Sick As A Dog

Cassidy lay in her bed, staring at the ceiling. All day she'd been coughing and she had a sore throat and stomach ache. One of the teachers had let her take some medicine but the painkilling effects had worn off now and it seemed to have gotten worse. She sat up suddenly, pulling a pillow into her stomach and leaning over it a little, groaning. Tears started to fall down her face, she'd never had an illness this bad before. Even when she was ill, she'd always had her parents before now to look after her but here there were only teachers and she didn't want to wake them up.

Hugging the pillow a while longer, she waited for the bout of pain to pass. Once it had subsided a little, she stood up and pushed down the hood of her fluffy onesie. It was far too warm to be wearing it but she felt somewhat comforted by the softness. Cassidy walked to the door and opened it, letting the cool air calm her temperature. She wiped her face with the back of her hand, getting rid of the tears and padded down the halls towards a different dorm room. The only other person she really spoke to was Jake. Arriving at his door she knocked lightly, feeling bad about waking him up but not really knowing what else to do.

When he knelt down, Cassidy clung to him, trying not to start crying again but sniffing heavily. Even when he stood up she still grabbed his hand, following him to his kitchen. She nodded at the offer of hot chocolate, snuffling. Cassidy had never had it before but it sounded nice. Spotting some fur poking out of his top she quietly asked, "have you got it too?"

Cass sniffed again and nodded in response to Jake, fidgeting a little. She still felt like she might be bugging him, even though he was being so nice. She turned her attention to watching him make the hot chocolate. "Does it really help when you're ill? Is it like medicine or does it just taste nice?" She'd never even heard of it before, her old wolf pack didn't really have the money to get treats like this.

Cassidy scrambled up onto the chair, sniffing again but this time at the hot chocolate. It smelt amazing. She took it in both of her hands and sipped it carefully. It tasted just like melted chocolate. There wasn't really anything else she expected it to taste like but she just didn't expect it to be so good. Cass giggled when Jake imitated the Irish accent, it was actually really accurate, he sounded like he could have been from there himself. "It's okay, I guess. I've been drawing a lot now that there's no school because o-" She stopped, wincing, as her headache sent a sharp pain through her temple.

"I've tried to have a rest. If I could rest I wouldn't be here so early." She looked at Jake, "do you not... I think one of the teachers gave me calpol, do you have any of that? It helps for a little while." She slowly sipped more of her hot chocolate, waiting for Jakes reply and trying to ignore the pain in her head as best she could.