Married At 19

Chapter 9

《Nathan Harrison》

It was 7.32 am and I still have about 2 hours before my class started. Bella helped me to finish my works and I felt bad of it. She even fell asleep here, uncomfortably that made her fell sick.

It was all my fault.

I gently lifted her so and carefully enough not to wake her up then slowly walked towards her room upstairs by carrying her on my arms, so she could rest comfortably.

Surprisingly, Bella is surely light enough, trust me. I didn’t lie at all, because I barely us any strength to carry her at all.

I put her down carefully on her bed then pulled up the blanket to cover her cold body.

I’m so sorry, Bella, because of me you fell sick now. I slid some of her stranded hair away from covering her beautiful face. That’s it, I will find her medicines, but wait I just can’t leave her here alone.

What if something bad might happen while I was out.

I took out my phone from my pocket and googled something about to cool down her high fever. I could see her sweats formed around her forehead and she even mumbled gibberish too.

“Found it!” I accidentally said it out loud when found something useful on the internet. As instructed, I took a piece of clean towel and put it in a basin that filled with cool water. I sat beside her who was still asleep and carefully put the wet towel on her forehead after squeezed some water out of it.

Alright....I already done the first step. But the second and the fifth step are both a bit disturbing and awkward which umm…I need to undress her and wipe her body with wet towel. I just can't do that to her. I will skip it, unless her fever still high.

Gladly we have an air purifier which I could turn it on so, there will be fresh air around her room.

“There, everything runs smoothly,” I said to myself while looking at Bella who seemed a lot better than before. "Oh…I need to buy something for a while, please wait for me, Bella." I said while held her warm hand. "I'll be right back."

My class will be start about an hour more so I think I will skip it, but I will send my assignment first, of course. I rushed to my room which opposite to hers to take a quick shower then put on some clothes before went to the basement lot. I drove the car to my campus and dropped my assignment at my lecturer’s office sneakily, so that I wouldn’t not caught up by him. I don’t want to meet him or it will be hard for me to bluff a reason why I want to skip his class for today.

Afterwards, I drove my car to the nearest grocery mall to buy some ice popsicles and also the yogurts as stated in an article on the internet. The old woman who kept trying to sell her product at the fruit section caught my attention then. She called for me to taste the pear fruit sample which she arranged neatly on the small table in front of her.

"Here young man, this pear is really good. Try it." She said to me while handed me a small sample of the fruits.

I curve a smile to her, "Does the pears is good for sick people? I mean, my wif....my friend has a fever, very high fever....can it cool down her temperature?"

"Yeah...of course it is. Pears will prevent someone from getting the sore throat and also known as a nutrient supplement for people having fever."

"Really?" I think I should buy it for Bella. "If you say so, I'll take five of them."

"Here you go, young man." The old woman handed me the fruits. "Have a nice day."

"Thanks."

Alright....I have all of them now. It is time for me to buy the medicine for a backup, if her fever still high.

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I returned home as fast as I can so I would be there when Bella needs my help or something. But she was still asleep as I took a peek inside of her bedroom upstairs. I changed my clothes inside of my room then went to her room again to check for her condition.

"Bella....." I woke Bella softly.

She cringed her face a bit, maybe she was in so much pain.

"Hmm....N-Nathan..." she weakly said my name. "I-is it the time.... *coughs*.... for a meal now? I....I think I should.....*coughs*..... prepare something for you." Her voice sounded a bit sore.

She tried to get up from the bed, but I stopped her. "Just rest, Bella. You have a fever now. Please don't worry about me. I can handle myself."

"B-but..."

I cut her in along with a smile, "No buts.....just rest okay."

She nodded as she obeyed me. "Here, I bought you pears. It’s good for you. Try it." I took a small plastic box of the pears which I asked the old woman to cut them nicely for me. Bella tried to move but she seemed too weak. So, I helped her to sit on the bed and fix the pillow for her to make her more comfortable. “Here...I bought it special for you." I handed her the plate.

She smiles weakly, "Thank you....*coughs*.... Nathan. You're so nice."

"I was the one who should thank you, Bella." I said to her while supported the small box that she was holding.

She slowly took a piece of the pear with her shivering hands, "What do you mean?" She asked me curiously after done chewing the pear.

I smiled even more with her curious looking face that I found it, cute. "Well, you help me finish my assignments. And then, you feel sick because you spend the night to finish them." Then moved my eyes away from her down to the floor as soon as the guilty feeling surrounded me. “I feel so terrible for you, actually."

"Hey....*coughs*...don't say like that. I'm so glad that I can help you, Nathan."

"But you're sick now..."

"It's okay...I'm fine now." She replied.

I sighed. "No, you're not yet. Just stay here on the bed. Rest until you fully recover. Don't worry about me, I can handle myself."

She lied down on her bed again, and I helped her to pull the blanket up to cover her cold body and made sure it was comfortable enough for the poor Bella.

"I'm sorry for troubling you, Nathan," She murmured as her eyes slowly closed.

"Rest well," I gently squeezed her warm hand before made my mind to leave her to take a rest.

I went outside of the room and headed towards the living room downstairs to clean all the messed up that I made and also around our apartment. I even washed the dishes, which I really did not notice that she made me a spaghetti last night. Plus, I even washed a pile of my dirty clothes which I never did myself before. My mom should be proud of me though if she happened to see me right now.

I’m changing to be a better person now.

Besides, I have troubled Bella so much since we got married last week. Man, I'm so a bad person, right? She must be tired all this time, cleaning the whole apartment, even make sure to prepare meals for me.

Oh god....I already broke my promised to treat her better. I guess I just made her as my servant, while I am enjoying myself, playing games and messing up our apartment and did stupid things. Nathan Harrison is so badly selfish person.

This is not like my mom wanted, to treat, to treat women better no matter she is your friend or stranger. I should change that too. I need to treat her more better. Yeah…I will do that.

I went to my room to finish my assignments which were still left behind and for your record, I did skip the whole day class at a very first day after the semester break.

That’s so cool and I didn’t skip it for nothing, I skipped it so I could be with Bella to take care of her while she was sick.

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It took me several hours for me to finally finished with my assignment and arghh.....I'm so sleepy now!!!

I stretched a bit and took a quick glance at my phone screen.

Oh great, it's already past 10 o'clock now.

I need to go to sleep or I might be wake up late again tomorrow. But wait, I think I should check on Bella first.

Like the thing that I kept doing for today, I took a sneak peek inside of Bella’s room. And there she is still asleep comfortably with some leftover food that I left for her on the bedside table.

I was glad that she ate the food, although she only ate them just in a very little quantity. I practically crouching on the right side of the bed, watching her sleeping beautifully. There were several stranded hair which cover her face so I slid them for her which made my heart skip a beat in all of sudden.

What is happening to me? What is this weird feeling that I feel right now?

I took a deep breath and exhaled it slowly, trying to control my sudden nervousness.

Okay....that is so weird!!!

Bella suddenly grabbed my hand when I was about to put my palm on her forehead to check on with her temperature.

Wait....why her hand is so cold?

"I-I'm so cold...." she mumbled along with a shiver.

Oh my god.... her fever getting worse now.

This can't be....I think I should do something to her.

Oh right, since my warmth is unusual than anyone else and I think I should be a useful by warm her up this night.

I'm sorry Bella, but I have to this to you. I don't want something bad to happen to you.

I quickly got on her bed and lied down beside of her then gently pulled her towards me so I could hug her in my arms. My mom used to this always in order to keep me warm while I was having cold fever and it did work.S

Woah....she is indeed really cold.

I was getting a goose bump a bit when her skin touches my skin. But it was just for a temporary as she seemed a little bit comfortable later on , maybe my warmth really worked for her cold fever. I grabbed the blanket and pulled it up to cover us both and hugged her more tightly.

My heart..... it beat faster than ever and I was dying to know what was exactly happening to me. I really have no idea about this, because I never feel like this for entire of my life, not even when I was around Sasha.

"Sleep well, Bella." I whispered to her, although she couldn’t hear it. "I hope you won't mad at me with the stupid action that I did to you right now. It's just for your own good."

My chin was on her cold forehead and wasn’t shiver like before anymore. I bet she could hear my heartbeats on how fast my heart raced as her face was practically rest on my chest.

The truth is, I feel so cozy when I was near her, helping her like this, well actually, I don't know what to say, but deep inside, I felt so glad that I can be useful for her, after what she has done for me after we got married.

I think I start to like her more...... than usual, but still not more than friends.

I'm sorry Bella, but I still can't forget Sasha yet. I'm so sorry about that, I just can't help it.