you give me fever when you kiss me
He is surprised when he walks into the choir room and see's Marley's chair empty, he is even more surprised when it remains empty for the rest of the 's been a month since he has been in Glee and he knows for a fact that she has never missed a practice, not ever. So he takes out his phone and tries to text her but fucking Schuester told him to put it away or 'its his'. Whatever, at least Jake was worried about her absence because no one else seemed to care and that pretty much pissed him off. If anything, Marley was the soul of this club, Blaine may have been lead vocalist and Tina might fight to get all the solos but Marley (who in his eyes was the most talented in the group) was the soul. He had heard her belt out Stevie Wonder's superstition and knew that she had the soulful voice and that she deserved every solo that was thrown at her.
The older members did have a bit of a hissy fit when Hudson and Schuester had given them both the duet for Sectionals...that Tina chick had even threatened to quit. But he and Marley rocked the song during every practice and Tina came around eventually when she was given lead solo. He seriously thought these people needed to chill about the solos and shit. In his mind, if you got a solo that ment that your voice was right for the song and obviously Hudson and Schue thought that him and Marley's voice blended for the 'Some Nights' duet. Anyone else could go fuck themselves, their duet would be their chance at winning and they wanted to win.
After Glee Club practice was done, Jake mulled his way over to the cafeteria to find her mom. He had served detention with Marley's mom and she invited him over a lot for dinner. The woman was awesome and her cooking was amazing as hell. He was sure the woman felt bad for him but he didn't care, he didn't what a real family was like until he spent time with Marley and her family. "Hey Mrs. Rose" He greeted as the woman cleaned off some tables before the next lunch period started. "I didn't see Marley in glee today."
Mrs. Rose nodded. "Yeah, she's home sick with a cold."
"Well is she ok?" Jake asked quickly and Mrs. Rose laughed a little.
"It's a cold Jake, she will be fine." Mrs. Rose told him. "She will be back tomorrow."
Jake gave a swift nod, he had gym next and then the rest of his classes where down time so he decided to do what he did best...ditch.
She is miserable to say the least, her nose is so stuffy that she can't breath and her throat feels like she ate a pine cone. So she was a big baby when she was sick, she had a right to be. Her fever was so high that she was actually wearing shorts in october and her head felt like it was going to implode at any moment. What sucked even more was the fact there was nothing to watch TV, if she had to hear 'You're the father' one more time she was going to lose it. But before any of that could happen, she heard a knock at the door. Marley quickly picked her head up from the sofa and listened again for the next knock that came at a faster pace. Confused and a little dizzy from the fever she got up to look out the peep-hole to see that Jake was outside her door. She unlocked the three locks that jake had put up for them and let him in. "Shouldn't you be in school?" She croaks and Jake actually laughs at her.
"Holy shit, you do sound awful." He comments and she rolls her eyes and plops back onto the sofa, with Jake right behind her. "I brought you some soup, it's that italian wedding soup that you like so much."
She eyes him suspiciously and snatches the take out cup from his hands. "It's not poisoned is it?" he laughs and shakes his head no. "Oh so then I get an insult and food, any girl should be so lucky."
Jake sighed as he grabbed the remote. "Just stop talking and eat your soup."
Marley gave him a teasing smile and grabbed the spoon from the bag, not taking any time before diving into the food. She moans at the taste and that makes Jake look over at her with a questioning quirk of the eyebrow. But she finishes and leaves the cup empty with a smile on her face, she looks over at Jake and swears its the fever but he is looking the same way he looked at her that day on the bleachers. He surprises her by reaching out and feeling her forehead.
"Christ, you are burning up." He mutters and lets his hand fall to her cheek. "Are you taking anything?"
She tries to say yes but goes into a fit of sneezes and he sighs. "I drank some of that herbal tea this morning."
"Marley," He says with narrowed eyes. "That is not medicine, its not going to cure you." He tries his best to not laugh at her pout. "Do you have any cold medicine at all?"
"My mom bought NyQuil, its on the counter." She tells him as he stands up. "But I don't want to take it, it makes me loopy."
Jake shook his head and walked over to the kitchen counter, and takes the NyQuil. He takes that, and bottle of water from the fridge and sits back down on the sofa. He poured the medicine in the tiny plastic cup and then handed it to her. "You need to take this now because if you are not better by the end of the week, your solo will go to Kitty."
Her eyes go wide at his threat and she actually snatched the plastic cup from his hand. "She is not getting that solo, I worked hard for that." She gulps down the medicine and then reaches out for the water, drinking it down quickly and sitting back against the sofa. "I can't let her take another thing from me anyway."
He frowns because he knows what she means. Kitty had been a bitch to her since day one and he acted like he didn't know why but he did. Kitty was threatened by Marley because Marley actually had talent and people liked her for her personality not because they were forced to. So he moved closer to her on the sofa and moves some of her hair behind her ear. "Stop letting her get to you." he murmurs. "She is not worth it."
"I don't want to see her up on that stage singing with you," The fever must have been making her confess everything. "It broke my heart to see you two dating."
"I thought you didn't mind it." Jake reminds her.
Marley sniffed and gave a laugh. "Well that was a lie, I have feelings for you and I thought you felt the same way." She pouts like a child and Jake moves in closer, taking a chance and placing a lingering kiss on her lips.
Her pulls away after few moments and Marley touches her lips, a confused look on her face. "What did you do that for? You are going to get sick." She whispers.
"I'd rather get a cold then sing with her." Jake says and Marley gives him a dazed smile. "And I do have feelings for you Marls."
She watches him carefully and then moves herself on the sofa again so her nose is touching his. "Well," She smiles. "Then I think we should try that kissing thing again, just incase you have a strong immune system" And they do just that.
Two days later, Jake is sick with that same cold and it doesn't take the glee club that long to know who he got it from.
