Riley had been out of school for over a week, sick with the chicken pox. Everyone in the Matthews family has had chicken pox, well except for Cory. He claims that he's immune to them, that when he was younger and his whole family caught them he didn't. Boy was he in for a rude awakening!
Riley was sitting on the couch reading a seventeen magazine while Topanga made her soup. "Hey mom do you think I'll be able to go back to school tomorrow?" Riley asked. She hated being cooped up in this house, she wanted to go to school and see her friends and her new boyfriend Lucas (which he just recently asked her out). "I think so, as long as those red dots are all cleared up." Topanga replied.
Cory came in through the door with a huge stack of papers in his hand. "Hey." Cory said struggling to hold all the papers and his briefcase in his hands. "Let me help you." Topanga said grabbing his bag. "Thanks, I have all of these to grade by tomorrow morning." Cory groaned. Cory dropped the stack onto the love seat and headed over to Riley. "How ya doing sweetie?" Cory asked stroking his thumb across her face. "Cory I told you not to get near her, you could catch the chicken pox!" Topanga scolded. "I'm fine and mom's right, you don't wanna get sick." Riley chimed in. "I told you, I'm immune to them!" Cory said. Topanga folded her arms and rolled her eyes before heading back to the kitchen.
A little later Auggie came running down the stairs screaming "Daddy!" he leaped into Cory's arms and gave him a big hug. "How ya doing bubba?" Cory asked kissing his cheek. "Good! Am I gonna catch the dots from Riley?" Auggie asked. Auggie had the chicken pox last year while Cory was gone to New Jersey for a teacher's conference. "Aug, you can't catch the chicken pox more than once." Cory told him. "Ok good cause I don't wanna be itchy again!" Auggie replied as he sat on the couch.
After dinner Auggie and Riley headed to bed while Cory graded papers and Topanga cleaned the living room. "Topanga why is it so hot in this house?" Cory asked. "It's 67 degrees, it's not hot." Topanga assured him. "Well to me it feels like its 100." He said fanning himself. "Well it isn't hot so it's probably just you." Topanga replied. Cory nodded his head and continued to grade papers.
About an hour passed and Topanga decided to go and get ready for bed. "Night honey." Topanga said kissing his cheek. His cheek felt hot against her lips. "Cor, you feeling ok?" Topanga asked. "Yea why?" he replied staring at the papers. Topanga didn't notice any red dots on him so she decided to let it go.
It wasn't until 3:00 A.M. that Cory finished grading. He laid his face down onto the table. The cool wood felt good up against his burning cheeks.
When Cory opened his eyes the sun was just beginning to rise. He realized he was still sitting at the table and thought he must've fallen asleep.
As he was walking to the bathroom he kept scratching stomach and chest. He felt really uncomfortable and he still felt that burning feeling in his face. He locked the bathroom door and unbuttoned his button down to reveal red dots all over his chest and stomach. Cory's eyes widened and he took off his shirt completely. He turned to see chicken pox on his back as well.
None were on his face or arms but he was sure they would spread eventually. Looking at the chicken pox made him want to scratch them even more. He had to go to work though. He couldn't just leave his class there, things would be out of control. Maya could possibly catch the classroom on fire for real this time!
He decided he would go just today and hope that it wouldn't spread to his face and besides he didn't really feel bad he just felt hot and itchy, he could keep it under control, right?
He wore long sleeves and rubbed itching cream all over his upper body. His cheeks looked a little flushed and he looked paler than usual but he thought he'd be fine.
When he walked into the kitchen Riley and Auggie were sitting down at the table eating oatmeal. "Hi daddy, look I'm all better!" Riley said cheerfully. "That's good honey." Cory replied as he slid himself up and down the chair trying to scratch his back.
"Daddy, what are you doing?" Auggie asked. "Oh, I'm just… doing my spine exercises, it helps loosen up your spine." He replied moving up and down faster than before. Auggie seemed to buy it but Riley didn't.
"Dad, are you sure there's not something on your back that might cause you to itch?" Riley asked as she stared into his eyes. Cory had this nervous look on his face and ignored her question.
"I gotta get to work so, I'll see you later. Bye Riles, bye Auggie." Cory said trying to get out the door.
"Cory." Topanga said standing behind him. He jumped a little and turned around to see her facing him. He was scratching his chest while she put her hands on her hips.
"Why are you scratching?" Topanga asked. "Look I don't have time for all of these questions, ok." Cory replied trying to get out the door. "Lift up your shirt." Topanga demanded. As soon as she said that he darted out the door running down the hall faster than he'd ever ran before.
As he drove to work his arm began to itch. "Crap!" he thought to himself as he parked. He walked into the building hoping no one would notice him scratching himself like crazy.
When he walked into the classroom he shut the door and took off his jacket and lifted up his sleeve. Sure enough they'd spread to his arms. Cory scratched his arm until he felt like it would fall off. He put back on his blazer and put his head down onto the desk. A few moments later the first bell rang.
He let out an exasperated grunt and thought "How am I gonna make it through the day!"
Hey everyone this is just a little short story I'm writting while I write Girl meets the letter. I was looking through the girl meets world writers twitter (again) and saw that someone would get sick next season, so I remebered that back in BMW Cory had never gotten the chicken pox so I thought about what would happen if he did. This story will only be a few chapters long and will involve some BMW characters ;) there will also be a little bit of rucas so stay tuned. Hoped you liked the first chapter and remember to review :)