Abby P.O.V.
We are watching a movie when Sidney starts coughing. At first it's little hiccups then she hacking and it looks difficult for her to breathe.
"Whoa, whoa. What going on?" I ask, concerned. It sounds like she has pneumonia but that only happens when someone spends too much time in the cold.
"It okay... I'm fine." She says between coughs.
"Are you sure? That sounds serious..." Maybe she spends a lot of time outside.
"Yeah... I'm sure it's nothing."
"Maybe you should go home Sidney," I suggest.
"No!" She says a little too quickly. "No, I'm sure I'm fine." She coughs again."
"But-"
"I'm fine!"
"Sidney just go home!"
"I can't!"
"And why not exactly?" I ask, getting frustrated.
" I can't tell you..." she says hesitantly.
"Fine, but at least have some cough drops until we figure out what this is," I say retrieving some cough drops from the bathroom. I'll let her stay one more night but then we have to go back to school.
"Thank you..." she says quietly.
"No problem, sorry I got mad earlier."
"No I get it, it's fine,"
I nod and turn on Scream, it's my favorite horror movie. I crawl into my full size bed and motion for Sidney to come along. She sucks on a cough drop and shakes her head.
"I don't want to get you sick," she says.
"Oh, it's fine. I don't care." I say, I just want to cuddle with her.
She crawls on the other side of the bed and lays down beside me. About half way through the movie I lay my head on her shoulder and she flinches but relaxes after a second. I see her glance at my hand and back at the movie screen. Then out of the blue she grabs my hand and intertwines our fingers. Her hands are so tiny and frail. I decide to go a step further and kiss her hand and she doesn't flinch and continues to watch the movie, smiling.
Sidney's P.O.V.
I can't believe I'm cuddling with my crush, this is a good day. I'm glad I didn't reveal my one secret, who knows what she would've done. She would probably send me away and never look at me again. Here we lay, fingers interlocked and her head on my shoulder. I feel my hand rise up with hers and just as I look, her lips peck the back of my hand. I blush and look back at the movie, smiling.
We stay like that until the movie was completely over and we turn of the lights and whisper about nothing until we fall asleep.
