Not Romeo and Juliet

Chapter 17 : Sick

Getting sick on a nice, warm, summer day is considered an art that only a few people can manage to excel in.

I happen to be one of them.

My head can boil an egg, and my throat feels like I was gargling staples. Though, for mother nature seemingly that's not enough, so she decides to also show me that I'm not bearing a child by means of letting my period fall through.

Great. Just great.

The first day after my confession, Ash wouldn't let me stay alone. He mostly cuddled with me as I read my books, ate some chocolate with me as I read my books, watched movies with me as I read my books.

It's easy to know that it was one of the most adventurous weeks in his life!

Two weeks after and I had to send him on the new mission using brutal force. (He might have been unwilling to go to the mission because Nathan was going with him, but still.)

Speaking of him, Nathan turned out to be a real romantic after all. Every day he made Lily breakfast in bed and he stopped her from working since she was almost 6 months pregnant. I also heard that he was hiding a ring in his back pocket to propose to Lily.

Needless to say, I was fangirling over them the whole day.

I drag myself to the shower and after taking a long, calming bath, I come out, wear my pajamas, take my pills and attack the sofa.

I start watching Netflix to kill time but I fall asleep halfway through my show. I wake up when I feel a gentle hand pressing to my forehead.

Even though I can barely open my eyes, I sit up immediately when I see who it is. "Ash? Weren't you supposed to come back tomorrow?"

"Yes. It is tomorrow."

"I've been asleep a whole day?"

"Makes sense. You're burning up. Let's take you to the bathtub so you can take a long bath and cool you down."

"I don't want a bath. Even if it involves you in it. I want ice cream."

"The bathtub does not involve me in it. Cause that wouldn't be cooling you down. And ice cream is bad for you right now. You're a doctor. Shouldn't you know this?"

You know, if I was just sick, I wouldn't be fighting him on this. But I am also on my period so I continue tofeud. "I don't care. I want ice cream." I pout childishly.

"We are so not having this conversation." He says dismissively and scoops me up in his arms bridal style.

"You know, I might die because of the thing you're about to do." I say as I rest my head comfortably on his shoulder.

"Oh? And why is that?"

"Because I'm on my time of the month and if the water causes the blood to go back, it might cause cancer." I inform him, smiling.

"You can still take a shower right?"

I feel an evil grin spreading on my lips as a wicked plan comes to my mind. "Sure. I can do that."

He regards me warily. "Oookay."

As I get into bathroom, I lock the door behind me. I pick up my razor and Betadine (not as convincing as red paint but it'll do.) I make sure a little water with red color goes to the hallway (one of the many things I learned from 13 reasons why). I then pour some betadine on my wrists and my razor and I start screaming.

"I don't want to live anymore!" I shout dramatically. "This is just too much." And I lie down on the bathroom floor with still my clothes on. And I start the countdown. 3. 2. 1.

Boom! Ash kicks the door open, (more like he kills the door open. Hahaha.) and gathers my seemingly lifeless body against him. "Rose, baby it's going to be okay. I will get you to the hospital." He says as tears fill his eyes.

And I burst out laughing.

"No blood smells this weird Ash."

"The fuck?"

"I did a prank and you fell for it." I say, clutching my stomach from laughter.

Ash didn't find it that funny. "What the fuck were you thinking Juliet? I love you with everything I have got and I've lost everything else I loved close to loving you. You don't get to make fun of that!" And with that, he storms out of the bathroom.

I follow him after a quick break to wash my hands. He sits on the couch, his back to me, his shoulders tense, probably with a frown on his face. (I know right???? So cuuuute!)

I circle my hands around his neck and kiss his cheek from behind. "I'm sorry Ash. I get mean when I'm on my period. And I love you too." I say innocently.

I feel him sigh and his shoulders relax. Then with a swift move he jerks me forward so that I'm sitting on his lap. "What am I going to do with you Rose?" he murmurs and presses his lips against mine.

And of course, he doesn't see the little ant I drop into his t-shirt.

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she was a shooting star,

her smile so bright and rare,

that by the time you had blinked,

there was no sign it had been there.

~e.h

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with love, always

-Ani