I snuggled my face into the warm dark pillow. The sunlight was streaming through the blinds warming the room, giving it a pleasant feeling that made me happy to wake up in this new place. I rolled over onto my back and felt the slight pain that always lingered there. I swung my feet out of bed onto the carpeted floor. I rubbed my shoulders with the opposite hands and balled my fists into my eyes. I reached drowsily into the drawers and pulled out one of my pain medications and took a sip from my water bottle, downing the capsule.
Once I'd dressed, I heard yelling and screaming from the top of the stairs.
"You're not coming!" a male voice screamed.
"Yes I am!" a female voice yelled back.
"You'll shop for hours! You're not coming!" The voice I identified as Josh's roared.
"If you're going shopping for Miss I-don't-know-my-ass-from-my-elbow, then I'm coming with you because I wouldn't trust you to buy clothes and accessories for my pet turtle, never mind my new sister!" Trish yelled back. I smiled. I liked the thought of being Trish's new sister.
"Fine, then you can take her, because I will not, I repeat will not, shop with you!" he hissed.
"Then don't. I'll just take your girlfriend out for clothes." I could practically hear the smile in her voice.
"She's not my girlfriend!" he yelled back.
"Whatever! I'll go wake her up so we can get going!" She ran towards me and almost slammed into me, but before I could hit the ground strong feminine arms enveloped me keeping me upright. "You okay, Chica?" she asked, concern in her eyes.
"Yeah, I'm fine," I said breathlessly. I almost wasn't, because chances are, had she not caught me, I would have fallen on my back, ripping open my wounds.
"I'm assuming you overheard. I'm taking you shopping and trust me, those boys at school will be drooling by the time I'm done with you," she bragged.
"Okay" I nodded.
"And speaking of Sheldon, he's in Zack's room. He bit him last night." Josh said.
"Sheldon?" I asked.
"It's her 'purse' turtle," Ryan said with air quotes coming down the stairs throwing something green towards Trish and grabbing an apple from the bowl on the counter.
"Yup." She nuzzled the turtle.
"Right¼" I said dragging the word out.
"How are you feeling?" Josh asked, giving me a soft hug.
"Much better, thanks." Trish came back down with a big pink bag that said Juicy in fancy script with a little turtle on the side.
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The Realm of Question
Lupi mannariWelcome to a world where no one and nothing is as they appear. Enter a girl; bound to a hospital bed after what appears to have been an extremely traumatic incident only... she can't remember it, or who she might have been. Dubbing herself Anastasia...
