"Don't you have a meeting with coach?" Louis asked as I cradled Asher. I was so exhausted from last night since Asher barely even slept, constantly waking up because he was sick.

"Yeah, but I can't go. Asher is sick and I don't want to leave him, plus I'm exhausted." I ran my free hand down my face while the other occupied Asher whose eyes were droopy. He had a runny nose that I was constantly wiping, trying to keep him as comfortable as possible. Once his fever had come down from yesterday a cough developed in his throat.

"Harry, you have Liam and I. Coach doesn't call meeting to individual players very often. You have to go." Louis told me as Asher went into a coughing fit.

"I'm not leaving Asher." I shook my head looking down at my sick little boy who was tired but unable to sleep. He was restless from feeling ill and I wished I could do more for him.

"What if we call Eleanor over here to help?" Louis asked me, he was going to go through any length to get me to go and talk to coach but it just wasn't my priority. I had skipped class today due to Asher and also canceled Len and I's night out.

"We were supposed to go out tonight but I canceled, I don't want to leave Asher when he's sick." I shook my head explaining myself while Asher coughed and sniffled from being unable to breath properly.

"Harry, you don't have to cancel your date because the baby is sick, Liam and I have it handled." Louis told me trying to help out even though I wasn't totally comfortable. With Asher sick, I wasn't too excited to leave him alone.

"It's fine, I'm exhausted anyways. I'm going to see if I can lay him down for a bit." I said to Louis walking back to my bedroom with my sick little boy in arm. Asher was tired and was falling asleep in my arms as I walked to the bedroom, I was just as tired, hoping I could get a little sleep.

Moving him into his crib I laid a blanket over him and crawled onto my own bed where I cuddled up into my pillows. I was so tired from getting zero sleep last night and instantly fell asleep once my head hit the pillow.

Shooting up from being engulfed in my bed I heard a struggled gurgle come from Asher. Averting my eyes to the crib a few inches away I saw Asher struggling. Picking myself up I picked up Asher and saw him immediately blow out vomit he was gurgling while laying on his back. Shortly after cries followed as the vomit spilled out of his mouth.

Stripping off his clothes that now were newly vomited on I quickly took off his diaper to double check his temperature. He had felt warm as I took off his clothing and that worried me, leading me to believe he was getting worse instead of better. Again checking his temperature I heard Asher cry out even worse as I waited for that beep from the thermometer.

102.4. Widening my eyes and taking action I found the nearest piece of clothing I could and dressed him lightly. Taking him into my arms I barged out of the bedroom to see Liam sitting up to the counter doing homework while Louis played on his phone.

"What's wrong with the little man?" Liam asked once he heard Asher screaming from having a high fever and being sick. We hadn't been asleep for very long until had heard him struggling in his crib.

"We have to get to the ER now!" I shouted sweating as I buckled Asher into his car seat. Asher was even more upset that I wasn't holding him as I strapped him into his seat.

"What? Why? What's happening?" Liam sat  up dropping his pencil. Louis also standing up from the couch worried about what was happening.

"We need to get to the hospital! Asher has a fever of 102.4!" I informed swinging the car seat over my arm and opened up the front door just to have Liam and Louis follow behind me at a quick pace.

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"Hey buddy... I know... it's okay..." my anxiety was heightening as I tried to rock Asher in my arms. We had gotten the nurses and doctors attention quickly from Asher's climbing temperature.

Asher was only screaming now as Liam came with me into the doctors office. I didn't want to be alone in this and I knew Liam would help out in anyway possible.

My phone was constantly buzzing in my pocket but I ignored it. I was heavily concentrated on Asher who was overly upset as he screamed out stretching his legs.

"Who keeps calling you?" Liam asked as I sat down on the table looking down at my very sick baby boy. I wished I could take all his pain away as he gripped onto my shirt screaming loudly.

"If I were to guess I would say Gemma, my mum, or Len." I answered just as the doctor walked in greeting Liam and I over the screaming baby.

The doctor was a male this time around as he came in with a salt and pepper hair color and a five o'clock shadow. Dressed in light blue scrubs with a white lab coat he approached Liam and I, shaking our hands as he began to look at Asher's chart the nurse had drawn up.

"This little guy is really sick huh?" The doctor said moving his gaze down the charts. Liam stood on my right while I sat on the exam table with Asher laying in my arms.

"Yeah, when I took his temperature I came straight here." I explained bouncing Asher to try and get his screaming to decrease.

"Well, you did the right thing! First things first I'm going to give him something for his nausea so that he can keep down milk. Then to lower his fever I'm going to give him some Tylenol rectally." The doctor said taking a plan of action as he moved over to a cabinet full of different medications.

First taking the nausea medication, Asher latched onto it and began to drink it with no problem. The Tylenol was what I knew he wasn't going to agree with since it was being injected rectally. As instructed I took the tabs off his diaper and let the doctor take care of the rest was I saw Asher tense while the medication was injected. Once everything was properly taken care of the Doctor asked us to wait in the office so they could monitor Asher. They didn't want that fever to climb up again once we left.

Once Liam and I were again alone in the doctors office my phone began to buzz like it had been since I had gotten here. I could only assume who it was and for the sake of my sanity I thought I should answer it.

"Do you mind taking Asher for a second while I answer this?" I slid off the exam table that was covered with a strip of white parchment paper.

"Yeah, I've got him." Liam outstretched his arms while I sat Asher in them. He wasn't overly fussy at the time but he was still unsettled from the unfamiliar environment.

"I'll be back." I assured Liam as I picked up my phone and greeted the person on the other line.

"Harry I thought you were going to meet me in my office today?" Running a hand down my face I realized this was my coach on the line.

"Coach... I'm sorry I had an emergency and I don't know if I'm going to make it." I shook my head pacing around the hall of the ER.

"I just wanted to talk to you about the scouts that have approached me about you."

"What?! I've been scouted!?" Excitement playing out in my heart as it raced in my chest. Had someone really wanted me to play for them?

"Yes, they want to set up a time where we can all sit down and talk it over." My coach said causing my head to spin. Everything was happening so quickly and standing in the hospital I didn't know how to process everything.

"When were they thinking?" I was only asking that it wasn't today. I was moving at a million miles an hour today and I wouldn't be able to make it.

"Is today possible?" I was praying he didn't say this.

"I can't."

"Harry, this is a opportunity of a lifetime!" My coach stressed causing my stomach to drop. I knew that this could change my life but I couldn't leave Asher. He was so sick and what kind of person let alone father would I be if I left my sick baby?

"I understand but I having an emergency right now. I'm in the ER and I don't know when I will be out." I ran a hand through my hair utterly stressed about the choices I had to make.

"Is everything okay?" The coach followed up even though I didn't want to get into this with him. I didn't know if he knew that I had a son, he most likely heard the rumors but probably had dismissed them as being just rumors.

"Everything is fine. I just can't today." I shook my head frustrated and I heard another call roll in.

Pulling my phone away from my face I saw Madison's call trying to come in. "Can you hold them off? Tell them I'm currently dealing with an emergency?"

"I'll do what I can." The coach responded as I hung up to answer an unexpected call from Madison.

"Madison?" I was tired and frustrated with everything now and didn't feel like talking on the phone at this point.

"Harry... where are you right now?" Madison seemed cautious and slightly panicked as she spoke.

"I'm with Asher at the ER, what's wrong?" I furrowed my brow as I listened closely to what Madison was about to say. I wasn't expecting a call from her and was confused to be speaking to her.

"What? Is everything okay? What's going on?!" Madison jumped forgetting about what she needed to tell me.

"He just had a fever, the doctors just need us to stay so they can monitor him. What's up with you?" I picked up furrowing my brow and rubbing the back of my neck.

"Just please let me know when you get home. I need to talk to you." Madison told me taking in a deep rooted sigh.

"Madison, what's happening?" I asked before I a beep sounded from the other line signaling to me that Madison had hung up.

note// I'm so sorry it's been awhile and I have been so inactive! I've had work and been going out a lot lately with friends. I'm going to do my best to update more frequently I promise!

QOTD: Why do you think Madison called Harry?