Chains
Chapter 3 Sick
By the time I walked in my house, I was soaking wet. I went to my room and changed into a tee and a pair of sweatpants. I know I should dry my hair but I really didn't feel like it, I sent Dinner bell a text:
BUFORD: I'm home, see you tomorrow Dinner Bell
PHINEAS: Ok, goodnight Buford
I walk over to my bed and lay down, I turn over on my side ready to go to sleep but I couldn't, I had too many things on my mind. I got up and walked over to my bookshelf picking up my dictionary and looking up the word love. LOVE: An emotion of strong affection and personal attachment. I re-read the sentence over and over, I know the definition but it didn't stick to how I felt, it was too official and robotic so I closed the dictionary and picked up my phone.
BUFORD: Ferb, what is love?
I sent the text to Ferb, maybe he could explain it to me, I mean he knows everything there is to know about anything, from tools to emotions. My phone buzzed and I looked at the text Ferb sent me:
FERB: Love is when you feel warm and fuzzy when you are around someone you really want in your life. Love is a red rose with a fragrance that's uniquely yours. Love is when you see past a person's flaws liking them for who they are and you truly care for them; all in all love is like a bunny, soft, fuzzy and something you can't hate no matter how much you truly want to.
I smiled, so that's what love is? Ferb's explanation seemed right on nose for how I felt towards Baljeet, I wanted to hate loving him because it made me feel so weak but I can't hate him for that, I don't think its anyone's fault really.
BUFORD: Have you ever been in love Ferb?
FERB: Yes
BUFORD: Do you love Phineas?
FERB: …Yes
I smiled, Ferb and Dinner bell? How cute, and I don't use that word lightly.
BUFORD: You 2 would make a cute couple
FERB: Goodnight Buford
I smile and turned off my phone finally feeling sleepy. I walked over to the bed and lied down; I curled into a ball and went to sleep.
When I woke up I felt like absolute crap. My whole body was sore, especially my chest from sneezing so much, my mom checked on me and gave me some cold medicine but was saying she wouldn't take the night shift if I didn't want her to. I told her I'll be fine, she looked skeptical but I got up and hugged her, telling her I'll give her an hour on the hour update. She smiled and kissed my cheek, she told me that she should be home by 6:30, 8 o'clock at the latest, and ran out the door. As soon as she left, I turned on my phone and plugged in the charger. I was about to lay back down when my phone chimed, there was 2 new messages:
MOM: I love you sweetie, I'll be back soon!
BUFORD: I love you too ma, be careful
I rolled my eyes and sent I love you too mom. The second message was from Baljeet, my heart skipped a beat, and I immediately opened his text:
BALJEET: Where are you? You are missing class!
Seriously dude? That's all you care about, me being in class?! I don't know what I expected from him but it definitely wasn't this. I was angry and pissed and I felt like I was about to explode- ACHOO! Oh, I was just about to sneeze, but I was still pissed damn it!
BUFORD: Fuck you and school
BALJEET: Fine, fail if you want see what I care!
BUFORD: Just worry about your boyfriend Chad
BALJEET: Screw you Buford!
BUFORD: I bet you wish you could, pretty sure my dick is bigger than Chads anyway
Ugh just typing the kids name made my skin crawl, there was no answer; I had won the texting war, I was a little happy but at the same time I felt scummy and like an asshole. My phone buzzed and I looked at the screen.
PHINEAS: Dude where are you?
BUFORD: I'm sick
PHINEAS: I'll be right over!
I walked to the living room and lied on the couch, not even 10 minutes later there was a knock on my door, I opened it to find Dinner Bell with his book bag and a plastic bag from the pharmacy down the street. He came in and set the bag on the table, throwing his book bag in the corner and he walked over to me. Grabbing my hand, he led me to my room and pushed me on my bed telling me to get under the covers while he went to heat up some soup. I got up and followed Phineas to the kitchen; he turned around and told me to lie down. I turned around and went into the living room, taking out the bed from the couch. I found the remote and lied down watching TV just channel surfing. Phineas called me and I got up walking towards the kitchen, on the table was a steaming bowl of chicken noodle soup. Once I was done, he made me take some more of that cold medicine I had earlier, then we went to the living room and lied down on the futon.
2 hrs of TV movie later my phone started to ring, I checked the screen and it was my mom calling, I answered and she droned on about her not being able to come home till tomorrow. I mulled this over, I get the whole house tonight with no mom, this could be fun. I smiled and told her it was okay and I loved her, once off the phone I asked Phineas if he could stay the night and he said yes. I took of my pajamas because I was hot and I started to undress Phineas too. Before he could say anything, I turned on my side holding Phineas who was protesting but he gave up and let me have my way, I closed my eyes holding on to my best friend but then I started to wonder, why couldn't I just fall for Phineas? He was cute, optimistic, smart and sweet, but so was Baljeet. I shook my head and just held on to Dinner Bell, but before I fell asleep, "Phineas? I love you." "…I love you too Buford." I placed my hand on his crotched and he gasped. I smiled finally falling asleep with him in my arms.
