Happy Saturday! It’s recital weekend part 1. Dress rehearsals today, then the big shows tomorrow. Tap, jazz, ballet, and hip hop. It’s a long and exhausting weekend, but the shows are always wonderful. Their dance studio does a good job with these shows. There’s a group of littles (maybe age 6-7?) all dressed up as villains and doing a tap dance to Despicable Me. So cute and fun. My 11yo’s class is dancing to Super Mario Brothers. It’s adorable.
And now for this week’s snippet. Last week, Nate was out with Rocco the Jerk. This week, he’s…well. You’ll see. And yes, it’s relevant.
The minute Nate opened his eyes, he knew something was wrong. The gritty, sandy feel when he blinked; the headache spreading down from his forehead; the fire under his skin. He was positive he had a fever, though he didn’t own a thermometer to check. It wasn’t surprising he’d picked up a bug, since he’d already sent multiple cast members home with illnesses. Working in close proximity made fertile ground for passing things around. He’d been feeling tired and a little off for a couple of days already. Still, he’d hoped he was wrong and he would escape the germs or at least meet them in weaker form. Apparently, no such luck.
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Poor Nate! Bad germs, very, very bad!
Yeah, it’s more serious than he wants to admit.
Intensely vivid description beautifully intertwined with the emotional conflict!
Thanks!
This was my ‘uh-oh’ moment. Have I mentioned lately how much I love Nate? Even though…stuff happened…I still do! (Though he’s no Andre.)
Aw, Nate does tend to grow on people. 🙂 This was a hard section to write because every word needed to be chosen so carefully to create layers (and that “uh-oh” feeling).
Well, your hard work definitely paid off! 🙂
Thank you! 😀
Poor guy, I hope he soon gets better.
He will at least feel better, but it’s complicated.
Poor Nate. He has a man cold. I hear they are awful tenacious things.
LOL! Definitely not a man cold. He’ll wish it were that.
I’m wondering if it’s not a virus, but maybe drugged? Either way, great description!
Nope, 100% a virus, but not the flu. And thank you! 🙂
Excellent description of having a fever, poor guy (and your kids sounds like they have a busy and exciting lives. Also excellent).