Unreciprocated Feelings Between Me And You

chapter | s i x t e e n

sixteen | chats and clinics

3:06 AM.

I look at the small clock on my nightstand and find out that's the time I woke up. It's dark all over the room and I can hear the soft sounds of the rain tapping the windows.

I move to get up but immediately groan out loud in pain. Everything is spinning. I fall back down on the bed with a frown on my face. I put the back of my hand against my forehead to confirm my suspicion and a heavy sigh leaves my lips when I find out I'm right.

Well done, Selena. Well done for having a fever on a very busy week.

I let myself rest for a few more minutes before forcing my body to get up. I make my way to the kitchen so that I can have breakfast. I ate so little yesterday and since I'm sick, I have to put something in my stomach. I don't have the appetite to eat anything but I need energy if I want to get through the day.

I check the fridge only to find it completely empty. That means Mommy and Ruby didn't eat or they did but in their work. Either way, I'll just have to make noodles for them too since that's all we really have at home.

I take my medicine after I finish eating my food and that somehow makes me feel better. I take a warm bath next and I consider not going to school because of my state under the water. I dismiss the idea soon enough knowing that I have several quizzes scheduled.

When I step outside, disappointment settles when I couldn't smell the rich petrichor surrounding me. I let out a heavy sigh at that. At least the sky is a beautiful shade of grey.

Aamir notices how flushed I look the second he sees me and does his best to convince me to stay at home. I give him a little smile and politely reject his idea before sleeping in the car.

I don't feel any better when I wake up, but I still do my best to give a big smile to Aamir because I don't want to worry him so much. When I arrive at our classroom, it's so noisy that my mood instantly drops-not that I was in high spirits anyway. I sit down on my chair and I can feel Maddox's concerned gaze but I don't bother to spare him a look. I know he plans to talk to me but before he could, I drift off again.

I wake up when I feel my shoulder being shaken. Before I could even get out of the haze I'm in, I'm left surprised when I feel another coat being draped around my shoulders. When I turn, I see that it's given by Maddox. When he notices that I'm staring at him, he asks me if he could wear the coat on me and I let him. While fixing my scarf, he just has this small smile playing along his lips.

When I realize I'm getting too comfortable around him again, I'm the first one to create distance between us. I don't cast a glance at him again.

Chemistry arrives and I finish my quiz as quick as I could. Some finished before me but I didn't mind. I didn't understand what was printed on the paper all that much anyway. I did my best to recall our past discussions but I'm sure I got a lot of it wrong. I feel bad that I couldn't remember what I reviewed because I feel like I just wasted my time and effort, but there's nothing I can do anymore. I could only hope I got enough right answers not to fail.

I didn't even realize I fell asleep. Again. It's Maddox who wakes me up-again-and he has this deep, deep frown on his face. My nose scrunch and a crease forms on my eyebrows when I notice that he has the back of his hand over my forehead.

"Let's get you to the clinic, okay?" he utters before I could even get a word out.

I'm about to argue with him but then I realize how worse I feel so I end up giving him a stiff nod. "Okay."