Michael's Cold

Chapter 5

I am pretty sure Tito and I made up, because he isn't sick anymore. Unfortunately, I still am. My nose was still blocked and I had a bad cough. Also, I think I got Marlon sick because he coughs nonstop and it's actually pretty annoying. Even though I still had a cold, I was well enough to go to school.
Marlon and I started walking together as we both coughed the entire way.
"Michael!" Ryan called out as he ran up to me. "I'm glad your back."
"Yeah me too."
"Wow, you still sound awful."
"Well, I'm still sick with this cold."
"Don't get me sick," Ryan joked.
"I already got Marlon sick," I said, while in between Ryan and Marlon.
Ryan glanced at Marlon.
'Cough, cough,' I coughed, very sickly.
"That's a bad cough, are you ok?"
"Yeah, I'm fine," I said.

At school, we were sitting in class doing a worksheet. There was no talking allowed, which I hated.
"Achoo!" I sneezed loudly.
Nobody said bless you, which was wierd. "Eh-choo! Choo!" I wanted to stop sneezing but I couldn't.
"Bless you," said Deb, a girl sitting next to me. She had long golden brown hair and the most dazzling blue eyes I've ever seen.
"Uh," I started, as she looked at me. I guess I was just so fascinated at how pretty she was. I had never noticed it before.
"Thank you," I finally said. Deb smiled and continued her work.
I knew I never had a chance with her, part of it was because I was black and she was white, that didn't happen nowadays.
"HA-CHOO!" I loudly sneezed on accident. There wasn't enough time to try and quiet it.
"Choo! Choo! Choo!" I sneezed again, uncontrollably.
"Michael, please blow your nose," said my teacher.
I got up and grabbed a few tissues to blow my nose. It was kind of embarrassing that I was sneezing so much. I felt another one coming so I grabbed a few more tissues.
"Pi'schoo!" I stifled that sneeze into the tissue.
"God bless you," said Deb. I think she is my new crush. I really like her.

After class, everyone scrambled out into the halls and I felt the need to talk to Deb.
"Hey wait! Deb!" I yelled.
"Oh, hi Michael."
"Hey, what's up?"
"Nothing much, are you still sick?"
"Um, yeah. This is my first day back. I was absent for 2 days."
"Yeah, I can tell your sick. You keep sneezing and coughing."
I laughed a little bit. "Yeah, I know," I said.