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Rediscovering Love

Chapter 7- Building What Was Broken

Jessica's POV

The TV was blaring in the background. I could hear my mother moving around the kitchen making me chicken soup. But thats not where my attention lay. I was watching my Bella hold onto Annabell's tail and being dragged around the living room by said tail. She was giggling and the dog looked just a little annoyed with the extra weight, but she kept moving.

I was curled in a blanket on the couch, only my head and one arm outside of it. I truly knew how a caterpillar felt when it was in its cocoon. I had a fever of a hundred and one and there was nothing that could really be done. I had gone to the doctor not more the two hours ago and found out that it was some kind of food poisoning. The doctor had said it was E. coli but I didn't think so. But I was given antibiotics and wasn't allowed at school until my fever was down and I wasn't throwing up. When I asked how long that would be he said anywhere from two days to a week or more.

Ugh I hated being sick and only I could get E. coli from eating steak. I was never going to eat steak again. I giggled as I saw Bella fall on her butt and laugh. Annabell took this opportunity to dart out of the living room and up the stairs. I laughed again.

"Here you go sweetie." My mom handed me a bowl of soup. I scrunched my nose. I wasn't hungry.

"Thanks." I said shacking my other arm free of the blanket and taking the bowl anyway. It might do me some good to eat it but I really doubted it. I would be throwing it up later anyway. I tried to smile as she walked towards Bella and lifted her up.

"I'm going to take her into the kitchen while I fix diner for the boys. Would you like to come keep me company as well?" She asked me.

"No I'm fine out here. Tyler should be home soon with my home work." I answered. She began to walk into the kitchen with a giggling Bella when he statement hit me. Boys? "Hey mom why did you say boys? Please tell me that you were talking about Ty and dad." I said.

"No your brother's friends are coming over as well. He told me this morning." She looked at me with an arched eyebrow. "You don't want them over?" She asked.

"No its not that. I just don't want anyone to see me this sick is all." I said with a shrug of my shoulder. Shit I was screwed. I didn't want Caleb to be here. He was going to be a protective and caring like he always was when I was sick. I would rather be mad at him the remember why I fell in love with him.

My mother left the room with Bella without another word. She knew I was lying big time. I sat forward and sat the bowl of soup on the table. Food just was not something I wanted to see or smell. I curled back in the blanket letting my left arm stick out a little so I could change the channel on the TV. The remote did not work through a blanket, trust me I tried it and no amount of cursing helped any.

I flipped through the channels until I found CSI playing on one of them. It might not have been the perfect show to watch when I felt like throwing up my stomach but I loved it any way. So I set the remote on the couch and huddled in the blanket and watched TV. I was relaxed for the time being.

Twenty minutes in to the episode I was watching the front door opened. I growled and huddled so far down into the blanket that my head was hid as well. I couldn't see anything and had no clue who had come in the front door though I figured it was Tyler.

I felt the top of the blanket lift off my head and I growled again and looked at my brothers face. He had a concerned smile on his face and laughter in his eyes. He knew how I was when I was sick and wanted to be left alone. I heard him laugh then stop when he saw my face.

"Hey I'm sorry. Your acting like an idiot don't try to kill me for laughing." He said and I sighed. He was right there was no use trying to deny it. I chuckled slightly. "How you doing Jess?" He asked sitting next to me.

I came out of the little cocoon I had built and looked at him. "I feel like shit and have been barfing up my intestines. So how do you think I'm doing Ty?" I hissed out running a hand through my hair.

"Sorry for showing concern. The boys, Kate, and Amber are coming over. Sarah refuses to step foot in this house if you or Bella are here. I'm hoping that she refuses to go to school when you start coming." Tyler tried to my his tone joking.

I laughed. "When are they going to get here?" I asked. I wanted to know how much time I had to hide.

"They should be here--" A knock sounded at the door and Tyler stood up. "Now." He left the room and I took the few seconds to hide again this time making sure that no one could pick up the edge of the blanket to see me. I was so not in a good mood.

"Yeah she's in the living room." I heard Tyler say to who I presumed was Caleb. I was going to kill him once movement didn't make me want to throw up and send the world spinning until I fell over. I heard a set of footsteps and almost growled hoping it was Tyler again so I could rip off his fucking arms. I smiled evilly to myself. How many times had I thought that very thought when I was younger? To many to count.

"Hey Jess." I heard his voice. I sighed and grumbled 'go away'. He didn't hear me because he sat on the couch next to me setting what sounded like books on the table in front of him. Goody now I had to come out of the blanket to see what work I had to do.

I poked my head out and looked at him with a face that said 'go away I don't want to talk to you'. That look didn't work either he wasn't going anywhere anytime soon. This was going to be a long evening. "Hey Caleb." I said still glaring at him. The glare hadn't worked two years ago and it sure didn't work now.

"That look doesn't work Jess you know that." He said with a laugh. It caused me to sigh. He had the nerve to laugh at me while I was sick.

"I noticed that smart ass." I growled. See I could be mad at him. I looked to the pile of homework I had and groaned. "Goody homework." Sarcasm was not lost on Caleb for he laughed lightly.

"It's for the next two weeks. When you called Tyler to tell him you have E. coli--" I glared at him. I didn't believe I had it but the doctor did and I had made damn sure I had voiced that to Tyler when I talked to him around noon. "Ok ok. When you called him and told him that you might be out for as much as two weeks I went back to the teachers to get all the work. We have five out of the seven classes together. So I can help if you need it." He said. I smiled. Crap now I was happy with him. I wanted to be mad.

"So what does Sarah have against my house, me, and my daughter?" I asked shoving the book farther on to the table.

"Oh its not the house, it's just you and Bella. She had a fit when I told her I was coming over her this afternoon. She seems to think that we're going to get back together and that I'm going to leave her." He made it sound casual but I could see it in his eyes that it was a possibility. It sparked some hope in me but I wasn't going to say anything.

"She should know that won't happen." I spoke in the same casual speech that he had.

"I don't know if it would or not." He admitted. He ran a hand through his hair and sighed. "I really don't."

"Caleb I don't know what your talking about." I looked down to my feet. My world was spinning form happiness and from this damn bug I had. I stood shacking off the blanket and ran from the room hand over my mouth. I went to the downstairs bathroom and open the toilet and throw up until I was crying and there was nothing left to come up. I flushed and shut the lid and sat back on my legs. I heard a noise behind me.

"I'm sorry I even came today. I should have listened to you and given Tyler your homework." Caleb said. He looked distressed. I wiped my face and held my hand out to him.

"No it's good that you came Caleb. You did nothing wrong." I tried to reassure him he took my hand and held it tightly. He helped me up and then I walked to the sink to brush my teeth to get the taste of vomit out of my mouth. "This is nothing. Try morning sickness." I tried to laugh.

"Jessica you wouldn't have run to the bathroom to throw up if I hadn't of said anything. It's my fault." He said looking me over. I felt under dressed in only the thin tank top and barely there cheerleading shorts that were from Spenser from my freshmen year. Yes I had been a cheerleader and no I was not a prep.

"No Caleb. I would have come in here eventually. It's not so much what you said as how much it means to me." I said taking his hand. We walked to the living room and I curled back in the blanket trying to get away from the cold air.

"Lets forget that I said that." He tried to sound happy.

"You can't forget something like that. You just said that you might break up with your current girl friend because of me. I don't want you to do that because you feel the need to. Now lets get off the subject. I just want to sit here and act like friends. The other idiots can come out when ever they want to and join us." I said cutting him off mid sentence when he started to talk in the middle of my speech.

"Ok." He said and scooted over next to me. I laid my head on his shoulder like I would with Tyler, or Reid, or Pogue. I heard the rest of our group come out of the kitchen where I presumed the were bugging my mom for food or a snack or something to drink. Kate and Pogue curled on the large leather chair next to the couch. Reid said on the ground leaning against my feet. I nudged him a little causing him to laugh softly. Amber sat on Tyler's lap when he sat down next to Caleb.

I had barely met Amber but she seemed like a nice girl and was very much in love with my brother. I had learned that she, like Sarah, had transferred in but she came six months ago at the end of last school year.But she came from a public school down South. She was a bright and smart girl how had a lot going for her. Her family was well off but not as well as mine or the others. She knew about what the boys and I were and didn't give a damn. What got me was that she didn't care what reputation the Sons had or how much money Tyler had. She loved him for him. That is what had made me happy because thats how Kate was as well.

I didn't know about Sarah but from what Tyler and Reid have said she seemed to be superficial and only cared about the reputation she now had because she was dating one of the 'Sons of Ipswich' and he had money. I Caleb saw it though but I think he was starting to.

I might still hold a chance winning his heart back if I was lucky and could make him see what Sarah truly was. If I could do that then he was mine. "How are you feeling Jess?" I heard Kate ask and I turned to look at her.

"Not good. I feel like I want to throw up my stomach." I answered. I rubbed my temples trying to get the headache that was growing to disappear.

"Better the morning sickness?" Pogue asked.

"Yes its better." I laughed. It was true. When I had been pregnant with Bella I had been throwing up every night and morning. I had managed to keep a good front when it came to my friends and Caleb. No one had guessed I was pregnant. If I didn't feel well when I was out with everyone, I blamed it on something I had ate and that was that. No one even guessed not even when my clothing stopped fitting perfectly. I just bought bagger clothing and no one knew either. If I had stayed the cat would have been out of the bag a month later. When you hit the fifth month mark you couldn't quite hide the bump at your mid section.

"So when are you going to be able to come to school?" This time it was the little black haired angel sitting on my brother. She seemed so shy as she talked to me.

"I don't know. The doctor said anywhere from two days, which I doubt, to a week or more. I'm leaning towards a week or two because when I get sick, I get real sick." I answered still leaning on Caleb's shoulder. I was burning up but was still under the blanket. My fever would break if I was heated up enough at least thats what I hoped.

"Jess your burning up." Jeez it seemed like he was reading my freaking mind or something.

I looked at him with a smile. "I know that." I said.

"Then why are you still under a down blanket?" He asked raising an eyebrow.

"Because I want my fever to break." I answered.

"Dinner!" My mother shouted from the kitchen. Reid was the first one out of the room and I laughed. I wasn't going to be joining them. The smell of food was not doing wonders for my stomach. Kate and Pogue struggled to get out of the chair without turning it over. It caused me to laugh and Kate to fall off the end of the chair laughing as well. Pogue helped her up. Amber sprung up and pulled Tyler up as well. Caleb stayed with me.

"Your not coming to dinner even if you aren't hungry?" Amber asked looking at me with concern.

I shook my head. "Food isn't the best thing for me to be around. I might go upstairs and take a cool bath or something." I answered waving her to leave. She smiled sadly like I had wanted her to leave. Thats not what I wanted. I sighed.

"Caleb you can go with them you know. You can't exactly go with me if I go take a bath. That would be odd." I laughed and shoved at him. I stood and the world spun for a moment before I felt arms around my waist holding me up.

"I can an I will. I'll at least get you upstairs and get your bath started and make sure your ok before I come down for dinner." He said and started to walk us to the stairs. This is what I meant by when he got over protective and caring. I wondered what it would have been like if I had stayed when I was pregnant. He would have been doing what he was doing now, making sure that I was ok.

I smiled as we made our way upstairs and he walked me into my room. He sat me on the bed and walked to the bathroom. I heard the water start and I smiled. He was acting like my boyfriend again but he wasn't. It made me feel happy that he still cared but hurt me because he was with someone else.

I sighed and stood carefully. I walked to my dresser and opened the top drawer pulling or a purple and blue tank top. I pulled out the flannel pants that were purple and blue like the tank top and it had clouds on it. It was my favorite pajama set. My biological mother got them for me a few months before she died. I grabbed underwear and walked back to the bed and sat down. I heard the water stop running and stood again walking to the bathroom. My stomach was still unease and I had to will myself to to throw up again.

I smiled as I saw him. "Thanks Caleb." I said putting my hand on his arm as he began to passed. He smiled down at me. His hand lifted to my face and brushed my hair back. There was this look in his eyes that I couldn't place right now. But I liked it.

"Your welcome." He said and his hand fell. He left the bathroom and I shut the door. I took a deep breath and began to strip. I got into the cool water and laid my head back against the cold porcelain of the tub. I sighed. The water felt good on my over heated skin.

I closed my eyes and thought to what had just happened. I could still feel his hand on my face like it was burned into my skin. I brought a water drenched hand to the side of my face and felt the spot where his skin had touched mine. I had I been imagining the look in his eyes? I don't think I was. The look held everything I had wanted to see in his eyes since I got back. The look he had given me when I first told him I loved him so long ago. I wanted to see the longing in his eyes and that is what I had just seen. There was also a hint of regret. We were building what was broken. Finally. I sighed and lowered myself farther into the water until my nose was just above the water line and I could still breathe without breathing in water.

I love this chapter personally because its just got some funniness to it and some fluff to it. I'm sorry if its kind of short. The next chapter is from Tyler's POV and Amber's because I want the perspective of her brother and someone who doesn't really know Jess that well. So yeah. Please review. I will love you forever(in a platonic way not romantic way) LOL