of there were bathrooms around. Seeing a building in the distance Lou looked back at the van before starting to make his way. Reaching the building Lou entered carefully. Suddenly lights turned on and it was indeed a bathroom. ‘Glad the bathroom has motion sensing lights’ Lou thought as he carefully looked at the toilets, most were extremely disgusting. Choosing one that wasn’t as bad he covered the seat before using it. Washing his hands Lou decided that at their next stop he would buy some soap and use a cleaner bathroom. Turning to the door Lou saw that Koby was standing there displeased.
“Next time tell one of us if you want to go to the bathroom, you aren’t safe out here alone!” Koby stated, failing to hide his annoyance. “I’m going to the bathroom and then we can head back, ok?”
“Fine” Lou replied as he stood there, he kind of felt relieve to have someone with him especially walking in the darkness to the van. When Kody was done and washed his hands, he pulled out a small bottle of hand sanitiser.
“Want some?”
“Yes please!” Lou replied as he held out his hand.
Rubbing the sanitiser into his hands Lou felt much better, the smell helped too. They walked in silence to the van where Koby tried to open the passenger’s door only to realise that it was locked.
“Guess it was good that I found you or you would have been stuck outside!”
Following Koby to the back of the van, he tried to open the door, but it was also locked. While watching, Koby knocked hand on the door, a cold wind blew by causing Lou to shiver.
“Shit, take my jumper!”
“You sure?”
“Yes, you need it more!” Koby stated as he took his jumper off and placed it onto Lou, zipping it up.
When no one answered, they headed to the driver’s side door where Kody begun banging on the window. After a while Kody’s brother woke up with a startle. Feeling bad Lou stood directly behind Kody. The window rolled down and Kody’s brother poked his head out.
“What are you two idiots doing?” Kody’s brother asked annoyed. “Get in the van before you both get sick!”
As Kody’s brother unlocked the passenger’s door, they went to the side. Getting placed in Lou was made to move to the middle seat for Kody to hop in. once the door was closed, Koby’s brother turned on the heater. After awhile Lou ended up taking the jumper off. Feeling tiredness coming on Lou closed his eyes, falling asleep. Waking up, it appeared that they were on an uncomfortable, bumpy road. It appeared that they were on a road surrounded tightly by trees and plants.
“Where are we?”
“We are almost at my place!” Koby’s brother said. “Try to stay awake since we need you to take your pills in a bit!”
“Ok” Lou replied as he took a bottle of water from Koby. “You slept a bit too long, I thought you were dead!” Kody stated with a laugh.
Taking a sip, it was lukewarm. Putting the lid back on, he handed it back to Koby.
“Guess its too warm for you?”
“It just taste weird!”
“Lucky for you kid, we have another stop before reaching my place so wait till then, ok?”
“Sure, I can’t wait!” Lou replied as he took a zip bag filled with some sandwiches. It had ham, bacon, and cheese. It was delicious. Eatig the sandwich quickly Lou ended up coughing. Taking a sip of the lukewarm water Lou felt much better.
“You need to take it now idiot, don’t start chocking again!”
“Sorry” Lou muttered as he handed the water back.
Hearing banging coming from the back, Koby’s brother pulled the van over before getting out. Muffled yelling begun before Lou felt something being placed over his head blocking out the yelling. It was a pair of muffled headphones which begun playing music. Taking a peak Lou was surprised to see how uncomfortable Koby looked. Taking the muffled headphones off, he headed it to Koby.
“You seem to need these more than me!”
“You sure?” Koby asked.
“Yes, you look like you need it more so put them on!”
“Thanks, kid!” Koby stated as he placed the muffled headphones. Immediately he looked much better. ‘Despite what he looked like guess he doesn’t like to hear people yelling’ Lou thought as he closed his eyes and listened to the music from the radio. ‘Wonder what the name of the music, I would enjoy listening to them often’ Lou thought, feeling a smile form. Hearing the driver’s door open and slam closed he saw that Koby’s brother looked very pissed. “Wonder what got him so pissed’ Lou thought, deciding its best to not ask.
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“Sorry kid but it best for us to skip the stop so you will have to take your pills with the water, you fine with that?” Kody’s asked, pissed but also disappointed.
“Yeah, I’m fine with that!” Lou replied as the van started up and got on the road.
As the van speed increased so did the bumpiness. Lou begun to feel sick.
“Maybe it best for us to slow down!” Koby stated.
When no reply came, Lou felt like the van was increasing speed.
“For fuck sake Luke, slow the fuck down. You are making me and the kid sick!” Koby yelled.
“W...w...what?” Luke, Kody’s brother responded. “Sorry I’ll slow down ok!”
As the van begun to slow down, it didn’t really help Lou feel much better at all.
“I think I’m going to throw up!” Lou weakly stated.
“Shit we are almost at the pit stop just hold on!” Luke stated.
Deciding that it was not best to respond, Lou hoped that they arrive soon. Reaching the pit stop Lou was quickly helped out of the van where he threw up in some bushes, he felt much better afterwards. Having the vomit wiped away from his mouth Lou was quickly led to a bench. Sitting down Lou held his head in his arms as he recovered.
“Don’t move, I’ll get you something cold to drink!” Koby stated as he rushed off somewhere.
“Ok” Lou muttered as he closed his eyes as he calmed down.
Slowly looking around, there wasn’t much. There was a bathroom, small playground, BBQ area and some vending machines which Koby was at. Hearing his stomach grumble Lou groaned before lying his head on his arms.
“I really want something to eat!” Lou muttered to himself.
Hearing some footsteps behind him Lou wasn’t bothered to see who it was.
“You doing, ok?”
“No!” Lou replied through his arms.
Looking up a bit he saw that it was the young man, who was sitting down.
“Let’s try to restart properly; you can call me Samsom. What’s your name?”
“Lou!” Lou replied before placing his head back into his arms, closing his eyes.
“There, there!” Samson said while he gently patted Lou on his back.
“Let’s do a check up so I can check if you need anything!” stated the nurse behind him.
“Ok!” Lou replied as he looked up to see the nurse place a hefty bag onto the bench beside him. He watched as she pulled out a bunch of things including pills, heat pads, stethoscope, thermometers, syringes, and the thing that checks your blood pressure.
“Please hold your arm out for me!”
Slowly holding out his arm Lou watched as the nurse placed the blood pressure device onto his arm, so she pressed a button to tighten it. Once that was done the nurse pulled out another device and pricked his finger, it hurt just a bit. After that she used the stethoscope to check his heart rate.
“I have some good and bad news!” the nurse stated. “Your heart is doing well and beside car sicknesses, your sugar levels are low. I’m going to give you something to help before I let you have something to eat and drink!”
Looking away as the nurse used a syringe filled with something it made Lou feel slightly better. As the nurse packed everything up before most likely making her way to the vending machine, Lou rested and waited.
“From what I heard the place we are staying at is large and in a peaceful area, so I don’t think there would be any reason to worry about that!”
‘What the hell is Samson talking about, I honestly don’t give a shit about where we are going since it isn’t home, and I might not be able to see my parents again’ Lou thought as he was filled with sadness.
“Hey here a bottle of soda!”
Looking up Lou saw that Koby was standing there with a bunch of sodas and the nurse was holding a bunch of snacks behind him. Taking a soda carefully, Lou saw that the lid was already undone so it was easy for Lou to open and drink from. Taking a sip Lou coughed a bit before chugging the soda.
“Take your time with that!” Samson stated as he pulled the soda away from Lou.
Feeling better Lou allowed Samson to take the soda without issues and watched him place it onto the table that was brought over.
“I feel better!” Lou stated silently.
Twi bags of chips and a large bar of milk chocolate was placed in front of him.
“Please eat these slowly, we don’t want you to chock on anything!” the nurse stated as she patted him on his shoulder before placing things down for Samson then heading off with Koby to the others.
Struggling to open one of the bags of chips, he allowed Samson to open it for him. Eating one of the chips, Lou couldn’t help how delightful the saltness was. Before he could start eating more of the chips, the bag was quickly snatched from him.
“Promise me that you will not start eat too quickly or throw a bunch in your mouth Lou!”
“I promise I won’t” Lou replied with a sigh as he was given the bag of salty chips back.
Slowly eating the chips, Lou enjoyed the chips as he rested and recovered.
“How long before we get there?” Lou asked after a bit.
“We should just be an hour away if we continue at the previous pace but a bit longer to prevent you from throwing up again!”
“Ok!” Lou replied as he started to wonder if this could be another case of him being kidnapped although it didn’t really matter.
Closing his eyes Lou decided to rest for a while. Getting sook, Lou looked up angry at Samson.
“Stay awake so you can take your meds, ok?” Samson asked in concern as he tried to get the attention of the nurse as she was conversating with Rose. Lou felt a pang of annoyance as one again someone was not doing their job. ‘I hope my father’s butler come back soon since he was the only responsible one beside his parents’ Lou though. When it was clear that the nurse was outright ignoring Samson Lou thought about throwing a rock or stick at her since he didn’t trust himself getting up but decided against it.
“Just give up Samson, they are purposely ignoring you, I shall be fine for a while!”
“No!” Samson stated annoyed.
Lou watched in silence as Samson got off the bench and made his way towards the nurse and Roze where he begun to yell at them. Once everyone’s attention was on Samson, Lou gave up on staying awake and allowed his eyes to close, drifting off despite the noise.