Should I Tell

Sick Day With A Dash Of Hooky

"Uh oh....oh shit!"
"What is it, Ally?"
"My parents, they're probably freaking out!!"
"Actually after the bathroom incident, I grabbed your phone and texted your mom and acted like I was you and told her, "Mom, I'm staying at Jennifer's tonight. Sorry it's such late notice but we have a big project due tomorrow in Chemistry and we were assigned partners. I hope you don't mind...
She then said, 'No sweetie it's okay, glad you told me your father started to worry. You know how he is. Love you sweetheart, do your best I know Chemstry sucks.'
So I then said, 'Love you too Mom, see you tomorrow.' And that was that and you're in the clear...hope you don't mind...?"
"No! Thank you, you saved me...the cops would be looking for me if you hadn't."
chase chuckles,"If I was your Dad you would never leave my sight!" I giggle and he grips my waist and pulls me up against him. He's warm...warmer than usual. Does he have a fever? He's sweaty and looks kinda pale. I step back and look into his eyes.
"What," Chase asks.
I say nothing, I just feel his head. He's burning up, I slide my hands to his chest he's really hot.
"Chase, I think you're sick...how do you feel!?"
"I'm fine it's okay."
"You need to lay down."
"No, I'm not missing school and letting you go by yourself when Jake will be there, nope not happening."
I grab my phone and text my mom, "Hey mom, me and Jen didn't finish the project so, she's going to school and I'm staying, so I can finish the project. Sorry, but it's a big project worth a lot of points and you know how we need them..."
"Okay honey. I understand. Work hard."
"Well then, looks like you're stuck with me for another day. Cause I'm not letting you go to school." I smile
He smirks and says, "Oh really? That doesn't seem like such a bad thing."
I trace his abs with my finger it's not, but when do your parents leave for work?"
"They're gone, they won't be back for a few weeks. They left last night around 3a.m."
"That being said I am going to make you some soup and you're going to lay down."
"Oh am I? Are you going to make me??" He smirks
"Hell yeah I am, sit your ass down before I give you a baby bump."
He chuckled, "Alright alright I am laying down..."
"Good. I'll be right back, don't you move." I don't care that he's sick I lean down and kiss him, but only a peck cause I know if we do anything more i will get lost and we won't stop.

I'm walking up the stairs again with hot tea and some soup in hand. I see a hall table that I must've not noticed when going down the walls are decorated with Chase, but wait. On the table is a picture of Chase and a beautiful blonde in a yellow, pink, and orange sun dress they're hugging. There's a flower in front of the picture and a vase by it. I move on and walk into Chase's room. He moves to take the soup, but I say, "Ah! Tsk tsk tsk. Nope I will do this you just relax."
"I'm sick, not dying you know right Ally?," Chase chuckled
"Yes but I'm going to play nurse and if you're nice and behave you may get a treat when you're done."
"Mmm is that so!? I love treats. I can't wait to see how sweet this one is."
I smirk and ponder with the soup and I begin to feed him.
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After feeding him, I decide he deserves a little treat. I lean down to give him a kiss but he says, "Remember you have a baby in there, you don't need to be sick."
"Hmmmm what I can do for a treat...I got an idea..."
"Is that so?"
Without speaking I sit him and sit behind him and he's already shirtless which makes this easier. I run my hands across his hot, bare back and started to apply pressure. His head falls as I rub his back up high, slowly i move down when I get to his hips and the low of his back I ask him, "Chase? Who is that girl in the picture with you in the hall?"
He pauses and swallows and slowly announces, "My little sister, Berasia. B, she died last year. We went to my Aunt Lacy's house and there's a lake by her house. B didn't know how to swim, but the lake was frozen over and she loved to skate, we both did. We put our skates on and set off. I went to the middle and tested the ice and said that it was safe. She skated out to me we started to dance play skate tag and she jumped up and did a twirl that she had been practicing and she fell and it cracked and I told her to stay very still. Then I heard it the crack and the splash and her scream. I looked around and saw rope that in the summer we use to tie to boat to dock and I grabbed it and I could hear her screaming and gurgling and drowning. I flung the rope to her she grabbed hold as best as she could. I pulled her out and to me, she was shivering, when she got to me I sat down beside her and saw she was too far gone to come back. She was freezing, I say there and rocked her and hugged her, I told her I loved her and looked down at her face and she grabbed hold of my hand and smiled and said, "I love you too Chase..." And just like that she died and was gone. When the ambulance got there they pronounced her dead and said there's nothing I could've done. She was 14, she didn't deserve to die and it's all my fault I shouldn't have let her do the jumps."
He sobbed, and i wrapped my arms around his sides hugging him i kissed his shoulders and told him, "It's not your fault." He sobbed harder, so I came out from behind him and cupped his face in my hands and said, "Chase, she wouldn't want you to feel this way...she wouldn't want you to blame yourself. Deep down you know that."
"I know, I miss her so much."
" I know you do." I hugged him and cried with him and laid down beside him.
After he was done crying he hugged me. And I got the sudden idea, "Chase, what if my baby is a girl, would you like me to name her Berasia after you sister, maybe?"
He looked at me astonished, "You would do that for me!?"
"Of course!"
He kissed me deep, and this one had a very deep meaning. I don't even think he felt sick anymore, his body acts like he cried it away, but I don't care. I only care that he is happy.