Natalie shivered and tried to stop her teeth from chattering. She wondered why she was laying in the snow but she couldn't bring herself to open her eyes.
All of a sudden she felt warm and she saw Seth, Seth who didn't love her anymore. He had, a long time ago, she remembered how kind and loving he had been that first night that they had met.
"Thanks for the coffee and the doughnut."
"It's the least I could do, you did find drivers license after all. You looked like you were making yourself comfortable on that bench, are you homeless?"
Natalie laughed. "For the next couple days and then I'll go back."
"Back where?"
"To my Mother's, I use that term loosely. She kicks me out about once a month just to see if I'll come back."
"You can come stay with me in my apartment if you want."
Natalie angrily got up. "Thanks but no thanks, I'm not that kind of girl, I'm not going to sleep with you-,"
"Sleep with me? I just meant that you could stay, no strings attached."
"Really?" she said skeptically raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah, I don't want anything from you, believe me."
"Okay, but if you try anything I'll leave, but not after I castrate you."
"That's fine with me," He said smiling and she smiled back.
He drove her back to his little apartment and she was thankful for the warmth. She made her self at home on the couch while he slept in the bed. She couldn't sleep so she just stayed up and listened to the sounds of Seth breathing, the buzzing sound the refrigerator made and the sounds outside. Then she started to feel hot so she cast off the blanket that he had given her but it was still hot. Then her stomach started to hurt and she had just made it to the bathroom when her stomach decided to empty itself of it's contents.
She sat down on the cool floor and wiped sweat off of her forehead. This was just what she needed, to get sick in a strangers house.
She must have fallen asleep on the floor because when she woke up Seth was standing over her looking concerned.
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine," said Natalie standing up and discovering she wasn't as fine as she thought.
She stepped back as Seth's hand came towards her. "Don't worry, I just want to feel your forehead."
Natalie let him, Roxy never cared if she was sick so as long as she didn't puke on the furniture.
"You have a fever. Here, you should lay down," he said leading her over to his bed where he tucked her in.
"I'm fine, you don't need to look after me."
He ignored her as he went into the bathroom and came back with some medicine.
"Take this, it'll help you feel better."
Natalie took the pills and the proffered glass of water and downed them. "Thanks, now I can go."
"Go where?"
"The park or the bus station or something, I'll find somewhere else to stay tonight."
"Not until you feel better you won't. Just rest today and see how you feel tomorrow."
"Okay, but you better not try anything funny."
"I won't, I promise."
She snuggled under the covers wishing that her stomach ache would go away so she could leave, it wasn't that she didn't like it here, or this Seth guy, but she wanted to be home, around the familiar things that she was so use to.
Ten minutes later Seth came back into the room carrying a bowl of something hot.
"What is that?" asked Natalie sitting up.
"I made you chicken noodle soup."
Natalie raised an eyebrow. "You made me soup?"
"Well it was from a can, you need to eat something anyway."
"Thanks," said Natalie smiling, and meaning it.
"Seth," Natalie whispered through lips that were blue with cold. "Seth, where are you?"
All of a sudden she felt warm and she saw Seth, Seth who didn't love her anymore. He had, a long time ago, she remembered how kind and loving he had been that first night that they had met.
"Thanks for the coffee and the doughnut."
"It's the least I could do, you did find drivers license after all. You looked like you were making yourself comfortable on that bench, are you homeless?"
Natalie laughed. "For the next couple days and then I'll go back."
"Back where?"
"To my Mother's, I use that term loosely. She kicks me out about once a month just to see if I'll come back."
"You can come stay with me in my apartment if you want."
Natalie angrily got up. "Thanks but no thanks, I'm not that kind of girl, I'm not going to sleep with you-,"
"Sleep with me? I just meant that you could stay, no strings attached."
"Really?" she said skeptically raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah, I don't want anything from you, believe me."
"Okay, but if you try anything I'll leave, but not after I castrate you."
"That's fine with me," He said smiling and she smiled back.
He drove her back to his little apartment and she was thankful for the warmth. She made her self at home on the couch while he slept in the bed. She couldn't sleep so she just stayed up and listened to the sounds of Seth breathing, the buzzing sound the refrigerator made and the sounds outside. Then she started to feel hot so she cast off the blanket that he had given her but it was still hot. Then her stomach started to hurt and she had just made it to the bathroom when her stomach decided to empty itself of it's contents.
She sat down on the cool floor and wiped sweat off of her forehead. This was just what she needed, to get sick in a strangers house.
She must have fallen asleep on the floor because when she woke up Seth was standing over her looking concerned.
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine," said Natalie standing up and discovering she wasn't as fine as she thought.
She stepped back as Seth's hand came towards her. "Don't worry, I just want to feel your forehead."
Natalie let him, Roxy never cared if she was sick so as long as she didn't puke on the furniture.
"You have a fever. Here, you should lay down," he said leading her over to his bed where he tucked her in.
"I'm fine, you don't need to look after me."
He ignored her as he went into the bathroom and came back with some medicine.
"Take this, it'll help you feel better."
Natalie took the pills and the proffered glass of water and downed them. "Thanks, now I can go."
"Go where?"
"The park or the bus station or something, I'll find somewhere else to stay tonight."
"Not until you feel better you won't. Just rest today and see how you feel tomorrow."
"Okay, but you better not try anything funny."
"I won't, I promise."
She snuggled under the covers wishing that her stomach ache would go away so she could leave, it wasn't that she didn't like it here, or this Seth guy, but she wanted to be home, around the familiar things that she was so use to.
Ten minutes later Seth came back into the room carrying a bowl of something hot.
"What is that?" asked Natalie sitting up.
"I made you chicken noodle soup."
Natalie raised an eyebrow. "You made me soup?"
"Well it was from a can, you need to eat something anyway."
"Thanks," said Natalie smiling, and meaning it.
"Seth," Natalie whispered through lips that were blue with cold. "Seth, where are you?"