med school roommates

chapter 6

I check the time on my watch. We're gonna be late for school. I walk into her room. "Mer?" I say. She's still in bed. I furrow my brows. She's never not ready in the morning on time.

I walk over to her. "Mer?" I shake her awake gently. She opens her eyes. "Are you okay?" I whisper. "I'm sick" she says in a groggy voice. "You taking the day off school?" I ask. "I have to" she whispers.

She sits up slowly. I sit infront of her. It looks like she's been crying. "You want me to stay home with you?" I ask. "I don't want you to get into trouble" she says. Tears run down her cheeks as she coughs.

"Mm.. my throat hurts" she says. "I'm staying with you" I climb into Bed next to her. "Okay" she whispers, wrapping her arms around me, pushing her face into my chest.

"You need anything?" I stroke her hair gently. She shakes her head. She climbs between my legs, resting ontop of me. She snuggles into me. I wrap my arms around her. She falls asleep in my arms.

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She wakes up a few hours later. She gets up slowly. "What you doing?" I ask. "I need something to eat" she says. "You want me to make you something?" I ask. "Yes please" she says. We both get up and go to the kitchen.

She tries to jump onto the counter but can't. I put my hands on her waist, picking her up and sitting her down. "What do you want to eat?" I ask. I brush her hair out of her face, tucking it behind her ears.

"Just.. whatever.. anything" she tries to wipe away her dried tears. "Come here" I whisper, grabbing a baby wipe from the counter. I wipe her face with it gently. "Thankyou" she whispers.

"You wanna watch some TV?.. put on a movie? I'll make you some soup" I ask. She nods. She climbs down from the counter, walking to the couch. She sits down.

I walk over to her. I hand her the remote. She puts on the tv. I cover her with a blanket. She picks a movie. I walk back into the kitchen. I heat up a hot water bottle. I walk back over to her.

"Here" I lift up the blanket carefully, putting the hot water bottle on her stomach and covering her with the blanket again. "Thankyou" she says.

I walk into the kitchen. I make her some soup, heat it up and give it to her. "Thanks" she smiles small, taking it. "Its-" I sit next to her. "Your mom's recipe" she says. I nod. "Probably not as good but nobody can make it as good as her" I say. She smiles, eating it. "Its really good" she smiles.

I wrap my arm around her shoulder, kissing her cheek. She smiles. We watch the movie. "Can you text someone to get the notes from for today's lesson?" She asks. "Sure.. one of the girls in the class wants to hook up.. I bet she'll give them" I pick up my phone.

"That's very.. hooker..ey" she says. I chuckle softly. "I was gonna go out with her either way" I say, texting her. She chuckles. I get a text. "She's giving me them tomorrow" I put down my phone. "Thankyou" she says.

She coughs. She puts her hand on her throat, wincing in pain. "You want me to get you a paracetamol?" I ask. "Yes please" she says. I grab her one from the medicine cabinet aswell as a bottle of water from the fridge. I hand it to her. She takes it.

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Meredith's pov:
The next day I feel better so we go to school. I'm sat in the break room on the sofa by myself when riggs walks over. He sits next to me. "Hi" he says. "Hi" I say.

I make eye contact with derek across the room. He grins at me. I make a face at him, signing for his to come over. He shakes his head.

"So.. I was wondering if you maybe wanted to go out sometime?" He asks. "Um.." I look at him. "I thought you were going out with derek but apparently you aren't so I wanted to ask" he says. "No me and derek are just friends" I say.

"So.." he says. "Um.. yes" I say. "Yeah?" He asks. I nod. "Tomorrow.. is that okay?" He asks. I nod. "Okay.. I'll see you then.. text me and I'll tell you where to meet me" he hands me a piece of paper with his number on it. He walks away.

Derek walks over to me. "So.." he smirks. "I just got asked out" I whisper. "When?" He asks. "Tomorrow" I say. "Your first date" he says.

"Will you help me get ready?" I ask. "Of course.. I'll help prepare you" he grins. "Thankyou.. I'm scared" I say. He chuckles softly. "You have nothing to worry about" he says. I smile.

"You ready to go home?" He asks. I nod. We go to his car and he drives us home. I shower, get changed into my pyjamas, have something to ear and eventually fall asleep.