Just as charlie said, she had been sick for a couple of days. I alternated, spending time with my dad for his last few days before he had to leave and going to see Charlie Gray.

She didn't say much after the first day, mostly just layed in bed bundled up under her sheets, groaning every now and again from exhaustion and pain.

I tried to be there for her, just laying with her most times, reading books and watching movies to keep myself occupied. Sometimes her eyelids would flutter when she was conscious and she would catch a glimpse of the movie I was watching before burying her face further into my lap.

On friday morning, I drove my dad to the airport.

"See you in a couple months"

"Bye dad" We hugged for a long time before he was waving at me as he walked through the automatic doors.

I stood outside the airport for a while just thinking and then I drove off to see Charlie Gray.

Ms.Gray still wasn't home from her business trip and the slightest shift in the position of the key indicated that Cara had been by sometime in the morning.

When I got to Charlie's door, she was sitting at the edge of her bed pulling her iv from her hand.

"Should you be doing that?"

She smiled at me as if she hadn't seen me in ages.

"I've done this enough to know how to do it correctly" She sterilized the area before slapping a plaster onto it and then turning to me, arms outstretched and making a grabbing motion.

I melted into the warmth of her, my hand smoothing down her hair as she held me tighter.

"I hate being sick" She muttered into the fabric covering my abdomen.

"I know"

Charlie got up, hugging me properly now and kissing the side of my head sweetly.

"We should do something soon, maybe tomorrow? I'm sorry we don't get to go out much" She mumbled her apology.

"Charlie you're sick" I reminded her, running my hand up and down her back in comfort.

"Yeah I know that but still"

"I'm happy with the way things are now, you make me happy "

She drew back to watch me, smile growing.

"Yeah?"

"Yes" I reaffirmed.

"I'm glad" She hugged me tighter now.

"What'd you wanna do now? It's still pretty early in the day"

"Mmm" She hummed, planting gentle kisses onto my shoulder.

"Charlie It's 1 in the afternoon" I deadpanned.

"Anytime is sexy time" She laughed devilishly, arms snaking tighter around my waist.

"You're gonna make yourself tired again" I warned but she payed me no mind, intent on kissing up the side of my neck.

"This is worth it"

"You're so horny" I rolled my eyes, Charlie moved my head to one side, her hand stayed cradling my neck as she sucked on the spot behind my ear successfully making me moan.

"Says the one who was begging me to fuck her on a school trip" Charlie laughed loudly.

"I wasn't!" I cried desperately and she laughed louder.

"Sure baby" Charlie cooed, backing me up onto a wall.

"Let's make out and then order food" Charlie suggested, hands already working to take my top off.

"Okay"

"So many objections earlier and you sound so happy now"

"Shut up!"

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Somebody saved this book to a reading list yesterday called 'simply gay' and I have not yet stopped laughing at how true it is.

If only my fully christian homophobic family could see me writing gay shit on the internet 😌
Anyways, if you know me irl no you don't, I'm not tryna get kicked out just yet.

We're really moving on up in reads besties, thank y'all.

Oh and a bit of self promo, I'm gonna be starting a new book soon and it's surprisingly not gay

*crowd boos*

I know I know

It's gonna be about an asexual female lead detective working on a serial killer case of a lifetime. I've been excited about it for months and have alot of the dialogue and story line planned out but I'm waiting until I finish one of the books I'm working on to start actually writing it.

Are wattpad mutuals a thing? Regardless y'all are my mutuals now and I hold you all close to my heart as of two days ago💀