Nicholas pov

Dad got out from his side of the car, and so did Diana.

He opened the door to my side of the car.

Nick get out of the car. If you can't walk I will carry you inside. He says.

I can't walk I feel dizzy. I say I couldn't avoid it now so I thought to say the truth.

Okay, let me carry you inside. He says and picks me up He takes me inside with Dia following shortly behind.

He takes me in and signs me into the desk lady or nurse.

Hey, Dr Radford exam room 2 is ready as you said. A man says. I didn't know him and by the look on Diana's face I could tell she didn't know him either.

Alright, Chris and take care of Dia while I do a quick exam on nick. Dad says.

No dad I dont wanna stay with him please I wanna go inside. Dia says.

Dia, it will take me 15 mins at most you can just roam around with Chris. Dad says to her.

Okay dad I won't roam I will just stay outside. She says.

Alright, Chris take care of her dont let her roam around. Dad says to Chris and he immediately takes me into a room which is labelled exam room 2. He lays me down a table and quickly grabs his things.

Dad I am scared. I say.

Don't be it's just me alright? Dad says.

Alright. I say.

He grabs a stethoscope. And tells me to take a deep breath. I do as he says.

He then grabs a thermometer.

Open your mouth. He says.

No. I say as I knew my temperature was high and he probably would give me a shot. He gives me a stern look.

Dad please. I beg him he takes this opportunity and shoves the thermometer in my mouth.

Shhhh. He says keeping a finger on his lips. After 1 minute it beeps.

102.3° F . That's high. He says as he takes the thermometer out. And sets it aside.

Will you give me a shot? I ask.

Yeah, but at the end I first need to complete the exam. It will be okay just a pinch. He says reassuring me as he knew my fear of needles.

I sigh. He takes my blood pressure in which I wince as the cuff tightens.

Alright open again. He says. I open he places a tongue depressor on my tongue to look at my throat.

Possible strep. He says.

What's that? I ask.

Its kind of a infection that is in your throat I dont know if it's there or just some redness so i will do a test to check. He says.

Will that hurt? I ask.

Hurt I can't say. But it will feel gross. He says.

I groan in pain and clutch my stomach.

Does your stomach hurt? He asks.

Yeah. I say.

Suddenly, I feel like I am gonna be sick.

Dad. I say.

He quickly grabs a bowl and holds it in front of me as he rubs my back. I sit up and throw up emptying the breakfast and the little bit of lunch I had.

Are you done? He asks.

Yeah. I say and lay back down now even if I had some energy that was out of me.

Okay I am gonna lift your shirt up and check your stomach for bugs if it hurts tell me. Alright? Dad says.

Okay. I say I didn't have any energy in me to do anything else and he seemed to know that.

He lifts my shirt and started pressing when he pressed in the middle.

Ow! I shot up in pain. And tears started streaming down on my face.

I am sorry nick. He says As he hugs me and wipes my tears off.

How much did it hurt when I pressed? He asks.

Very much. I say  the truth.

Suddenly, the door opens and Dia comes inside.

Sorry Dr. Radford but she came out of my reach and ran here. Chris says.

Its fine. You can go. Dad says.

Dad I heard him crying so I thought to come in. She says.

Its fine. Dad says.

Dad what do you need to do now to make it stop hurting? I ask it was hurting a lot I couldn't take it anymore.

Well you need 2 shots and a strep test. First, lets do the strep test. He says and grabs a swab and asks me to open. I do what he says as I wanted to get it over with and my stomach way too much to fight with him.

He puts it in my mouth and I gag.

Its over. He says and takes it out and puts it in a tube like thingy and shakes it.

The fever shot will be in your arm. He says, grabs a needle.

No needle. I say.

Dad, can you help me up? Dia asks.

What do you wanna do? He asks.

Please. Diana says.

Alright. Dad says keeps the needle to a side and picks her up and sets her beside me.

Nick lay down. She says. I look at her in confusion. But lay do it anyway and lay down in her lap. She covers my eyes with her hand.

Now you won't see it. She says. I smile at her act.

Well that's a good solution, good job dia. Dad says.

She laughs.

After a minute, I feel a pinch. I move a bit as I wince.

Its okay. And I am done. Dad announces as he throws the needle into the trash can nearby.

I sit up but he pushes me back gently.

One more left. He says.

Dia covers my eyes again. I knew this one would hurt as it would be right in the stomach.

Soon, it comes again the pain tears start streaming down I start counting.

10 more seconds. He says.

I count to 10 and it's out. All done. Dad says as he throws the needle out again.

No strep. He says.

Dia hops down I stay lying down. My stomach was sore and I felt tired I didn't wanna wake up.

Dad it's sore. I say.

Well it will be sore but does it hurt less? He asks.

No. I say.

Well, lets wait for the medicine  to kick in. he says.

We wait for like 5 more minutes. Then I jump down I try to walk but feel dizzy and lose control but dad was right behind and he caught me. He picked me up and walked to the car. He picked up some meds for me from the hospital pharmacy.

He carried me to the car and set me on the passenger seat and drove home.

He picked me up as he unlocked the house.

I am going to change up real quick then I will make soup for all of us. Dad says as rushes up.

Okay. Diana says.

I lay down on the couch. I didn't wanna do anything I was way too tired.

Soon, dad came down he came In like 10 minutes and he had already showered. I knew that as his hair was wet.

He made soup for all of us. After eating. He was doing the dishes I was just sitting at the dining table only. Diana was in our room.

You are not going to school tomorrow so be happy about that. He says laughing as he wash his hands.

A day spent in pain is worse than a day spent in school. I say.

Wow the philosopher in you is coming out. He says.

What's a philosopher? I ask.

And there it goes inside again. Basically it's a person who is smart. He says.

Okay. I say.

Now go sleep. He says, picks me up and takes me up he lays me down on the bed.

Goodnight. He says to us both and goes out.

I just go to sleep. It was only 10 30 but I was tired.