Are we meant to be?

CHAPTER SIX

I wake up in the middle of the night, with the feeling of something coming up my throat.

I rush to the toilet, making it just in time, before everything comes out of my mouth.
I feel my hair being pulled out of my face, and a hand rubbing over my back in a smoothing motion.

I stay over the toilet with my face for a few more minutes, scared that more is going to come up, before I sit against the wall.

I feel a hand touching my forehead.
„Liz, you are burning, there's no way that you're going to work today, you go back to bed and I'll call them for you."
I just nod weakly.

When I don't move to stand up, I hear Jax sigh and then I feel hands under my knees picking me up.
I put my head on his chest.

I feel his hand smoothing over my hair.
„You need to stay away from me while I'm sick, don't want you also getting sick."
„I don't care if I get sick, I'm not going to be able to focus if I don't known how you are doing," he speaks softly.
„But you need to work," I point out weakly.

„The last thing on my mind is work right now, and I won't go to work when you're sick, love, someone needs to take care of you," he tells me, leaving no space for an argument.
I just sag more against him.

After he put me back into his bed, I feel him walking away.
Before I can ask him what he's doing, he tells me, „I'm just going to call your work and then I'll be back." he says.
„Okay," I mumble.

After I called at the nursery, I type in the number of Knox.
It rings a few times before he finally picks up.

„Why the fuck are you calling me so early," he mumbles angry.
„I won't come in to work today," I respond quietly
„Why's that?," he asks.

„Liz is sick," I say.
„And that's why you're staying home?" he says to me.
„Yes, I need to take care of her," I strongly reply.
„Okay, okay, but, man, you are so whipped, just so you know," he laughs.
„I am not!" Even tho I know I am.

„Anyway, I don't know for how many days I'll be gone, but if I don't text or call, I will probably not show up," I inform him.
„Gotcha," he says.

„See you in a few days,and don't mess anything up please," I plead.
„I won't," He responds.
„Okay,bye."
„Bye."

After I hang up I go back to my room, hoping Liz is asleep.
When I open my door I see her sitting in my bed, shivering.

I walk up to her and take her in my arms instantly.
„Do you want one of my hoodies?" I ask.
„Yes,please," she nods.

I get my favorite hoodie out of my closet, and put it over her shivering body.
As I sit down on my bed, I take her back into my arms, kissing the crown of her head, and whisper „Go back to sleep."
We lay down and she falls asleep in the next few minutes.

•••

I put our breakfast on the nightstand and gently wake Elizabeth up.
Her eyelids slowly flutter open, we just start at each other for like more than a minute.

I break our stare and gesture to the breakfast, that's standing on the nightstand.
„I made your favorite breakfast," I whisper.
„Thank you, but you didn't have to do that," she says.
„You are sick, that is one more reason for me to bring you breakfast to bed," I insist, „And I love taking care of you, so just please let me do it."
She blushes and nods.

I sit down, next to her on my bed and grab her plate and the silverware.
„Here," I hand her the plate.
She shakes her head, „Thank you, but I'm not hungry."
„Elizabeth, no, you are sick and you need to eat, you can't just skip a meal, especially not when you are sick, so please eat, love," I softly say to her.
„Okay,but I don't have the energy to eat right now," she mumbles.
„I'll feed you, I do anything, just please eat,baby," I whisper, putting my hand on her cheek.
She leans into my touch,"Okay,I'll eat."

She doesn't make a move to grab the plate from my lap, so I take my hand of her cheek and pick up the fork, and start feeding her.
„Open," I say when the fork is directly in front of her mouth.
She opens her mouth and bites the food of the fork.

„Good girl, I'm so proud of you for finishing all your food, and especially for eating," I say to her after she finished all of her breakfast.
„Thank you, I appreciate you saying this," she whispers.
„I know, it's hard for you to accept it, but you are doing such a good job, and until I live you will always have someone who's proud of you," I respond quietly.
She blushes.

„What do you want to do now?" I ask her.
„I think I want to sleep a bit more," she says.
„Okay, that's a good idea, I'll be in the living room with Marble if you need me," I say, before I give her a kiss on the forehead, and then walk out of the my room and close the close quietly.

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