project integrate 05 - rise by campbell jamie

Author:campbell, jamie [campbell, jamie]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2014-11-21T23:00:00+00:00

I’m outside.

Then, only a few seconds later:

Which means come and open the door. I’m not climbing up the tree tonight.

Lochie, such a patient guy. He shouldn’t have been out of bed. I hurried downstairs and opened the front door. At least he was standing, that was better than he had been all day.

“What are you doing here?” I demanded. “It’s late and you should be in bed.”

He strode in past me, heading for the staircase. “I should be in your bed, so I’m here.”

“Your mother was driving you crazy, wasn’t she?” He nodded. I knew him too well, we were like an old married couple already. “You should have called and I would have picked you up. You shouldn’t have been driving.”

He waved away my comments and started on the stairs. He took them deliberately and slowly, but he was doing it by himself.

The illness seemed to come over in waves. It would take its victim into a sea of horrible symptoms and then release them just as easily. It definitely wasn’t the flu.

Lochie was already lying in my bed when I caught up. I curled next to him, trying to make sure he had enough room so he could breathe comfortably. He pulled me flush against his chest, ignoring all my efforts.

“Do you want me to turn the night light off? I don’t mind, if it bothers your eyes,” I offered. My parents seemed to be sensitive to light, I didn’t want to make his head hurt.

“No, it’s okay. Leave it on.”

“Are you sure?”

“Positive.” I smiled into his shirt. The light probably always bothered him, but he never made me turn it off. He understood completely why I needed it on. The nightmares attacked when I turned it off.

I listened to him breathe, his chest still wheezing. He didn’t seem to be too keen on sleeping just yet. Neither was I, now that he was there. “My mom tried to have the talk with me this morning.”

“Like the talk?” He asked.

“Yeah. She thought we were up to no good last night when I didn’t come home.”

He squeezed my shoulder. “Sorry about that.”

“It’s okay. I set her straight.”

“And by straight you mean you told her about how I rock your world, right?” His voice betrayed the smile across his face.

“Maybe I rock your world,” I replied.

“Oh, you do that quite well. But I’d like it known what a prime male specimen I am.”

“Known by my mother?”

He let out a small laugh, which caused him to cough. “Maybe not her. Feel free to spread the rumor amongst others, though.”

We settled into silence again. But then a thought occurred to me. “Only quite well? I only rock your world quite well?”

He started rubbing my shoulder. “I can’t compliment you too much, then you’ll get a big head about it.” He was teasing, I didn’t need to see his face to know that.

It didn’t matter anyway. I had Lochie there, he was okay for now, that’s all that mattered. “I love you.”

He kissed the top of my head, the only thing he could reach with his lips.

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