I remember the night that everything began to change, the night when we found out more about just what happened to Caitlin from the time between being knocked unconcious until the time she woke up to find herself all beaten up in Theo's old room. Like most nights, she had asked me to sleep in the big double bed in her room by her side, to protect her, while Tommo slept down the hall in a single bed that we had placed Theo's room. I remember that she was holding me close to her, cuddling me, holding me tight as she slept. I, however, was wide awake, unable to sleep for the fear of dreaming about what had happened to her.
It was about 1am when I had felt Caitlin beginning to wake up beside me. I heard her whisper to me "Niall, I don't feel too good, I'm going to get a drink of water okay?" I softly mumbled "Okay" and she pulled back the covers and climbed out of bed, before walking towards the kitchen. A few minutes later, I heard the sound of somebody vomitting, retching, in the bathroom just across the hall. Caitlin! I thought, and quickly rushed to her side.
I knew that something was wrong, something was really wrong. Caitlin had been perfectly fine when she had fallen asleep, but now here she was very very sick and vomiting uncontrollably. I didn't know quite what was going on, so I wrapped my arm gently around her back to comfort her, whispering in her ear that it's going to be alright, she'll be okay soon.
After she had finally stopped being violently ill, she wrapped her arms around me in a big hug and said thank you. I told her that we should take her to the doctor's in the morning to get her checked over, because her sickness was so random, and she quietly agreed before washing her face, grabbing my hand and leading me back to bed.
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FanfictionA young boy senses that something mysterious is going on in his home one stormy night. The next morning his uncle decides to investigate and finds a girl, beaten and weak from hunger, curled up on a mattress in his nephew's old room, to which they h...
