I couldn't help but feel weird. I had been sick as shit a night and I had no fucking clue what was up... Until I looked back at what I had eaten the night before. The date was off.

I had been practically bed ridden for 24 hours and I was extremely tired of laying in the heap of pillows and blankets. I had company though, Jaxon was hanging around. We watched a few cheesy movies and talked about old times but the person I wanted to be here, couldn't come.

It would be really suspicious for Andy to come over and hang around since Jaxon was either here or across the road at his house. He would see Andy and I don't feel like drama right now. Sure, I should break it off with one of them and tell Jaxon what was going on but I didn't have the heart. Whether I liked it or not, I still had serious feelings for him. I still loved him and cared about him. I wouldn't be complete without him in my life.

Speak of the devil. He walked through my bed room door, bag of chips in his teeth and a Monster Energy in each hand. He handed me my drink and he opened his moth, letting the chip bag fall into my lap. He smiled. "We'll, what are ya' gonna do?" He added a shrug and he sat down beside me and put an arm around my shoulder. "You feeling better?" He questioned as he kissed my temple.

I couldn't help but smile. "I guess. Thanks for the snacks. Maybe eating will make me feel better since I have such an empty stomach." He laughed as he opened the bag of chips and popped the cap on my Monster. I took a sip of the fruity tasting beverage and popped a barbecue chip in my mouth. I felt better already! "Thanks again. This is great."

"Glad." He turned to look at me and I stared back at him. His eyes seemed to bore into mine. He put a hand on my cheek and began to lean in.

I cringed and put a finger on his lips. "I've been puking..." My excuse was legit ament.

He snickered. "I don't care." he pulled my face back into his palm and leaned back in and pressed his lips to mine with ease. I leaned in slightly and kissed him back. The fire was still there no matter how much I didn't want it to be.

There was Jaxon's familiar fire. The fire that made me fall in love with him that was familiar, safe, and very much like home. He brought back memories.

Then there is Andy. His fire and passion were new, different, unknown to me but yet so known. So recognizable and it made me giddy. His kiss was different in a good way and I loved it. I could almost say I loved him. Even though I barely know him.

I live them both and making a choice is almost impossible even though in the long run it is inevitable. I will have to choose. One day. One day soon I fear.

Jaxon pulled back and ended the kiss, giving me a quick peck on the cheek. He then leaned his back on the head of the bed and continued to watch Fast N Loud. I picked my monster back up and took a sip, this time it didn't go down so well. I leaped off of the bed before clumsily putting my drink on the bedside table. I ran straight into my bathroom and fell to my knees and threw the few chips and drink up into the toilet.

I felt Jaxon come up behind me and pull my hair into a ponytail as he rubbed my back. I hated this. This was like the sixth time I had food poisoning. This time grid chicken being the culprit and the people at Kentucky Fried Chicken not knowing how to fucking cook.

He put his hands under my arms and lifted me up. "Your going to the doctor."

I shook my head. "No, Jaxon! It's Sunday anyway. All the offices are closed."

He stared at me intently. "Emergency room." My eyes grew big.

0o0o0

"I hate this." I muttered as I shifted my feet on the white linoleum floor of the LA ER. I was currently sitting in between my dad and Jaxon as we watched sick elderly people walk by slowly. "It's depressing. The smell of the bleach that is hovering in the air is making me sicker than ever. Please, can we leave?"

"No, sweetie. You have to get better and-"

"Veronica!" The nurse cut my dad off.

We all got up and walked to the back and I sat down on the table. A few minutes of silence later, Dr. Williams walked in and smiled. He looked at the clipboard in his hands and flipped the page up before sitting down in the swivel chair in front of me. "Veronica... What's been going on."

"Food poisoning."

"How do you know?"

"We ate at KFC and I started feeling sick. That's all I had eaten and we went there and they said around five other people had came back complaining about the chicken making them sick. They gave us our money back but that doesn't help the fact that I have been puking my guts out the last 24 hours..."

I have actually seen two other people day with that exact same story. We want to keep you in the hospital since you got sick from bad chicken. We are going to give you an IV, do some medicine like nausea, pain as antibiotic pills and run some tests on you to make sure the chicken didn't give you any bad diseases like salmonella, alright?"

Damn. "Yeah, I guess." He made me sign a few papers and then sent me to a room. I changed into my hospital gown and the nurse came in and gave me the meds after she put the IV in my arm.

My dad walked over and smiled. "I'm gonna go home and I'll see you tomorrow." He walked out.

Jaxon left too after giving me a kiss and telling me he would see tomorrow and that he loved me.

If only I could talk to Andy.
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