Chapter Thirty-Two

DERRICK*

I woke up the following morning with a sinus infection. My nose and ears were stopped up, and I developed a cough at some point in the night. I had gotten up and taken some NyQuil and had moved to the couch to sleep so I wouldn't wake Emberly up. Regardless, the NyQuil had kept me up for the most part and hadn't helped at all.

When seven o'clock rolled around, I returned to our room to ensure Emberly's alarm had gone off. She wasn't there, so I walked to her bathroom, where she was putting on her makeup.

"Hey baby, I'm not going to kiss you or anything. I'm sure at this point, but I think I'm contagious. I'm going to get ready and go to the clinic and see if I can get some antibiotics. Could you possibly go by the office and let them know I won't be making it to class today?"

"Yes, of course. I'm sorry you aren't feeling well. I'll take notes for you since we have the same classes. Oh, you have a temperature," Emberly said as she walked over and placed her palm on my foreh