Maya's First Sick Day

Part 3

When she woke up again, she had chills. She rolled over, seeing Carina sitting in the fort next to her instead of Andy.

"Hey," Maya said, smiling at her.

"You're awake," Carina said, leaning down and kissing her forehead, "And burning down."

"Burning up," Maya corrected, grabbing a blanket, "I'm freezing. When did you get back?"

"About an hour ago," Carina said, "That stubborn little bambino finally decided to come. Oh, and Andy asked to stay. I told her it was fine."

"Yeah," Maya said, nodding, "Yeah, she's had a long few days."

"You need more medicine," Carina said, feeling Maya's forehead, "And maybe to sleep in a proper bed?"

"Bed sounds good," Maya said sleepily. "Come on," Carina said, helping Maya up.

"I need to use the bathroom," Maya said, walking into the bathroom.

She groaned, hating that her stomach was still upset. She stumbled back to bed, climbing in as she shivered.

"Have you eaten?" Carina asked, pulling the blankets up around Maya.

"I had some soup around lunch time I think," Maya said, "Man, I am freezing."

"Are you hungry?" Carina asked, "I can get you something."

"Not hungry," Maya said, shaking her head, "Just need to sleep."

"Ok," Carina said, "How about I make you some toast and then you can sleep? It might help settle that upset stomach."

Maya nodded, knowing Carina was right. A few minutes later, Carina came in with a plate with two pieces of toast, one with peanut butter and the other with butter and jam.

"Thanks," Maya said, taking the plate along with the glass of water Carina handed her. She ate some before accepting the pills Carina handed her.

"Advil," Carina said as Maya eyes the pills.

Maya nodded, taking the pills before curling up.

"Goodnight," Maya mumbled, closing her eyes.

"Goodnight Bella," Carina said, rubbing her back gently as she fell asleep.

This night went better than the previous one, Maya only waking up twice, once for the bathroom and once from a nightmare. Carina gave her some Tylenol when her temp started spiking up again.

Maya woke up the next morning at 5am like every day. She went to get up to go for a run, but remember what had happened the day before and decided against it.

Instead, she got out of bed, using the bathroom before wrapping a blanket around herself and wandering out to the living room, going to climb back into the blanket fort that she found weirdly comforting. She went to crawl in and found Andy already there.

"Hey," she said, her voice barely above a whisper because of her sore throat.

"What are you doing up?" Andy asked, moving over a little to make room for Maya.

"Habit," Maya said, shrugging, "This is the time I run normally, but I decided not to today. It didn't go well yesterday."

"You went running yesterday?!" Andy said in disbelief, "What made you think that was a good idea?"

"I always run," Maya said shrugging, "But Carina did not approve. And I don't think my body did either."

Andy shook her head, chuckling a little.