A Band Is Not A Sin #Wattys2016

Chapter 16 To Worry the Band

"Elizabeth! Wake up!" Diane screeched shaking her back and forth. Tears were coating her face. Ban was calling 911 in the corner explaining the situation and giving them the address of the gym. Meliodas was just holding her hand a terrified look on his face.

"You have to stop shaking her Diane," King ordered taking Diane's shaking hands and arms off of Elizabeth. Her whole body was shaking as she leaned into King crying out for help. Everyone was speechless and sat quietly, besides Diane who couldn't stop crying. Before long the ambulance showed up. Meliodas refused to let go of her hand so they brought him along in the ambulance. King brought Diane and Ban along in Diane's car.

Once they pulled into the parking lot Diane shot out of the car and into the reception area. She frantically asked the nurse at the station if Elizabeth was okay. The nurse not understanding which Elizabeth Diane had meant so attempted to calm her down. This did not work and only made Diane angrier, luckily enough King and Ban entered then. King attempted to calm down Diane and pulled her into the waiting room. While Ban dealt with the frantic nurse who was ready to pummel Diane.

Biting her cheek Diane stared at the bright red carpet. This was the only way she could find to keep the tears from falling. King slipped his smaller hand into her larger one. She looked up and smiled sadly at him. He smiled sadly back. If you looked around that little waiting room with the red carpet you would see an older couple, one or two kids with ear aches, and a worried mother with a kid who looked perfectly fine.

Ban eventually came into the waiting room and sat in a chair that was parallel to their own. Meliodas wasn't anywhere to be seen. Soon enough Elizabeth's family was there in a panic. The shorter girl they assumed was Veronica wanted to know who had put her sister into the hospital and why. The taller one they all guessed was Maragret was attempting to calm her down, and the large man they all knew to be her father just sat down and looked down onto the ground somberly.

"Excuse me," Diane stuttered not wanting to offend him or anything else of the sort. He looked up and acknowledged her. Taking the hint she started explaining herself. "I am Diane, I'm in the same band with your daughter and I just wanted to apologize that she.. Well uh," she stuttered some more before he cut her off.

"I appreciate the fact you are here waiting for my daughter but at the moment we are all sick with worry. So you may sit down." He said in a husky voice. It wouldn't have surprised her if he had been crying recently. That's what she would've done in his position.

"O-ok sir," she bowed her head a little and hurried back to her seat. Sitting down King rubbed her back she leaned her head onto him and cuddled closer to him. Everything was quiet for a little longer, except for the tv that was showing overrated soap operas. Ban got up to get some of the over watered coffee.

At some point Meliodas came back and the entire band rushed up to him. He was badgered with "Is she okay?" and "What happened?" and also "Where is she now?". Meliodas did not answer any of these questions. He looked tired and miserable, he barely walked back to the chairs and sat down. After a sip of the horrible coffee and one threat from Diane he finally started talking.

"The doctors wouldn't tell me anything because I wasn't family. But somehow they let me into her hospital room. I overheard them say her vitals were good and stuff like that but she still hasn't woken up yet," while this made them optimistic that she was alright it still didn't cheer them up entirely.

"So she's alright?" A quiet voiced asked from behind them. They turned to see Maragret looking hopefully at Meliodas. "Is she?" There were tears in her eyes as she walked closer to him. He shook his head yes, and she did start to cry. It wasn't tears of sadness, but tears of immense joy. "Thank you so much," she sobbed walking back to share the news with the rest of her family.

"I hope she's alright," King hoped aloud. The other people around him agreed silently. They settled into different chairs, Diane decided to lay on the floor. Each was in their own little world trying to distract themselves from the worry and horror around them.

Several hours went by as they waited. People entered and left the waiting room, Ban left to go get food since their "celebration dinner" didn't really work out. King decided that he and Diane needed sleep for their test's tomorrow much to Diane's displeasure. They said their goodbyes and soon it was just Elizabeth's family and Meliodas.

Until the doctor came out. "Elizabeth Liones family?" He announced looking around the almost barren room. Her father and two sisters shot up while Meliodas sat up and moved closer to the doctor hoping to catch what the diagnosis is. Gathered around him they all listen closely. "It looked like she had an allergic reaction to something, do you know of anything she is allergic too?"

"She's only allergic to seaweed!" Maragret exclaimed getting closer to the doctor. Meliodas listened closely as they argued with the doctor.

"How would she have even gotten seaweed?" Veronica asked giving him a "Try to deny me" look. Even though Elizabeth had described her sister's multiple times before on their dates, it still astounded him how much they were like her descriptions. So much so that he almost laughed, but luckily stopped himself just in time.

"Do you know what she did in her time up until the collapse?" He asked looking from each family member to the next. Each of them shook their heads in disappointment.

"I know," he piped in coming up behind them. The doctor looked around and then down before noticing him.

"What happened? Was she baby sitting you?" He almost laughed in the doctor's face.

"No we all had a band meeting then a short practice. She started singing with the mic and just passed out," he replied. That was really the entire story no more, no less. The doctor looked at him incredulously.

"That's all?" He asked, Meliodas shook his head. Writing down somethings he asked another question. "Is she the singer?"

"Yeah, why?" He asked now a bit worried. What did being a singer have to do with anything? He wondered as they all waited for the doctor to explain further.

"Because there have been a string of sicknesses that have been occurring with singers," Maragret gasped and Veronica scowled. Elizabeth's father asked if any of them had been fatal. The doctor had a sour look on his face and answered "We don't know, none of them have woken up yet,"