CHAPTER 14

Looking at Zion's passionate eyes, my heart beat so fast. I can feel my face is burning hot. I wonder why I felt this way. "Am I sick? My heart seems to be something wrong. I need to go to the hospital tomorrow for a checkup." I speak in my mind. It surprised me when Zion put his forehead on my forehead and our noses touched each other. "Arien, your face is super red now. I just check your forehead if you have a fever." Zion stated, I suddenly stopped breathing because I was afraid Zion would hear the beat of my heart. I stood up and stepped backward. I was at loose and said "I am fine, don't mind me." And I went out from my room where Zion stayed. Outside my room, I shouted at him, "You can take a rest now. I'm just here in the living room. Just call me if you need anything." I sat on the sofa to take a deep breath. I touched my heart and felt it. My heart keeps on beating. I thought about a lot of things about my heart until I fell asleep on the sofa.

Zion went out from the room to check on Arien. Zion was watching her sleep. He went back to the room to get a blanket to cover Arien, then he sat down on the floor beside the sofa and he kept on watching Arien. Zion felt regret for what he had done to Arien. He didn't imagine Arien would help him aside from bullying her. "Hehehe. She told me she was going to check on me, but he slept so deep here. How she can comfortably sleep on a small sofa." Zion murmured while giggling.

Zion brought Arien to the room so she could sleep well. And Zion stayed on the sofa instead.

Arien woke up and wondered how she ended up in her bed. "Wait! Where is Zion now?" I abruptly jump off my bed and and search for Zion. When I went out from my room, I saw Zion sitting on the sofa and I called him. "Zion! Why are you on the sofa and how come I end up in my room? Did you bring me inside?" Zion looked at me and said, "Yes, because you don't sleep comfortably here. And I had a sleeping problem last night, maybe because it's not my room." He explained. "I understand, but you should wake me up, instead of bringing me because you were wounded." Zion smiled and said, "It's fine, you are not heavy, anyway." My heart started beating again every time I saw Zion's smile. I headed to the kitchen to avoid Zion's gaze. "I'm going to prepare breakfast. What would you like to eat, Zion?"

"Anything." he said. I started preparing and making him a coffee. The doorbell rang suddenly. I suspected it was Dave and opened the door.

"Dave, come inside. Did you have your breakfast yet? I asked. Dave replied, "No." And he entered inside. "OK, I will make it for you. Please sit down on the sofa, Zion is there." And I headed back to the kitchen.

"Dave, why are you here?" Zion asked Dave. The two of them had a conversation while I was preparing our food.

"Arien, told me yesterday about what happened to you. I am here to pick you up and stay at my house instead."

"Why, I am OK here. I can sleep on the sofa."

"Arien, is a busy person. She can't take care of you. And it's not OK for me that you will stay here."

"Hey, stop being jealous, she's not your girlfriend yet." I interrupted their conversation and called them to eat. "Cassy, wake up now the break is ready. I will go out for a while after breakfast." Cassy went out of her room and asked me where I would go later. I responded to Cassy, "At the hospital for a checkup." Everyone was panicked when they heard me saying, hospital and asked me what happened. "I am fine. I need a regular checkup, but nothing has happened to me. And I'm going to find a part-time job later, too."

"Anyway, Zion, did Dave tell you already that you were going to stay with him? I can't take care of you here. Also, I don't actually own this apartment. I'm sorry."

"OK, I understand. By the way, I will repay you later for taking care of me."

"You don't have to. It's natural to help people who are in need. I can't bear to see you in that situation either."

"OK, if you need help later, feel free to ask me anything. Anyway, thank you for yesterday."

"Thank you for your understanding."

"Seems like you two have become friends." Cassy said. I looked at Zion, and he warred at me constantly. "I really can't look at his eyes. My heart is being sick again." I mumbled.

Dave and Zion said goodbye to us and went back home. And I went to the hospital and Cassy stayed at the apartment.

"Ms. Arien Holmes, please come inside." The nurse called me.

"Ms. Holmes, tell me what happened to you?" The doctor asked.

"Doc, my heart beats so fast and I felt like I was going to stop breathing."

"Do you exercise regularly? Or do you have any activities for diet?"

"I don't exercise regularly Doc, but I do have a sport."

"Can you tell me what kind of sport you do to determine why your heart beats so fast?"

"It's a Motocross Doc. My heart beats when I jump on big humps with my motorcycle, but yesterday was different. My heart beat so fast and I almost couldn't breathe."

"What did you do yesterday that made your heart beat so fast?"

"Yesterday I helped a person who was beaten up by a group of people and I brought him to my apartment. I treated his wound, and he suddenly touched my face. My heart started pounding, and it wouldn't stop beating so fast every time I saw him staring at me. Am I sick, Doc, or do I have a nervous breakdown? Do I need heart surgery?" I inquired. The Doctor was laughing at me and I wondered why.

"Ms. Holmes, can I ask you a personal question?" I nodded to him to agree. "Have you experienced love before, between opposite sex or do you have crushes before? What's the name of the person you helped yesterday?" I shook my head and said, "No, I have never experienced love yet. And his name was Zion." I said.

"OK, Ms. Holmes, according to what happened to you yesterday, I think you're in love or have a crush on Zion." The Doctor concluded, and it shocked me with the result.