THIRD PERSON POV:

It's the middle of the night, and a terrible fever awakes Blake. He manages to reach out for Veronica, who is fast asleep beside him.

"Babe, please wake up," he calls, and Veronica, being a light sleeper, instantly jolts from the heat of his palm on her skin.

"Oh, my days! You're burning up," she cries in worry as she feels his body temperature. How could this be? She wonders because he seemed perfectly fine before they went to bed, and it couldn't be the food, could it? No, ...