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What's written on a white erase board

Chapter 6

"How are you feeling today, Jaden?" a young red-headed nurse asked the brunette teen.

Jaden had now been in the hospital for three days. He's had shot after shot and he has taken pill after pill. He is still unable to speak, but the doctor had retrieved a white erase board for him so he could still communicate with people.

"I'm feeling better," Jaden replied as he held up the board.

"That's good. Do you want to get your homework now?" Jaden rolled his eyes, making the woman chuckle.

"I don't really WANT to, but I'm pretty sure I don't have a choice."

"I'll be right back with it, Jaden. You just sit tight." With this the lady walked out of the room and down the hall. Jaden looked down at his white board for a few moments as if he were in a trance.

'Stupid strep,' Jaden complained silently, knowing that it was much more than just strep throat. 'I can't even talk anymore.'

At this moment the doors slid open to reveal Chancellor Shepard. The man had been making it a point to stop by every day to check on the Sliffer Red student.

"How are you today, Jaden?" the chancellor questioned. Jaden erased his board and wrote something new with his red marker.

"I've been better…but I don't know if I've been worse."

"What would make you feel better?"

Jaden held up his index finger, asking for the chancellor's patience.

"Seeing my friends might help a little."

The one thing that Jaden had missed the most was his friends. His day would be brightened a lot even if only Chazz came with his rude remarks.

"I'm sorry, Jaden," the chancellor sighed. "We have to make sure they won't get infected before we let them come in here to see you." A sad expression fell over Jaden's face as the boy started to write again.

"I understand…"

The chancellor wanted to do something to help make Jaden feel better, but he knew that what was happening was best for the both the Sliffer Red student and his friends.

"I have to apologize, Jaden," Chancellor Shepard said as he looked down at his watch. "I have to leave now because there's an important meeting in ten minutes. Good bye."

"Good bye," Jaden wrote. It annoyed the teen how long it took to erase his previous work and to write only two words. It took so much more time compared to just saying the words. And the fact that he had to do it every time he wanted to communicate with other human being made the teen tempted to throw the board into the ocean and go on being silent.

"Man, where is that Sliffer Slacker," Professor Crowler muttered under his breath. "He has been gone for days now."

The man was trying to speak quietly, but everyone could still understand what he was saying by reading his lips.

'I was just wondering the same thing,' Syrus thought with a mental sigh. Chazz scuffed behind him and put his hands behind his head.

"I don't see why anyone actually cares for that punk," Chazz said.

'I don't see how you can go a day without someone popping you in the mouth for what you say,' Syrus wanted to snap back.

Ever since Jaden had gone to the hospital, Chazz has been extra hateful to Syrus. He would constantly make comments against the blue haired boy and the bed-ridden brunette. It wasn't like he hadn't done this before, but with Jaden gone it just seemed worse.

"Hey, knock it off Chazz," Alexis spoke as she walked over to the two. "Jaden is obviously really sick."

"I know that," Chazz retorted. "But everyone is acting like the world has ended. He'll be out before you know it, you'll see."

Syrus was surprised that what Chazz said was half kind.

"Yes, he will," Alexis agreed. "But could you leave Syrus alone?"

"Fine, but it's only the truth."

Syrus gave a mental sigh of relief as Alexis walked away and silence engulfed the loud mouth behind him.

"Oh, so this is the precious duel academy," spoke a shadow who watched the building from the darkness of the forest. "And this is also where I will find my pry."

"Do you want me to go in master?" a young girl asked from behind the shadow.

The girl had short, rusty brown hair and dark black eyes. She was wearing black leather pants and a regular black tee. Her boots went to her knees but were hidden underneath her pants.

The shadow man hummed for a moment as it thought.

"Yes, please do. And don't let anyone know who you are or who you are looking for."

"Of course not, master." With this the girl disappeared into the shadows that no one could see besides the shadow himself.

Jaden lay in his hospital bed as he stared at the ceiling. That was all he really COULD do. They had taken away his cards for the time being so that he didn't stress himself out by trying to play with them. Never had he agreed with his father about how people took the game too seriously, that is until now.

"Jaden," a nice woman can in with a nurse uniform. "I have your lunch." The brunette grimaced at the thought of eating something. He mentally chuckled at the idea of his friends shock from his lack of eating. But who could honestly blame him when his throat burned when he was only breathing?

"What is it?" Jaden asked without looking at the board or the woman as he wrote the words.

"It's cool soup, Jaden."

That was another thing that annoyed Jaden: cold food.

The brunette sat up and let the nurse place the tray onto his lap. As he began to eat the cold tomato soup, the nurse left him to the silence of his room (or his prison cell, as he liked to call it).

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