sick storms

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madeline's pov

"oh no, come over, we can be dead together. nolas here too"

"its okay, my aunt is taking care of me" she groaned out, i wished her the best of luck and she hung up as she was going to throw up again.

i curled into my bed having hot an cold flashes while nola walked around cleaning up the tissues and opening all my windows.

she then headed through the rest of the apartment, airing it all out and tidying. my apartment was pretty tidy beforehand but now it looked spotless.

she came back to my bed and pulled the covers off me. "come have a shower, you're sweaty and gross" she said pulling me up.

"nola no, let be wallow"

"madi no, come shower" i rolled my eyes at her and forced myself out of bed again.

i had a cold shower and just sat down. 5 minutes later there was a knock on the bathroom door. "babe i have to go back to school, my mums mad. text me if you need anything okay?" she said and i called out to her agreeing and told her to lock the door on her way out.

turning the shower off i wrapped a towel around me and settled on the cold bathroom tiles. i genuinely could have fallen asleep here. i scrolled on my phone for a while before putting some soft pyjamas on and laying back on the cold tiles.

later on i got a text from scarlett.


scarjo
hey honey, just seeing how you are feeling today.
have you eaten?


madeline
hi! im not poisioned anymore but i feel like i have a cold now.
and yeah, my friend brought me a grilled cheese this morning

scarjo
well thats good.
The directors asked me to drop off yours and violets next scripts as they are different than the emailed ones.

are you okay if i come around now?

madeline
yeah of course
my address is **

scarjo
ill be there soon.

i turned my phone off and rolled up a towel to lay my head on. i must've fallen asleep but i woken up cause there was a knock at my door. i don't remember why. but then i remembered scarlett was coming. i pulled myself of the floor only for the door to be unlocked. thanks a lot nola.

" hi, thank you so much for the script" i smiled at scarlett as she passed the packet over. rubbing the sleep out of my eyes.
"yeah no problem madz, nice apartment"

"thank you, i picked this one because of the loft" i explained inviting her in for a tea. i was still sniffling so i kept my distance to not get her sick.

"that's cool, did you get to help your parents pick?"
"oh no, i live by myself. im renting this place" i gave her a smile turning the kettle on.

"you're 16?!" she said quickly. i shrugged it off. if anything it's dad lore.

"green or peppermint" i then asked.

"peppermint" she said hesitantly and started walking around the main area. "can i ask why you moved out so early?" she said not looking at me to pressure me.

"it's seriously not important scarlett" i dismissed the idea handing her tea.
"how's work, im not missing too much am i" i said siting on the couch tucking my feet underneath me.

"no, since its all rehearsals most of us adults are just rehearsing our scenes till you girls are back" i nodded along to what she was saying. i stayed quiet letting her talk and she stopped giving me a slight look.

she leant forward and placed a hand n my face.
"you're very warm, are you sure you're feeling better?" she asked and i nodded.

"i was laying on the tiles for a while because they were cooler so im just a bit hot again now" i could tell she had a million questions. but i didn't want to answer them.

she stared at me with this look like she understood everything i was thinking and it scared me.

then we heard the thunder outside.

"i better get going and drop violet her script before the storm rolls in," she said getting up with her empty mug. "call me if you need anything" she added and i nodded following her to the door. "seriously madeline, i will pick up if you call me, no matter the time"

"i will i promise. i'll see you uh the day after tomorrow"
"that's friday, no work on fridays" she explained
and i nodded along feeling as though i should have known that.

"bye scarlett"
"bye honey"

i lock the door this time and grab a blanket from my basket of blankets. i then open all my windows to let the cold air in before realising it's raining.

yknow what, the apartment will survive.

i turned on a show and laid on my couch.
it was only an hour into the storm when the power went out.

i didn't know what to do now.

was it just me?

do i have to call someone?

how do i fix it?

again there was a knock at my door and i go to open it. it's the girls from next door and they have their phone lights.

i open the door and they look passed me to my apartment.
"you lost power too?" they more of stated than questioned.

"yeah, what are we supposed to do?"
"usually wait it out until it turns back on but we were just going to go to our friends and wanted to ask if you want to come, wouldn't want anything happening"

"thank you for the offer but i'm okay"
"are you sure?"
"yeah yeah, i'll just wait it out"

a/n
i feel like this is the first chapter in this book that i don't like?

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