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19 - Black and Blue

3RD PERSON POV

It had been 20 days since Valentina had been poisoned by Francis to become like him.

Although at the start, the pain in her upper back had started a bit sore, over a short period, it had become so bad that, at times, she felt as if she couldn't breathe. The pain had spread throughout her body, and it was so bad that even the slightest movement would cause a fit of pain for Valentina, making the halls fill with her screams.
The nighttime was restless for her and now, she was being monitored by Xavier or Quinn around the clock.

And as if it all wasn't enough for her, Valentina's emotions became more sensitive, and the anger, regret, and anxiety she felt were swallowing her altogether. She felt useless and depressed.

Although she tried to put on a happy front, Quinn and Xavier could see right through it, so eventually, she dropped it.
The girl refused to eat or to get out of bed to clean herself. And it didn't help that Francis nor Valentina were talking to each other. Francis thought that he had messed it up and he didn't even need to see her and all Valentina thought was that she never wanted to see that bastard again.

Both of their hearts said that they wanted, and needed, each other but their heads refused though. The woman numbed the pain with her own hurting herself by lying on her back and not caring for her emotional health, and the male took out his anger on his friends and workers, piling himself over with work.

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God, does my back hurt.

Valentina thought as she shuffled around in her bed. Quinn was in the room so Val couldn't make a sound of pain otherwise she would get the doctor. The room was covered in silence as the two girls stare at each other. Quinn dared Valentina to make a sound so she could get her friend the help she needed, but Valentina refused. Finally, Valentina found a position she was comfortable in but just as she was about to finally rest, it felt like sharp needles were pushing on her back again.

And that's when a yell of pain came out of Valentina's mouth.

"Val, you need to let me get someone to check your back!" begged the dark-haired girl.

"No Quinn," Valentina muttered, getting annoyed. "Then you can sit up at least," she demanded and scoffed reluctantly. The pair kept bickering from across the rooms until Quinn finally got sick of it.

"Fine! I'll make you sit," she grumbled and started walking towards the girl in bed.
"What?" Valentina asked in shock as her friend got closer and closer to her.

Quinn grabbed the girl by the shoulders and forced her to sit up, making the patient hiss in pain as she had been in a laying position for so long, but the pain was soon distracted from Val as she heard her friend gasp. "What is it?" Valentina asked seriously but Quinn only looked at her back further.

"I- I need to get the doctor," she panicked and stumbled back to the door before running out. Faintly, as Quinn ran away, Val could hear her yelling for a doctor

With all the commotion from Quinn, Valentina had to check out what was happening to her. She pushed herself up from the bed and her arms were frail from the lack of exercise, so it took a few tries to do it but as soon as she stood on her two legs, her knees buckled, and she collapsed to the floor.

Valentina cursed herself for being so weak, she managed to push herself to crawl to the door of the bathroom and crawled from the cold floor to the blue tiles. The girl weakly reached up from the floor and clutched her hands on the white sink, so hard that the sink broke even more than before. She pushed herself up and ripped off the hospital shirt so only her open back remained. Valentina's breaths were becoming heavy.