ALLY:
I was snuggled on my bed under my Hannah Montana blanket. I let out a few more thick coughs and sneezed. My mom entered my room again.
"Hi, princess,"
she said to me.
"How are you feeling right now?"
I said,
"Not there yet, but making progress."
I coughed again and sneezed into my hand. Mom picked up the thermometer from my nightstand and stuck it in my ear.
"101. Your fever is dropping, but your coughing is still dreadful."
I coughed again.
"Exactly. Be right back."
My coughing wasn't as bad as it was over the weekend or yesterday, but it still wasn't much better. I had my laptop and I decided to look at some photos from Trish's quinceanera back in July. One of them was of Kira, her and I and we were in the photobooth at the Miami Mandarin Oriental hotel. The border was light purple, to coordinate with her dress, and it said, Trish's Quinceanera, July 14, 2012. July 14 was thirteen days after Trish's actual birthday.
Another photo from her Quinceanera was of me, her, Kira, Kira's best friend since kindergarten Cassidy Toscano (who Trish and I had also known since we were in sixth grade and she was in seventh grade), and a few of Trish's and my old middle school friends- a white jewish girl named Natalia Cohen, a black girl (she was actually fully black unlike Kira) named Deshona Robinson, a white girl named Julia Ferguson, a filipina girl named Cecelia Ocampo and a half hispanic-half white girl named Stella Villanueva (she was mexican and slightly colombian on her dad's side and white on her mom's side) and Stella's quinceanera was in February of last year. Another photo at her quince had Trish with Jace and he put some of the icing from her cake on her nose and me and the other girls were gushing at it. Another photo was of Trish gushing after she was holding the roses Jace had given her for her birthday, and to say the least, he treated her like a princess (and they weren't even dating). He also gave her tickets for just him and her to see Nicki Minaj, Trish's idol, with backstage passes (he didn't even have to pay for them because according to him and Trish, his Uncle Ross worked at Klipsch Amphitheater at Bayfront Park (where Nicki was playing) as the manager. Seriously, when the fuck was Jace going to ask Trish to be his girlfriend?! Though, I related with Trish's situation because their relationship was just like Austin's and mine.
Another photo from Trish's quinceanera was of her hugging me while I was crying tears of joy looking at the slideshow her parents had put together for her birthday of her from when she was born to her teen years and "Wind beneath my wings" was playing. The next one was of me giving her her present- I had given her a $100 makeup kit with eyeshadow and lipstick from Sephora and a frame I made myself with pictures of us from when we first met to our days in high school. The last one was of her hugging me because the frame I had given her had touched her heart.
I decided to look at more pictures to lift my spirits- another one was of Austin and I at Miami Comic Con last year and we cosplayed as Katniss and Peeta from The Hunger Games. Another photo of us was us outside the AMC Sunset Place movie theater seeing Finding Nemo when it was re-released in theaters. Another picture was of him spoon feeding me a dish of ice cream at the Marino High school ice cream social for incoming freshman that we volunteered at back in September. Another one was of him smashing a cupcake in my face on my birthday back in November (I turned sixteen back in November). Another photo was of Austin and me at Flamingo playground and he was pushing me on the swingset. People were staring at us like we were freaks but that was OK.
I once again was looking at that picture of Trish and I at our middle school graduation and we were hugging each other. Another picture was us with Natalia, Deshona, Julia, Cecelia and Stella. I smiled at an old picture all the way back in late 2010 with Trish, me and her younger brother JJ (who was nine at the time, but he was eleven now). Speaking of Trish, I was getting a text from her now on my phone. I closed my laptop and picked up my red Verizon slide phone.
Sometimes Trish made fun of me for not having one of those ritzy iPhones, but I know she never did it out of malice. Austin would beg me to get one because he liked to FaceTime. But I had an iPad and a MacBook. He would give me the puppy dog eyes and while his puppy dog eyes were adorable, I still said no. Speak of the devil- I was getting a FaceTime request from Trish on my computer.
Trish said to me,
"Hey, princesa."
I coughed a little and I said,
"Hey Trish."
"Still sick?"
"Yeah. I fucking hate it. But I'm not as sick compared to Austin."
Trish said to me,
"Oh yeah. Dez was crying during study hall today because he heard Austin was in the hospital after he fainted."
"Yeah it was pretty scary. His grandma and his mom are taking care of him."
"Hold on a minute, Ally."
Trish looked to the left and she shrieked,
"Jace! Get your ass over here!"
Jace walked over and asked her,
"Why do you do that?"
"Because you're my guy best friend and I love you."
"Love you too, you bitch."
Trish flipped him off and he flipped her off back. Jace saw me and he asked,
"Hey, Ally. Feeling any better?"
I said,
"A little, but not much."
And I sneezed twice and coughed.
"You sound a little better than you did yesterday. But apparently Austin got worse."
"I know."
"His mom and my mom work together and my mom is covering his mom's class. My mom texted me in class and she said she was covering his mom's class."
Trish asked me,
"What have you been doing all day, Ally, besides coughing and sneezing?"
I coughed and sneezed again.
"Laying in bed, under this Hannah Montana blanket, staring at old pictures of my friends and I."
"Awww, so sweet. Remember when we were in like third grade and we used to be obsessed with Hannah Montana?"
I said,
"Yeah! We used to sleep over at each others' houses and we would have little Hannah Montana karaoke jam sessions."
Trish said,
"Yeah I loved Hannah Montana. Fuck, I miss old Disney! I miss my shit That's So Raven, Suite Life of Zack and Cody, Lizzie McGuire, Hannah Montana, Phil of the future, Life with Derek, Even Stevens, Proud Family, Kim Possible and Wizards of Waverly Place. Shit it up was where the shit on Disney started."
(AUTHOR'S NOTE: Of course I love old Disney, but I like *some of* the new shows. Just putting that out there, because Trish has stated that she hates new Disney Channel lmao)
Jace asked,
"You mean Shake It Up? My cousin's daughter, she's seven, is obsessed with Shake It Up."
Trish gave him a pissy look.
"Don't say the title! It's like saying Lord Voldemort in Hogwarts! When I babysit my little cousins, they watch Disney and they watch all those retarded pieces of dogshit like Shit it up, ANT Farm and Jessie. Good Luck Charlie is the only OK one, even if the mom is an attention whore. Watching those shows with my cousins is like a form of psychological torture."
Jace said,
"Nick's starting to go down the toilet, too. But as for Disney, I don't give a fuck for a lot of their shows, but that blonde girl from Good Luck Charlie though, I have such a boner for her."
"You mean, Bridgit Mendler?"
"Yeah. Shit is she so fine."
I sneezed twice. Jace said to me,
"Bless you, Ally."
"Thank you."
Trish turned to him.
"Ally's sneeze is so adorable."
Jace said to me,
"You hear that, Ally? Trish thinks your sneeze is cute."
I said,
"Thanks, Trish."
"You're welcome. You sound like that sneezing baby panda in that YouTube video. I remember I actually watched the video when I was like 9 and I was like lovestruck."
I coughed again and I heard the bell ring. Trish said to me,
"It was great to talk to you, Ally. But I need to go."
Jace piped in.
"Bye, hope you get better. I hope Austin gets better, too."
I said,
"Thanks. Goodbye, Trish and Jace."
And sniffled, sneezed and coughed and Trish hung up. I grabbed my Glee pillow, my phone and my iPad and I wore my blanket as a cape, clipping it on my shoulders with a jaw clip, and stumbled down to the living room and pulled up a nearby box of kleenex, unclipped my blanket from the jaw clip and laid under it. I was just staring at my old Disney video tapes- I had Snow White and the seven Dwarves, Lion King, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Aladdin, Jungle Book, Mulan, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Pinocchio, Lady and the tramp, Peter Pan, Beauty and the beast, The Rescuers and The Little Mermaid. I loved Disney. My favorites were a three-way tie between Lion King, The Little Mermaid and Mulan. I decided on Snow White because The Queen was my favorite Disney villain ever.
AUSTIN:
I was sleeping on the couch because I was so tired and exhausted. I felt someone shaking me awake. It was my Nana. She was whispering,
"Austin? Are you awake?"
I said drowsily,
"I am now."
My mom said,
"Austin, we hate waking you up, but you need to eat something, get something in your body to help raise your blood pressure a little."
I could barely smell anything but I went to the table and saw a bowl of chicken noodle soup and a grilled cheese sandwich on white bread. My grandmother turned to my mom.
"Does his throat hurt, Mimi? Because people with sore throats shouldn't have dairy. It uncomfortably coats the throat and causes an upset tummy."
I took a bite of the sandwich and said,
"No, my throat feels fine. My nose is just stuffed and the coughing's in my chest."
My nana looked at me.
"This reminds me of old times. When you were young and you were sick, I would come over and take care of you."
I was eating some of the soup and I was smiling upon the nostalgia.
"Me too. Those were the days, Nana."
My nana smoothed my blonde hair.
"You're looking more and more like your grandfather every day."
I gushed.
"Aww, nana."
I finished my soup and sandwich and my nana took my blood pressure. She smiled.
"Things are looking up. Your blood pressure is rising. Ninety over sixty-five. Now let's check your temperature."
She picked up the thermometer from the coffee table and stuck it under my tongue.
"100.9. It's making progress."
So glad Austin and Ally are getting better :) Oh, and I won't be updating for a few days because I'll be in Soda Springs on a road trip so I'm trying to make it up to you guys by having a long chapter ;). Have a great day everyone! Peace, love and hugs for everyone of my fans, love you all to the moon and back!