You're Beautiful To Me

My session with Dr Saporta passes uneventfully and I spend the whole time wishing I wasn't there. At the end of the appointment he issues me a challenge to meet a certain weight goal before the session next week but I shrug it off, not planning on doing it. When I go back outside the sky is filled with angry black clouds and I look around the carpark seeing that Mikey's not there yet so I sit on the edge of the garden and wait. A few minutes later I hear a deafening crack and the sky splits, rain pouring down so hard without any warning that I can barely see infront of me and I am soaked by the time I make it back under the awning outside the building. "Fuck" I groan out at my wet clothes sticking to me and I start to shiver, the wind picking up and blowing the rain around so even under the awning I am still getting wet. Im about to go back inside when I see headlights in the rain and I know it will be Mikey so I run out and get in his car. "Shit Gee" he exclaims as he reaches out and turns the heat up for me. "Thanks Mikes" I tell him as he drives out of the carpark and heads towards my house, the trip taking longer because of the rain. When we get back I rush inside and Frank looks over at me and says "Shit baby lets get you warmed up and in dry clothes before you get sick" ushering me to the bathroom and turning the shower on for me. While I undress he leaves the room and comes back with some warm pyjama pants and one of his soft worn sweaters that I love to wear cause they're warm and comfortable and smell like him. When he leaves again I shower until I feel like I'm thawed out before stepping out and drying off, pulling the clothes on, having to tie the pants tight around my hips to keep them up before making my way out to the living room. "Feeling better now baby?" Frank asks from the couch and I smile and nod as I walk over and sit beside him while he has a cuddle with Anna. "How was she?" I ask and he says "Perfect. A little whiny when I changed her diaper but other than that good, we had a little play on the floor and she napped." "Good" I tell him as I lay against his side, leaning my head on his shoulder as I look down at Anna who is looking back at me wide eyed. I let out a soft yawn as Frank says "How did I get so lucky to end up with two people as beautiful as you guys in my life?" I let a smile spread across my face as I let my eyes drift closed and I fall asleep on Franks shoulder.

When I wake up again I'm in bed and Frank is plastered to my back, his arm securely around my waist as he breathes into the back of my shoulder and I feel like I'm on fire. I try to slide forward and away from his heat but his hold on me is tight and I feel weak and worn out. "Baby" I croak out, my voice sounding terrible and my throat aching with the action of speaking. "Baby" I try again a little louder and Frank stirs behind me and mumbles out "You ok beautiful?" "I think I'm sick" I tell him and he sighs before letting me go and sitting up, urging me to roll onto my back as his hand comes up to touch my forehead. "Jesus baby you're on fire. What's wrong?" "I think I have the flu" I tell him and he says "Ok baby hang on a second" slipping out of bed and leaving the room. When he comes back a minute later he is carrying a steaming cup of herbal tea and a box of pills, knowing what will make
me feel better as I get sick a lot. I sit up and Frank hands me the tea and two pills and I wince as I swallow them, my throat constricting painfully. Frank climbs back into bed with me and wraps his arm around my waist, letting me slump into his side as we both sit against the headboard and I sip my tea. "I knew this would happen when you came in wet" he tells me and I croak out "I didn't plan it." "I know baby" he tells me and we fall into silence again while I finish my tea. Once I'm done Frank takes the cup and sits it on the table beside the bed before helping me lay back down and tucking me in, pressing a soft kiss to my scalding hot forehead before reaching out to turn the light off again and just as he flicks it off Anna screams
and I wince as the noise makes my head feel like it's gonna explode. Frank gets out of bed again and picks her up, saying "Go back to sleep baby, I'll take care of it" and before he's even out the door my eyes fall shut again.

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