MY GIRL

chapter 10

CHAPTER TEN

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Another sneeze raked through Kiki's small body followed by Sean's one..

The both stare at each other, then another sneeze,now Kiki is giggling,Sean laughs

"'Mummy, uncle Sean got Dr sniffles, just like..lik-" ARCHUMM!!! She sneezes "'Like me"" she rubs her small nose

"'And so do you kiddo"' Sean says fighting the sneeze,but it was no use,they sneeze together again, now they are laughing..

He still held Kiki in his arms,they are both dripping wet,he wipes her hair away from her forehead and watches her sneeze again,he sneezes after her.

"'Oh ohhh noooo""!! Megan who has been standing at the door,equally wet swings into action, flinging her bag on the chair she brushes past them to her toilet coming back out with a towel big enable to wrap a grown adult,

"'Give me my daughter please"' she says , not waiting for Sean to answer she pulls the sneezing and giggling girl away from him,and wraps her in the towel,then sitting she puts Kiki on her laps and warms her up.. Kiki wouldn't stop sneezing and neither would Sean.

"'Mummy..."' Sneeze "'Won't yo-you"' Sneeze "'G-give Uncleeeeee"" archummmmm!!!

Sean laughs sneezing too s]as Kiki continues " A towel too,he is cold,he got Dr Sniffles too"' another sneeze

What does she care if Sean got a cold, wasn't he too old to catch a cold just like that,she also ran under the rain,she also got soaked..

Why wasn't she getting a cold?.

Wait, shouldn't he be going home right about now?

"'He is going home Kiki,he is a big boy he can take care of himself,you just let mummy worry about you"' Megan says wiping kiki's hair dry,

"'What if he falls sick,you know having a cold can make someone sick,you said so mummy"'

"'A little rain won't make him sick"" Megan replies

Sean sneezes again,then Kiki,then both of them..

"'why do you sneeze when i sneeze?"' Kiki points at Sean who is staring out of the window, okay the rain had increased and it was making a tiny river close to the driveway,he should make it home before it becomes worse.

"Little fairy rain tickles my nostrils kiddo, maybe,i don't know"' Sean says turning..

He remembers his mother telling him that when he was little,she realised that he got cold too quickly if exposed,and every little rain he went out to play under landed him in bed,a high fever and sneezing.

While his friends could play outside during cold days, he was left to stay in his room,shrouded in thick clothing,socks and gloves and a hot chocolate to keep him warm.

On days he gets really worse doctors says he is a shy away from catching leukaemia.. good thing it never got to that.

Over the years he never had much joy for playing under the rain or staying out in the cold,he was an adult after all,he was able to manage himself better, ..

But days like today when he had no choice, he had to get the kid inside,there wasn't any available umbrella at the moment, and the least Megan could do is to say 'Thank you Sean! "' but no..she doesn't.. yet he catches a cold bringing her inside..oh well,nothing a hot bath and hot tea won't fix, but if he stays in this wet cloths any longer,he would be running a fever and it might be bad.