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Jennifer

'Ocean eyes' by Billie Eilish was playing on the radio as I looked through the stuff in the back seat of Mr. Reynolds' car. Gosh, this song is making me want to look at his version of ocean eyes.

I couldn't pull out the snake stuff toy from the back seat after repeated efforts of not pushing everything down in the process. My head is aching and I feel cold so I thought why not wrap that snake stuff toy around my neck. Crazy, right? But comfy? Totally.

"Here." Mr. Reynolds smoothly removed his jacket while effortlessly driving and handed it to me which caused his fingers to brush mine in the process. The car came to an abrupt halt, jostling me against the seat so I looked at Mr. Reynolds with wide eyes. He completely ignored my are-you-crazy look as the back of his hand came in contact with my forehead before he spoke in urgency, "You have fever."

"I'm fine. Just cold." I argued even though I knew damn well that I might be having a fever. Afterall, I fell into the freezing fountain.

"Let's go see a doctor" He was about to punch in the location on the screen when I stopped him.

"There's no need, trust me." I wrapped his jacket tightly around me. For some reason, Mr. Reynolds strongly insisted that I should not wear Lincoln's jacket. His excuse? It must have been wet when it was almost dried out.

"Then at least let me pull out the medicine box from the back." His brows drew together as he scrutinized me. He pulled out the cape I wore in the morning and placed it on my legs. How thoughtful of him. He just keeps getting points. If we were in Hogwarts, I would be handing out points to his house like halloween candies.

"You can drive while I move to the back seat to retrieve it." I suggested. He has spent so much time with me. While I am totally cool with that because I have been experiencing a rather stronger than ever Crush on him, he might not be a fan of spending too much time with the same person especially when the said person is sick.

I have a cousin who easily gets so bored that he sets the timer before spending time with anybody and the minute the time is up he packs his things and leaves saying, 'Time's up bitches'. He could be the living embodiment of boredom. I don't want Mr. Reynolds to get bored of me.

"No, that's dangerous." He quickly unbuckled his seat belt, got out, opened the back door, swiftly retrieved the medicine box and then came back to the driver's seat.

He looked through the contents of the box by scanning the medicines, pulled out the tablet from the blister packaging and then handed it to me along with the water bottle. I took the medicine and washed it away with water.

"Thank you." He nodded. His eyes darted to the back seat. He pulled out the snake stuff toy from the back seat with ease and handed it to me. Woah, those muscles he just flexed. He doesn't even know that he is unintentionally seducing me. I need to stop looking at his arms. I have no recollection of the moment when this obsession about arms flexing began for me.

I put the snake toy around my neck first before saying, "It's comfy." He gave a thumbs up then started to drive the car at an awfully slow pace like it would hurt me or something. I didn't bother to comment.

It felt good whenever he cared for me like that. No one except a very few people did so in the past and now that I am getting Mr. Reynolds version of care, I crave more, which I know I shouldn't and blah blah blah... but hey I'm sick. I don't know what's right at the moment. I'll think about it once I am back to normal.

I closed my eyes to relish the memories we made together. It was the best day of my life except for the part where Mr. Lee questioned me about Mr. Reynolds.

I decided to get some rest as I need to meet my parents tomorrow. If I don't take a good night's rest, questions will be raised about my mental health.

There was this one incident when I spent the whole night watching 'Friends' on one of the maid's iPad which she left by mistake. The next morning, during breakfast which was the only time we got together to have a meal, my parents thought that I had somehow developed Insomnia overnight and it's best to get medication right away.

I woke up from the nap and noticed that we had covered most of the distance, "Stop." I said excitedly as I spotted an Ice cream and Coffee truck by the side of the road. Mr. Reynolds stopped the car immediately at my command. How nice? It's like he's on a mission to win over my heart or something.

"Ice-Cream? You have a fever."

"Hot chocolate." I commented excitedly. He checked my temperature again and nodded.

"I'll park the car over there." Mr. Reynolds gestured towards an assigned parking space and I nodded while getting out of the car.

There are many people around considering it's the weekend. The place was so busy that I needed to wait in line for my turn. And they offer the best hot chocolate so I couldn't bring myself to leave when we were already there.

I was looking at the menu to see if I wanted anything else as well when I heard a loud honking and screeching of tires. Who is driving recklessly like that? I turned around to witness the worst nightmare of my life. A scene which made me dumbstruck and frozen in place. I couldn't breathe. Please tell me it's a nightmare. The people shouted, screamed and some pushed past me finally breaking me out of the motionlessness. I ran towards his car which was crushed to the side by a truck.

"Ryan," I shouted as I was dreading that this might be the last time I ever saw him. Please, no.

When I reached his car, I held my hand against my chest as I felt utterly terrified and on the verge of heart attack.

Even though I wasn't with him, I felt the impact of the crash in every fiber of my being. I was shaking uncontrollably when I dared to look at the driver's side. The first thing which caught my attention was that the driver's side is much safer than the passenger side which crashed against the wall leaving the windshield shattered but it didn't completely break. Thankfully it didn't reach him but a few shattered pieces of glass had pierced through.

My attempts to open his side of the door were futile as it wouldn't budge. In frustration and fear of losing him, I put so much force that my hand started bleeding. I cursed but thankfully, people came to my rescue and pulled the door open in no time.

Mr. Reynolds' head is resting on the steering wheel. I gently shook him but he wouldn't budge so I shook him with force only to find that there was blood on his forehead. One look at his bleeding forehead had me panicking more.

The urgent voices of people surrounding us faded in the background when I finally touched his arm to check his heartbeat. He's alive. Relief flooded through me. I quickly wiped my tear stricken face.

He shook when I splashed water on his face. A sigh left my lips when he finally opened his eyes. He's going to be okay. Involuntary tears rolled down my cheeks when his eyes met mine. I threw the water bottle away and hurried to unbuckle his seat belt. People were kind enough to help get him out of the car fast.

I wrapped my arm around Mr. Reynolds' middle to support him. All the while, Mr. Reynolds was looking back at me in a daze when he said, "Don't look," cough, "at me," cough, "like that. I'm fine." He assured me with a smile while I dragged him as far away from the car as possible. It's never wise to stay close to the vehicle which just had a crash. I sighed when I noticed that overall he isn't seriously injured.

I rubbed my eyes before focusing back on the scene. The front of the car is now covered in fire. I heard the people whispering something along the lines, "The truck instead of taking a right at the intersection took a sharp turn in his direction at the last moment.", "It appears the driver was drunk driving but there are cases of intentionally doing it.", "I wonder if it was actually an accident."

Oh no. Grandma's bracelet is in my bag.

A/N: What are your thoughts on this chapter?

Do you think it was an accident or a planned attempt to get rid of either of them?

Do I smell love in the air?

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Shizbliss