It had been a few weeks since Adagio, Aria, Sonata, and their dad started living with me and my mom. I got to use their company after a few days, and having them around made things more fun. I would walk to and from school with the three girls every day. My mom and their dad would go to work and be gone for most of the day, leaving me and the girls alone until 5:00 pm.

It was a Tuesday and I was getting ready to head out to school with the girls. I was in the living room waiting for the three, they were taking longer than normal which was becoming a pain to wait for them. I heard a door open and out came Aria, she looked upset.

"Wake up on the wrong side of the bed?" I asked.

"Sonata's sick, Adagio said that you might know what to do." Aria said.

'How would I know what to do? I am not a doctor nor am I an adult. But... my mom did say that it was up to me to make sure their okay.'

"You and Adagio walk to school, I will stay here and take care of Sonata for the day."

"Alright, if you say so."

Aria went back to their room and got Adagio. Adagio looked at me with a worried expression, I could tell that she wanted to stay and take care of her sister. But I had already said that I would stay and take care of her, and plus I really didn't want to go to school that day. We were having a test and I had not studied for it one bit. I would be using today as a day to not only take care of Sonata but also study for the test.

"Joshua, please take care of Sonata while me and Aria are gone. Sonata's burning up and she has a small cough, so she probably has a fever." Adagio said. I could tell that this was eating up Adagio inside. "Do you know what to do?"

"Adagio, relax. You and Aria need to start walking to school, I will be fine. Sonata is in good hands with me here to help her. Now get going, or your going to be late."

"Fine..."

Adagio and Aria then left the apartment and off to school. Leaving me alone with a sick Sonata in the other room. I walked over to go check on Sonata, sure enough she was slightly coughing while her whole face was red.

"Hey Sonata... how are you holding up? Do you want me to get you something? Some water? Something to eat?"

"Oh... hi Joshua. I'm okay, just wish my fever goes away soon. You so get going to school with Adagio and Aria."

"Nope, my mom and your dad said that I had to make sure that you and your sisters are safe. I will stay here with you for today, and make sure you get better."

Sonata just nodded her head, even though I had said that I wasn't sure how I was suppose to do that. I didn't exactly know how to cook anything and I didn't know what kind of medicine that would help her feel better. The best I could do was to stay by Sonata's side and hopefully she would fee better after some well needed sleep.

It had been a few hours and school was about to be over for the day. Sonata had been sleeping more most of the day and she didn't look like she would wake up any time soon. While Sonata was asleep I had been studying and watching TV for most of the day. I was currently on the couch bored out of my mind. This sick day was becoming more of a boring day.

'Maybe I should have went to school with Adagio and Aria. But then I would have had to do that test. I just hope when Adagio and Aria get home we can do something fun.'

I got from the couch and went to Sonata's room to go checkup on her. Her face didn't look as red as it did earlier, I went over and put my head on her forehead.

'She looks and feels better, maybe all she needed was some sleep.'

I looked at Sonata as she slept, I hated to admit it but she looked cute she looked so peaceful. Ever since her mother passing away Sonata looked more sadder and depressed but for the first time in a long time she looked happy. As if her mom passing away never happened. I didn't know back then but I had been staring at Sonata for who knows how long.

"Joshua? Why are looking at me like a creep."

I was snapped out of my thoughts when I heard Sonata's voice. She had woken up while I was looking at her... this didn't look exactly good for me.

"Oh... well... I had came to check up on you. And you just so happened to wake up while I was checking on you."

"Sure... just say you were checking me out while I was sleeping. Remember we are married after all, it's normal."

I wanted to tell her that, that wedding didn't mean anything as we were just playing around but then it hit me. Not only was I looking at Sonata but now we also lived together, were normally always around each other at school, and we had kissed before even if Sonata forced it onto me. To some people it probably did look like me and Sonata were a married couple.

"Adagio and Aria are going to be back from school soon. They will be happy to know that you feel better. You just stay in bed, if you need something just call me."

"Whatever you say Joshua, oh and thanks for taking care of me today. It must have been boring just staying here all day doing nothing but watch TV. You should have just went to school with Adagio and Aria."

True it was a boring day but I would rather stay and make sure Sonata was okay instead of just leaving her alone all by herself. Just then the doorbell to the apartment went off, Adagio and Aria must had just arrived back from school. I just looked at Sonata and smiled then I left the room to get the door for Adagio and Aria to come in.

I opened the door and as soon as I did Adagio ran past me and straight to the room where Sonata was in. I looked at Aria and Aria just rolled her eyes at Adagio's actions.

"Adagio has been acting like that all day. She was scared for Sonata and she was more scared when she found out that you were alone with her."

"What... does that have to do with anything?"

"You know... a boy and a girl... alone in an apartment... with no adults."

"Oh... I see... well nothing like that happened. Sonata has been sleeping for most of the day. I was just watching TV and studying for that test, it was just a boring day."

"Good to know, and sorry about Adagio. She gets like this when her family or friends are hurt or sick. Dad has tried to tell her to calm down but that only makes her more scared."

"I see..."

I didn't know Adagio cared so much for her loved ones so much. Even though Sonata was crying that day their mother passed away, Adagio was probably the one hurting the most out of all three of them. Adagio was a lot like Aria, she kept her true feelings inside and didn't really show it. But for once I could tell Adagio really did care, she just didn't like to show it. Just then Adagio came back into the room, she had a smile on her face.

"Joshua, thank you for taking care of Sonata while me and Aria were at school. It seems Sonata is just fine, in fact she looks better than she did before me and Aria left for school."

"Oh, it was nothing. Sonata was sleeping for the whole day, she just woke up a little bit before you two came back. She just needed some sleep was all."

For the rest of the day me, Adagio, and Aria took care of Sonata until my mom and their dad got back from work. Sonata would be perfectly fine to go back to school tomorrow. Even though I didn't have to do anything but check on Sonata every few hours I good knowing Sonata would be fine.

Author's Note

You shouldn't hide your true feelings inside, it'll only eat you up. You should be yourself no matter what, nobody can force you to feel a certain way. Only you can, so be yourself and if someone doesn't like you for that then don't associate with them. A bit of advice, people typically hate you most for what others love about you.