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18- Bathroom Talk

Jeremy

Thank goodness that there wasn't anyone in the bathroom. As soon as I was inside, the door was locked and a seat was found at the toilet. For a brief moment, I tried to catch a few deep breaths to forget about the pain that I was feeling. Everything inside of me wanted to collapse on the floor and pass out. No, that couldn't happen. Not at a party that Ted was hosting. Instead, my pants were pulled off and the pain lessened. Of course, there was still pain, but just not as bad.

And my own eyes witnessed something about the leg that felt the agony. It was completely red. Dark red. My whole leg was a strange and pure dark red color. It was as if blood were ready to pop out at a moment's notice. The sight of this caused tension in my muscles with sweat all over my body and fever claiming my forehead. Sudden dizziness took over me and all my throat wanted to do was throw up. Was I about to die?

And for the next few minutes, no movement was made. My body stayed still with my eye closed. Buzz! A noise was coming from my pants. It was the music player.

What? Were my ears going crazy? There was a buzz? What happened to the dead battery? Was it possible? No way it could be. There was only one way to find out. Grabbing my pants, the object came out of my pocket. My heart stopped once it was confirmed. This music player was somehow fully charged. But how? Was this somehow connected to my red leg? Of course, this device was doing crazy stuff to my leg while I was in the closet with Melissa. This was all too weird. It was hard to make any sense of it.

If things were confusing enough, I noticed a message. Perhaps you could call it a text message.

"Where are you?"

That was the message. On top of the message was a random phone number. The dizziness came back and my arms and hands got shakier. This wasn't a music player. It was something else. Was this a phone? A cell phone? Nobody I knew except Hailey owned a cell phone. Was this what a cell phone looked like? After all, it displayed a phone number. Maybe Hailey would know something about this. There was no way I could show her this.

Knock! It was Emma wanting to come in and check on me. The lock apparently wasn't strong enough and the girl was able to enter. In a quick second, the phone went back into my pocket.

Emma

There he was sitting on the toilet without his pants on. It was a little strange, but somehow funny seeing him in white briefs. Crap, maybe I was a little too hard on him during the game. I don't know what got into me. What was I trying to prove? But at least I could be alone with him in this bathroom. No Hailey around.

"So, this is where you've been. We were all wondering about you. Hailey was concerned that you left the party without saying goodbye."

Finding a stool without getting a response, I found myself sitting down. He wouldn't say anything and just sat there in silence. His entire body was sweaty. His leg was blood red. My eyes couldn't blink. My throat grew dry and couldn't swallow. My whole body stiffened. Part of me wanted to call 9-1-1.

"Jeremy, are you alright. You're leg. What the heck is going on?"

My question got him to speak. "I think the music player did this while I was in the closet with Melissa." The poor boy was seconds away from letting out the waterworks.

"What do you mean the music player did this to you? What the heck was going on with you and Melissa?" What on Earth? Did Melissa do this to him? Not only would I slap Hailey, but Melissa would also be getting one.

"It's in my pocket. Grab my pants."

Doing so, the device was taken out of the pocket. It soon became apparent that this thing was fully charged. With the thing in one palm, a fist had formed on the other side. My muscles grew tense and all I wanted to do was scream. This was the piece of crap that announced that Jeremy and Hailey would be married and it wasn't out of batteries. There was a heavy temptation to smash it to the floor. But I knew Jeremy wouldn't appreciate it.

"I still don't understand how this thing affected your leg."

"I was kissing Melissa and whatever and the thing slowly started zapping my leg until it got worse."

On the screen was a message with words from a random number. A second later, another message appeared on the screen.

"Please call me when you get the chance."

"Uh, Jeremy," I mumbled. "You might want to check this out." It turns out, he knew about the first message, but not the second one. "Are you sure this is a music player? This almost seems like it could be something else. A phone maybe?"

"Yeah, maybe," was all he could say before his body fell to the floor and passed out.

Jeremy

Moments ago, I was in the bathroom. Somehow, I made it outside to the front yard on a chair with sunglasses on. Not to mention, my pants were back on with the weird object in my pocket. How did I get outside? My head was dizzy and standing was a challenge as my legs wanted me to sit down and catch my breath.

"You ready to go?" asked a friend and familiar voice that came from Butts the bus driver.

"Go?" What time is it? Where's Emma?" How did I get out here?"

He couldn't help but chuckle. "It's almost midnight. Emma actually left about twenty minutes ago with Hector. Emily was too drunk to drive. Anyways, Emma said you passed out in the bathroom. Apparently, She, Hailey, and Hector helped get you out here for fresh air."

How was I supposed to react to that? Nothing in me seemed to care that much. And a response wasn't given. Butts helped me up as he helped walk me to the bus. During my walk, it came to my attention that my leg wasn't in throbbing pain. Was it still red? Before getting on the bus, Hailey was spotted from a distance.

"Thank you so much, Hailey," thanked Butts.

"No problem," she responded back. "Hope you feel better Jeremy." She gave me a wave and a smile.

What? My heart became a fast drum. In fact, it felt like random parts all over my body had begun to beat. If I hadn't been fully awake previously, I was now.

"Uh yeah, you too Hailey."

Jeremy actually said a few words to Hailey! Thanks for reading! Please don't forget to comment and vote.

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