Chapter 15

"She should be stabilized by now" I hear Miss Ashley's voice, I groan and try to open my eyes only to meet Debbie's eyes,

"Hey champion" she caresses my cheeks, "you'll be fine don't worry" she reassures,

"Miss Ashley she can't keep collapsing like this!" I hear Daylon's protest,

"She might need special treatment. It seems the medications are not as effective but we can't say for sure until she's done with them" she explains but Daylon looks disturbed, "she'll be okay" she places a hand on his shoulder reassuringly.

"Debbie" I groan out her name and I take her hand, "I—"

"Don't try to talk too much, you need to save your strength" she strokes my hair,

"We'll take care of you" Daylon reassures. I look into his eyes and images of the blue eyes flash in my eyes but they held worry instead. My eyes slowly close again, "Eris no! Stay with us!"

I slip into unconsciousness.

"Eris!" He calls my name, "her pulse is low" he says after feeling my wrist,

"Eris! Wake up!!" Debbie shakes me violently with tears in her eyes, "what's happening to her?!" She asks confused and disturbed,

"Don't worry, she'll be fine" he holds Debbie to comfort her, "Please be okay Eris, I'll be waiting for you." he whispers in the chambers of his heart.

"Where am I?!" I am unsure of my surroundings but it looks like I am on an island and there are bodies in the sand.

I make my way around them and I try to find a way to escape but none is available, "how do I get back?" I lose my strength and hope, the depression is heavy on my heart, and just as I am about to end my life I see two bodies, and I am attracted to them.

It's a man and a woman. The man has wings as white as snow and the woman's as black as night. They're not alive but they're holding hands. Their bodies are badly cut and the female angel is almost nude.

I take a closer look at them and I realize something, "that's me!" I gasp and cover my mouth with my palms tears swelling in my eyes. I turn to the man, "Daylon!!" The fear sends me knocking down and I scurry away from the bodies, "what's happening?!?!" I hold my head and sob.

"What's happening to me??" I can't control the tears anymore. Soon my world is enveloped in darkness, "someone help me!!" I scream at the nothingness,

"Accept who you are Eris, and things will become clear" a voice speaks from the darkness,

"Wait please!!" I call after it, "who am I??! Don't go please!!"

I crash back into reality sweat dripping from my body, my body is cold and my mind wanders on. I remove the Bipap mask in haste and I take in a deep breath, so my lungs are still working fine,

"Eris?" Miss Ashley turns back seeing me try to get off the bed, "stay in bed" she pushes me back and tries to put the mask back on me but I resist,

"No I'm fine!" I protest as I was slowly overpowering her,

"Eris you need to rest please!" She fights back as hard as she can but I'm not normal,

"Miss Ashley I got the—" he walks in with a plastic bag, "the hell!! Eris!!"

"I can't handle her alone!" Miss Ashley pleads and Daylon drops the bag and pins both my hands to my bed,

"Eris stop!!" He applied pressure on my wrist but I'm not giving up either,

"I'm fine! Let me go Daylon!!" I struggle to free myself but I feel my strength leave me as Miss Ashley injects a serum into my blood, I couldn't fight back anymore,

"I'm sorry Eris it's for your own good" he slowly relieves the stress he put on my wrists as soon as I wasn't fighting back,

"Daylon, I, we" I drift into unconsciousness for the third time. His gaze is cast down and he caresses my cheeks,

"Eris" he whispers my name softly and he feels a thump in his heart,

"Thank you for your assistance. That girl is stronger than she looks. She should wake up in an hour or two, by then her stress levels would've dropped" Daylon nods and picks up the drugs,

"Here" he hands it to her, "I just pray she gets better soon" he looks at my unconscious body, "what do I tell Debbie now?" He sighs and leaves the clinic disheartened.

My vision slowly comes back and my mind drifts to the dream I had and my reaction afterward; why was all of this happening?

I sit up and my action attracts Miss Ashley to my side, "how are you feeling now?" She asks, stroking my hair,

"Better." My body was very weak but I was a bit relaxed,

"Your stress levels are down now" she states,

"Thank God"

"But you need to take it easy Eris" she lifts my chin, "what's it like at home?"

"Hell."

"I see" she dabbles in thought, "it's showing on your health" she sighs, my eyes focus on my thighs but my thoughts are far from them.

Parents. Family. Fuck it all.

"I'll take better care of myself Miss Ashley" I reassure her, I stretch my body, "promise" I wink and she gives a small smile.

It's Saturday morning and I lay in my bed with thoughts raging in my head, I couldn't really understand what was really going on but I couldn't let it get to me.

"Daylon........" I say his name out loud as I remember the dream I had at school two days ago. That was him no mistake about that but why was he in my dreams and why did he have angel wings?

I sigh in exasperation and I grab my meds, jump into a pair of pants and a purple top, I rush downstairs and into the kitchen trying to fix something for me to eat. Mom's at work; she's a nurse and she works on Saturdays so I couldn't ask for her help with the medications, so I had only one option left.

I get ingredients for a spicy and sweet waffle batter and play some tunes while I was at it.

Hands wrap around my lower half from behind and a childish moan comes after, "morning Eris" Cody says half asleep still in his pajamas,

"Morning Cody. How was your sleep?" I smile, I pick him up and place him on the kitchen counter,

"It was very deep" he rubs the sleep out of his eyes and yawns, "how are you feeling? You always seem to care about everyone but yourself"

I smile at his words, "not exactly everyone, you in particular" I pull his cheeks, "I'm fine by the way. Thank you" and I peck his cheeks. They turn a bit pink at the gesture as I get him water from the kitchen faucet to drink.

"What are you making?" He collects the cup and downs half of its content,

"Waffles"