Wenclair

~29~

Wednesday's POV:

I lie on my bed, sputtering my guts out. I feel horrible. But I will never admit it. I've been coughing nonstop for the past 24 hours. I ruined our date, which I am quite disappointed about.

Why am I feeling sick? I hate being ill, it's the worst kind of torture.

Enid took my temperature a few hours ago, reading 102.4 degrees. "That's bad," Enid said as she put down the thermometer.

"I'll be fine." I rolled on my side, coughing.

"No, you're not, Wednesday!" She rambled on and on. I stopped listening.

So, that led her to run out of the dorm. I never caught a word she said. I wonder where she went. What's taking her so long?

The door opens. Speak of the devil.

I turn over, facing the room instead of the wall. Enid has a bag and she sets it down next to my bed, rummaging through it.

She finally pulls out an orange bottle and dumps the contents on her hand before holding it out in front of my face.

"Take it." She says.

In her hand lies two small, white pills. I shake my head.

"No," I argue. I will not be taking stupid pills. I'm feeling just fine.

"Now!" She yells.

Sighing, I take the pills and look at them. I move my hand to turn them. "I need water, you stupid dog." I criticize. I'm not in the mood.

My throat is burning and feels like sandpaper. To my shock, she gets up to walk into my bathroom without any anger. Damn.

Enid comes back and kneels back down while handing me a cup. "Here, happy?" She says gently, a hint of anger in her voice.

I take the cup from her hand. "Yes, ma'am," I mumble as quietly as I can. I place the pills on my tongue and wash them down with the water. I feel the cup being taken from my grasp as I look back over at the girl.

She rummaged through the bag again before giving me another medication. Which I refuse but she forces it to me anyway. By the time we're done, I feel tired again.

"Can I go to sleep now?" I huff.

"Yeah, please call me if you need anything, Wednesday. Your phone is next to your pillow." Enid says as I turn my head to the side to find my phone there.

I never realized it was there until now. "Thanks," I mutter. I assume she heard me since she smiled.

"Take care, imma hang out with Yoko and Layla for a bit," Enid says before kissing my forehead and leaving the dorm.

I look around the room, observing how everything is and how it's placed. I never put my full attention to Enid's side. I never really wanted to since I was deadly allergic to it. Now I don't mind it.

The medicine pulls me into a deep slumber. Hopefully, I'll feel better when I wake up.

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Enid's POV:

I'm worried about Wednesday. She's denying the fact that she's sick. I went to get her medicine this morning for her to take. Hopefully, she'll feel better soon.

I walk to Yoko's room, just to open the door and find Yoko and Layla already sitting on the bed talking.

"Oh hey!" Layla notices. I wave a little as I trot over to sit down next to them.

"How have you been?" Yoko asks.

I shake my head and shrug. "Wednesday's sick," I murmur.

Yoko lets out a quiet oh. I change the subject quickly. "So, how have you guys been?" I ask, giving Yoko a wink.

Her face turns red and I laugh. "We've been well," Layla answers.

Layla turns her head to Yoko, whose face is still blushed. "You good, girl?" She asks her. Yoko nods quickly before racing off into the bathroom.

Layla turns back to me with a confused look on her face. "Typical Yoko." I laugh. She laughs too before going to the bathroom herself to get Yoko.

Oh?

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Wednesday's POV:

"Wens?" I hear. I open my eyes to find Enid sitting down next to me. I hum in response, rubbing my eyes. "You feeling any better?" She says, rubbing my arm.

I sit up from my bed. I swallow and my throat feels better. I breathe in and I can breathe just fine. "What happened?" I ask. I don't recall anything since Enid gave me that medicine.

She looks at me for a long time before answering. "You've been asleep for almost 3 days." She says.

I freeze. 3 days?!

"What?" I almost yell.

"I gave you too many pills of..." Enid trails off, running over to her side of the room before coming back with a bottle in her hand. "Diazepam?" She tries to pronounce it.

She puts the bottle away before giving all of her attention back to me. "I'm sorry." Enid apologizes.

I shake my head. "It's fine, I'm feeling better anyway, right?" I chuckle lightly.

She smiles and nods her head. "So what happened while I was out?" I ask once I get off of my bed.

Her face twists. "Erm, well, on a good note, Yoko and Layla got together." She says.

The good note?  Something bad happened.

"And what's the bad news?" I ask. Her smile fades away as she takes a deep breath.

She hesitates.

"Ajax is back."

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