What I Wished For

Chapter 14 - In Sickness And In Health

Anastasia

3rd of September 2021

It's Monday, 4 days later, I am taking the day off school today, I'm having the worst fucking cramps, I can't even stand. I try to wait for 5 to text Vaish but I can't. I feel bad for interrupting him at work but I need him.

Anastasia: hey, sorry for interrupting you at work but could you please come home quick today i need you.

Vaishant: I'll be there in 10 minutes.

Anastasia: no, don't leave work.

Vaishant: Too late, see you soon.

He turns up at my door within 5 minutes. I crawl down the stairs, in too much pain to walk. Standing up, I walk to the door and open it, I fall into his arms dropping all of my weight into him. Picking me up, he takes me inside and locks the door, I moan in pain and drop my face into his shoulder, letting him hold me up. Then he takes me upstairs, the whole time I am slumped in his arms in pain.

Vaishant

I walk her into her room, she is clearly in pain, I hate when she's like this. Placing her on her bed, she moans when her head crashes down. She has one leg up bent and the other stretched out, her arm rests on her forehead, she probably has a headache. I sit down next to her and ask, "What's going on, love? What's hurting you?" 

"It's my period, it hurts so fucking much I can't walk," she groans.

"Oh, love, it's ok. Do you want me to get you Nurofen?" I ask her.

I nod and whisper, "It hurts." Her hand shoots down and grabs mine, holding it for a short moment, then letting me go. Quickly, I run downstairs and grab her medicine and water then run back upstairs, I didn't want to leave her alone, even for a second. When I get to her door I stop running and look at her, she tries to sit up so that she can take her medicine though she fails. Rushing over to her I say, "Hey, hey, hey." Placing her medicine on her bedside table, I sit down next to her. I reach my hand under her back and lift her up to a seating position, I hold her there while she puts her hands behind her for support. Letting go of her, I grab the medicine and water I hand her an tablet and support her with the now free hand while she still uses her other free hand to hold her self up. Tilting her head back she drops the medicine into her mouth and hen takes the water from my hand, her eyes squeeze shut as she swallows the tablet. "You hate taking tablets, don't you?" I ask her.

She nods lightly and responds with fake enthusiasm, "Since I was 12, I used to choke on them."

"Come, lie down," I tell her. She wraps her arms around my neck and I slowly release her down to a lying position. I lie down on my back next to her and tell her, "Lie on my chest."

She whispers enthusiastically, "Yay!" Quickly, she scooches over to me and wraps her arm around my neck, lying on my chest. I lay there watching TikTok as she falls asleep on top of me. 

Anastasia

I wake up in severe pain, I check my clock and see that it's 1am. Carefully, I roll off of him and run to the bathroom, I lock the door behind me and fall to my knees in pain. 

Vaishant

I wake up to a loud thud and check the time, it's 1am and Anna is gone. I call out, "Anna where are you?" 

"I'm in here, go back to sleep," she replies, her voice cracking in pain. Running to the bathroom door, I try to open it, rattling the handle. "Stop, I'm sick. Go back to bed," she groans in pain. I stop rattling the door handle and go grab the key for the door. 

Anastasia

He leaves for a moment, I'm hoping he did as told but then I hear the key in the door. Slamming open the door, he drops to his knees and pulls me into his lap. "Hey love, it's ok. I've got you," he says, pulling me closer to his chest. I snuggle into him letting him hold me together, helping my pain vanish. "Is it cramps? Or something else? Do you need a doctor?" he asks me. 

"It's cramps," I break.

Vaishant

I pull her closer to me, trying to hold her together. "Do you want to stay here? Are you comfortable? Do you want to go back to bed?" I ask her.

"Can we stay here?" she questions in response. I nod against the top of her head and lean my back against the wall. We both fall asleep there, I was so uncomfortable, but I think she liked it, so I leave her alone.