To Die For

I DON'T OWN ANYTHING!

(A/N) Don't worry, I'm still writing World Turned Black, and the next chap for that story will be up shortly!

Shelby woke up to the sound of Sophie voice, "Come on girls, it's time to get up." She was exhausted and couldn't get up, she felt weak, like she couldn't even lift her head.

Sophie watched as all the girls got up, all except Shelby so she walked over to the girl's bed, Shelby was always reluctant to wake up in the mornings, "Ok, come on Shel, it's time to get up."

"Sophie, I'm feeling really weak."

Sophie looked at the girl, she had no fever, but did look sick, "Ok, I'll have someone bring you breakfast, and I'll come check in on you in a little while."

"Ok." The girl closed her eyes, and almost immediately fell back to sleep.

The rest of the girls finished getting dressed, and walked over to the cafeteria where the guys from the Cliffhangers were already waiting. They all just sat down with their food when Scott asked, "Where's Shelby?" He looked worried which made Daisy smile. She was glad Shelby had him after all the horrible people in her past, "She's not feeling good so Sophie let her stay in bed."

Scott looked panicked, stood up, and walked over to Sophie who was standing by a group of Ridgerunners.

Sophie looked to the boy, and became concerned when she saw the face he was making, "What's wrong?"

"Is Shelby ok?" He asked

She smiled, "She's just feeling sick Scott, don't worry, I'm sure she just needs to sleep it off, it's probably just a cold."

"Can I go see her?"

"Scott, you know you're not aloud in the girl's dorm."

He was pleading with his eyes, as well as his words, "Oh come on, I really just want to make sure she is ok, I promise that's it."

Sophie stared at him for a long time, she did need someone to bring Shelby her food," I'll tell you what, go and finish eating, then you can come with me to bring her breakfast, I have to check on her anyway, ok?"

Scott's eyes lit up, "Yea!" He didn't even give her a second glance; he ran back to the table and started to eat as fast as he could, Sophie just laughed. Only five minutes later, Scott walked, more like ran, up to Sophie telling her he was finished, "Ok, go grab a plate for her, then we'll go."

They made their way to the girl's dorm, Scott was always a step ahead of Sophie, he probably would have ran if she didn't keep telling him to slow down. When they entered the dorm, Shelby was just waking up, Scott ran over to her and seeing her weakened state, helped her up. "Not feeling good?"

Shelby smiled at his concerned faced, "Nope."

Sophie walked over to her, felt her head, "You still don't have a fever which is a good sign, but you do look pale. I want you to stay in bed for the rest of the day, hopefully this is just a 24 hour bug from the quest you just got back from." Sophie smiled, "Scott brought you breakfast."

"I'm really not hungry."

"I think you should eat a little bit, it might make you feel better."

Yea Shel, come on just eat as many as how old you are." Scott joked with the trick his mom used to play when he didn't want to eat anymore, and refused just one more bit. He would wind up taking 6 or 7 instead.

She nodded, and ate a few bites of egg when suddenly she got extremely pale.

Sophie noticed first, "Shelby are you ok?"

"I feel really nauseous." She started to get up to go to the bathroom, but didn't have enough strength to get up. Scott grab her arm for support, with his help, and by help, he was practically carrying her, she made it to the bathroom.

Shelby kneeled in front of the toilet and after a minute began to throw up. Scott held her hair back and rubbed her back, Sophie grabbed a washcloth, wetted it with cold water, and handed it to Scott who held it on her neck.

After she threw up three times, Sophie noticed that she was increasingly becoming weaker, she got a rubber band and put Shelby's hair up so Scott could have a free hand to support her. Shelby was seemingly finished for the moment, so she thought it would be a good time to act, "Ok, Scott, I want you to carry her over to the nurse's station."

"Ok." Scott's fear was obvious in his voice. He picked her up, she lay almost limply in his arms, Sophie grabbed a blanket and lay it over her. Scott walked out the door, speeding up once out the door, Sophie told him not to run as to not upset her stomach any further. Half way across the lawn, Peter came running over, "What happen?" He asked frantically, other students were also following Scott who was now jogging.

"I think Shelby has a stomach flu." Sophie told him while keeping up with Scott

Peter ran ahead to clear the way and warn the nurse, when Scott got there, he lay Shelby on one of the beds, he took her hand, and only let go when Peter physically removed it, and walked him outside the door. "Scott, the nurse is going to check her out, then after she says its ok, you can go in to see her."

Scott didn't even answer, he just paced the floor, Peter felt bad for him and tried to calm him down, but he was also scared for Shelby.

They waited almost an hour until the nurse walked out, Peter and Scott both stood up immediately, "It seems to me that Shelby has a stomach flu, Sophie said that her group recently went on a quest, so she probably picked it up there, I am going to keep her here because she is still throwing up, but she should be out in a day or so."

They both let out a breath, "Can I see her?" Scott asked

"Sure, come in, but only for a little while because she needs to rest."

"Ok." Scott was relieved, but he became nervous again when he walked to the bed containing the girl he loved, she was pale and looked small, even in the twin bed. He held her hand, and she opened her eyes.

"I'll let you have some time to talk." Sophie said and left, Scott hadn't even noticed she was in the room.

"How are you feeling?" Scott tried to smile the best he could

"How do I look?" She laughed slightly, which caused her to begin coughing, Scott was a little nervous, but figured it was all included in her flu.

"Why don't you try to rest, I'll just sit here with you." Scott sat in a seat next to her bed, held her hand with one hand, and rubbed her cheek softly with the other until she drifted off into a sleep. He just sat there watching her, he wished he could take all the pain and make it his own, just so she could feel good.