Of Runt

22

"Today brings in the third week," Ghost mutters as we walk. I shoot him a dirty look.

"I know."

"Sorry Miss Grumpy. What crawled up your butt and died?" He asks nudging my arm. I roll my eyes while ignoring him. "Where are you even going?"

"The doctor."

"Why?"

"Stomach cramps," I dryly reply to him. He throws an arm around my shoulders with a smirk.

"Poor littly Runt," he coos. I slap his arm off me before hitting gis shoulder. "You really are grumpy."

"Reagan!" Piper shouts hugging me. I stop in shock.

"Hey Piper," I say completely baffled by her. She's never really ben this excited to see me before.

"Declan decided to become Doctor Garys nurse."

"What?"

"Declan decided to become a nurse," she says again. Wow. Declan must be trying to start over.

"That's good."

  Piper walks with me while telling me all about what has happened. I go in the room after she gives me another hug. "Right on time for my only appointment for the day!" Gary shouts as Declan walks around.

Ghost sits in the extra chair. Why? I have no idea. Declan cleans my arm off with a smile. "We need to check your blood," he says as he finishes preping my arm. Declan takes my blood before walking out.

"Okay, is Ghost supposed to be here?" Gary asks.

"No but he already knows everything there is to know about my medical history so he can stay." This is true. Since Ghost is Wen, he knows almost everything about me. 

"Okay, so go ahead and tell me again. About you."

"My stomach has been cramping really bad."

"Period?" He asks and I shake my head no.

"Not due yet."

  I go through about how I can hardly eat or drink anything because it makes me cramp even more and sometimes I even dry heave. He writes down what I say before walking out. "Being a girl must suck."

  I glance at Ghost with a laugh before shaking my head. He is something else. I pull my knees to my cramping stomach. "Drink this," Declan says thrusting a tall cup at me.

  Without looking at it I drain the whole cup. "What was that?" I ask.

"Some of Archers blood I have stashed for emergencies," Doctor Gary says making me throw the cup at him.

"Why!" I scream.

"A theory!" He replies. I growl out in frustration makimg them step back.

"Doctor Gary what does this fix?" I ask him while jumping off the chair table. He opens and closes his mouth a few times. "This is how everything started."

"Withdrawals," Declan pipes up.

"What?"

"We think you are having withdrawls from his blood," Declan explains before looking at Gary with an expecting look.

"What?"

"Special case. Yep, that's you and Archer. A very special case to habdle very carefully," Doctor Gary says nodding his head.

"That doesn't make much sense," Ghost pipes up before going completely silent, "wait, is-"

"Is it is like that!" Declan says with a panicked look. I look at all of tyem not buying what's wrong but I trust Gary. Heck he brought me back to life.