(Mary's POV)
Today is December the 11th of 2022 and my mother and I have decided to host a "Holiday Drop in" where we have invited friends and coworkers to stop by and bring a dessert if they want to. As I am finishing getting ready I hear the doorbell ring causing my mother to go open it and let whoever in. "Oh Johnathan so glad you are here. Mary is just finishing getting ready. She should be out in a minute." She says. I finish slipping my leggings on under my reindeer dress and come out of my room. "Hey love. Wow don't you look festive." He says as I run straight into his arms giggling. "Thank you. I'm so glad you are here." I say as he scoops me up and kisses me. We pull away and go finish getting the last minute touches done before people slowly start to arrive.
The party is a success and we got to see and talk about everything we were doing and catch up with people who we haven't seen in a little over two years. I am busy holding my mom's friend baby and talking to him as we look at the lights. "So Jonathan how long have you been with Mary?" I hear my violin teacher asks. "I've known her for 2 years." I hear my boyfriend say causing me to look at him for a brief moment and then go back to the little three month old in my arm. "That's fantastic. How did you two meet?" She asks. "Well we met through doing some shows together. We were both preforming in a sight and sound production on stage and kinda just clicked." He says causing me to smile even more.
After the party ends at eight as everyone heads home leaving just myself, my mom, Jonathan, my dad and brother. "So Jonathan are you going to be spending the night here?" My mother asks. "I don't think so. I'll be seeing her tomorrow at our show." He says gently helping me put something on the shelf that was too high for me to reach. "You picking me up tomorrow still? Or am I driving there?" I ask looking at him. "I'll pick you up. Don't worry love." He says kissing my head gently. "Yay." I say finishing and yawn tired. "I think it's time for both of us to head to bed. I will pick you up tomorrow morning love and we will go out for breakfast like we always do." He say grabbing my waist gently. "Yay I'll see you tomorrow then. I love you. Drive safe." I say holding him and smile. "I will. I'll text you when I get home." He says holding me and kisses me. "Good." I say kissing him and let him leave. Once everything was cleaned up I head to bed after getting my stuff ready for the work the next morning and finally fall asleep getting a text from my boyfriend saying he was home safe and sound. I sleep peacefully all night knowing I need as much rest as possible since it is a three show day tomorrow meaning we have shows at 11 am, 3 pm, and 7pm. The next morning I wake up to my alarm and get out of bed taking a shower and brush my teeth before getting dressed and putting on a hat and coat meeting Jonathan at his car and get in. "Morning love. Ready for breakfast and coffee?" He asks kissing my head. "Yes please." I say taking my hat off and brush my damp hair out as he drives to get breakfast and coffee for me.
We arrive at our favorite place that we always stop at that was right near the theatre and head inside. "Ahh usual table you two?" The hostess asks us. "Yep." He says gently taking my hand and smiles. I smile and hold his hand and head to our usual table and sit down. "Coffee and the usual?" They waitress asks. "Yes please." I say smiling tiredly. "Coming right up." She says going to get our usual order. "Ready for our last three show day?" He asks me. "Yes. Last three show day before our nice long break." I say smiling as the waitress brings our coffees and our food. We sit and pray then eat our breakfast hungry and talk about our three shows we have today. Once we finish eating we pay and head to the theatre and go inside signing in letting them know we are here before going to get our mics and doing vocal warm ups. I stand in a part of the room doing vocal warm ups while stretching waking my muscles up so I am ready for the day. "Alright can I get everyones attention please." I hear our director say. Everyone stops what they are doing and listen to him. "Alright ladies and gentlemen today is our last three show day before our holiday vacation. May the lord bless us and guide us through the shows today and hope we can change just one of the many lives that walk through our doors today. Merry Christmas and a happy new year. Jonathan wanna say a prayer before we all get ready for the show." Our director states looking at us. "Sure." My boyfriend says as we all fall into a circle and pray before we head to go change into our costumes for the show. Once I was dressed in my costume I start to get my make up and hear a knock on the door. "Come in." I say working on my make up as the door opens. "Hey love, you ready for the day?" My boyfriend says coming in. "Yep. Time for a nervous wee." I say stopping what I was doing and go to restroom hearing my boyfriend chuckle as he sits down in my spot. After I was done I clean up and come out then push my boyfriend off his my chair gently and finish doing my make up which wasn't much. "Alright I am ready. Let's go start." I say fixing my wig. "Last few shows of this season." My boyfriend says. I nod as the show starts and run through it smoothly. We make it through all three shows and finally breathe so happy to be done and time to relax. I sit taking everything off and feel just relief wash through me as I say goodbye to the character that I enjoyed playing the most this season. "Ready love?" My boyfriend asks knocking before coming in. "Almost." I say say throwing on my hat and my scarf. "Let's head out if you're ready." He says seeing me put my hat and scarf on. "Lets go. I'm tired and hungry." I say looking at him grabbing my bag and my Christmas gift that the director gave to us that we aren't suppose to open until Christmas. "Alright we will grab something on our way home." He says gently raking my bag and carries it to his car as we say goodbye to everyone and head home. I sit and yawn falling asleep as we drive home not feeling well and just wanting to lay down and sleep. "Babe you're home. Come on let's get you into bed." He says helping me inside. I let him and go inside getting changed into pjs and lay down. "I'll call you tomorrow love. Rest up." He says kissing my head and leaving. I nod and sleep for a few hours but get up and throw up feeling supper ill and stay awake the rest of the night. The next morning I am woken up by my phone and groan feeling tired and sick. "Hello?" I ask seeing that my boyfriend was face timing me. "Hey love. Are you feeling okay?" He asks seeing me. "No. I'm sick." I say sighing and pull the covers up to me trying to keep myself warm. "Aww honey I'm sorry. Do you want anything?" He asks. "Just some sleep and some crackers as well as ginger ale." I say tiredly. "Alright. Well rest up and I'll make sure you have what you want and what you need?" He says. "Love you don't have to come over to take care of me." I say yawning. "Nonsense. I know I don't but I want to." He says grabbing his keys as he heads out of the house. "Alright. If you get sick don't say I didn't warn you." I say yawning. "I won't now go and rest and I'll be there when you wake up." He says. "Alright. I love you. Thank you for taking care of me." I say tiredly. "Anytime. Now rest." He says hanging up. I hang up and fall asleep and sleep for about five hours before waking up and groan at the head ache I have. "Hey love, how you feeling?" My boyfriend asks me sitting in the chair across from me. "I have a headache." I say looking at him and groan. "Here." He says handing me a glass of water and a piece of bread. I take it and eat the bread and drink the water and sigh feeling better a bit. "Better?" He asks. "A bit." I say. "Good. Just keep drinking water and eating toast and resting." He says looking at me. "I know." I say nodding. "Do you have a fever or anything like that?" He asks. "No no nothing like that. I checked. Must've gotten sick on something I ate either yesterday or a few days before." I say rubbing my head and drink water and eat. "Well love I'm here if you need anything. Just keep resting and drinking and you feel better." He says rubbing my legs gently. "Thanks love. I think I wanna go and take a shower." I say getting up slowly and head to my bathroom and start my shower. Midway through my shower I realize I didn't grab any clothes and debate if I should leave the nice shower and get my clothes or call my boyfriend. "Jonathan!" I call from the bathroom. "Yes?" He calls back. "I forgot to grab clothes before I hopped in the shower. Can you do me a big favor and bring me a new pair of pjs and a new set of under garments please." I call. "Sure love. Do you want comfy and cool or warm?" He calls. "Comfy and cool please. And thank you." I call back to him. "Anytime." He says getting my stuff and bringing it into the bathroom then leaves letting me have my privacy as I finish showering. I turn the water off and grab a towel drying myself off and step out of the shower feeling much better and change smiling at the outfit he picked for me. "Feeling better love?" He asks as I walk out of the bathroom dressed. "Much better I needed that nice warm shower." I say sitting down on my bed and brush my damp hair. "You look much better love. What do you think could've been the cause of you getting sick?" He asks me. "Something I ate. I started to feel ill during the second show yesterday but just pushed it off as pre show jitters." I tell him sitting on my bed. "Well I'm glad that you are feeling better." He says cuddling me. I snuggle into him and lay against him wrapping his arms around my stomach gently. Jonathan just holds me and kisses my head as we sit in silence for a bit. "Do you want to watch a movie or some tv?" He ask me. "I wanna watch a movie please." I say looking at him. Jonathan just nods and picks a movie for us to watch and goes back to cuddling me again.
