If the creator of this prompt list doesn't want me using it without officially signing up, I will take it down immediately.
011. Red
Jade may not have an aversion to blood, but she definitely did when it was Cat's. The sight of crimson blood dripping from Cat's fingers, she staring blankly at it as if not really seeing it, made her stomach lurch, and she stumbled over and cradled Cat's bleeding fingers in her hands. She can't stand the sight of Cat's blood.
"Nurse," she said, almost inaudibly, but Cat heard her and nodded jerkily.
So Jade hurriedly pulled Cat from the room, leaving Sikowitz with shattered glass and a small puddle of blood on his floor.
"Why'd you pick that up?" Jade snapped later in the nurse's office, more out of worry than anger.
Cat flexed her hand, apparently intrigued by the bandage wrapped around her palm, but Jade knew she was just avoiding looking at her.
With a small grimace, Jade scooted to the edge of her chair and stilled Cat's hand with her own like she had earlier. "Sorry, Kitty-cat, I was just worried." She rubbed a thumb over a part of Cat's hand that wasn't bandaged, careful to avoid the injury. "You should know not to pick up glass, even if you are trying to help."
A small sound came from Cat; it sort of sounded like disgruntled agreement. Jade smiled, which caused Cat to look up.
"I'm rubbing off on you," Jade said quietly, with a wry smirk. "C'mon, let's go."
She tugged Cat to her feet – by her wrist, of course – and wrapped an arm around her shoulders to steer her out of the office. The nurse watched them go and, knowing they weren't going back to class, gave them a slight reprimanding look; Jade flashed a brief smirk before pulling the door shut behind her.
My apologies if the spelling of Jade's nickname for Cat differs from story to story. These were written over the span of a month, and a lot of times, I was too lazy to search back for the spelling I had used previously.
