Chapter 28
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Okay let me just say I am SOOOO SOOO SORRY for the long wait! I have been so busy lately with stuff it's ridiculous. I barely have time to type this up so I apologize if it's terrible and rushed, plus its 4am right now. This is basically a filler chapter and I'm very, very sorry about that. Important question at the bottom! Enjoy.
ARIA'S POV
When I woke up this morning I still felt bad. My stomach hurts and I'm hungry but I don't want to eat anything because I know I'll just throw it up. I was lying on my side and Ezra was lying behind me with his arms wrapped around me. I looked at the clock and saw it was 6am so Ezra needs to get up for work soon. Ugh school. I really don't think I can go because I still feel like crap, I snuggle deeper into my pillow hoping to go back to sleep. However that goal vanished when I suddenly felt like I was going to get sick so I tried to carefully get out of bed without waking Ezra than ran to the bathroom just in time. Not even a minute later I felt Ezra come sit behind me to hold my hair and rub my back soothingly. When I was done I wiped my mouth and slumped my shoulder, Ezra turned my body around then sat me on his lap and I curled into him.
"How about we go back to bed so you can rest then we'll see how you're feeling when you wake up and we'll go from there?" He whispered in my ear while running his fingers through my hair.
I shook my head slowly against his neck. "No you need to get ready for work, once you go then I'll go back to bed."
Ezra leaned down and titled my head up to look him in the eyes. "I'm not going to work and leave you here alone sick. What if it got worse and you were by yourself?" He said worriedly.
"I am fine being alone for the day, besides you need to go to work. I probably got it from Anne who had it last week. She said the worst it got was the constant throwing up, being really hot and lightheaded all of which I can deal with while you're gone."
"I don't want anything to happen to you while I'm gone, it's not a big deal for me to call the Dean and get off for a few days. It's my job to take care of you and make sure you are ok."
I shook my head softly. "I promise I'll be fine, I'm just going to lie on the couch, watch movies all day and sleep. You can take care of me all you want when you get home from work then, how about that?" I smiled at him.
He hesitated for a minute the sighed knowing he wasn't going to win. "Are you sure you'll be ok?"
"Promise." I nodded.
Ezra stood up with me still in his arms and carried me to the bedroom and tucked me into bed then he started getting ready for work. An hour later Ezra was about to walk out the door; well if we're being accurate I was pushing him out the door.
"You're going to be late for work; I am going to be fine I promise. If I need you for anything I will call." I giggled and kissed his cheek goodbye.
"Okay fine I'll leave." He chuckled. "Have a good day and get some rest." He kissed my forehead then walked out the door.
I shut the door behind him then walked into the bedroom to grab the comforter and some pillows then made my way to the living room. After I got everything situated on the couch then went over to the TV to grab the remote then lay down on the couch and snuggled into the blankets. I flipped through all the channels since nothing good airs during the day until I found an 'I Love Lucy' marathon and decided to watch that.
EZRA'S POV
It was finally 7pm so my last class was done for the day. I tried to call Aria several times throughout the day but she didn't answer, she's probably asleep. I packed up all of my stuff then made my way to the car so I could get home to Aria. I walked into the apartment as quietly as possible so I wouldn't wake her up if she was asleep. I sat my stuff on the counter then walked over to the living room where Aria was curled up on the couch watching 'I Love Lucy'.
When she heard me walk up the couch from behind she turned on her back to look up at me. "How was your class'?"
I shrugged my shoulders then walked around to the front of the couch. She sat up and pulled the covers off of her so I could sit down. I smiled when I saw she was still wearing my t-shirt from this morning. "They were good; I still wished I stayed home with you though."
Once I sat down she lied back down, rested her head on my stomach and wrapped her arms around my waist. I ran my fingers through her hair and leaned down to kiss her forehead.
"So are you feeling any better?" I asked as she looked up at me and pulled my tie off then unbuttoned my shirt.
"Yeah I'm still tired and kinda lightheaded at times but the nausea stopped for the most part thankfully."
I rubbed her arm softly with my thumb while she snuggled deeper onto my abs. "Are you hungry for dinner?"
"Yeah, I had some chicken soup for lunch but I want some actual food please."
"Anything impreticular that you would like to have?"
She shook her head. "Anything but Chinese, if I throw that up then I'll never look at it the same way again. Oh what about pizza, it's simple and somewhat light on my stomach?"
"Yeah that does sound good, I'll go order it." We both sat up so I could get off the couch then went to order the pizza.
About 30 minutes later there was a knock on the door so I got up to answer the door to get the pizza while Aria was putting the drinks on the coffee table so we could sit on the couch to eat. When I walked back into the living room I saw Aria had the plates and drinks on the coffee table and was sitting down waiting for me. She smiled brightly when some movie started playing on the TV. Once I put pizza on both our plates, she cuddled into my side. I smiled when I saw that 'Finding Nemo' was the movie; Aria's favorite kid movie. Back when we lived in Rosewood sometimes when we didn't want to watch older movies we would watch this since she loved it so much.
Half way through the movie I looked down at her to see she had fallen asleep cuddled into my side. I slowly turned her body as well as mine so we were lying down on the couch and reached for the blankets to drape over us. I turned the TV off then fell into a deep slumber with Aria wrapped up in my arms.
So I wanted to ask your opinion. Several people have told me they want the New York (when they go see Ezra's family) chapters now. Since I'm so busy and don't have a lot of time to type until the end of next week or so I was going to see if you guys want me to make a jump in the story so you can have the NY chapters now. I have about 10 of those chapters written already so you wouldn't have to wait on me to get some free time to write it. If you want the chapters now or if you don't want a jump in time just let me know. It is completely up to you guys.
