Chapter 24

*Isabella's P.O.V*

I woke up with a banging headache and a feeling of nausea. I also felt extremely hot and kicked my covers off with a groan as Erika walked in from the bathroom fully dressed.

"You alright, Bells?" She frowned in concern, obviously noticing my distress.

"Yeah, I just don't feel too good." I croaked.

"You don't look too good either..." She commented, coming over and putting a hand on my forehead, "You feel pretty hot. Do you want me to go and get your mum?"

"Okay." I mumbled, before Erika left the room. I lay there, drifting in and out of sleep until Erika returned with Mum about five minutes later.

"Hey, baby, you not feeling well?" She asked softly. I only just had the energy to shake my head as she came over and felt my forehead, just like Erika had done.

"It definitely feels like you've got a fever. I reckoned you've caught whatever your dad had. You stay here and try to get some rest, okay, darling? I'll come and check on you after breakfast." I just nodded, my eyes drooping closed. I felt Mum kiss my forehead before she and Erika quietly left the room, leaving me to sleep.

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I was woken up to the sound of the door opening and opened my eyes to see Mum walking into the room.

"How are you feeling?" She cooed, coming over and sitting on the edge of the bed.

"A bit better." I said raspily. I still felt a bit sick and feverish, but my headache was pretty much done and I didn't feel as tired.

"Do you think you're up for the beach?" She wondered.

"I can try. The fresh air might do me good." I nodded.

"That's my girl," Mum smiled, kissing my forehead before she stood up, "I'll wait outside for you to get ready."

"Okay." I replied before she left the room. I slowly got out of bed and had a quick shower, thinking that might wake me up a bit and make me feel better. I then put on my high-waisted, modest peachy pink swan bikini and slipped my white, kinda see-through, low-cut cover up. I slipped my feet into my brown flipflops with pink straps and threw my hair in a messy bun, before grabbing my pink Aztec patterned beach bag and meeting Mum outside the room.

We took the elevator down to the beach because if Mum made me take the steps I'm pretty sure I would've ended up a puddle of misery and exhaustion on the floor.

"Hey, sweetheart, how you doing?" Dad asked me with a sympathetic look on his face as we reached the family.

"I've been better." I shrugged.

"I'm sorry I gave it to you." He said.

"It's alright, Dad." I giggled. Because my temperature was so high, I tried to stay well out of the sun and just laid on one of the sun chairs the whole time, in the shade. I kept myself occupied on my phone, reading a fanfiction that I'd found on Wattpad (😏😂), when someone came and stood in front of me. I looked up and rolled my eyes when I saw it was Harvey.

"What do you want?" I snapped.

"I just wanted to see if you were okay; Erika said you were sick." He explained.

"I'm fine, just leave me al-" A wave of nausea suddenly hit me like a train and I threw my phone down, shot up from the sun chair and made a run for it. I knew I wasn't going to make it to the bathroom in time, so I had to settled for the first rubbish bin I could find. I clutched onto the sides of the bin as I spilled my guts into it. I heard someone run after me and I could see that it was Harvey in my peripheral vision. I obviously couldn't tell him to get lost so I just let him rub my back and brush back the stray locks of hair that had fallen out of my bun while I continued to vomit. Mum had also run after me and was stood on the other side of me to Harvey, also rubbing my back and trying to sooth me.

When I finally finished, I was barely strong enough to stand on my own and grabbed onto the first thing I could, which happened to me Harvey's arm, before my legs could give out. Harvey took hold of my both my arms to help keep me up right.

It wasn't until then that realisation dawned on me. I'd just thrown up in front of the entire beach and I started to feel very, very embarrassed.

"Come on, let's get you back to the hotel, yeah?" Mum took one of my arms and she and Harvey guided me back to the hotel before I had time to dwell on it too much.

"Go away, Harvey. You don't need to be here." I snapped weakly, just as we reached the elevator. I tried to pull away from him but he kept his grip.

"No way, I'm not leaving you in this state." He said firmly. I didn't have the energy to argue anymore so I just went with it. He and Mum managed to get me back to mine and Erika's room and into bed without me vomiting again.

"You can go back down to the beach, Anna. I'll stay with Izzy." Harvey said.

"Are you sure, Harvey?" Mum asked and Harvey nodded reassuringly, "Alright, I'll keep my phone on me so give me a call if you need me."

"Will do." Harvey promised and I glared at Mum as she kissed my forehead before leaving. I knew exactly what she was doing. She wouldn't have left me and Harvey alone together if she wasn't trying to force us to make up.

"Is there anything I can get you? Some medicine? Water? A bucket?" Harvey offered once we were alone.

"Drop the act, Harvey," I snarled, my weak voice making me sound less intimidating than I'd have liked, "I know what you're up to."

"And what's that exactly?"

"You don't like the fact I've been giving you the silent treatment, but now that I'm ill and don't have the energy to tell you to shut up or get out, you're going to use it as an opportunity to give me a load of crap excuses as to why you were such a pig."

"Or maybe I'm worried about you and want to take care of you. You may hate me, but you're still one of the most important people in my life and I hate seeing you like this." He told me softly.

"I don't hate you." I mumbled.

"Really?" He asked like he didn't believe me and I frowned. Did he actually think I hated him?

"No, of course I don't. I'm just really, really mad at you to the point where I almost don't like you."

"Almost?"

"Yeah, I mean, I don't completely despise y-" Once again, I was cut off by the urge to empty stomach and threw the duvet off me, running to the bathroom. I only just made it to the toilet, dropping to my knees and grasping the edges of the bowl as I puked for the second time that day. Harvey ran after me and was by my side in seconds, rubbing my back and making sure my hair didn't get in the way just like before.

"Harvey... Go, I'm... Fine!" I managed to say through retches. I wasn't even telling him to go because I was mad at him this time, I just didn't want to see me as such a gross mess.

"Yeah, I can see." He mumbled and if I wasn't currently ejecting the contents of my stomach into the toilet, I would've rolled my eyes at his sarcastic remark. After what felt like eternity, I'd seemed to have finished vomiting and didn't have the energy to sit upright, so I fell back into Harvey's chest, barely able to keep my eyes open.

"Come on, let's get you back into bed." Harvey said softly, helping me up and letting me use him as a crutch as he guided me over to the sink, where I brushed my teeth to get rid of the horrid taste in my both, before he helped me back into bed.

"Let's hear it, then." I said as I got comfy under the covers.

"Hear what?" He gave me a look on confusion from where he stood just beside the bed.

"The excuses." I replied, a hint of coldness back in my voice making his face fall. I didn't want him to think he was in the clear with me just because of what just happened.

"I don't have any," He sighed, "Not any that'll make up for the way I acted, anyway. So, I guess I'll just do what I've been trying to do for the past three days which is apologise. I really am sorry, Izzy, I never meant for it to seem like I was trying to control you or tell you what to do or whatever you thought. I was just worried about you. You're my best friend and I care about you so much, I hated the thought of you going out with a guy that wasn't right for you. Yeah, there was probably a better way to tell you I felt that way, but for some reason, that didn't cross my stupid mind at the time. I don't even know if I'm making any sense, my point is I'm sorry and I really hope you can forgive me because... I miss you."

"You miss me?" I sat up slightly in bed and looked at him, feeling myself blush. Luckily, because of my illness, my already flushed cheeks were a great cover.

"Y-yeah... I miss being your best friend. I miss being able to talk to you whenever I want about whatever I want, I miss us having laughing fits over the dumbest things, I miss having mindless text conversations at ungodly hours of the morning when neither of us can sleep... I miss you not being mad at me!" He rambled.

"I miss not being mad at you too." I sighed, a small smile tugging at my lips. I really wanted to stay angry at him, but how could I? He seemed to have learnt his lesson anyway so I might as well end both of our suffering.

"Really?" His hazel eyes lit up in hope.

"Yeah, and I miss all the other stuff you said as well." I giggled.

"Does this mean I'm forgiven?" The hope in his eyes only grew.

"On one condition." I smirked.

"And what might that be?" He smirked back, raising his eyebrows.

"Come and cuddle with me. If I'm going to be bed-ridden all day with this stupid bug, I want a cuddle buddy to keep me company." I said, reaching my arms out like a little kid who wants to be picked up.

"You know what, I think that can be arranged." He smiled, walking over as I scooted over, making enough room for him to slip under the covers next to me.

"I'm sorry too." I mumbled as he got himself comfortable.

"What for?" He looked at me, eyebrows creased.

"For overreacting and being a drama queen and ignoring you and being so stubborn." I replied in one breath. Harvey chuckled.

"Don't even mention it, I'm the one who should be sorry, not you. Now, come here." He opened his arms and I giggled, placing my head on his chest as he wrapped his arms around me tightly. He began to play with my hair and that, paired with the steady sound of his heartbeat beneath my ear was enough to send me into a peaceful sleep.

A/N: HOW FREAKING CUTE ARE THESE TWO 😍😭😂 and they made up as well yay! 😂💜 What do you think's in store for Harvey and Isabella next? 😉😂

Thanks for reading you guys, I hope you liked it. Love you all 💖

Lucy xx

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