I Choose All of You

Chapter Twenty-Seven

My head has never hurt this bad in my entire life. I think I'm dead. If not, I wish I was. Because I feel like my brain is sloshing around in my skull.

"You're awake," a voice said next to me.

"Shhhhh," I said lazily raising my hand towards the voice.

God, even the sound of my voice is too loud.

The person giggled and set a cup next to me, "Here drink some coffee, I'll start a shower for you." I opened my eyes and saw Hannah sitting next to me. I tried sitting up and groaned, grabbing my head.

"What happened," I grumbled.

Hannah laughed, "I was going to ask you the same thing."

"What do you mean?"

"I came in this morning to wake you, and saw you tucked in bed. There was a bucket on the floor, next to you. Someone must have helped you in bed last night."

I was confused and looked around, "What?"

"Do you not remember? Did you blackout?"

"I... I guess I did."

Hannah laughed louder, "Well we got a mystery on our hands. C'mon, let's get you cleaned up and ready for breakfast."

***

Getting ready was probably one of the most difficult things I have ever done. Hannah walked with me to the dining room.

"Oh, so you're still here," Nessa spat, rolling her eyes.

I looked around and saw all the girls were already inside whispering to each other. No one has gone yet?

Avalon ran out of her seat to embrace me.

"I'm so happy to see you! What happened to you last night? You disappeared," she asked quietly.

She must not have been the person who helped me. I can mark her off the list.

"Oh, I felt sick and went back to my room, I'm sorry."

"Awh are you feeling any better?"

"No, not really," I said looking around the room for something light to eat.

"Sit with me. I want to be next to you when they announce who will be leaving," Avalon took my hand and led me to her seat.

As everyone talked amongst themselves, I stared down at my plate trying to remember what happened last night. Did I really blackout? I've never done that before. Granted, I've never drank that much before either.

Suddenly the conversations stopped. I turned to see where everyone else was looking, and saw Prince Kalum standing in the doorway.

"May I have a word with you Miss Allen," he asked calmly.

We all turned our heads, and Chloe slowly stood up. For the first time since arriving, she didn't say anything and walked over to him. There looked to be tears in her eyes.

After they left, no one said anything. I think we were waiting for Chloe to return, but as time passed, she didn't. Avalon got up from her seat to pace around the room. Besides myself, I did notice her and Chloe creating a friendship, so I'm sure she was pretty stressed.

Avalon's gasp broke the silence. She was looking outside the window to the front lawn. We all rushed to her side and saw a limo pull up and maids bringing bags to the car.

"Aren't those Chloe's things," Avalon asked no one in particular.

I looked harder and she was right. I recognized a dress Chloe had previously worn, fall form one of the open luggage. Soon enough, Chloe was seen walking down the steps of the palace, crying.