Dominion

Chapter 14

I have been in my room since we returned from I hospital refusing to see or talk to anyone. I just want to be left with my thoughts. A day and a half is so much torture dreading the outcome of my test result, I am already loosing my mind going over the possible outcomes and it's barely five hours since we got back!
I hear a knock on the door and groan into my pillow knowing it's either Ben or Leslie. Both of them have been checking up on me like every minute and I appreciate their care and all but it's getting annoying.
"Go away" I grumble refusing to stand to open the door this time.
"It's Dan. Please let me in."
"No, I want to be alone." I protest.
"Please" he begs.
I grudgingly stand up from my bed and put on the same cloth I wore to the hospital since I am slightly undressed.
"Come in." I tell him opening the door.
He steps in and stands at the edge of my bed as if afraid I will scold him for sitting on it.
"You can have your seat Dan."
I join him on the bed after closing the door, sitting cross-legged.
"What brings you to my room?"
"Just wanted to check up on you. I wasn't even expecting you to let me in, was told you wanted to be left alone." he chuckles.
"Count yourself lucky then."
"How are you feeling?" I shrug at him.
"Worried, anxious, confused."
"Why?" I sigh and explain all that transpired at the hospital. By the time I am done, he doesn't say anything just stares at me blankly.
"Don't just look at me like that, say something. " I urge him.
He pulls me into a hug and only pulls away when I begin to cough. He rubs my back soothingly and when my cough subsides we share a look for a moment before the door bursts open. Leslie comes in with my drugs and I groan covering my face with a pillow.
"Hey Dan." She greets him coming to stand in front of me.
"Time to take your drugs Clara." She says in a sing-song voice.
I remove the pillow covering my face and reach for my empty water bottle on my bedside table.
"No water." I smile dangling the empty bottle in front of me.
She frowns at me and drops the drugs on the table. She is about to leave when she suddenly stops and walks back to pick the drugs.
She hands them over to Dan, "I don't want to hear any story of how a rat ate the drugs." She tells him looking pointedly at me. I smile innocently and watch her leave the room.
Dan chuckles, "rat eating drugs, where did that come from?"
"A story I formulated one time when we were young. I didn't want to take the drugs they were terribly bitter." I put out my tongue in distaste.
"So you got rid of them and told her rat ate them?" he asks amused
I nod proudly, "actually I told my mum but she was there. We were spending the holiday together. Pretty smart excuse for a kid who didn't and still doesn't like drugs."
He shakes his head amused, "No it's not."
I shove him playfully, "Hey! That's my childhood intelligence you are shading like that."
"I can bet a hundred percent there weren't even rats in your house." he laughs.
"Of course there weren't. That's what made the story more worth telling." I grin.
Leslie returns with a bottle of water, eyeing Dan and I "did I miss something?"
"Nah, Clara was just telling me the story of how the rat ate her drugs." he and Leslie start laughing at my expense and I find myself laughing too.
"It was so unbelievable." Leslie comments taking the drugs from Daniel.
She comes to sit beside me to administer the drugs as prescribed by the doctor. By the time she is done I have seven tablets in my hand. I eye it disdainfully.
"Come on, take your drugs." Leslie urges handing me the bottle of water.
I open the bottle and fill my mouth with water before throwing the first tablet into my mouth and swallowing. I repeat this process six more times and by the time I am done I feel like vomiting. I take a gulp of water to help ease the uneasiness I feel.
Leslie collects the bottle and closes it, setting it on my bedside table. "One of the drugs is to make you sleep, I am sure you haven't shut your eye since we returned."
Leslie stands to leave gathering my drugs in her hand and Dan follows suit.
"Make sure you rest" Daniel says before they both exit my room and shut the door.
I lay on my bed alone with my thoughts again. It doesn't take long till I begin to feel dizzy, I close my eyes and allow my self to drift to sleep. It has been a long day.