It's My Life

Chapter 10

I woke up at 11 am. I looked at the day. It was Wednesday. Shoot! I had to go to school today. I checked my phone. It said my alarm rang at the time I set it. But why didn't I hear it? I checked in the mirror and I saw something horrifying. My face was totally red. I checked my forehead. It was burning hot! I had a fever!

"No!" I moaned.

This is so not happening. Especially when there's no one to take care of me. I had to do it all myself.

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The rest of time, I checked my temperature, made some soup, trying really hard not to faint, and took some medicine. My temperature seemed to decrease a bit but my forehead was still really warm. It was 2 now. I was still in bed trying to sleep. Then all of a sudden, the doorbell rang.

Who was here at this time?

I wrapped myself in blankets and went to open the door.

Chloe was standing outside shivering.

"What are you doing here?" I asked.

"I c-came to g-give you y-you're homework!" she stuttered.

"Oh, then c-come in!" I said while gesturing her to come in.

I locked the door and sat down on the couch with her in my lounge.

"OK, why didn't you come today?" was her first question.

"Cause I'm sick! I have a fever!" I said.

She checked my forhead for my temperature and then pulled away quickly.

"Wow, now that a fever." she said. "Have you been taking care of yourself, all alone?" 

I nodded and sneezed into my arm.

"Poor baby! Don't worry! I'm here to take care of you now. I'll sat here all day if I have to!" she said sounding enthusiastic.

She guided me to my bed and I lay down. The rest of the day, she took care of me. She checked my temperature, made me food, made sure I took my medicine and also made sure I was warm enough because I was shivering. After all that, I fell asleep.

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When I woke up, Chloe was sleeping in her chair next to my bed.

She must be feeling uncomfortable!

I shook her to wake her up.

"Hmm, what?" she mumbled.

"If you're tired, then you can go sleep in the bed in the other room. I'll be fine." I said in a calming voice.

"You're right!" she yawned. "I think I'll go take a nap. Are you sure you'll be fine?" she asked.

"Yeah!" I said.

She got up and stumbled out of the room. I was glad she was took care of me. She's a really good friend. I yawned and went back to sleep.

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The next time I came around, I was feeling much better. I went outside and Chloe was watching a show on my TV. She noticed me and turned it of and then stood up facing me.

"Hey, how you feeling?" she asked sweetly

"Much better! Thanks for taking care of me." I said.

"No big deal." she said 

She raised her arms and gave me a hug. I put my arms around her as well. 

"Well, I better get going!" she said pulling away.

"Yeah! See ya!" I said.

"Bye." she said.

She opened the door and went out. I was left alone. I went back to my room and fell onto the bed.

I turned to face the ceiling looking at the stars I had made on my ceiling so it always felt like I was outside. My dad had got them done. I missed him. A few tears came out and I wiped them away. Just then, my phone started to ring. 

"Hello?"

Carrie! How are you? Chloe told me you had a fever!

It was Jake. 

"Oh, I'm fine! Much better. Chloe even gave me today's work, so it's all good!"

Thank goodness.

We spent spent our time talking. Suddenly, I didn't feel alone anymore. He told me he wanted to visit but he couldn't as he had to go somewhere. It was sweet that he cared. He told me he had to go so he hung up. Since I didn't have anything to do, I went back to sleep. All I could think about were the stars.

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