Mixtape Mishap

Chapter 6 - What About Us

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Chapter 6 - What About Us

I see myself lying down on the hospital bed, feeling so weak and immobile. The silence made me stay calm and quiet. I could hear my own breath and the sound of the air from the AC really sharply. Pain is all I can feel throughout my body seeing the liquid in the glass bottle above me drop to the hollow wire running to the injection in my right wrist. As I check my other hand, I see Jack sleeping on his crossed arms on my right side of the bed. I try really hard to sit up straight but I can't, which is why I begin shaking Jack to wake up but he won't even react. As I call out his name a couple of times, it's like my voice was freezing. Just like Rose's situation in Titanic when she was about to ask help near the end of the movie. I did everything I can but my body isn't coordinating with my mind right now. My body, except for my hands, is paralyzed. My voice is 'broken' and inaudible. I don't know what to do. Then suddenly, I hear loud music from out of nowhere clanging to my ears. I know this song. Counting Stars by One Republic. But it's SO SO SO EXTREMELY LOUD. I clench my eyes and cover my ears with my only movable organs then I wake up, realizing it was all just a dream. I've experienced being confined in the hospital before but I never imagined being paralyzed and unable to speak. I hate being sick. I'd rather attend class than having some weird sickness. I panicked a bit after waking up but I handled it. But I heard right when I told about Counting Stars. It was my alarm tone. I turned it off, rubbing my eyes and stretching a little bit. I fixed my bed and I was surprised by the breakfast prepared by Jack on my cabinet. It was bacon and egg with rice. Weird. How did he know my favorite breakfast meal? I also found a note from him alongside the plate.

"Good morning, Kris! Here's some breakfast I prepared for you. I hope you'll get well soon. I'm just in my class. I also have here a couple of pills you could drink. I asked help from the nurse. It's not poisonous. Anyway, thanks for helping out with the acting. You're really talented. I mean it :) xo -Jack"

I can't believe he's that thoughtful. He really prepared this for me. And he even got a prescription from the school nurse! I'm starting to become uneasy. Not because of whatever my illness is. It's because I'm unsure about my feelings right now. I washed my hands and brushed my teeth first then ate the meal my roommate prepared for me. I realized that I had to go to class, so I quickly took a bath and changed into my jeans and my light red cold-shoulder top. Somebody slipped in a letter from outside. I tried my best to run quickly to the door to see who did it but when I opened the door, there were about ten guys in the hallway. And they were walking in different directions. Some are talking about football, girls, and some contest. It could be anyone of them. I closed the door, got the envelope, and sat on my computer chair.

"Good morning, beautiful. I hope you're well. I just knew that my little sister's ill. Don't get sick, okay? I wouldn't want you looking gloomy. I hope I'll be able to see you later. I bought you a bracelet. I have the same one, just so you know. xoxo

Love, YSF"

I saw the bracelet and it has a tribal pattern. I decided to wear it already because it's looks so exotic and hipster at the same time. I can't believe that some guy would buy me something just so that we could have something the same. Oh gosh, YES! He has the same bracelet as this one! That's a clue to Mr. Secret! Nice! I just have to look for someone else who wears this. That would be difficult. There are a thousand students here in Bristol. Anyway, classes went by so slowly today and I kept looking at the clock to see if the hands are actually moving. Danica keeps on talking beside me but I don't really understand a word she says. I kept thinking about Jack, which is weird. But Mr. Secret is bugging me, too. Could it be one of my classmates---Keith, Von, Johnny, Matthew, Oliver, Peter, Randy, Stephen, or even JASON? It's impossible for him to be Jason. I don't suit guys like him. His family is wealthy, he's a baseball/basketball/football player, tall, physically fit and he's popular. It can only be any of the eight other guys I mentioned.