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I leaned my burning forehead against the cool toilet seat, gasping for breath. I had caught the flu from Alana, and Connor was not in the mood to get sick. This left me alone to take care of myself, considering our parents are out of town.

"Yo Emo!"
Called a loud voice from downstairs.
"Jeez Klienman, take a chill pill!"
"Nah, remember what happened to Evans step brother?"
"Shut up its a phrase!"
I groaned, curling in on myself, wishing to just feel better.

I knew that if Jared was here, then so was Evan, but he was sweet enough not to be so loud like Jared.

"Hey Ev."
I heard Connor say to his boyfriend
"Hey Connor"
I could only imagine that the two of them had either kissed or hugged while Jared fake gagged.
"gAAYYYY"
I heard him yell, confirming my suspicions.

After a while of laying on the floor of the bathroom by the toilet, wishing to die, I headed back to my room slowly, which was luckily right next to the bathroom.

I curled up in my bed, still unable to get the perfect temperature, too hot with the blanket, too cold without it. I sighed, deciding it would be best to just lay down for a while, even if I couldn't sleep.

"You're a douche Connor, can't even tell me which room the bathroom is-"
The door to my room swung open to reveal Jared, his normal comedic and annoyed look plastered on his face. That changed the second he turned around and saw me. His face dropped,
"Oh...hey Zoe. I'm sorry about that, I didnt realize you were home."
He's being oddly....polite for Jared.

I coughed once.
"Ha that's okay Jared, I don't mind. Lemme guess, you don't actually have to go to the bathroom. They are just being super cute and coupley and it's making you feel super single and it's so cute that it's sickening."
I guessed, knowing I'd be right, he's my brother.

He chuckled,
"Haha you're good, but are you feeling okay? You don't look too good."
"Oh....yeah. I uh, I caught the flu from Alan-"
A wave of nausea consumed me in that moment and I felt myself rush to the bathroom.

I knelt down by the toilet seat, letting myself throw up. I struggled to keep the tears out of my eyes until my hair was pulled back and a hand slowly rubbed my shoulders.
"Yeah....I'll take that as a yes, huh?"

I leaned my head back down onto the toilet seat, nodding slowly.
"Hey, how about we get you back to your room, Connors a dick for not telling me you were sick."
"Thanks Jared."

Said boy helped me up, putting an arm around my waist. My cheeks grew hot and I mentally smacked myself. He's your brothers best friend. Chill.

"Hey, anything I can get you Miss. Murphy?"
Jared asked me in a fake proper accent. I giggled,
"No....I think I'm okay..."
"Well then, why don't I stay here M'lady."
"WHAT about Evan and Connor-"
"Puh-lease, they are probably over there sucking eachothers faces off."
I laughed, falling into a coughing fit almost immediately.

"I'm gonna go get you some tea. How about that?"
I nodded, curling back up into my covers.
"Jared?"
"Yes Zoe?"
"Promise you'll come back?"
"You have my word."

I sighed, what is going on with me? What is going on with him? He's usually such a dick. Why is he being so nice to me. He probably just feels bad. Look at me.

"Hey Zo..."
Came the voice of my brother from the doorway."
"Yo..."
I called back in a scratchy voice.
"How are you feeling?"
"Like crap, but Jared- uhhh- I'll feel better soon hopefully. What do you need?"
"Ev, Jared and I were thinking of heading out-"
"You guys go without me."
Jared interrupted, coming through the door with a mug.

"No, it's okay Jared. I'll be fine alone."
"What kind of a person do you think I am? Connor?"
We both chuckled. Connor rolled his eyes.
"Fine, Evan and I will go alone. Don't poison her, Jared. C'mon Ev!"
Evan popped his head into the room. Bye Zoe, I hope you feel better. S-sorry about n-not saying hi so-sooner. D-don't do anything bad J-Jared."
Said boy rolled his eyes,
"You two should put more trust in me. I take care of my brother all the time!"

He turned to me.
"Okay, well, looks like you're stuck with the greatest human alive."
"Oh hush. But seriously, Jared. Thanks for taking care of me."
"Hey don't mention it"
He smiled.

The two of us had decided to pass the time by watching a few movies. Jared wanted to watch 'It' because he 'liked the clown' and I wasn't against that because Reddie is OTP. So the two of us spent the next two hours screaming and laughing, I may have squealed a few times as well but that's not important.

I watched as Jared sat on the floor next to my bed, moving ever so often to get into a more comfortable position.
"Jared, why don't you come up here?"
I asked cautiously.
"Nah, it's okay. I'm fine down here."
"Seriously Jared, it's fine. Just come up here, you're obviously not comfortable."
He sighed, but nodded.
"We both know you're right."

Jared climbed up into bed, sliding up next to me.
"I know I just sat back down, but is there anything I can get for you?"
"No, I think I'm okay. Just tired."
I stifled a yawn.
"Get some sleep, no ones stopping you."
He smiled warmly.
"Thanks Jared..."
I slowly let my guard down, slide down onto the pillows. I pulled the blanket up closer to my face, absorbing the warpath.

I don't know how or when, but I ended up leaning mostly on Jared, enjoying the heat that was radiating from his body. I smiled, drifting off to sleep.

Jared's POV

I stared down at the beautiful girl curled into my side. She really was beautiful. She's Connors sister though, I have to remember that.

She just looked so....cute. Slowly, I placed an arm around her shoulder, running my fingers through her hair. Zoe stirred the slightest bit, cooing and nussling further into my chest.

I smiled at her sleeping form, wishing things could be different. I dunno when I developed feeling for her, maybe a couple months ago. It was only after Evan and Connor got together that I really started hanging around their house more often.

Soon enough, my eyes grew heavy and I let myself drift off as well.

~time skip~

I woke slowly, hearing the door open downstairs. Connor and Evan. I guessed.
"Hey Zo, Jared." Came Connors voice down the hall.

"Shhh!"
I shushed him as he opened the door.
"C-Connor...she may be sleeping"
Evan whisper-shouted before popping his head into the bedroom.
"Oh, hey J-Jared."
"Hi..."
"What are you doing?"
I looked down, only now realizing I still had my arm around her.
"She was cold, damm Emo, you know nothing about caring for people do you?"

He glared at me.
"Stop fighting please. Connor, just leave them be, let's go back to your room."
Evan took his hand, giving him a small kiss on the shoulder to calm his temper. Connor nodded,
"Don't do anything, Kinky boot. You hear me?"
"Got it, got it."

"Did they leave?"
Came Zoe's muffled voice from my side. I chuckled.
"Heh, yeah, you're good."
She lifted her head out oh it's burrow in my chest, looking up at me with tired, glassy eyes.
"What time is it?"
"Dunno, maybe around 5?"
Zoe groaned, falling back onto my chest. I placed a hand on her back, rubbing small circles.

"Can I go back to sleep now?"
"Course you can, I'm not planning on going back with them. I don't need to walk in on whatever gay shit they are doing in there. She giggled, face still shoved into my chest.
"You're gross."
"Nah, I'm just trying to tell the truth."

~another time skip~

Connor came trudging in around 10:00,
"C'mon, you're not sleeping in here with her. Out."
"Now, Emo. Look at her, she's sick, you can't expect me to just leave her alone. Now can you?"
"Evan and I can come sleep in here."
He explained, attempting to, unsuccessfully, reason with me.

"Oh, and do the do on her floor. Nuh uh. Daz just gross my dude."
He flipped me off.
"You know, we don't fuck literally EVERYWHERE."
Suddenly a burst of giggles came from the girl curled into me.
"Just le-leave it Connor, Jared can stay. And he *snort* has a point ya know."
I gave Connor a smirk mouthing 'ladies know the best' and flipping him off.

"Just....why do I even try."
He trudged out of the room. Zoe and I exchanged a glance before bursting into a second fit of giggles. Her eyes sparkled as she struggled to keep herself quiet. I loved seeing her smile. She was just so ...perfect.

Once we had calmed down, she curled back up,
"I'm not tired anymore..."
"Let's watch a movie then, huh?"
"Sure but-"
"The bee movie."
I asked, more of a statement than a question. Zoe turned to look at me, a smirk on her face. We sat there, maintaining eye contact until she grinned.
"Ya like jazz?"
She asked. We both lost it again, gasping for air through laughter.

"Well then, that was quite a meme Ms. Murphy."
"Why thank you Mr. 'KiNkY Boot'"
She mimicked Connors name for me.
We both laughed a while longer before she cuddled back into my side.
"You will stay though. Right?"
"Of course m'Lady."

"I'm glad you couldn't find the bathroom, ya know."
"Why wouldn't you be?"
"Oh hush."
I wrapped an arms around her shoulders.
"Yeah, I'm glad I found you too."