The broken ones

Under the moonlight

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Jenny's eyelids flutter open. A sharp pain piercing through her head as she adjusted her eyes to her surroundings. It took her a while to realize that she's in the nursing room, and another second to remember why she ended up here.

"Finally you're awake. How are you feeling ?" Someone says.

Jenny averts her eyes to the right, and sees Edna seated on the couch at the corner of the room, a look of concern displayed on her face.

"Fine.. how long was I dead ?" Jenny asked. Even at her current situation, she's able to crack a joke. The sharp pain penetrated her head once more as she angles her upper-body upward. She leans against the cushion of the nursing bed, and turns to look at Edna again.

"Like 30 minutes." Edna checks the time on her phone to see if she was correct, and she was. It's been half an hour since the incident between Carl, and upon remembering the scene; Jenny cringes for passing out in front of a crowd.

"Here, put this on your head." Edna gets up from the couch and hands her an ice pack. Due to the impact, Jenny's head is now bruised up.

She shakes her head in rejection. " I'm fine. I don't need that."

"Don't be stubborn. The nurse said to do it." Edna forcefully puts the ice pack on her hand, and slumps herself back onto the couch. Just then the door busted open, and Jack darts inside with Neil right behind him; troubled looks on their face.

"About time! Where were you two ?" Edna asked, eager to know where exactly they were during the whole fight. The two boys avoided her question, and the piercing glare she was giving them. "Answer!" She says, making the both of them; including Jenny, jump to the sound of her stern voice.

Defeatedly, the two boys sighed and quickly answered.

"I was with Lizzy. It's a long story so I'll explain later." Jack looks at Edna, hoping that his reason is acceptable, and will probably won't get killed by her. Instead, she looks away, and averts her attention to Neil to hear his own reasons.

"Rj had to leave and I was busy stuffing myself with food." Neil's says truthfully, sending a loud burp. The smell of salsa and cola permeated the air around Jack, and he pinches his nose to block out the stench. After Edna nodded her head, Neil greets Jenny with wide open arms, and pulled her into a tight hug. " Thank God you're still alive!" He says with a sigh of relief escaping his mouth.

Jenny grunts in pain as her head felt like it was being crushed by thousands of bricks. Not handling the pain much longer, she quickly patted Neil on the back, and slightly pushed him away."I'm fine now.." she gives him a reassuring smile before leaning against the cushion once again.

"What exactly happened ? What did Carl do?" Jack asked furiously. His hands rolled into a fist, ready to punch anything. He had enough of him already. It's always Carl that stirs up the trouble, and with one more ruckus, Jack will eventually lose control of his anger and will kill Carl when he has the chance.

"He had a picture of Bea naked on the bed during Lizzy's party. He even asked us to switch our bodies for it so we fought back, and now we're here." Edna answers for Jenny.

"Where's he?" Jack bellowed...

"Don't." Edna stops him and Neil from walking out the door. She stood up from the couch, and faced them. "James and his friends handled it already. We can't cause another scene and get in trouble."