girls can't jump • jordan poole

11. infirmary

Micaiah

I wake up hearing aggressive knocking on the door and I look over to Jordan to see him still asleep. Waking him up would be the smart decision to do, but he would just fuss at me and I don't have time for that. My feet quickly slide into my house shoes and I exit the room slowly making my way to the front door. My whole body is aching so whoever this is I hope they bring me out of my misery. Opening the door I see Jordan's mom carrying multiple grocery bags with a mask on her face.

"Hi Mrs. Poole", I smile taking some of the bags out of her hands.

"Hi honey how are you feeling?"

"I'm tired", I laugh a little bit.

Placing the grocery bags in the kitchen she walks over to me and feels my forehead and neck.

"You are burning up I'll put the groceries up you just go into the room and rest your body."

I didn't even try to argue with her because whatever Mrs. Poole says goes. Entering back into the bedroom I see that Jordan is up looking miserable as ever. He put the trash can next to him so he can throw used tissues in there and to throw up if he needs to. I feel so bad that I got him sick but the good thing is that we'll be spending the week together.

"Awww my baby."

He turns his head over and gives me a weak smile. Crawling back into the bed, he lays his head on my chest and close his eyes.

"I'm sorry for getting you sick."

"It's ok baby."

"No it's not I feel really bad because you don't normally get sick."

"I mean it's bound to happen it's cold as hell where we live at."

I laugh making my grip tighter around him and he snuggles closer to me. Soon enough Jordan moms walks in and begins to open the cough syrup she got us. Jordan starts freaking out and quickly runs to the bathroom and locks the door.

"He does this everytime."

I pick at the door and get it open and block him from leaving. Just because he's 6'4 does not mean anything to me, especially when I have a brother that's taller than him. Somehow some way Mrs. Poole gets the medicine in his mouth and I cover it so he can swallow.

"I'll start making you guys some soup just get back in the bed and rest."

I let go of Jordan and he gives me a mean mug.

"Don't get mad at me because your mother is trying to make you feel better."

I open my arms and he reluctantly feeds in and wraps his arms around me and picks me up.

"I love you", he mubmbles.

"Huh."

I know sometimes when sick I get ear aches and my hearing don't be the same, but he did not just say what I think he said.

"I said I love you."

He's smiling like crazy and waiting for me to respond back to him. I guess I was taking too long because I notice the nervous look in his eyes.

"I love you too", I smile.

I give him a quick peck on the kiss and hop down from his grip. Grabbing a few tissues I blow my nose and throw that a way putting some hand sanitizer on my hands. Jordan snuggles his way back into my arms and we continue to watch tv to kill sometime while his mom is cooking.

• • •

There was another aggressive knock on the door and I groan because my body is in absolute pain right now.

"I got it don't get up."

"Thank you."

As soon as I hear him open the door I hear some loud ass men and I immediately know who it is. Soon enough Mason, Miles, Micah, and my dad strolling up in the room with bags in their hands.

"Aww y'all didn't have to get us groceries Mrs. Poole already did that."

"I guess we'll just take back your favorite vitamins...the raspberry emergen.c...your favorite wafer cookies...your favorite ice cream...and mom even got up today and made you some food I guess we'll have to take it all back", Mason said pouting.

"Y'all can go ahead and put it in the fridge", I smile.

My dad takes a seat in the recliner Jordan had in the room and takes his shoes off.

"How are y'all feeling?"

"Terrible" Jordan mumbles and I nod my head agreeing.

"How is mom doing?"

"She's doing really good she's starting to move around the house more."

It's crazy how we were basically told that's she would have six months left at most, but she's been getting better everyday.

"Maybe after y'all get better I should bring her up here you know she likes to be nosey."

Jordan and I both laugh and put our attention on my brothers we they walk back in.

"Ok everything is in the fridge."

"Thank you guys so much."

"So when you coming back to work because turns out we don't know how to do shit", Mason exclaims.

I start laughing because it is true...I mean they know how they're just lazy.

• • •

I just said goodbye to my dad and brothers locking the door behind them. Jordan and I are starting to feel worse, so I'm probably going to knock out once I hit the bed. Before heading to the bedroom I grab two bottles of Gatorade from the fridge and cut all of the lights off. I walk back into the room to see Jordan already asleep with his arm hanging off of the bed. I shake my head and tuck him in before sliding under the covers on my side. He immediately gravitates to me and snuggles his head on my chest.

"Goodnight my sweet baby."

"Goodnight I love you."