I am, regrettably, still sick and don't have a lot of energy. But I didn't want to miss an upload day and this gift I got seemed thematically relevant to my misery.

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Sadie unhappily blew her nose HIITSHIEWW!

One of the big college moments was the first serious illness because it made you appreciate just how good you had it at home. All those thermometers and tissues and medicine already stockpiled. Family members to take care of you. Free reign to lay on the couch all day.

Sadie had asked Sable and Alyson to pick her up some tissues and medicine but to leave it at the door. She was in isolation! As much as her selfish heart would love to play on their pity to get waited on hand and foot, she was their support network. If they got sick, it would be up to her to take care of them. An ounce of prevention!

So she streamed some sitcom on her laptop to half pay attention to and she suffered alone, blasting tremendous sneezes from her mouse sniffer.

What she needed was some warm chicken noodle soup. She was sure there was a soup delivery service in town. An express courier for just vital soup needs. Soup-R Express.

There was a knock at her door.

"Sooooooup delivery!"

That was fast! She hadn't even placed the order yet.

Sadie stumbled over to open the door.

Hey, that wasn't a Soup-R Express delivery guy! That was Grace! The nerd! (As this is before Sadie groped Grace a lot and became mutual friends rather than the one-sided way where Grace thought they were friends and Sadie thought she was a nerd).

"I heard you were sick so I brought soup!" said Grace, holding up a steaming bowl. "Made it myself!"

"Mmmf well any soup in a storm," croaked Sadie. She took the bowl. It didn't look like chicken noodle. "What... kind of soup is it?"

"This is my family's special recipe to eat when sick! Super-peppery, super-spicy tomato soup! Yup, you gotta sneeze and drip out all the germs, that's what my mom says!"

Sadie grimaced. Grace smiled and waited for her to try it. Sadie shut the door.

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Sadie Ambert owned by me
Art by  crocoze
Gift from  y31 , originally posted here.