The Dandelion In The Hospital Gown

Chapter 5

Chapter 5

Lucas-

Nate got sent out of class to the principal's office after his third detention slip. Damn that was hilarious!

10 minutes after he left the class, I got so bored, that even dismantling my pen and putting it back together again became interesting.

I groaned internally as I looked at the clock. Almost 1 hour more of this horrible history class!

Seriously, why do we have to learn about dead people? They're dead. D-E-A-D. There's really no point in telling us about how they died, or what color underwear they were wearing on that day.

Boring!

Suddenly, a lightbulb lit up in my head.

I decided to do something...

"Argh!" I yelped.

Mr. Robert looked over at me.

"Everything okay, Mr. Harrison?" He asked in a lazy tone.

I twisted my face into a pained expression.

"It hurts so bad! I can't breathe!" I choked out. I started gasping and clenching the heart area of my chest. Thank god my mom forced me into drama class when I was 10.

Mr. Robert looked at me sceptically. My group of friends were holding back sniggers, while the rest of the class either looked like they didn't believe my bullshit, or they looked concerned.

"Its true, sir. Lucas sometimes have some kind of lung seizure acting up." Mason, my good pal supplied. I noticed that he emphasised on the word 'acting'...

Mr. Robert sighed and finally agreed to let me go to the infirmary. I pretended to stagger out of the classroom. But once I closed the door, I resumed back to my usual swagger, smirking to myself.

Now, time to go looking for Nate... I know damn well that he won't be in the principal's office.

Dandelion-

What was taking Crystal so long? Its been 15 minutes!

Was she lost? Of course she wasn't! We've been to this school for years! We know it like the back of our hands! Or maybe... Or maybe she was teen-napped and murdered brutally from the mask guy from 'Scream'! Oh no!

"..... Jerk... got what he deserved... douchebag.... better not.... freaking face again." I heard someone nearby curse. But I couldn't really see who it was since there was a privacy curtain in place.

Then the curtains shifted. I panicked for a moment, thinking that it was my turn to die...

Then, a brunette head popped in. Crystal. Why didn't I realize that before?

With her all-too-familiar cursing. I blew out a sigh of relief.

She might be slightly petite and sweet-looking, but she could cuss like a sailor.

"Hey! I'm back!" She chirped, entering and closing the curtain.

"I have eyes, Einstein" I retorted.

"What's gotten shoved up your ass?" She asked, hurt.

"Why did you take so long? I was worried about you."

At that, her expression softened.

She then told me the whole story...

Nate-

After limping around, I finally decided to rest in the library.

As I flopped down on a chair, I noticed something on the floor. I bent down to pick it up. Not easy, with a recently-kneed groin.

It was a dried, flattened Dandelion flower, laminated and made into a bookmark. At the corner of the lamination, I saw a name being written down on it with a marker.

'Dandelion Johnson'

Cool name. I slipped it into my pocket. I didn't know why I kept it, but I just did. My inner voice told me to.

Just then, Lucas came by.

"Hey Luke! Over here!" I called out to Lucas. The old librarian 'shush'ed at me and gave me a disapproving glare, which I promptly ignored.

Lucas looked over and when he saw me, he came over and sat next to me. "Hand seizure?" I guessed. Whenever he wanted to get out of class, he could think of all kinds of seizures to act out.

"Nope, Lung seizure." He quipped.

We both laughed out loud at that. "Ssshhhhh!!!!" The old, witchy-looking librarian 'shush'ed.

"Hey, librarian! Keep your panties on will ya?" I snapped. Lucas snickered.The librarian's face flushed red with anger.

5 minutes and two kicked butts later, we were at the cafeteria. Me, with a black eye. Lucas was still laughing about how we literally got kicked out of the library. I have to admit, if I wasn't given a black eye, I would have found it funny too...

Crystal-

After I told Dandelion my encounter with 'sore-throat' guy, she was laughing her head off.

She claims that her headache had gone away while I was in the bathroom, but I wouldn't let her go back to class. What! I hated Physics!

"That was hilarious! Oh my gosh! You really kneed him in the crotch?" She exclaimed. I chuckled.

"Yeah, yeah I did. And you actually thought I was teen-napped and murdered by the mask person from 'Scream'?"

Dandelion scratched her head sheepishly and nodded while blushing. She looked adorable.

"I have got to ban you from watching horror movies..." I said as sternly as I could.

After our third round of laughter, and more chit-chat, the bell finally rung, signalling the end of school.

While I was at my locker, halfway through packing up, Dandelion ran up to me, panting and expression frantic.

"What happened?" I asked, worried.

"My Dandelion! Its gone! Its missing! The one my grandpa gave me 4 years ago!"

Her bookmark! Her late grandpa had given it to her on her twelvth birthday. Also known as her grandpa's last year on earth. I didn't know him well, but I knew he was a jolly old man who loved his family.

Dandy's description. Not mine.

"Don't worry, Dandy. We'll find it." I assured her, my tone confident.

Dandelion's frantic face turned hopeful.

"Will you help me?" She asked with pleading eyes.

I nodded firmly.

We started looking.