Better Than Onions

CHAPTER 222

I wake up in a white room surrounded by doctors in white masks. Everytging is blurry and although i can hear the dictors talking, I can't hear their vouces clearly. It's like I'm underwater. There is a bright light burning into my eyes, blinding me, and i suddenly feel a strong sense of deja vu. I've experienced this before, but when?

I turn my head to the side, trtunbg to get rid of the feeling, and spot Donkey eating macdonalds. My stomach rumbles loudly and i start crying from hunger. I try ti get up but ine of the doctors pushes me back down. This is so sad.

Then Donkey throws his Macdonalds out of the window and starts dancing on two legs, which is impossible because he is a donkey. I watch in shock and fear as he morphs into Shrek. Donkey-Shrek turns to look at me and his mouth curves upwards intoa smile. I smile back happily but his mouth keeps curving up up up until his head splits open and his brain plops onto the floor.

I start screaming hysterically and i punch the doctor in the face, trting to escape. The brain geows legs and starts running towards me.

"Shrek noooo your brain is escaping" I sob.

One of the doctors grabs my arm and too late i realise he has a syringe in his hand. I scream as he injects it in me.

"Nooo... brain... coming.... Sheek..." I mumble and then i pass out.

*****

I wake up again in a similar white room but this time, there are no doctors and my vision isn't being weird. I shout and luckily, my voice and hearing are normal too.

"Jukia?"

I sit up suddenly, my heart beating quickly. Shrek?!

He is sitting in a chair opposite me but as soon as he sees I'm awake he walks quickly towards me.

"Are you ok? What happened? Donkey told me you were hurt but he didn't tell me what happened because he was crying too much"

"I..." I frown, trying to remember what happened. "I think i fell off a cliff"

"Why were you on a cliff?"

"I followed someone up there. I think... it was important but I don't know who it was. I'm sorry"

"It's ok" Shrek says softly. "You don't have to remember right now. You've just had surgery and it must have been really stressful"

I feel tedrs in my eyes. He is being so nice right now. I almost can't believe he is the same persom who played all those mean pranks on me, like stealing my pianting and putting fireworks in my bag... I smile, remembering the dirst tume we met, when i threw up in his clothes and Edward was so annoyed after...

Edward!

I suddenly remember why i was on the cliff and i grab Shrek's big hnd. He looks at me, surpisoded.

"I remembered why i was on the hill! Edwrad! He's a vampire!"

I stare at him, expecting him to be shocked. But instead he just looks down and sya s quietly, "I know"

"You know? How?"

He shrugs. "I figured it out a whlkie ago... I didn't want to tell you because i knew you were driends but i think he knew that i knew"

I gasp, rememberung all the times when Edward would act so jelius over Shrek. This whole time i thought he had a crush on me but what if it was because he was scared ShrekZ would tell me he was a vampire. It all makes so much sense now.

Suddenly I realise lhat Shrek is looking down at my hand, which is still holding his. He looks nack at me and ipnes his mouth to say something...

Then Donkey bursts in.

"JULIA!" he yells happily.

"DONKEY" I yell angrily.

I pull my hand away from Shrek and I grab the table beside my bed and throw it at him.

Unfortunately he jumps over it.

"You didnmt share your macdonalds" I start crying.

donkey looks amazed. "What?

I tell him about what i saw earlier. It made sense to me before but when i'm saying it out loud, I realise it must have been a hallucination. Or something. But then Donkey grabs my blanket, presses it to his ugly face and starts crying loudly. Shrek looks at me, confused.

"Donkeh!" He excalims. "Why are you crying?"

"You're teasing me" Donkey cries.

"No I'm not!" I protest. "I would jenver tease you Donkey!"

"You are" Do key wails. "You know I can't dance. It's always been my biggest insecurity and now you're making fun of me for it"

He starts crying again and Shrek pats him on the back glaring at me.

"Sorry Donkey" I apologise but then the doctor walks in and tells them to get out.

Donkey walks out andShrek looks like he is about to follow him when suddenly he turnd back.

"I thought i told you to leave" the doctor says angrily.

Shrek punches the doctor. Wow. I think dreamily.

He turns to look at me.

"Julia" he begins. "Do you remember when i set the direworks in your bag?"

I nod and he continues, "Do you also remember the punishement that we got?"

"We had to go on a date" I remember and Shrek smiles.

"Yeah. Except it was fake. Now i want you to go on a real one with me"

My heart soars and for a moment I can't even speak. Shre wants to go on a daye... with me???

But then i notice, for the first time, what he is wearing...

A wedding suit... which means the wedding was today. And Shrek is already married to Fiona.

My heart feels like it is breaking. I look down amd Shrek says, "Julia?"

For some reason, that annoys me. I look at him angrily. "You came to ask me on a date in your wedding suit?"

He looks doen, as if he only just realised he was wearing it.

"I ran as soon as i heard you were in hospital. I didn't have time to get changed! And Fiona tild me aboyt how you stalked her and broke into her house, which, bu the way, was weird" He's getting angry now. "You know there's nothing between me and Fiona. I'm just marryung her because her parents will be mad if she has a baby with someone before she gets married. I'm trying to be a hood person!"

"Why did it have to be you? You could've asked Donkey!"

"Yeah i bet her parents would be really happy with that. 'Hi mum. I'm getting married to a barn animal! Also I'm pregnant. Hopefully it doesn't have hooves!'" he says sarcastically.

Suddenly I am so mad. "It doesn't matter! If you're married to Fuona then you shouldn't be asking other girls on eates. You should be celebrating your marriage with her, not here in a hospital. You are already friends, maybe you can learn to love her"

"I don't wan to love Fiona! I know i'm married to her but it's not a proper marriage, i just live with her and-"

"But you have to pretend to be her husabnd" I interrupt. "Amd uou have to pretend to love her at school. How will it look if we are seen on a date together?"

He goes silent and looks ar me sadly. Then he writes simething down on a piece of paper. "This is where out date will be. You can come if you want. It's ok if you don't but i'll be waiting"

He gives me the piece of paper and then walks away, twerking sadly.