Shun
I has started to take the antibiotics later that night, and could already feel the medicine kicking in. Dr. Michaels had recently given one of the pills to Alice, and it had already kicked in and broke her fever. When she finally had enough energy, we helped her up the stairs and into her room, so she would finally be off that couch and into a more comfortable place. I was laid up in my own room reading a book, and slowly drifting off to sleep cause of the pills' side effects. Unable to hold my eyes open any longer, I folded the corner of my page and turned the light off.
Alice
I was still tired, but the medicine was helping a lot. It had killed my fever for now, and rid my body of aches and pains. I could live without the drowsing effects though. I decided to get up for a few minutes and get something to drink before the meds put me out for another 4 hours. I had to walk past the room Shun was staying in before I could go downstairs and to the kitchen. The door was open just enough for me to stick my head in. All I saw was him curled up under the covers. Grandpa did tell me he wasn't feeling well either. I better get out of here before I wake him up. I poured my glass of cold water when I got to the kitchen. Water had never tasted so good to me, considering I had been asleep so much I hadn't had a lot to drink. I saw my grandfather outside through the kitchen window, salvaging what he could from the burned lab.
He walked back inside through the door and knocked some of the snow off his boots. "Alice, what are you doing up?" I held up my glass of water and he understood. "Well, I couldn't find any of my previous work in the lab. Looks I lost all of it in that fire." I felt bad for my grandfather. That lab was his entire life's work. It can't be easy to have everything you worked for here one day, then gone the next. "Grandfather, I'm gunna go back up to my room. Those meds are making me sleepy again." He nodded his head, and I headed back to my room just like I said I was going to.
Shun
When I woke up from my two hour nap, it had been the best I had felt last few days. I sat upright in my bed and stretched my arms above my head. I glanced over at the little digital clock. It's only two in the afternoon. I wonder what's on TV. The TV that was placed on top of this wooden dresser was your basic old box TV, fuzzy picture and everything. Flipping through the channels, I eventually found the Comedy Central channel and saw that Scrubs was on. Well, this looks like the only thing worth watching. I sat through the back to back episodes, even though I had seen them both, then turned the TV off. Ugh, I have never been this bored in my life. Maybe Alice is awake. It wouldn't hurt to check in on her anyway. I wasn't trying to be quiet as I walked down the hall, and that resulted in me stepping on some creaky wooden floorboards. Alice's door was slightly cracked enough that I saw her laying in her bed asleep. I saw she left her desk lamp on, and I entered the room to turn the switch off.
Laying on the desk was the necklace I had bought her. I put my fingers on the lamp, and smiled at her before flipping the light off. Once out of the room, I gently closed the door behind me. That was when I first noticed this dark oak table against the wall in the center of the hallway. It, of course, had a vase with some lilies in them, and a huge spiral bound photo album next to them. The album had Memories etched on the cover of the book. I turned open the cover, and saw the first page of pictures. These are all pictures of the brawlers. There were pictures as far back as when we all first met and formed the team.
Most of the pages had photos of Runo and Julie. I don't remember half these pictures being taken. It had seemed Alice took our photos when we were least aware of it. There was even one of Runo and Dan fighting. Those were fun times. Alice had at some point, took a picture or Mira, Ace, and Baron when they followed us back to Earth from New Vestroia. And at the end of the photo album, were the pictures of all of us after we defeated Naga. I smiled and closed the album, which was followed by a cloud of dust rising from the pages that hadn't been touched in years.
I wiped the dust from fingers and headed back towards my room. As I got to my room door, I heard my phone beeping inside. I walked over to where I had plugged it in, and saw Dan had texted me. Hey Shun, Murucho's folks said we're all leaving to go back home tomorrow. You should probably start packing or whatever, that is, if you're going with us. I sat down on the bed and stared at my phone's screen. I don't really want to go back to that old man I call my grandfather, but I know he won't allow me to stay here. Heck, I don't even know if Dr. Michaels will let me stay. All I know is that I'm happy here, and that's been a first for a long time. If I did get to stay here, I'd have to go back anyway to retrieve my things from my grandfather. I just sat there at the foot of the bed, and thought back and forth in my mind about if I got to stay and if I didn't. I'll ask Dr. Michaels tonight at diner if I can stay. I just hope he says yes, cause I don't think I could live without Alice.
Hmmm...Will Shun get to stay or leave? Heck, I don't even know yet. XP This story may go on for a VERY long time. lol. It may even end up over twenty chapters at this rate. o.O So, please add it to you're favorites, review, comment and other what not. XP I shall update either later tonight if I'm in a writing mood, but will certainly update tomorrow. :)