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Juliette was starting to get worried, she hasn’t talked to calliope since last night when they said goodnight to each other, she hasn’t sent her usual ‘good morning’ text, or responded to Jules and she’s not answering her phone. Cal was supposed to go to Juliette’s house so they could spend some time together, just relaxing and watching movies.
Cal acted like she was fine on the phone but she’s been feeling kinda sick and stuffy since yesterday, she just ignored it and pushed through, she even went on a hunt with her brothers, adding two kills to the arrow on her arm, but when she finally got home after talking to Juliette, she took some medicine, maybe a tiny bit too much, took a hot shower and after that, her body crashed.
Jules was really worried and by 12 she decided to just go to Cal’s and see if she was ok, when she climbed through the window everything was dark except for the shaded light coming from the window Cal always left unlocked for her. Jules looked around the room and saw Cal curled up in her covers, asleep. Jules knew something was wrong, Cal was always awake early, training, working out, reading, she rarely ever slept in. When Jules got closer to the bed she saw some open NyQuil and a bunch of balled up tissues on her nightstand. Jules laughed to herself and took a picture before she climbed into the bed, sitting next to Calliope.
Cal must’ve felt Jules next to her because as soon as Juliette sat down she got in between Jules’ legs, used one of her thighs as a pillow, nuzzled her face into Juliette’s shirt, and brought the cover up over her face as her arms wrapped around her waist, “you’re so soft” Cal mumbled, it was so low Juliette definitely wouldn’t have heard it had she not been a vampire, and then she went back to snoring softly.
Juliette sat and read a book on her phone until calliope woke up an hour later. “Jules what are you doing here?” Cal asked as she yawned and stretched, still resting in Juliette’s lap, “I got here like an hour ago. You were supposed to come over and I was worried about you, why didn’t you tell me you were sick?”Juliette asked softly, “I didn’t want you to worry about me, I’m fine” Cal responded, as she sniffled.
Cal got up and straddled Juliette’s lap, covers still wrapped around her, she put her face in Juliette’s neck, it wasn’t until then, that Juliette realized Cal was burning up. “No you’re not you’re burning up and it’s almost 2 in the afternoon and you’re barely awake. Have you eaten today?” Said Juliette,as she was speaking she pulled the covers off of Cal’s body, Cal shook her head, “can I have my cover back please” Cal mumbled into Juliette’s neck. “No. I’m gonna order you some food so you can take some medicine, when you cool down you can have it back, lay on the bed for a second” Juliette said, Cal let out a whine and snuggled closer into Juliette, refusing to move away from her.
Juliette stood up with Cal in her arms, in the year they’ve been together she’s dealt with Cal being sick once and on her period many times, and she is always clingy, and sometimes a little bratty, but she had no problem with it, she carried Cal to the bathroom, she could easily carry Cal around with her strength, and used one hand to grab a rag, wetting it with cold water and going back to the bed. Once Jules sat back down Cal lifted her head and let Jules wipe her face, behind her ears, her neck, and her arms, Cal let out a soft sigh as she laid her head back down on Juliette’s shoulder, the coolness of the rag felt good. Juliette ordered Cal some chicken noodle soup and crackers from Panera bread.
By the time the food got there Cal had fallen back asleep so Juliette laid her down softly and went downstairs to get the food. Juliette got the food grabbed Cal a Gatorade from the fridge, and found some cold & flu pills in the cabinet. After everything that went down, Talia divorced Jack and slowly came to terms with the fact that her daughter was in love with a vampire, so now they were at each other’s houses all the time and nobody blinked an eye when either of them would randomly appear at the other’s house.
Cal took the pills and ate leaning back on Juliette while they watched “The L Word” on Cal’s laptop. They got a good few episodes in before Cal curled up in Jules’ lap and fell asleep again. Jules found the way Cal was curled up in her lap adorable, she took a pities and made it her wallpaper, then closed the laptop and moved Calliope slightly so she could lay down. This was not how she envisioned their Saturday, but she enjoyed it nonetheless.