The Day {Not official title}

Chapter 21 Badly Burned {Ieo}

Chapter 21: Badly Burned {Ieo}

            I let my snow melt and I calmed down. Oh how I wanted to hit Digna. I had no time to yell at Digna. Danica was hurt. Apparently, this Calvin moron had some rare element. His smoky cloud attacked Danica’s arm and made her shout in pain. He had disappeared from the cafeteria and I had no patience to look for him. Danica was clutching her left arm. Naturally, Rion was the first to freak out and rush to Dan’s side, cradling her from the floor. I took a smarter action and made a blob of water and made it mold to the shape of Danica’s affected arm area. I let it freeze and allowed it to melt when Danica felt better. I made sure that no one was looking. If they were staring, then that meant that the spell had worn off and people could see what was really happening. Thankfully, it all looked like four kids eating lunch.

            “Are you okay? Are you seriously hurt? Do you need to go to the nurse? To the hospital? To the pool?” Rion bombarded her with questions.

            “Do you need anything?” I asked. I trimmed Rion’s question into one so Danica wouldn’t have too much to think about.

            “No. I think I’m fine. Besides, what am I going to tell the doctors?” Danica sat up and examined the slight burn mark. It looked like the shadow of smoke. It was very faint and unnoticeable for the most part.

            “True. Are you sure you’re fine?” Gavin asked. I was happy at how I wasn’t his only concern.

            “Yeah. I’m fine. I’m just… confused,” she dumped her tray and stacked the red tray like a puzzle on top of a few already stacked trays above the trashcan. “I’m  fine.”

            “Just to be sure, here.” I made a small layer of unmeltable ice. It was about the the length of a ruler and twice as wide. It was paper thin, so when she used it it wasn’t uncomfortable. “Just stick it to your skin when it hurts and the ice will mold to your arm. It won’t melt or break.” She took it in her hands.

            “Thanks. I could use this. Will it fall off?” she asked. She tapped it on the table to test how string it was.

            “Not unless you peel it off. It’s not too cold, so you won’t get a frost bite or anything,” I said.

            “Thanks Ieo,” Rion said, “We’ll go ahead. I have a few questions for Dr. Grey before class starts. Bye.”

            “Okay, see you guys later. Be careful,” Gavin called. He turned to me, “That was really nice. Do you want to keep eating?” I shook my head. I lost my appetite. He took both our trays and took care of them.

            “Well, I’ll go ahead to class. Don’t want to be late,” I said.

            “I’ll walk you. You don’t need a burn mark like Dan. We don’t even know exactly what it is, so I’ll walk you to class and drop you off at home. Is that okay?” he asked.

            “Yeah, thanks. That would be great. I don’t want to sit with Gladys on the bus,” I said, laughing a little. He smiled brightly. His smile was exactly like the one Rion and Calvin wore. Weird.

            “Let’s go?” he asked. I nodded.

            “Why do you think Digna acted like that when we mentioned Jala?” he asked.

            “I think she knows something very important that she won’t share,” I said, dodging a passerby.

            “I think she’s the daughter of Jala.” How do you just openly jump to conclusions? I wish I could do that and always be right.