I'm Yours (Sequel to "You're mine")

Chapter 84: The virus

- A few months later

Leah's POV

I walked to the couch, bringing a bowl of popcorn with me. I sat back down next to T, who was watching the news with great care. Today... Everything changed. Nothing would be the same anymore. And I was scared.

"Here," I said, handing the bowl to T. I then looked back at the screen. "What did they say?"

T took a handful of popcorn, stuffing it in her mouth before putting the bowl on the coffee table. "The virus is spreading rapidly, they might shut everything down," She then looked at me. "Including schools."

My fear levels just rose from hearing that. I looked back at the screen, hoping that they'd bring some good news. Hoping that life, the world we knew, wasn't ending.

"Look," T said, motioning to the screen. "Schools closed till further notice," She then looked at me. "Am I out of a job?"

I gulped. "What is happening?"

T seemed to catch on to my fear as she wrapped her arms around me. She pulled me into a warm embrace. "I don't know, baby," She kissed my head several times, trying to comfort me that way. "I don't know." She repeated, though softer.

We watched the news in horror. We watched how this disease, this virus took everything from us. We watched how the news got worse. I know many people claimed that we'd be our own undoing, but I always kept hoping for a happy ending. Call me naive, but I really hoped nothing terrible would happen. Yet, here it was...

T shut down the tv and looked at me. "Are you ok?"

I gulped and simply shook my head.

"Oh, baby," She hugged me again, though this time tighter. "I know," She kissed my head several times again. "It's awful."

"We can't do anything," I said, gaining her attention. "They... They cut us off," I looked at her, seeing her look upset. "We can't go outside, we can't go to school, we can't see our family, we can't see our friends..." I looked down. "We can't live."

"I know," She said softly. "But it's for the best."

I looked back at her. "Is it?"

She nodded. "Baby," She got a hold of my hands. "We don't know much yet about this virus. All we know is that many people suffer and die because of it. And that's why the government is taking such drastic measures."

I slowly nodded.

"People like me get infected easily," She said, squeezing my hand. "I can't imagine what it must be like for people like you," She gulped, seemingly getting emotional. "You have a weak immunity, baby, you could get sick in no time."

I looked away briefly.

"I don't want you to get sick, so I don't care about these measurements," She reached for my face, caressing my cheek gently. "I'd do anything to keep you safe."

I couldn't help but smile at that. "Thanks, baby."

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The next morning, T and I could stay in bed longer. We didn't have to get up early for school, they were closed anyway. It was odd though, we were both awake early, ready to go, but there was nowhere to go...

I sighed deeply and turned around, facing T. She, in return, did the same. We looked at each other for a while, we didn't get closer to each other, we didn't reach out to each other. We just stared at each other. I wondered if she was thinking about the same things I was right now. I wondered if she was also scared for the future. Either way, I knew T, she'd keep strong, for me. For Emil.

At some point, she wrapped her arms around me and pulled me into her. "The bright side of this whole situation," She smiled. "We get to spend a lot of time with our son."

I couldn't help but smile then. It's true. We did have all the time in the world right now. "Yeah."

T let go of me and got up without saying another word. While she was gone, I kept thinking about the virus and our lives. I was really scared. I was mortified to get it. And, at the same time, I wanted to go outside and see all my friends and family...

"Look who's here," T said, carrying Emil into our room. She walked to our bed and got back underneath the sheets. "Here's mama." She said, handing Emil over to me.

I smiled and took Emil into my arms. "Good morning, tiger," I kissed his head. "Did you sleep well?"

Emil nodded slowly before looking at T again.

"Do you want to go back to tata?"

T looked upset when she saw Emil. She looked at me. "I don't think that's it, baby," She then looked at Emil. "You must be wondering what's going on, aren't you, nounours (french for teddy bear)?"

Emil looked to T and then to me, before nodding.

"A lot of people got sick," T said, trying to explain this whole situation as best as she could. "We don't want to get sick so we stay at home for a while."

I could tell Emil wasn't too happy about the situation. I wondered if he could feel that we were worried about the situation. I believed he could. "We'll have a lot of fun," I said, gaining his attention. "We can do a lot of games."

A small smile got onto his face. "Pway?"

"Yes, play," T said and took Emil into her hands. "We'll play a lot of games, like..." She looked at me, smirking. I knew what she was about to do so I already got aside. She laid Emil down on our bed and started tickling him. "Tickles!"

Emil started laughing like crazy while T was tickling his tiny body all over.

I smiled as I watched the two of them. It's true: we could make the best of it together. We get to spend time together which we normally wouldn't have. Maybe this wasn't the worst thing. And, who knows, it could pass in a week or two...