A little bit of Hope

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*Shannon POV*

I woke up this morning feeling a terrible ache in my throat and my head was throbbing. I sat up in my bed and everything started to move as if I had been drinking all night. Unsure of why I was feeling sick, I got out of bed and chugged a huge glass of water, and took some ibuprofen. I did not want to miss Dr. M's lecture today. Her class was the only one that I was lucky enough to have every day. Most students hated it but I loved it because it meant I got to see her every day.

Although no matter how much I wanted to attend her lecture and see her beautiful smile, I could tell I wasn't going to be making it to class today. So, I opened my laptop to send her an email letting her know. 

From: Sdoug423@uga.edu

To: Ashlee.Morgan@uga.edu

Hi Dr. Morgan, 

I am not feeling well this morning so I won't be able to attend class today. I hate to miss a lecture but I will get notes from a friend in class. Please let me know if there is anything specific I should do besides review the notes to be prepared for tomorrow's lecture. 

Thank you, 

Shannon Douglas


I sent the email and shut my laptop. Sitting up for that long made my head feel swimmy and I knew I should lay down. I texted Jessica and asked to her take good notes for once since I wouldn't be there and she grudgingly agreed.

I lay there for a few minutes before hearing the *new email* sound from my phone. I quickly grabbed it in hopes it was Dr. M replying. Even though I knew she'd probably just respond saying 'thanks for letting me know', I still wanted to read every word she sent. 

From: Ashlee.Morgan@uga.edu

To: Sdoug423@uga.edu

Hi Shannon, 

I am sorry to hear you are not feeling well. Don't worry about doing anything for class tomorrow. If you are feeling better tomorrow, why don't you swing by my office during my office hours and I can go over what was in the lecture today? 

Feel better, 

Dr. M 


I swear my heart was beating 200 beats per minute. No professor had ever said replied anything other than an acknowledgment of my missing class, let alone reply! I know it is just her office hours but I am still so excited to hopefully have one on one time with her tomorrow. I am now determined to be feeling better by tomorrow. I decide to uber eats a bunch of Gatorade and soup as my ammo for making me feel better. 

After eating soup and downing the Gatorade, I pass out and end up sleeping until 8 pm. 

I am feeling a little better so I make tea and get back in bed and set my alarm so that I am up for tomorrow's class. I hope I wake up feeling better! 


X, M


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