Stories to be Rewritten: Elisabeth's Stories :Book 1 Lavenders and Pomegranates

Chapter 16

Elisabeth was about ready to run for it.

Seriously, she was just done. Done with everything and everyone. Don't with the attention, done with the concern, done with them suggestion what color wig she should wear, just plane done. It was just a shaved head and a scar, not a permanent deformity! Gods, sometimes Aphrodite kids think that everything will be a disaster if everything wasn't right. She would have given anything to be back in the hospital with Tina and Toby instead of in the cabin with these vultures right now.

But it was nice having them all notice her for once. It's been... Well, a few years now since anyone other than Nick, Henry, Alex, Tina, Hercules, and Jonny had talked to her. She was actually thinking they started hating her. Guess not.

"So!" Elisabeth was snapped back to reality when the blond Aphrodite boy slung an arm around her shoulder with a sly smile on his face. "I hear you met someone while in the hospital."

"OH MY GODS!" One of the girls screeched as she ran over and sat at Elisabeth's feet. "You found someone else?!"

"Uuuhhhh..." Elisabeth looked at each of the fifty or so people waiting for an answer. She really didn't want to lie anymore. "Yeah."

That's when the whole place erupted into chaos. The whole place started squealing, screaming, going crazy and bombarding her with questions.

"Who is it?!"

"Is he cute?"

"Was he human, or demigod?"

"Was he a doctor or someone visiting someone else?"

Elisabeth felt like she was being suffocated. She needed to breath.

"Girls! Boys!" The boy with his arm around her shoulder said, pushing people back. "Your scaring the lady! Look, she's whiter than a sheet!" Elisabeth smiled gently at him, and he grinned back.

"All right, spill when your ready." He said, squeezing her shoulder comfortingly. Man, this guy has great bedside manner. Elisabeth took a deep breath as every one held theirs.

"He was there visiting his mother... They led him to the wrong room, and I was... Just getting out of surgery." Elisabeth began, holder her head lightly where the stitches here. "He saw how beat up I was, and he saw no one waiting for me. I was just left there. So he visited his mother... Then came back to the room and stayed with me till I woke up. And even after that, he stayed by my side." Elisabeth closed her eyes and leaned back a little, her smile beaming like the rays of the sun themselves. "He was amazing, funny, and all around the most amazing person I have ever had the pleasure of meeting. But..." Her smile faded a little as she kept going. "His mother was released and he didn't come for a few days... I still hope to see him again."

"What was his name?" On of the boys asked in a soft voice. She opened her eyes to see almost everyone ready to cry, like this was a tragic love story. She smiled a little and touched her lips, remembering the kiss. "Henry... I didn't get his last name."

One of the girls recognized the hand gesture and squealed. "HE KISSED YOU?!"

Elisabeth smiled a little, a sad, disappointed smile. "No... We were so close to... But he pulled away."

"How close?" Another boy asked, munching on a celery stick. "Come on, details!"

"Yeah! And what he look like?" Another girl asked, leaning over the side of her bunk bed like it was a jungle gym. Elisabeth sighed and took a deep breath, she needed to act with this part just a little bit. But the words rolled off her tongue like water off rocks, cascading down to the crowds awaiting ears.