❄Chapter 5 ❄
"Aether? What did you do to Zelia?" A little voice asked. I searched around in the darkness, trying to place the voice to a person.
"I didn't do anything. Nothing that I know of," a deep voice answered. The darkness started fading out and things came into focus, I saw everyone looking worriedly at me.
"Zelia?" Elfanse started coming over to my side and I flinched, causing him to stop his progression."What happened back there?" Bonnie demanded, leaning into my face and stared into my eyes. I shook my head and looked away, bringing up the blanket to my body.
"I had a panic attack," I answered simply. "Ever heard of it? It's a sudden surge of overwhelming anxiety and fear. This causes some symptoms such as shortness of breath, trembling or shaking, hyperventilation, fear of dying, etc."
"Has this happened before?" Aether asked, his clear blue eyes cutting me deeply. I thought back to my habits back at home and bit my lip.
"No." And it wasn't exactly a lie because panic attacks are a totally different thing than-"Do you have panic disorder, social phobia, or depression?" Diane asked. I bit my lip and shook my head again.
"It was probably just a regular hallucination followed by a break down. Nothing to worry about, everyone," I reassured them desperately, just so that they could get off my face. They seemed to take that as my breaking point and stopped asking questions about the day's episode.After a while, everyone trickled out the doorway and left me in the room to rest so that I could continue the conversation tomorrow once I feel better. Aether was the last one left in the room, and his face was in an emotionless mask.
"Regular hallucination and break down?" He questioned me. I felt my hands start to shake as I realized my slip of words earlier. "Just what did you see exactly that caused this melt down?"
This time, he stood right in front of me, eyes cold and unrelenting. Under the blankets, I tried to still the trembling of my hands, thinking that the motion would draw attention to myself.
"Nothing, nothing at all," I responded, biting my lip, a little too hard and ripped some of the skin off. His eyes narrowed down on me, and we had a little staring contest. But after a long while, he let the matter go and briskly walked out of the room, shutting the light and slamming the door shut in the process.
With the door closed, my heart slowed down its pace and I snuggled in the warm blankets, looking up at the now dark ceiling, trying to keep my eyes opened, even when it threatened to droop down. To distract myself, I started saying all the different types of disorders I knew of, then moving along to the different names of phobias. One phobia flashed in my mind in bright yellow, and I quickly closed my eyes to get rid of the word.
As soon as I shut my eyelids, I fell in a deep sleep.
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As usual, I woke up with sweat pouring down my forehead. I looked out the window and ran a hand down my wet face. It's too early. I laid back down on the soft mattress, trying to lose myself in the deep slumber again. But as always, I couldn't, so I sat up and walked out of the room.
I headed for Bonnie's room and opened the door. Walking over to her snoring form, I took a hold of her shoulders and shook her. She woke up immediately and raised her hand, seeing the blue mist starting to form, I smacked her hand and shouted.
"Bonnie, it's me, Zelia!" She instantly stopped and rubbed her eyes, glaring at me.
"Geez, Zelia! You could've gotten hurt," she reprimanded.
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