love at first sight

13. Sick Day #1

Elle had been home for over four hours. It was now nearing 7pm and Spencer was still at work. She had been lying in bed since Anderson dropped her off.

She only got up twice to go to the restroom and to grab herself some saltine crackers for her stomach ache and nausea.

7:30pm rolled around and Spencer still hadn't arrived.

She hasn't slept yet just in case Spencer rolled around, but he hasn't.

She was exhausted. She wanted to sleep. But wanted to wait for Spencer.

She promised herself that she would sleep at 8:10pm if Spencer didn't arrive.

7:45pm no Spencer.

7:55pm no Spencer.

8:00pm no Spencer.

8:10pm no Spencer.

He was supposed to be out of work at 6:00pm.

Elle looked at her phone to see if any messages had appeared.

She wasn't surprised when she saw no one had texted her.

No one ever did, so why would they now?

She put her phone down and closed her eyes. She was too exhausted to over think everything. So she slept everything off. Nothing was new.

9:00pm Spencer arrived at Elle's house, but she was asleep already.

9:10pm Spencer had the gran idea to look for a spare key and to his luck she had one hidden under a plant pot.

Spencer walked into Elle's house. Vanilla and cinnamon engulfing his nostrils. The house was dark, all lights were off, living room curtains open; he ended up shutting the curtains.

Her house had a few dirty dishes in the sink. Her counters had a few ingredients lying around. And her house could use sweeping.

He took it upon himself to clean her house up. He sat the chicken soup on the kitchen counter and started to put stuff away.

He did his best looking for where everything should go, if it was in the wrong spot he would just tell her where he put it.

He swept her house and lastly walked into her room.

He knew better than to sneak up on a woman, especially one who walks around with a gun for a living.

So instead he left her medicine and water next to her night stand.

He saw there was an empty bag of saltine crackers next to her bed, so he went to grab more and place it next to her bed. All while Elle was gently asleep.

He grabbed a pillow and blanket and camped out on the couch in the living room.

3:23am Elle woke up and sprinted to the bathroom. She had thrown up saltine crackers and water.

Spencer woke up and ran to the restroom.

Elle turned around ready to fight whoever was in her house until she saw it was Spencer.

She furrowed her eyebrows and was about to ask a question, but she threw up, once again. Spencer held her hair back as he soothed her back.