Becoming Stronger together

*On the Bus*

A little while later, the bus pulled into a outdoor mall parking lot. Their was a bunch of clothing stores, an apple store, a bed bath and beyond, and a pet store. Christian walked out of the bus and immediately walked towards the apple stores, so Patrick had to pull him towards the pet store.

"Happy belated birthday. Go pick out a dog." He said to his brother
Christian looked shocked, "Are you serious?"
"Yes, you have to take care of it and potty train it. It will be your dog, so it will be your responsibility." He said.

Christian hugged his brother and went over to the puppy play pin. He immediately fell in love with a pit bull and chocolate lab mix. Patrick went to the checkout and bought the dog. Christian decided to name her dixie, and he was excited to have her become his little hunting dog.
Once they got to the hotel, Christian wasn't feeling good, so he went up with his dog and laid down in bed with her.
He eventually fell asleep, Patrick went to wake him up, but he didn't get up.

"Christian. Wake up." Patrick said, "Christian come on I'm going to be late."
Christian didn't move.
"Jonny! Come here!" Patrick yelled
"Yes?" He asked
"Wake him up. I don't have time for this shit." Patrick said going to get ready.
"Christian, you gotta wake up little man. We have practice to get to." Jon said shaking him, "Dixie get him. Wake him up."
Christian then turned onto his side holding his stomach, and he puked all over the bed.
"Shit." Jon muttered, "Sharpie! You have a kid who pukes! Come deal with him!" He yelled down the hall.
Sharp walked into their room, "Are you not feeling good buddy?" He asked feeling Christians forehead.
Christian shook his head no.
"What doesn't feel good?" He asked
"My stomach, head, and throat." He said quietly
"For your stomach is it just nauseous, or do you have pain?" Sharp asked
"For now, just nauseous." Christian said.
"Alright, you probably just have some stomach bug. I'd say just sleep and drink a lot of liquids, mainly water." He said to him, "I'll have Q get one of the staff members to stay with you, and We're going to take Dixie to the rink with us alright?"

Christian whined at that because he wanted his dog with him, but Sharpie didn't think it was a good idea to leave her there with Christian while he's sick.

"Are you going to be alright here just sleeping?" Patrick asked his brother
Christian nodded his head, "I think I'll be fine. If not I have all y'alls numbers."
"Can you do me one favor?" Patrick asked
Jon walked in, "Hey we gotta get going Kaner! Q is going to make us to suicides."
"Give me a min. I'm talking with Christian right now. Go ahead without me. I'll meet you there." He said, "So anyways. I need you to start taking care of yourself. Like eating healthy, working out, taking daily vitamins, etc. Deal?" He said holding his hand up to Christians'
"Deal." He shook hands with him, then Patrick left.

*At The Rink*

"Kaner You're late! Why?" Coach Q yelled
"Christian's sick. I was taking care of him, I'm sorry. How many suicides would you like me to do sir?" Patrick asked
"38 minuets late, 38 suicides. Red line, blue line, back. Red line, half line, back. Red line, blue line, back. Red line, Red line back. 38 of those total." Coach Q commanded.

Kaner was almost done with his suicides, he started to slow down and started to have a cough attack. Q told him to stop and take a break, but he didn't listen. Jonathan tried getting him to stop too, but he didn't so Toews put himself in front of Kaner and stopped him.

"Take a breather Kaner. We don't need you over working yourself." Jon said skating with him to the bench.
"I'm just a little dizzy right now. I'll be fine." Kaner said
Jon walked him into the locker room, "For all we know, you could be getting what Christian has."
"I'm fine. 38 suicides is just a lot without warming up." Kaner said pushing Jon away.
"Alright just relax and don't over do it Kaner." Jon said to him.

*Patricks' POV*

I was doing my suicides and started to have a coughing fit. Q yelled at me telling me to sit down, but I didn't. Thankfully Jonny came over and sat me down because I started to get light headed, I was hoping Jon was wrong in saying that I was getting what Christian has. I hate puking! I walked into the locker room, and Jon followed behind me to make sure I got there alright. The second I sat down I held my head in my hands, I felt so dizzy. Jon asked me if I was alright, and I didn't say anything so he went and got Paul, our trainer.

*End of POV*

"Patrick how are you feeling?" Paul asked him
"I feel really dizzy, like I'm going to pass out or something." Kaner said keeping his eyes shut.

Paul lifted his chin so he could see Kaners face, usually it was pretty red and sweaty after practice, but now it was white, and hot.

"Tazer can you get him a water, and gatorade?" Paul asked
Jon walked to the fridge and got him both then walked out of the locker room.
"I heard little man is sick too. What'd you guys do?" Paul asked Kane as he opened the bottle.
"We haven't been anywhere that would get us sick, and haven't been around sick people." Kaner said
"You two don't have any seasonal allergies or food allergies do you?" Paul asked
Patrick nodded his head no as he drank the water.
"What does he have?" Paul asked
Patrick closed the water bottle, "His stomach is bugging him, his head hurts but I think that's from his concussion, and he said it hurt to swallow anything."
Paul thought for a minuet, "I would either say food poisoning, or stomach flu. But I don't know."
"Great, just what I need." Patrick said as Dixie walked over to him, "Hey girl, how you feelin? Huh, you doin' good. You're so cute!" Patrick pet her and got her some food.
"Well you're feeling a little bit better. I'll tell Q that I don't want you over doing it today, and to just have you chill out in here for a little longer." Paul said walking out.
"Thanks." Patrick said.

*With Christian*

He was asleep the entire time the guys were at practice. He woke up and puked a few times, but other than that he just slept. Once they were finished with practice they headed back to the hotel, Tazer and Kaner went right to their room to check on Christian and drop off Dixie.

Patrick walked over to his brother and woke him up, "Hey buddy. How are you feeling?" He asked putting his hand on his forehead
"Not good. I threw up like 6 times." Christian said
"Have you had anything to in?" Jon asked
Christian nodded his head no, "I can't hold anything down."
Sharpie and Shaw barged in their room, "WHADDDDUP! WHERE'S DIXIE?" They yelled
"She's laying with Christian right now." Jon said
"May y'all please be quiet? My head really hurts." Christian asked
"Shit, sorry bud. How you doing?" Sharpie asked
Patrick answered for him, "He threw up 7 times. What would you do if he was your kid?"
"Just wait it out a day or 2. I'm thinking it's food poisoning, if it doesn't go away within a few days, take him to the doctors." Sharp said, "But were going out for food, wanna come with?"

Christian said he'd stay back and sleep, but everyone else but Christian and Patrick went.

Notes

I know this is a boring chapter, and I'm sorry. I've been thinking about a million other things. Anyways, I'm getting ready to go get my skates baked and sharpened, so maybe I'll update when I get back! Love y'all! Bye!