you and me // sebastian sallow

four

The next morning I found myself laying in bed with a headache.

I remembered almost everything from yesterday's events, but some of it was blurry. I got something for my allergic reaction, making my rash go away. Afterwards, Natty and Poppy helped me to bed and I had been sleeping all night.

I could feel the sun on my eyelids which made me blink to try to make the feeling of the sun in my eyes comfortable. It didn't help.

When I opened my eyes, I stared directly at the ceiling. The sun was shining through the windows, making the room brighter. I had no idea what time it was. It wasn't early morning, that much I knew.

The room was awfully quiet. The only sounds I could hear were from the owls and my deep breaths.

I pulled my duvet over my head, enjoying the warmth. My head was pounding and the feeling was almost unbearable. I needed water and to sleep more. A sigh escaped my lips.

My thoughts began to swirl around, making me think of yesterday. I remembered almost everything from the beginning of the party and early night, but some of it didn't make sense to me.

I remembered talking to Garreth and him offering me his homemade drink. The consistency of the drink made me think of something else I had experienced with Sebastian. Guess for yourself.

I remembered feeling sick and dizzy. The feeling of my skin burning and the rash all over my body.

I remembered Sebastian coming to the bathroom to help me and then Garreth coming to join us, wanting to help. And then Natty and Poppy helped me.

It was like the thoughts made my head hurt even more and the headache became worse. I knew I needed to get up and start my day, no matter how my head felt like.

I had school and I had probably already missed some lessons which were unusual for me. Those that knew me well, knew that I cared a lot about school.

I liked to be prepared and make my homework in good time, which was also the reason why it came as a shock for me that I had forgotten everything about the books Professor Sharp recommend us to read.

In that way, Sebastian and I were the complete opposite. He didn't care much about his homework or if he came too late for class. There were many things he didn't care about and sometimes that triggered me.

I would overthink everything and Sebastian would just take things as they came. As I said, in some ways we really were the complete opposite.

If he was the night, I was the day. Maybe that's why our friendship meant so much to me. We supplemented each other well, as best friends.

I removed the warm duvet from my body which now was only covered in my night dress, the warmth leaving my body.

I got up from the bed and stretched my body. I was already excited to be sleeping again later, already missing the feeling of the duvet around me, warming my body.

It didn't take me a long time to find my school uniform with my robe and put it on. My hair was a mess. I tried to make it less messy by using my fingers, but it didn't work.

I ended up putting my hair up with a barrette in a loose bun. That was my go-to look when I didn't feel like spending lots of time doing my hair.

The clock said 10:30 am, meaning we had Professor Sharp right now in potion class. I didn't understand why my friends haven't woken me up, but maybe they thought it was best for me to sleep longer today, after what happened yesterday.

I grabbed my books for potion class and left the room in a hurry. I knew I needed to have to explain myself to Professor Sharp and the thought of doing so made my stomach hurt. I hated this.