The Red Bishop

Chapter Eight: Seizure

All of a sudden I got a call though and it was from Kai so I knew it had to be important for her to call me during class.

"MIA MIA, Claudia is fucking seizing right now we have to go to the hospital!"

Forgetting Cain had my other earbud in and he could hear all this I said, "I'll meet you in the parking lot asap."

Cain took out my earbud and asked if I wanted him to come with for support but I told him I've got it and thanks for the offer. I quickly packed up my laptop and everything and rushed out of class not giving a shit what Mr. Graves thinks. While running through the halls I crashed into a big hard body and almost went toppling over but he stuck his hands out and grabbed me. Looking up I saw Mr. Grey with a worried expression.

"What's wrong Mia? Is everything okay?"

"No, one of my friends is seizing right now and I have to get to her." I tell him with a distraught face.

"Do you want me to drive you? I don't think you should be driving right now."

Fuck I took an edible earlier and I don't want to drive while not being sober and also being emotional.

"Fuck I really shouldn't be driving right now and I don't think Kai will be much better. Can you please?"

"Yes of course just meet me out in the parking lot I just have to grab my bag and keys really quick."

He left quickly and I started running towards the parking lot again to find Kai and tell her he was taking us. When I got out there she was standing by my bike crying. I ran up to her and hugged her and told her, "I can't drive right now and you shouldn't be driving either so Mr. Grey offered to take us. He doesn't have to know how we know her I just told him she was our friend. He's on his way right now."

"I'm just so scared I thought she was off of that stuff. She knows it gives her seizures too so why does she do this?!"

"She a recovering addict there's going to be relapses here and there. It's bound to happen. She'll be okie don't worry Kai."

Right after I said that Mr. Grey popped up out of nowhere. Hopefully he didn't hear much of that. He tells us, "Come on my car is over here."

We all quickly go over to his car and get in it. If I wasn't so distraught I would be appreciating the fuck out of his car right now. Kai told him the address to put into his GPS and then we were speeding off to the hospital. None of us said a word on the way to the hospital, each of us to caught up in what we're doing or thinking. Kai was still crying and I was just numb at this point. All this is doing is bringing back memories to when I was with her when she seized one time. It was one of the few times I've felt truly useless and completely out of my element. It starts off with her eyes rolling back and then her body starts seizing and then she usually topples over. And the sounds she made will forever haunt me. Her breathing was so fucked up and I was just genuinely so scared. So the fact that it happened again is just bringing all that back to me.

I could see Mr. Grey checking on me in the rear view mirror. He looks so worried I wish I could tell him I'm fine but I don't want to lie so I just keep staring off into space reliving my memory. I didn't even realize we had arrived at the hospital until someone was opening my door and holding their hand out. Looking up I see Mr. Grey with a worried expression but I just put my hand in his and let him pull me out of the car. Going into autopilot I start going to the emergency side of the hospital leading the other two and ask where Claudia is right now to the two ladies at the front desk. They ask me my relationship to her and I say a close family friend and they let me in especially considering this isn't the first time. They tell me her room number and that she's in stable condition which makes Kai yelp out in happiness. I just navigate the hospital like I've been in it a thousand times which at this point it has been a lot. I have to wonder what must be going through Mr. Grey's head right now. Hopefully he doesn't take pity on me and the situation. Arriving to her room I knock on the door five times to let her know it's me and walk in. They have her hooked up to an IV so she can get fluids into her and she's just nestled in a bunch of hospital blankets.