Colors

Fifteen

Not eating was hard. I woke up the next morning and my stomach hurt. I groaned and curled into a ball. There was a knock on the door and then it opened.

"Felix and Adeline, get dressed, we're doing your test's now. Be out here in five minutes," a voice said.

I groaned again and sat up. My stomach ached. Felix stood and walked to the bathroom. I got out a red hoodie and black leggings. When he came back out, I walked in and changed. I pulled a brush through my hair and looked in the mirror. The girl staring back at me wasn't me. This me was skinny, had bags under her eyes, and was very pale. I sighed and walked out.

Grace was sitting on her bed and flipping through her book. Alec was stretching and watching Grace. Felix was leaning on a wall and looking out the window. He heard me walk out and he looked at me. Felix smiled at me and I smiled back.

"You ready?" He asked.

"I guess," I sighed, tossing my clothes on my bed.

"Guess we should go then," Felix said.

I nodded and we headed towards the door.

"Good luck," Grace said quietly.

"Thanks," we said in unison.

I giggled and we walked out together. Dr. Harmon was standing there. She looked us up and down and then nodded. Harmon gestured for us to follow her and we did. As we follwed her, Felix grabbed my hand. I squeezed his hand and he squeezed back.

Harmon led us down hallways and then into a white room. There were two chairs and a table with plastic boxes sitting on them. A single blue door was on the far corner of the wall. She told Felix to sit.

"Alright, Adeline, first thing we're going to do is do some brain scans. Follow me," Dr. Harmon said.

She walked towards the blue door. I looked at Felix and squeezed his shoulder before I left. Then I followed her through the door. We were in a darker room, with one light on and a metal table sat in the middle of the room. Dr. Harmon walked over to a table with computer screens.

"Adeline, lay on the table, close your eyes and try not to move," Harmon said, typing on one of the keyboards.

"What're you going to do?" I asked warily, walking over to the table.

"It's just a simple x-Ray of you're brain, nothing out of the ordinary," Dr. Harmon said looking at me.

I sighed and laid down on the cold table. Dr. Harmon kept typing and the sound of a moving machine echoed through the room. I closed my eyes and tried not to move. Something started clicking and it got louder and louder. Then everything was silent. It was the kind of silence that makes your ears ring.