Campus Corner (Open)

[CarnivalBarker]

"We are leaving Riley to run the bar tonight. We're having dinner and seeing a movie with Don and Stace."

 

[celestialdragon]

"Really?" I say excitedly. "That's awesome! What movie?" I ask.

 

[CarnivalBarker]

"No clue. Whatever you girls want."

 

[celestialdragon]

"Cool," I say, almost sleepily. "Come back to sleep. . . I don't even know why the alarm was set. . ." I curl up underneath of you.

 

[CarnivalBarker]

I curl up and nod off again, snoring loudly and out to the world.

 

[celestialdragon]

I wake up in a cold sweat, shivering and shaking as though cold. I check the thermostat, it's set at a decent temperature. I silently get out of bed and turn the fireplace on and sit in front of it for a moment, trying to warm my body back up. I curl back up in bed with you, creating a cocoon around us.

 

[CarnivalBarker]

I wake up. "You ok?" I ask as you jostle the covers.

 

[celestialdragon]

"I'm really cold, baby, I just turned on the fireplace," I say, rubbing my arms.

 

[CarnivalBarker]

"Hm," I say. "You feel really warm," I tell you. "Do you feel okay?"

 

[celestialdragon]

"I'm warm?" I ask, a little scared. "Yeah, I feel okay, just freezing."

 

[CarnivalBarker]

"Yeah, you might have a little fever," I say. "I should probably go downstairs Typhoid Mary."

 

[celestialdragon]

I playfully hit your arm, but it's weak. "No, stay here with me. Unless you can please make me some peppermint tea," I ask.

 

[CarnivalBarker]

I look at you as if to say "Really?"

 

[celestialdragon]

"What?" I ask. "It calms me down and soothes me, plus it'll help with the fever. You don't have to, baby."

 

[CarnivalBarker]

I get up with a laugh and pull on my shorts and a sweatshirt. "Princess needs her tea," I say. "Be right back."

 

[celestialdragon]

I roll my eyes and snuggle down under the covers, watching the fire.

 

[CarnivalBarker]

I come back a few minutes later and hand you a steaming cup of tea. "If you give me the plague, I won't be happy, sicko," I say, getting back into bed.

 

[celestialdragon]

"Don't be silly; I don't have the plague," I tell you, sipping my tea after sitting up. "It's just a little fever; it'll be gone in a few hours." I was a little resentful at the moment, even though I knew you were just teasing.

 

[CarnivalBarker]

"Ok, well vomit on the other side of the bed if you have to," I say as I curl up to sleep and leave you to your tea.

 

[celestialdragon]

I roll my eyes and finish my tea, reading while I did so. I did feel better, warmer after I finished drinking it, so I set my book down, took the tea downstairs and rinsed out the cup, came back upstairs, turned down the fireplace, and crawled back into bed and fell asleep.

 

[CarnivalBarker]

When you got back, I was out already, deep asleep and again lost to the world.

 

[celestialdragon]

I wake up, move closer to you, then pass out again.

 

[CarnivalBarker]

I wake up a while later and feel you draped over me, burning up. I roll you off me. "Baby," I say quietly.

 

[celestialdragon]

I growl softly in reply, moving closer to you, half asleep.

 

[CarnivalBarker]

"Baby, you're burning up," I say, shaking you lightly.