Ecstasy

Epilogue (1)

"You are proof that love before first sight does exist."

- Excerpt from Araceli M. Ream

BRIELLE WILLIAMS

I woke up in a cold sweat once again.

You know, ever since I've been on this trip, I just haven't been feeling great.

I've been cramping, fatigue, dealing with breast tenderness, all the period symptoms.

Fucking ironic that the second I leave the country to a tropical area, I end up having my period.

Chloe enters the room and looks confused, "Why aren't you ready?" she asks, "I thought we were going to the beach."

I let out a sigh, "We've been going to the beach for three days straight, plus I might be on my period or going to start soon."

She walks over to me and places the back of her hand on my forehead.

"You don't have a fever."

I give her a 'be fucking serious' look, "Obviously I knew that."

She sits down on the bed, taking off the sunglasses that she was planning on wearing before we were leaving.

"Did you eat anything wrong?"

We did eat sushi the first day we arrived, about two days ago, and yesterday morning I threw up.

"I could have food poisoning but I could also just be experiencing period symptoms."

I usually deal with shitty periods that's why I went on birth control, along with unprotected sex. After Sergei, my period cramps started back up again and I've taken medication to deal with it.

"We can go walking around the boardwalk then if you think you're about to start, maybe see some hot guys," Chloe says, adding with a wink and soon we end up laughing together.

I get up and make my way to try and brush my teeth but the sudden movement began making my head hurt so fucking bad.

I gather myself and brush my teeth, check my underwear and I'm not bleeding... yet, and then walk back to the inside of my room.

All of a sudden, I feel my throat begin closing up and I feel like I can't breathe.

"Chloe?" I ask, breathless. My eyesight begins getting blurry and through big colors and figures I see her getting out of bed.

I reach out to grab her as I feel my legs give out but I miss her and I feel my body come in contact with the ground.

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My eyes immediately shoot open and I'm greeted with unfamiliar white panels on the ceiling.

Where the hell am I?

I can't be-

I sit up in bed and immediately relax when I look outside and see that I'm still in the beautiful tropical island of the Bahamas.

I'm assuming I'm in the hospital.

Damn, food poisoning got to be the worst thing ever. I've never gotten it but Hannah has and she vomited and felt like complete shit.

She said it was worse than the flu.

I feel that sickening feeling coming up from my throat and I want to keep it down because I'm connected to an IV and I don't want to vomit all over myself.