Measure in Love

by Mags

Chloe figured empathy was going to be something she could deal with in time. Ever since having to start Phys. Ed. in the ninth week of school, she was thinking much differently. Everybody else's exhaustion and misery were all relayed directly to her, sending her sprinting for the bathroom almost every class period. This time, on her way, she ran into Alek- literally. He held her back, even as she tried desperately to get past him, "Chloe; CHLOE! What is it?" he asked, hands on her shoulders, holding her back.

"Alek, let me go. I'm gonna hurl." she yelled, removing herself from his grasp and then taking off to the bathroom once again. She could hear him sprinting after her, straight into the girl's bathroom and into the stall, where she collapsed on the floor, and he held her hair back. This was the part that she hated. They had to be private about everything. God knows Valentina was out watching every single move I make, and he goes and follows me into a bathroom. If she was watching at this moment, there was no question that he was dead.

"Sorry." I groaned, as I got my bearings about me and stood up finally,"You know you didn't have to follow me."

"I had to make sure you were okay." he said, washing his hands as we both made our way out, "Are you ready to call it a day?" he asked, as we both made our ways through the hallway.

"We can't leave without the secretary seeing us." I told him, making my way back to the class I hated most of all.

"We can leave through the band room. There are a couple doors back there. You don't have to sign out, and Mrs. Jackson isn't even in the room most of the time, so she wouldn't even notice. We could go to the falls for a bit before you have to be at work. Do you think you could manage that?" he asked in a sarcastic tone, "Plus, I do believe; you still have training you owe me."

"Alright, I'll do it tonight. Thank you so much Alek." I thanked profusely, as we both took to running through the entire school and finally left the horrible feelings behing us. Hopefully this would all be over soon and we could go public with our relationship.