A School with a Secret (ON HOLD)

Chapter 13: Poison

     I woke up in my room, looking at the ceiling. Had I really passed out again? Something must be wrong, for me to pass out twice in about two weeks. What was peculiar was that Angelica nodded at Victoria before I passed out. Had Victoria made me pass out? If she did, how? It didn't seem like I had any bruises, none of my limbs hurt.

     I propped myself up onto my elbows, the clock showed it was 12:00. I had slept through the night.

     "Well, glad you're awake," Victoria said, sitting on her bed, smiling. She was already in her uniform. Her layered brown hair was behind her shoulders, probably so it blocked her tattoo. If I got a tattoo from being abused, I would try to cover it up too. Her eyes were still purple though.

     "Hi, um, what happened?" I asked.

     "You passed out yesterday at dinner, we brought you back to your room and you've been sleeping ever since," she paused, "if you hurry and get dressed, you may be able to go get lunch." She started walking towards the door.

     "Wait! Why are your eyes purple?" I asked.

     Victoria turned around for a brief millisecond before continuing out the door. I got up quickly and put on my uniform. My hair wasn't very tangled, so it was easy to brush. I went out the door and to the cafeteria, I would brush my teeth after eating lunch.

I came out to the cafeteria and got in line. When I reached the machine, I looked at the choices in the foreign language. Wait! I recognized two of the words. The choices were written in Enrel!

I chose randomly. I got the goat stuff again. I turned around and went to sit with my friends.

Victoria was balling her eyes out. Crying, I had never seen her this upset.

David leaned over and whispered in my ear, "What ever you do, don't ever say the word, 'Luke.'"

"Why can't I say Luke?" I asked, aloud. I immediately regretted it. Victoria started crying even more.

"Something about her past, you'll find out later," David whispered, "she doesn't like to talk about it."

"Oh," I said.

Victoria wiped her tears and grabbed the bottle of blue liquid; was it water? She drank it and spat it out.

"Ew! You got it all over the table," Beatrice said.

Three drops hit my arm, it burned like acid. Victoria had wide eyes, her hands went to her throat.

     "Someone get the nurse!" David shouted.

     Victoria fell to the ground, coughing up blood. She lay, curled up in a ball. Was it the drink? Had someone poisoned her?

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw David's ex and her group laughing. They did this! First daring me to go into the basemen and then poisoning Victoria, they were targeting the girls in the group. Beatrice or Angelica had to be next.