COVID Hits Intelligence

Chapter 9: Vanessa pt. 2

                                     Trigger Warning: Emetophobia, SH, talk of SI, eating disorder talk

                                                              **Where the trigger warnings start**

                                      ***: Emetophobia/ED warning)         ( ****: SH/SI warning)

It's been 2 weeks since Hailey's been home. Adam, Vanessa, and Jay all went back to work after being stuck at home for almost a month and Jay somehow managed to never get sick.However, Hailey, Kim and Kevin still had to stay home. Hailey because she had just gotten out of the hospital and hasn't regained her strength yet and was still pretty sick. Kim and Kevin were still spiking random fevers and were still exhausted so they couldn't work yet. Hailey hasn't left her room much since she got home. She tries to come out to the living room to be with everyone but she mostly she just wants to be in bed with Jay. Jay is also trying to work on getting her to eat more but that almost always ends up in a huge fight and her in tears. Sometimes Kim comes into Hailey's room to lay her with while Jay's at work so she can have some company. Hailey enjoys the company but would rather be alone, she's struggling with her body not being as strong as it once was and still being pretty sick. Everyone is just taking it one step at a time.

Hailey's POV

I'm laying in bed trying to get rid of this headache I have developing when I hear a knock on my door, further aggravating my head.

 "What " I said irritated 

"Hey Hails, just checking on you" Kim said walking in and sitting on the edge of my bed

 "Well you checked, can you go now?" I said facing the wall 

"Ok sorry" Kim said, sounding shocked and I felt bad

 "Kim wait" I said turning over to face her

 "I'm sorry, my head is just pounding, I didn't mean to talk to you like that" " I said grabbing her hand 

"It's ok, I get it. Do you need anything? " she said rubbing my arm 

"For this pain in my head to go away" I said rubbing my temples 

"Would you want to try to eat something? You haven't had much since you've been home" Kim asked and I glared at her. Ever since I've been home my anxiety has been bad because of how frustrated I am with my body. Because of the worsening anxiety, my appetite has been in the trash 

"No" I said blankly

 "Come on Hails, I know I usually get headaches when I don't eat so maybe it might help, just some toast please" Kim said

 "I said no! " I said sharply which left Kim stunned.

I pulled my blanket over my head and turned to face the wall 

 "Ok" she said and I heard her leave my room. 

That's when the tears came flooding out of my eyes. I hated being mean to my friends like that but I can't help it. I'm in so much pain with my head and I still don't feel good, it's all so much and I don't know how much more I can take. Just then I heard my door open again and I look up to see Kev. 

"Hey, heard you weren't feeling too hot" he said 

"Yeah" I said holding my head

"Here ,I brought you some stuff " he said and I turned over to see. He set a bottle of Pedialyte, Tylenol, and some weird cap on my bed side table. He poured the Pedialyte into a cup, pulled out two Tylenol, and handed it to me.