Dirty Little Secret

Fevers and Visits

Nick's POV

I lean against my pillow that's propped up against my headboard, my hands around my second bowl of soup as I slowly eat it, humming to myself quietly as I dance to myself.

Jason is sitting in my desk chair, his smiles turned into a ghost of a smile as he watches me eat, not even paying attention to the TV hanging above my desk playing Netflix.

My cheeks get more red, half of it from the eat of the yummy soup and half from his heavy gaze that rests against my skin as of thinking I'll fly away if he isn't here to watch after me. Both of my parents have been in to check on me and make sure that I'm okay. Mom has been in three times already and Clary checked in once before she left to go hang out with friends.

Jason left me a few times to go watch a few minutes of a game with dad, to wat with mom and to tease Clary as she got ready, but each time he left, he would be back in no more than an hour to sit with me while I lounged around all day feeling like a big lazy potato.

"I hate being sick." I whine softly, though I will say that getting ti eat Jason's cooking is my favorite part about having the sniffles.

"I know." He tells me, but he doesn't say much else, just watches me to make sure I'm eating all of my food. Once I finish the bowl, I wipe my mouth before placing the empty dish in the side of the bed on my table.

"Why are you watching me?" I ask him, complaint about the constant eyes on me and his answer is to only chuckle, turning the chair to advert his eyes towards the TV for a moment before he answers.

"I feel uneasy with you being sick. It's the first time I've had to watch you be so vulnerable hike being your....Mate. I feel like I have to watch you to make sure nothing will happen to you even though I know there's nothing that can happen to you while being up here hacking up a lung." He jokes, but I can tell me being sick actually worries him.

"What does Ryan think?" I ask him with pink cheeks, remembering how close and soft but strong the wolf was last night to me.

"He's trying to convince me to wrap you in bubble wrap and lock you in our room so we can make sure you're safe at all times." He tells me with a smirk and I giggle, one of my hand coming up to cover my mouth as I bite my lip and try to talk to reach out to Benny.

'See, Benny. We're all having a good day.' I tell him, trying to build some sort of bridge between us, the fragile one rhat we had had being broken down by the weight of the stress that came with the two of us not knowing why to do about our Mates. But the wolf doesn't respond, though I can feel him listening and paying attention to what's going on. He stays silent as he watches and I sigh to myself in distress over not having a wolf to lean on, even worse than before.

Jason goes to ask me something, opening his mouth but as soon as he does, there's a knock on the front door.

I struggle to sharpen my ears in my weakened steak but I do so enough to know that mom has a getting the door, her and dad about to start getting ready soon. I go to turn back to Jason but when I do, I look just in time to see his face harden and I frown at the sudden change, a whimper working it's way up my throat quietly though I swallow most of it down.

Just as I go to ask him what's wrong, footsteps are heard coming towards my room and I turn towards the door just as there's a knock on the door. "Come in." I call out softly and the door gets open halfway to reveal mom.

"Hey honey. Someone wants to see you." She says with a smile and before I can ask jp, she loves out the way to reveal Nathan and my face lights up when seeing him, knowing that we've both been too busy to talk to each other as much as we wanted this week.

"Hey, Nick. Uh, your sister told me that you were feeling good and that some company might cheer you up." He tells me, his face opening up with a smile, a dimple coming to show in his cheek and the smile makes me blush a little, especially with my sister telling people I'm lonely.

Before I can answer him, Jason gets up and slide past Nathan by the door, probably going to do some other busy work, and since I'll be lonely until he gets back I nod at Nathan with a smile and a wave into my room, feeling self conscious about it not being cleaned up and me looking icky and gross in my sickly state.

"Sorry for the mess." I tell hun softly as he comes in, leaving the door open a crack much ti my relief and he goes to occupy the chair that Jason was just sitting in.

"I don't mind. I'm just happy to see you." He tells me and a smile and I nod my head, ducking at the compliment.

"Me too." I admit and his answering smile as my own tracing my lips.

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I have a lot planned for these next few days and as always, you guys get a choice in what I post.

Should I post some of it every night?

Or post all of it Saturday night?

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