As Long As I Have You

Chapter 2: Ali Gets A Visitor

As Long As I Have You:
Chapter 2:
A/N: Here’s Chapter 2 Everyone. Hopefully you like it. It’s longer than the first chapter. I want them all to have varying lengths pretty much depending on what’s going on in that chapter. That being said..the next chapter and maybe the one after that will be a decent length. Now without further ado… Chapter 2! Enjoy!

Ali laid in her bed for a while just staring up at the ceiling and thinking about things when she heard a knock on the front door downstairs that made her jump a bit. “That’s weird. No one is supposed to be here right now its only 9 am.” She thinks to herself then gets up slowly and walks downstairs feeling nervous.

She slowly approaches the door and looks through the peephole to see who it is and sees Emily standing outside on her phone then she looks up. “Ali? Are you in there? I brought you some soup!” Emily says and tries to turn the door knob. Ali unlocks the door and opens it. “Em, what are you doing here? You are supposed to be at school.” Ali says to her. “Well Technically so are you, yet here you are at home.” Emily says sarcastically.

Ali does one of her signature eye rolls and laughs a bit. “That’s true, but like I said earlier I wasn’t feeling well.” Ali says. “You look fine to me. I mean you aren’t pale or anything like you usually are when your sick. Are you lying and saying you’re sick just so you wont have to go in to school?” She looks at Ali.

“Of course not! Why would I do that?” Ali says looking at Emily then looking away. “I think you just wanted to ditch school. Is there a reason why?” Emily says feeling suspicious that Ali is lying to her. “Em, I’m not going to keep saying this. I already told you I was feeling sick. Okay?” Ali starts to walk away.

“Okay. I believe you. Its just that you don’t look like you usually do when you are sick is all.” Emily says walking inside and closing the door behind her. “If you feel like eating I brought some chicken noodle soup. It’s homemade, my mom’s secret family recipe.” She smiles and walks to the kitchen sitting the medium sized bowl down on the countertop.

“I’m sure it’s delicious Em. I just, I’m not very hungry right now.” Ali walks over to the couch in the living room sitting down and turning the TV on. “That’s ok. You don’t have to eat it right now. Maybe later.” Emily walks over and sits down beside her on the couch. “So, what’s wrong exactly?” Emily looks at Ali. “You mean what’s making me sick?” Ali looks back at Emily. “Yeah.”

Emily responds. “I’ve been getting sick to my stomach the past few days.” She shrugs her shoulders. “I think I just caught a stomach virus because I’m not running a fever or having any other symptoms that come with having the flu.” Ali says.

“Yeah, That’s what it sounds like. Nothing too serious but you need to make sure you drink plenty of fluids though so you can stay hydrated." Emily says looking at Ali.“I’ve been trying but sometimes I can’t even hold down water.” She sighs a little and leans back into the couch a bit. “Have you been to the doctor? If not you might should go because they could probably give you fluids though an IV if you need them badly.”

Ali tenses up some. “No, I’ll be fine Em. Don’t worry about me.” Ali says and watches the TV.  “Let me guess. You either don’t like doctors, needles or both?” Emily says and Ali doesn’t respond and just keeps watching TV. “Ali? Did you hear me?” Emily says looking at her. “Yes I heard you, I just didn’t feel like I needed to respond to those questions is all.” She shrugs. “I’ll take that as a yes then. Only I don’t know which you are scared of for sure.” Emily states.

“Why does it matter Em? Like I said I’m fine. Can we just drop this conversation?” She sighs. “Fine.” Emily says and crosses her arms. “Do you want me to stay? Or should I go?” She asks feeling like she’s made Ali mad at her.
“You can stay. I just don’t want to be berated with questions anymore Em. I’m really not in the mood for it.” She says feeling agitated. “Ok no more questions. I promise.” She sits back on the couch and watches the TV with Ali for a while till Ali falls asleep. “She really must be not feeling well.” She frowns and looks over at Ali feeling a bit worried about her.

“Should I leave so she can sleep? Or should I stay? I don’t want to wake her up. She needs her rest. I guess Ill go upstairs and wait for her to wake up.” She thinks then walks upstairs to Ali’s room and sits down on her bed waiting for her to wake up from her nap.
Emily sits on Ali’s bed for a little bit watching videos on her phone and waiting for Ali to wake up. A few hours pass when suddenly Emily hears running footsteps from downstairs. “What was that?” She gets up and walks to the top of the stairs yelling down. “Ali? Are you awake? Was that you that made that sound?” She starts to walk down the stairs after getting no response feeling worried. 
“Ali?” She says again as she reaches the bottom of the stairs. She looks over and notices Ali is no longer asleep on the couch and she starts to look around for her downstairs. “Ali? Where did you go?”
She says as she walks out of the living room and to the bathroom downstairs where the door is wide open and she sees Ali getting sick into the toilet.

“Ali!” She runs over to her and holds her hair back rubbing her back gently to comfort her. “It’s ok. I’m here to help now Ali.” She reaches over to the sink and wets a washcloth with cool water and holds it on her forehead. “Feel better now?” She asked Ali a couple minutes later. “Yeah, A lot better actually.” Ali smiles weakly. “Thank you for staying with me Em, and for helping me.” She blushes a little. “That’s what Best friends are for.” Emily says and pulls Ali into a hug.

So what did you think? Was this chapter good or could it use some improvement? Tell me your opinions in the comments please. Also I just want to say this chapter was written immediately after the first one so if you guys left any comments saying what you would like to happen or anything I probably haven't read them yet. I hope you have a great day or night. ~M <3