It has been over 2 weeks since Blaine and I exchanged our gifts. I wore my ring on my finger and so did Blaine. When I went over to Mercedes to catch up, she thought it was a purity ring. Then she caught herself. You would think she would remember me telling her about that night.
When I told her it was a promise ring she flipped out.
"Ahh! No Way!" She then grabbed my hand and read the inscription.
"Aw honey. It's so wonderful. I think it's gorgeous. But wait, didn't you tell me that you got one for Blaine?" I then told her that Blaine and I had the same idea. She also told me it was a sign. I smiled and stared at my ring for hours.
Rachel came over to the house the next day to take care of Finn who had the flu. He looked like he got hit by a bus. I felt sorry for him. I offered to help Rachel with everything, but being her usual self she said she had everything under control. But it was ok because I had more time with Blaine.
Finn was sick for at least a week. Blaine and I couldn't sleep with all of his coughing and snoring. We would stay up for hours talking till Finn finally went to sleep. Then on that dreadful night for me, it happened. While Blaine, Dad, Carol, Rachel and I were eating dinner it hit me. I had to puke right then and there. I ran to the bathroom and threw up. I was completely grossed out. I felt like how I described Finn, hit by a freaking bus. Blaine then came in as my head was hovering over toilet. He rubbed my back as I threw up a couple times more. I'm surprised he didn't throw up.
A few days had gone by and I was diagnosed with, yes, the flu. Tissue box after tissue box filled the trash can. I threw up at least five times a day. I felt like shit. My place in the living room was the recliner because Finn claimed the couch.
The next day Finn was well enough to go to school. Me, I was still in the recliner being miserable. Blaine offered to stay home with me, again. I told him that his education was more important than me being sick. He kept telling me he was, but I gave him my "Please. I'm sick and I really want you to go to school." look. He agreed to go. He kissed my forehead and told me that he loved me and shut the door behind him.
I spent most of the day watching The Judy Garland Show on DVD. I threw up a few more times and sneezed my brains out. I felt a little better when I got a text from Blaine.
'Thinking of you. 3 I love you.'
I smiled and I continued to watch Judy sing.
I ended up going back to school the next day. Everyone was so happy to see that I was alive. I did have a butt load of homework. But Blaine helped me. He had homework of his own and a lot of it since Dalton gave so much.
Wednesday came around. It felt like an ordinary day. But not for Blaine. He met up with Wes and David for their morning coffee. He got his coffee and handed the cashier his student cash card that came with the tuition. It was declined. He asked the guy to swipe it again and it was still declined. Blaine then went to the front desk and asked the woman if his card was out of money. The lady asked for his name and she searched for his account. She couldn't find him on the computer. Apparently Blaine was no longer a student at Dalton Academy.