Chapter 10- The right medicine
I was so confused on what to do, so I stayed a way from Rachel just like she wanted. The week passed by and I caught a cold. I knew I was missing so much work from school, but no matter how much I tried to get out the door, I always fall back on my bed.
A day later the doorbell rang and I used all my strength to get the door. I was surprised to see Rachel there.
" Landon!" She said with her eyes popping out. " You look worse then I imagined."
" Gee, that's a great way to perk someone up. I feel so much better." I said with a fake smile.
" Sorry! I guess you must be wondering why I'm here."
" Yeah, that sort of crossed my mind since you ignored me for a couple of weeks now. I thought you wanted to be away from me. Now here you are."
" I'm here to bring you your homework. The professors said you should rest and then worry about your homework once your feeling better."
" They choose you to give it to me?"
" Well, not exactly. I volunteered myself; I wanted to make sure your okay. Its obvious your not. You need to rest, Landon. You should have gotten someone to take care of you." She said with a worried expression. " Lucky for you I am prepared."
She held up a plastic back and took my arm and led me back into the apartment. She started to take things out of the bag. There were tissues, soup, food, and thermometer, basically all your basic needs for a cold or fever.
" Wow, didn't know you cared that much." I said raising my eyebrow up. But deep down I was touched and happy that she still cared.
" Landon I may have said I didn't want to be with you or get too close. But that didn't mean I stopped caring." She said with a sad look in her eyes.
" What about your boyfriend?"
" Who? Oh Tim, that's nothing. I thought I really liked him, but realized I was just using him to get over something." She said with her head down and I knew it was me.
Day by day Rachel kept coming over and took care of me. We were starting to be friends again. Even if I couldn't have her as a girlfriend, at least I could have her as a friend.
A week later my cold was gone and when Rachel came I answered the door full with energy.
" Well, I see your feeling better." She said with her pretty smile.
" Yep, all thanks to the perfect nurse. Come on in."
She went in and we had an awkward silence. Apparently things were starting to get back to the thing again. But all of a sudden before I knew it she rushed up to me and kissed me.
When the wonderful kiss was done I looked at her surprised. "What happen?"
" I wanted to do this ever since I saw you when you had a cold. But I didn't want to kiss someone with a stuffy nose." She said with a smile and hugged me tightly.
I hugged her back and asked, " Why the change of heart?"
" Yesterday at night in bed I was going crazy thinking what I should do. I wanted to be with you but I was so unsure. I fell asleep and had a dream. I was dieing and so was Jamie, she looked like the way I saw her in the picture. Only her hair was messier and she was in the same room with me. You were there and you said you'd save us both. And it didn't matter you had two people in your heart. Either way you love us in the same and very different way. I woke up and I had this feeling that the dream was telling the truth. You have moved on." She looked in my eyes deeply. " I had a feeling that everything was alright and I can finally be with you."
" Your dream was telling the truth. I had the same dream too." I said with a smile.
" What?" she asked with a confused look.
" I'll tell you later, but for now I like to kiss you." And like that we kissed for a long time and it felt wonderful and perfect in every way.
I was so confused on what to do, so I stayed a way from Rachel just like she wanted. The week passed by and I caught a cold. I knew I was missing so much work from school, but no matter how much I tried to get out the door, I always fall back on my bed.
A day later the doorbell rang and I used all my strength to get the door. I was surprised to see Rachel there.
" Landon!" She said with her eyes popping out. " You look worse then I imagined."
" Gee, that's a great way to perk someone up. I feel so much better." I said with a fake smile.
" Sorry! I guess you must be wondering why I'm here."
" Yeah, that sort of crossed my mind since you ignored me for a couple of weeks now. I thought you wanted to be away from me. Now here you are."
" I'm here to bring you your homework. The professors said you should rest and then worry about your homework once your feeling better."
" They choose you to give it to me?"
" Well, not exactly. I volunteered myself; I wanted to make sure your okay. Its obvious your not. You need to rest, Landon. You should have gotten someone to take care of you." She said with a worried expression. " Lucky for you I am prepared."
She held up a plastic back and took my arm and led me back into the apartment. She started to take things out of the bag. There were tissues, soup, food, and thermometer, basically all your basic needs for a cold or fever.
" Wow, didn't know you cared that much." I said raising my eyebrow up. But deep down I was touched and happy that she still cared.
" Landon I may have said I didn't want to be with you or get too close. But that didn't mean I stopped caring." She said with a sad look in her eyes.
" What about your boyfriend?"
" Who? Oh Tim, that's nothing. I thought I really liked him, but realized I was just using him to get over something." She said with her head down and I knew it was me.
Day by day Rachel kept coming over and took care of me. We were starting to be friends again. Even if I couldn't have her as a girlfriend, at least I could have her as a friend.
A week later my cold was gone and when Rachel came I answered the door full with energy.
" Well, I see your feeling better." She said with her pretty smile.
" Yep, all thanks to the perfect nurse. Come on in."
She went in and we had an awkward silence. Apparently things were starting to get back to the thing again. But all of a sudden before I knew it she rushed up to me and kissed me.
When the wonderful kiss was done I looked at her surprised. "What happen?"
" I wanted to do this ever since I saw you when you had a cold. But I didn't want to kiss someone with a stuffy nose." She said with a smile and hugged me tightly.
I hugged her back and asked, " Why the change of heart?"
" Yesterday at night in bed I was going crazy thinking what I should do. I wanted to be with you but I was so unsure. I fell asleep and had a dream. I was dieing and so was Jamie, she looked like the way I saw her in the picture. Only her hair was messier and she was in the same room with me. You were there and you said you'd save us both. And it didn't matter you had two people in your heart. Either way you love us in the same and very different way. I woke up and I had this feeling that the dream was telling the truth. You have moved on." She looked in my eyes deeply. " I had a feeling that everything was alright and I can finally be with you."
" Your dream was telling the truth. I had the same dream too." I said with a smile.
" What?" she asked with a confused look.
" I'll tell you later, but for now I like to kiss you." And like that we kissed for a long time and it felt wonderful and perfect in every way.