Choice // m.c

5

The sound of the door slamming had woke me up and I jolted out of bed to find my Mother and brother gone.

On the fridge was a note that read,

'Went out for brunch, I let you sleep you seemed sick! I love you - mom xx'

I took the note down and threw it away. Sniffling a bit, I grabbed a bowl and made myself oatmeal and berries.

My phone buzzed in my jean pocket, must've fallen asleep with them on.

'See you at school xx'

I realized Navea was already at school but decided to text her anyway.

'can't I'm sick'

I threw my phone on the couch, snatched my bowl of oatmeal and sat down. I haven't watched my show American Horror Story in a while so I put it on and began my lazy/sick day.

It seemed the day went by agonizingly slow; glancing at the clock it was only 10:56. I got up and immediately regretted it once I became dizzy and quite nauseous making me want to throw up on the spot.

I went to the sink and soon enough had an empty stomach once again. I wobbled back over to the couch and sunk my face back into the throw pillows and sniffled a bit.

A knock on the front door startled me as it sounded a bit urgent. I groggily sat up and shuffled to the door slowly opening it to find a worried Ashton.

"Oh Kennedy!"

He brought me in a bone-crushing hug making me wince at the pain.

"Where have you been! It's already been 3 days! I miss you.."

He kissed me all over my face making me blush slightly but I pushed away as Ashton made a face.

"I'm sick,"

I said with a stuffy sound. He made a pouty face.

"It's just been forever since I've seen you and.."

I cut him off by coughing violently showing how sick I really was. He had a worried expression, yet he still picked me up and carried me towards the sink as I hacked up a lung, literally.

"I'm so sorry baby, how did you get so sick?"

Ashton said while rubbing my back. I felt a pit of guilt in my stomach thinking of the time with Michael. I tried to shake it off but the weight over my shoulders was unbearable.

"Ashton. Yesterday I missed the bus, that's why I wasn't at school , but I actually didn't just go home. I skipped school with Michael and we went to a field and stuff. Nothing happened and if it did I would have stopped it!"

Lie.

"Please don't be mad or hurt he just saw me walking in the snow alone so he was most likely worried so he picked me up and we hung out. As friends!"

I quickly added. I looked up to an amused expression on his face and furrowed my eyebrows.

"Kennedy, it's fine I don't mind. I know I'm not the only person you'll hang out with."

He had a warm smile on his face with his dimples and everything.

I sniffled again and he wrapped his toned arms around my waist and brought me to the couch and we laid there for a while, him stroking my hair with me in his lap continuing to sneeze and cough.

Glancing at the clock I realized it was 2:00 pm and I looked up at Ashton almost asleep.

"Ash? Do you need to be home?"