"Hurry up, Sophie! You're going to take more classes than usual." Fitz called as Sophie struggled to get out of bed. She grabbed her uniform and dressed up quickly. Fitz held her by the waist, planting kisses on her lips, Sophie couldn't help but kiss him back. She stared into his mesmerizing teal eyes, even Sophie couldn't believe that she and her childhood crush would become a thing after so many years.
They slowly broke apart, panting heavily. "Am I... interupting something?" Biana's voice made them both jump. Sophie gave Fitz a quick peck on the cheek and strode down the hall with Biana.
*****
"Is she going to be alright?" Linh asked nervously behind Fitz as he checked her mother's pulse. "Tam told me not to call you, since she abandoned us when we were eleven." she said nervously, her silver- blue eyes lingering on her mother. "What are her symptoms?" Fitz asked Linh. Linh looked at her father then back at Fitz. "Yeah, right. What are her symptoms?" Fitz asked, with a minimum amount of annoy in his tone.
"Severe fever, rashes...." Quan stammered.
"Anymore?" Fitz asked, not feeling good about the situation. Quan shook his head.
"Her situation is worse than what both of you expected. I'll be surprised if she can make it." Fitz warned.
"What will happen?" Linh asked after taking a little time to accept the news. "There's no medicine to this kind of illness yet, all we know is that it is fatal and it travels by blood or... the s-word. Since I haven't seen any wounds on her, I think it's because of the latter reason for her to get the illness. Back to the topic, she only has 10% of surviving chance. So, you better say things you want her to remember for her last few weeks." Fitz answered.
"Can't you help with it? " Quan grabbed Fitz's hand, avoiding him from leaving.
"How?" Fitz asked.
"Fix her fever, or at least her rash."
"The rash is because of her allergy to something." Fitz argued.
"Then fix her fever, I'm begging you!" Quan shouted.
"Okay." Fitz answered after considering.
"I'm going back to school!" Linh yelled to her father who was kneeling on the ground.
*****
Linh sat in her room, her roommate hasn't come back yet. She pulled out the finger-sized syringe from her pocket. She smiled. I'm going to take you away from him. He's mine and always mine. After this shot, you're going to say goodbye to the world, Sophie Elizabeth Foster...
