Corny Jameson (#Wattys2016)

Chapter Seventeen

One month later...

Margaret

I watched as Vin played with a couple kids at the park. He worked so well with kids, and it made me happy. The kids just ran up to him and asked him to play so he said yes. They were adorable little kids, too.

A smile made its way onto my face. I loved Vin with all my heart and to see him work so well with kids made my heart skip a beat.

That was, until I had the sudden urge to throw up.

I ran to the nearest bathroom and threw up my lunch. I had been feeling really nauseated lately. I had no idea why, though. Maybe I was getting the flu?

It was really cold outside. There was almost a week left until Christmas. I was super excited because I bought Vin something really cool and I was hoping he would like it. I even got Mom a new computer that has really good service but for cheap.

I stood up, flushed the toilet, then grabbed my water bottle out of my bag and swished my mouth out. Then, I popped a piece of mint gum in my mouth and left the bathroom.

"Oh, thank God! There you are, Meg. I turned one second and the next you were gone. I was really worried," Vin said, wrapping his arms around me.

I hugged him back. "I was just in the bathroom."

"But I didn't know that," he said. "Anything could've happened."

I chuckled. "I'm fine. I'm getting sick, that's all."

He pulled back and tucked a piece of hair behind my ear. "Should we leave? I don't want it to get worse."

I shook my head. "You can keep playing. I'm okay," I said.

Vin smiled at me. "Thanks, babe. You're the best." He ran back over to the kids and started playing with them again. I walked over to the nearest bench and sat down. I pulled out my phone and pulled up YouTube before going to watch some of BajanCanadian's videos. Ever since the day I watched a few of his videos, I became hooked.

I picked a '50 against 4' and watched it. It was really funny, actually. Mitch and Jerome kept dying, even though they killed a lot of their enemies. They ended up having to cheat at the end to break the blocks of obsidian.

"What are you watching?" a voice said.

I looked up and saw Noah standing there with an ice cream cone. "A video."

He sat down beside me and laughed. "Obviously." He took a big bite of his ice cream and swallowed it.

"How can you eat ice cream in the mid of winter? It's freezing out here," I said, rubbing my arms through the sleeves.

He shrugged. "I'm cold blooded."

I snorted. "That's hard to believe."

"Eh."

"So, what's up?" I said.

"I just wanted to say 'hi'. So...Hi."

I smiled. "Hi."

He held up a bag. "I gotta go. I have to give this to my mom."

I nodded with a smile. "'Kay. See you in school."

He waved at me before leaving.

"What did he want?" Vin whispered in my ear, causing me to jump.

"My gosh! You scared the shit out of me!" I said, smacking his chest.

He chucked. "I'm sorry."

"He just wanted to say hi. No big deal."

He rolled his eyes. "Wanna leave?"