A Giant Mountain (g/t)

Chapter 13-Music lessons

~the next day~

"That is actually disgusting,"

"What? I was hungry!" said Nathaniel as he finished the entire bag of chips.

"You ate that whole thing by yourself! Do you know how many calories are in that?"

"I didn't eat it all by myself! You had some too. Oh wait, yeah it was mostly me," he smiled.

I couldn't help but role my eyes and shake my head. Nathaniel was such a doofus. I went back to reading my book, until he interrupted.

"Whatcha reading?"

"I'd rather not say," I blushed.

"Why? Are you reading a pornographic book or something,"

"What? Ew no!"

"Then what?"

"It's called... Little Women..." I sighed.

"Well isn't that ironic," he teased.

"Yeah well it's a good book!"

"Oh I'm sure it is," he smirked.

"At least I can read," I retorted.

"I can read!" he said as he put on some glasses.

I couldn't help but snort. Those were the ugliest pair of glasses I had ever seen! They had thick, black square lenses.

"Ha you're a big nerd,"

Nathaniel took off the hideous lenses and walked over to me sitting on his pillow and rubbed the top of my head.

"And you're a little cutie," he whispered, and I blushed like mad.

"How are your ankles by the way?"

"They still kinda hurt, but I can walk without wobbling," I stated.

"Are you sure you don't want any pain killers? I can cut them up real small if you'd like me too,"

"We've been over this! If you cut a piece just a bit too big, my liver will explode! Pills are dangerous if consumed in large doses,"

Nathaniel let out a sigh.

"Yeah I know, my mom's a doctor! But I just don't want to see you in pain," he said as he brushed his finger against my side.

I smiled at him and rubbed his finger back.

"Ok fine... if you promise to stop worrying. And to be really careful not to kill me,"

Nathaniel broke into a wide smile. I loved seeing it, the way it highlighted his structured jawline and cheekbones. I set my book down on the pillow as he placed his palm beside me. I got on and we made our way to the main bathroom. I had never been down this hallway before. We passed by a large wooden door to the left. A closet maybe?

When we got to the bathroom, Nathaniel set me down on the counter as he rummaged through the cupboards. He took out a huge bottle of pills that was the same size as me. He rummaged around a little more and took out a scapel looking think. He took out a single pill from the bottle and began slicing through it. He cut off a small piece and handed it to me.

"I don't know... it seems a little big,"

Nathaniel nodded and cut the small piece in half and returned it to me. I smiled.

"Perfect!" I said as I dry swallowed the pill.

It was a little unsatisfying, but I could already feel the effects working. Giant medicine was much more advanced than ours.