“Baby. C’mon, wake up,” I whisper softly as I crouch down in front of your side of the bed, gently shaking your arm. “Sugar’s low.”

You’re still mostly asleep, but I can already see the sweat beads forming on your forehead, which typically happens when your blood sugar drops.

You have type one diabetes, which means your body doesn’t produce enough insulin, causing your blood sugar levels to be higher than the average person. But on occasion, for many reasons, your sugar can actually drop lower than normal.

Which is happening right now.

We’ve been dating for about two years and live together, so you put the app on my phone that alerts me if something is abnormal with your sugar levels. I’m incredibly grateful for that, because it means I can wake up to my phone going off with an alert if something is wrong.

You also get these alerts, but you rarely wake up to them when your sugar is low because of how drowsy it makes you, so it’s better for me to be able to help you.

Plus, I want to help you.

When we first started dating, I would ask questions about your diabetes, because I always wanted to make sure I knew how to help in case you ever needed me to. Hell, on our second date your sugar suddenly dropped while we were on a walk, and I ran to get juice from the nearest convenience store.

No, like literally I ran.

We’re talking a full blown sprint.

Nowadays, I always make sure to have glucose tablets and candies and other things with me just in case. You obviously do as well, but you can never be too safe.

Or maybe I’m just protective of you.

Who knows.

“Come on, your sugar is at 60 and dropping,” I say again, holding out a glass of apple juice as I guide you up in the bed.