Sickly Part 2

Gwen looked around at the monitors, the timed 'beep' echoed in her head as well as the compressors to the IV that was suck in her arm. She felt groggy, better but groggy. She could make out the muted television hanging on the other side of the wall, 'Seinfield' was on. Turning her head to her right she saw four figures standing over her.

"Hey, sweetie. How you feeling?" Her mother cooed as she leaned over and petted her daughter's forehead. Gwen offered a weak smile before replying "Drugged up."

"You gave us all a scare, young lady." Her father said as he also leaned over and gave her a peck on her forehead. At this Gwen eased herself up in a sitting position, her movements languid from all the medication.

"What's the verdict?" She asked, hoping they could fill her in on what was wrong with her. The doctor explained earlier but she was to far gone mentally to comprehend anything.

"Doctor says you had an avian sis." Kevin said clumsily, and unwitting of his mispronunciation.

"OVARIAN CYST." Ben loudly whispered to Kevin.

"That's what I said." Kevin shrugged. Their banter caused Gwen to giggle.

"The doctor is going to prescribe you birth control pills to decrease the mass of it, you should be out tonight." Mrs. Tennyson explained. The mention of 'birth control' however sent a strange change in Frank Tennyson's demeanor.

"Do we have to call it that? I'd prefer to keep the mention of my daughter and 'birth control' in separate and unrelated sentences." Frank worded uncomfortably. Agitation swept over Gwen's mother's face.

"Oh for goodness sake, have a little faith in her. Just because she has access to a contraception doesn't mean she's going to go around having se---" But she was cut off by her daughter pulling on her arm.

"Let's not discuss this now, please?" Gwen pleaded, her face finally showing a blush. The first sign of color in her pale face.

The two boys who witnessed this shifted awkwardly. Kevin especially, it weirded him out to hear adult's talk about sex- let alone their own kid's sex life. If that wasn't enough he also got very skittish around Mr. Tennyson more then ever. He could feel the older gentlemen give him the evil eye- and it didn't take an genius to wonder why----not that he and Gwen were anything other then….friends.

"Well we're glad you're okay, Gwen." Ben stated to ease the tension. "But, as much as I want to stay---I better get home and tell my parents you're alright." Ben looked to his uncle, "Can I get a ride?" Frank nodded and followed Ben out.

"Alright, well I'm going to go and file the release papers so we can get you home tonight." Mrs. Tennyson said as she got up to leave the room.

Gwen looked over to Kevin, who was silently sitting in a chair near her. "You can't be gloomy, I'm the only one who can feel gloomy." she said in another weak smile.

Kevin smirked but it soon turned into a genuine smile as he laid his hand on her cold one.

"So….birth control, huh?"