Through sickness and in health

3

Jason's house is huge. It's got 6 bedrooms, apart from the fact that he's practically the only one living in it. His mom is out of town all the time. His dad bailed on him when he was 11. The only thing he has to keep him company is his dog max. A golden retriever. His best friend other than will of course. His house is a dream come true. A massive kitchen. A massive living room. A movie room. An office. A library. Most of the bedrooms have been renovated into those rooms so it isn't as empty. Jason's room is massive too. A walk in closet, a bathroom attached. A king sized bed. He has a couch and an x box in his room. It's every kids dream.

I lift the plant revealing the spare house key. Unlocking the door I walk up to Jason's room. When I walk in max lifts his head, wagging his tail to greet me.
"Hey buddy" I whisper kissing him on the top of his head. I crawl onto the bed and on top of Jason, flooding him with kisses.
"Well hello" he says groggily
"Hello handsome" I smile
"What are you doing here?" He smiles pulling me into him. He kisses the top of my head, flooding me with his warmth.
"Thought I'd come and see my favourite boys" I shrug
"How you feeling?" I ask
"That's why you came" he mumbles burying his head in my chest.
"You don't just throw up for no reason Jay. I just wanted to check up on you. No harm on checking in on my boyfriend" I smile

He lifts his head from my chest and massages his temples.
"What's wrong with your head?" I ask
"Just a headache" he mumbles
I turn on the tv and go onto Netflix seeing outer banks paused.
"You watched it without me!" I fake gasp
"I needed to see what happened after Sarah got shot!" He defends
"She got shot!" I yell
"Hey, hey. Chill out please. Headache remember?" He sighs
"Sorry" I kiss him on the head and walk over to his bathroom grabbing another towel and wetting it with cold water.

I walk back in, scooting behind him and pulling him back gently to lean against me. He leans his head on my shoulder as I place the cold compress on his forehead.
"Thank you" he whispers
"You sure your feeling okay?"
"Just a headache. I'll be better tomorrow. Promise"

*~*

"Hey Lexie!" Someone shouts running over to me. Jason rolls his eyes kissing my neck.
"Babe we're at school" I sigh
"Can't I kiss my girlfriend in peace?" He asks
"I should be able to kiss my girlfriend " he trails the kisses up my neck until he reaches my lips. "In peace" he finishes. He gives me a quick peck on the lips before walking away.
"Asshole!" I shout, he grins at me then walks over to his group of baseball buddies.

"Girl you can't go five minutes without kissing your boyfriend. You make me sick" Katie mumbles yawning
"Your just mad cause you've got a massive crush on Will" I laugh
"Can you blame me! He's an angel" she says
"I like the idea of us being best friends dating two best friends" I shrug
"Okay but out of the two of them. Why Jason?" She mumbles
"He's the devil in the friendship" she whispers
"He's an angel sent from heaven" I smile
"Okay like I see how he brings you flowers every week, he's definitely a romantic and all and he's like...so soft around you. Like he'd never place a finger on someone out of hatred. But-"
"Well fuck you. Now I can't think of the bad things about him" she grumbles. I laugh pushing her into home room.
"Yeah, that's what I've been telling you"

*~*

"Alright class lets begin" mr Anderson says
"I know I'm late sorry" a familiar voice says. Heat courses through my veins when I feel him sit beside me.
"Sorry I got caught up with coach" he whispers kissing my cheek.
"Everything okay?" I ask turning to him
"Yeah, we were just talking about Fridays game" he says yawning again.

"Why are you so tired?" I whisper. He glared at me like a puppy that just got smacked in the face.
"Other than the insomnia" I sigh
"Your not taking your medication?" I ask
"I haven't taken any medication for a while now" he shrugs
"None like. Your anti depressants?" I whisper
"That's what no medication means" he laughs
"You told me you were taking them  and that's why you weren't feeling so good. Don't you think you should take them? I mean your not sleeping, and you haven't been the happiest lately. I just-"
"Lexie come on" he sighs
"I can have bad days I'm not happy all the time. Your telling me you don't have days where you don't feel completely happy?" He asks
"Well no" I mumble
"Exactly. Just because I'm not smiling every minute of everyday doesn't mean I'm depressed. I got out of bed today. That's a difference"
"I'm just saying that you need your sleep" I sigh
"I was doing research on the medication they gave me. Side affects aren't bad, but literally half the comments are people saying that they're highly addictive" he says

So this is what it's about

"Your scared of becoming addicted to them" I sigh
"I'm scared of becoming dependant on them again" he nods
"You could've told me that" I sigh laying my head on his shoulder.
"I understand, I'm sorry" he kisses my forehead as a way to tell me it's okay and I smile.
"Mr Parker. Face to the front" mr Anderson says. Jason turns away from me, locking his eyes on the front. I watch in the corner of my eyes as jay leans his head in his hands, he begins massaging his temples. I don't miss the small hiss sound, like it's hurting. I see him wince, scrunching his eyes together and shaking his head trying to shake the headache.  

"Yo bro you good?" I hear will from behind us.
"Yeah i'm fine" Jason mumbles. I exchange a glance with will, hes' just as confused as i am.        "Babe what's bothering you?" i ask rubbing his back and turning my full attention to him.              "Nothing, just these fucking headaches" he sighs sitting back in his chair.                                                  "I think i'm gonna-"   i watch as jason quickly puts his hand over his mouth, he takes a second, hesitating then quickly walks out of class. Will looks just as concerned as i am watching it happen.  
                                                                                                                                                                 "miss Thompson, what happened to mr Parker?" Mr Anderson asks looking out the door but i know Jason is far gone now.                                         "I-I don't know" I sigh
"Can i be excused to go and see if hes okay?" i ask                                                 
"I'm sure hes fine, you don't need to miss class for him" Mr Anderson says.
"If hes not okay he cant play on Friday " will mumbles leaning forward to me.                                              
"We need him to pitch he's the best we've got. Hes one of the best on the team. Fuck maybe our best player" Will sighs                   
"I dont give a shit about baseball will. I'm worried about his health he's been getting these headaches and throwing up for a week now. That's with me noticing, you know what jay's like hes probably been hiding this for weeks now" I sigh
"He said he told his therapist about it though right? i mean its probably just the symptoms of his meds" he shrugs                                                                                                                                                   "Accept he's not on his fucking meds right now. He's scared he's going to get addicted to sleeping pills for insomnia. And now that he knows a bunch of people do get addicted to these medications he's stopped taking his anti depressants. So its not a symptom of his meds and this has been going on for a week now im not so sure this is just a stomach bug." i sigh          "Shit" will sighs

yeah you got that right.