Until the Deed is Done

Chapter 1

(Continued)
   "I was here the whole time. Having some fun with 3 handsome young men. While you 3 ran around like a bunch of chickens with their heads cut off. Now if you will excuse us, we're right in the middle of studying medical terms for... what was it again, Shenri dear?" Shenri, Rafael and Devryon got on board and went along with her little farse, and Shen answered, "the causes of certain ailments", she grin slightly at him then looked back up at the others and finished with, "trying to find out the cause of my fevers", Shenri was taking a sip of tea when she said this and he quickly turned his head aside from her and the books to spit it out, then started coughing. This surprised everyone and Anna softly patted him on the back as he tried to regain his composer. Terra though knew why she said this, all because Gerryk was be overly annoying and demanded that she head straight to the dorm, and her room to rest. She told him over and over that she was fine now, but he wouldn't hear it. So when they stopped by the cafeteria to get her fruit drinks, she snuck away and hide for a bit.
   "Is that so. Well you need to go rest! You just had one of those episodes and you need to..." At this Rafael stood up, putting a hand on the table as he slightly lean over towards him and said in a calm, monotone voice, "... back off and give her room to breath. Your not her father, and it seems you're overstepping the term of friendship. If Anna said she feels alright, then oblige her that right. Just be kind enough to keep an eye out for stressing her out more, or you'll cause her to relapse. I don't think you are, now are you, Gerryk?" Devryon looked at him and groaned, he put a hand on his shoulder, but he looked now at Gerryk. "I understand that you're like an overbearing brother to little Anna. But there is prudence. She's fine if she nay exert herself, right? Be a good boy and go get us some drinks, get Anna a cranberry and green tea drink, it's good. Then come sit here at the next table unless ye need ta be somewhere else?" Gerryk looked taken a back at the talk down to him. Terra snickering at the exchange, bowed her head to them and tugged both Rajur and a gaping hole Gerryk whom she said as she pulled the 2 along that he looked like a fish out of water and to shut his mouth if he didn't want it full of bugs. He shut it then, grumbling something about strings and tree limbs. Which brought laughter from her and a snicker from Raj.
   Shenri was watching Anna the whole time after her accurate statement about what he was doing. He really wasn't trying to keep it a secret, however, her guessing it right off bat was... well strange. Did she have esp? She brought her eyes back to his darken amethyst eyes and smiled, knowing that he was wondering how she knew. She shook her head and simply said, "Mrs. Subaki said something about it before I left the infirmary. She said that you was really worried about me. So she figured you'd be the type to try to look up causes for it. And said to tell you good luck. Cause thousands of the best medical minds couldn't find the reason for it. It has happened in the past too, but not many cases reported back in those days." She patted his hand gently. He propt his chin on the palm of his left hand and looked amazed at the small petite girl. His pale amethyst eyes sparkled in the late afternoon sun as he tried to figure this young lady out. She had turned her attention to one of the open books and after a second, said something about some of the symptoms on the page and this brought not only Rafael and Devryon awareness to her, but it caught Shen's as well.
   "I've had these same or close to these symptoms sometimes. Tho not as bad as this describe, but every now and then they surface then goes away like a minute or two later..." She pointed at the ones on the 2 pages. Shen leaned closer so he'd have a better look, Raf and Dev leaned across the table to also see, which had Shen raise a hand to wave them back as he read each one out loud so they could hear. Annalli found this amusing.
   "Wait! Let me jot these down in the notebook, Shen...
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