Feverish

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Chapter 7:Of Course She Did


Wendy groggily awoke at the sound of a muffled groan. Wendy sat up and yawned before rubbing her eyes. Her eyes narrowed and looked toward a still sleeping Tigerlily,Wendy furrowed her brows,because funnily enough,the groan didn't seem to be coming from her. Wendy gently shook the princess,she groaned and attempted to swat away the pest. Wendy licked her dry lips and padded out of her room and into Peters.

Wendy was still rubbing her eyes as she made her way to his bed.

''Peter,I-'',Wendy's hands fell away from her eyes as her mouth opened a bit. Peter's eyes were clenched as he thrashed about,as though he were being attacked,he was murmuring incoherent words as Wendy edged her self closer. Wendy proceeded,trying to grab a hold of his hands,but Peter's eyes snapped open,and he saw her first. He swung something at her,and Wendy didn't know what it was,as it was a blur,but she knew only when the object came in contact with her skin.

It cut into her pale arm,deeply,causing her crimson blood to trickle down her arm and onto her middle finger. Her breathing had speeded up and she was trembling.

''Peter!'',Peter grabbed her and threw her onto his bed as he straddled her. His teeth were clenched into a snarl and his green eyes were darker,burning with hatred. His right hand held her wrists and his left one held the knife to her throat.

''Peter'',she whispered as she tried to search for a clue,anything to explain his behaviour,she tried his eyes.

But they were turning darker by the second,until Wendy felt scared to look further into them,for fear she would be sucked into his black orbs of hatred.

Wendy was too surprised to say anything and her arm stung terribly. The blade edged deeper into her throat. Wendy's mouth was clamped shut as her body began to vibrate as she felt warm,sticky liquid lead itself to her collarbone. She felt lightheaded and by now her vision as blurred,but she caught sight of Tigerlily as a tanned arm squeezed gently at Peter's shoulder,his eyes were half lidded,until they closed fully and he fell unconscious,right before Wendy did too.


Wendy's eyes began to adjust to her surroundings,but her head reeled as she tried to sit up. Her head and neck were both sore. Wendy tried to remember what had happened...what had happened to Peter,it seemed as though he was hallucinating,her head pained her more,the more she tried to remember. Wendy noticed a white bandage wrapped round her cut and she expected a plaster to be stuck on the scar Peter had left...The memory brought tears to her eyes.

Tigerlily's back was to Wendy as she scurried around the room. Wendy's eyes began to pain her a little as they grew tired of seeing the princess move quickly around the room. Wendy's breathing caused the princess to turn her attention back to Wendy. Tigerlily went to a drawer and held a glass cup of water in her left and with her right hand,put in crushed herbs and swished the clear liquid around. She held it out to Wendy,to which Wendy cocked an eyebrow and gave her an indignant shake of the head.

Tigerlily began to grow impatient. ''Drink'',Tigerlily's voice was firm yet sweet,decisive,yet a voice you'd like to listen to all the time,and it had a bit of an accent,hence the way she rolled her r's.

Wendy blinked but reluctantly took the cup and drank it,after the first sip she winced as the liquid poured down her throat,causing her throat to burn and tickle. She coughed and spluttered and held the cup well away from herself. Tigerlily folded her arms and glared at her. Wendy recoiled but held her nose and drank the clear substance. She exhaled a few times before coughing again.

''Where's Peter?'',Wendy's voice was rough,as if she had been shouting.

Tigerlily pointed to the door and made gestures that he was sleeping. Wendy understood this and chewed her bottom lip and nodded. She threw the duvet off of her and began walking to the door,she felt weak,her muscles were sore and her head was reeling,causing her to stumble a bit. Tigerlily scurried over to Wendy and dragged her back to bed and placed the covers over her again. Tigerlily was making sideglances towards the empty glass beside Wendy. Wendy blinked and she too looked at the cup. Her eyelids were beginning to feel heavy and they were closing,her surroundings were becoming bleary,but Tigerlily's triumphant smile was clear as day.


Wendy woke up feeling much stronger and her headache had subsided. No one was in the room but her and she began to feel edacious. She licked her dry lips and found her way to the door and lead her way down to the kitchen. She ran her fingers through her brown hair and her eyes were half lidded. Her eyes were wide open now when she saw Peter. Her eyes fell downward and she made her way to the sink to wash her hands,as she found that Tigerlily had already prepared dinner. She gave a curt thank-you nod to Tigerlily and sat down and began to eat.

The boys ravenously ate the potato and chicken meal and gulped down their berry juice. They enthusiastically asked to go outside for some 'adventure' of theirs. Wendy nodded and smiled at them and they whooped with joy and scrambled outside. It was just the 3 of them,Peter,Tigerlily and Wendy. Tigerlily picked up her empty leaf plate and left the table,before leaving the kitchen,she gave a warning glance to Wendy,for her to be ''careful''. She then left and Wendy coughed before murmuring that she had finished.

She disposed of her leaf plate and began shuffling quickly toward the exit. Peter stood up in front of her and grabbed her wrist,looking into her eyes. Wendy avoided his gaze.

''Let go'',Wendy said firmly.

''Look at me first'',Peter said,his voice was rough,as if he too had been yelling.

Wendy pursed her lips,but her blue eyes met with his green ones as he pulled her closer.

''I'm sorry'',he said.''I don't know what came over me,I passed out before I knew what I was dong,and then I woke up,remembering everything,Tigerlily,saved you,and saved me too...'',he trailed off,deep in thought,his hand still bound round her wrist.

Wendy looked back,remembering Tigerlily squeezing his shoulder as he was losing consciousness,he was right,but he seemed to be thinking about her.

''Yeah'',Wendy murmured.

''Of course she did'',Wendy yanked her wrist free of his grasp and ran upstairs and into her bedroom,closing the door with a slam.


Author's note:Sorry for the late update guys,school is back around here and secondary school is hectic,but great!Anyways,please leave a review telling me what you think and thank you to everyone supporting this story,ILY guys!

*Sorry if the chapter was a bit choppy or dry,I really wanted to get this up before tomorrow,since tomorrows Monday :)

*Remember,hallucinations are part of the symptoms of fever,so that was what Peter was suffering from when he was attacking Wendy

*Remember to review please,just so I get a general feedback of what you guys think of this story and this chapter :)