Sliding in His DM's

Chapter 6: Sick Day

italics: inner thoughts!

Bold at the end of the chapter: author's note!

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"Nghhhh."

George's brother, Noah, looked up from their phone to see a very sick, very tired, and just all-around miserable George emerging from his room. Noah laughed.

"What was that sound? Are you suddenly a zombie?" Noah teased.

"Oh, shut up," George said, playfully punching his brother.

"Hey! That hurt," Noah laughed.

The two continued laughing until George turned green again and ran to the bathroom. He threw up. Arms and legs shaking, he sat on the floor of the bathroom and rested his head on the countertop. His mother came in with a glass of water. George took small sips of the water and stared an imaginary void.

"Hey, since you threw up you don't have to go to school today. I think it's that stomach bug that's going around," George's mom said.

"nghhhhh... really?" George said, after taking a minute to process what she said.

"Yeah. How about you just stay in bed and take it easy," she replied. "I mean, that's what you do anyways."

"Ok mom."

She handed George a bucket for him to use if he threw up again and left to go make breakfast for herself. George shuffled to his room and laid down on the bed, sighing. He stayed there for a minute before picking up his cell phone to tell Oliver what happened. He typed in the password to the phone and clicked on Discord.

GeorgeNotFound – 6:55 AM

hey i'm not going to school today can you pick up the homework for me

Aceituna – 6:57 AM

ok sure i'll pick it up for you. u feeling any better?

GeorgeNotFound – 6:57 AM

yea, i threw up again

i'm a feeling a bit better tho

Aceituna – 6:57 AM

yuck. thats good tho

hope u feel better soon

GeorgeNotFound – 6:57 AM

thanks

get to class nerd

Aceituna – 6:58 AM

>:P

George smiled. Oliver was always able to cheer him up.

"BYE GEORGE! I'M GOING TO WORK NOW AND IM DROPPING OFF YOUR BROTHER!" his mother shouted up the stairs.

"OK MOM! LOVE YOU!" he shouted back.

George heard the front door click closed and waited until he heard the car leave the driveway. When the car had been gone long enough that he was sure his mother wasn't coming back, he carefully opened the door to his bedroom and walked to the living room. He made a small bowl of cereal because it was easy and fast to make, then he turned on the television. He spent a couple minutes turning on "The Simpsons" and settled down onto the couch. The familiar jingle rang through the living room and George was finally able to take a bite of his cereal.

George absentmindedly watched the show, trying to remember what happened yesterday. I remember going the party... then I remember the truth or dare... He put his face in his hands. I texted Dream. It took him a moment to process that. Oh shit, what if that notification last night was from Dream? He opened Twitter and clicked on DM's. Fuck.

GeorgeNotFound

hey dream, what's poppin? (11:46 PM)

DreamWasTaken

nothing much, you? :) (12:08 AM)

Fuck fuck fuck fuck he wasn't supposed to actually answer

GeorgeNotFound

i'm sick today, so i'm taking a sick day lol (7:03 AM)

It took George a moment to remember that Dream was five hours behind him. Well, that was ok. He scrolled through his Twitter, liking and retweeting random tweets. What he didn't expect was another DM from Dream.

DreamWasTaken

lol, are you going to be ok (7:06 AM)

GeorgeNotFound

yeah i'll be fine just need to take the day off

...

isn't it like 2 am there (7:07 AM)

DreamWasTaken

what?

oh yeah

i just couldn't sleep and i needed to edit a new vid (7:07 AM)

GeorgeNotFound

oh ok

ooo a new video!

oh, i also just wanted to say that i really enjoy your content, sorry to bother you lol (7:07 AM)

DreamWasTaken

oh that's really sweet, thank you

i have the best fans

and youre not bothering me at all :) (7:08 AM)

GeorgeNotFound

:) (7:08 AM)

At this point, George was about to die. He was talking to his favorite celebrity, after all! In a daze, he set down his phone and stared at the television. His brain was trying to process what was happening, but he couldn't come up with anything. He ended up just going the rest of his day without trying to talk with anyone, and he went to bed that night still slightly confused about what happened that morning.

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hi everyone! thanks for reading this chapter :)  sorry that it came out a bit late, but i had no idea what to write for this chapter and had to force myself to write it.  that's ok though!!  i have a few ideas for the next chapter.  in the meantime, please check out @TheMagicSpellWasLove and their books, they are really good and they're so supportive. also, idk if i say this enough but THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 200 READS AND SUCH HIGH MESSAGES RANKS!!  you guys are awesome.  have a great day everyone, drink some water!  luv u all! :) <3