Danielle Fenton
Chapter 14- Love Sick
The winter winds and flurries had melted into a meek and mild spring. The air was now consiterably warmer and flowers were just beginning to bloom. Among the refreshing rain, pollen and floral scents; love was in the air. Jaden sat in the loft above his bedroom, strumming his guitar. One could tell that he was not playing for practice, but rather out of a nervous habit. Because he would repeat the same few chords over and over again.
"This holiday is over-rated anyway! Just another day for Hallmark to get rich off second rate greeting cards and stuffed animals..." he muttered to himself.
"What are you mumbling about, dip stick?" Jaden looked up from his guitar to see Ember, in her human form, leaning against the door frame wearing a wicked smirk.
"What do you want, Em?" his stormy grey eyes flashing electric green in annoyance.
"Well, I had come up here to give you back your cell phone. You left it on the kitchen table and the damn thing wouldn't stop vibrating!" she threw the devise at his head, but he caught it in time. He flipped it open and stared at the screen for a few seconds before sighing loudly and falling onto his back. Ember's feirce gaze softened a little.
"Ok, spill. What's wrong?"
"What's it to you?" Jaden asked in annoyance.
"I'm your older sister, along with the right to make your life a living hell, it also gives me the right to know what's wrong with you when you're acting all mopey." Jaden groaned in defeat and sat up, his cloudy grey eyes met the identical pair of his sister's.
"Fine...today's Valentine's day and I have no idea what boyfriends are supposed to do!"
"Is that all?" Ember giggled.
"It would be nice if you wouldn't add insult to injury, sis." Ember only rolled her eyes.
"I'll let you in on a little secret. Thier is no 'right' way in love. Follow your heart and do what you think is right."
For the first time in his life, Jaden genuinely smiled at his sibling. Suddenly very glad for her presence.
Sky blue eyes opened slowly. Pain and misery were evident in thier icy depts. Onyx tresses were stuck to her forehead with sweat and her face was white as snow. Dani managed to turn over in her bed with her mouth hanging over a trash can before loosing the contents of her stomach. When she felt like she was finished, she wiped her mouth with a damp rag that was placed on her nightstand and laied back down in her bed.
"Sick again?" came Jazz's voice. Dani mustered up enough strenght to look toward the door to see her sister come in. The red head sat on the side of the halfa's bed as she took Danielle's temperature.
"102. That's still pretty high." Jazz sighed.
"Please. Just kill me." Dani moaned. To say the least, Danielle was ill. The night before, she had woken up to violent vomiting, chills, cold sweats and a very high fever. Jack and Maddie had diagnosed this as a stomach virus and would wear off in a day or so, but to Dani that seemed like years.
"Everyone gets sick, Dani. But it doesn't last forever." Jazz tried to give her little sister a tender look, but failed due to concern and worry. She knew it was silly to worry so about a simple illness but seeing Danielle in this state of vulnerablility was enough to make Jazz question her parent's procnosis.
When Danielle seemed calm enough, Jazz exited the room.
"How is she?" came Danny's voice.
"Still violently ill. I'm not sure if this is a common bug or not. Her symptoms seem to get worse every hour." Jazz answered. And as if on que, a horrid retching sound emited from behind the closed door. The Fenton siblings rushed inside to see the youngest of them hunched over the side of her bed cluching the small trashcan. The heaving and vomiting seemed to be uncontrollable now and her cold sweat worstened. Only this time, a small trickle of blood slid down the corner of her mouth.
"Ok, that's it. We're getting you to an actual doctor." Danny announced just before he transformed. He picked Dani up carefully, minding her sick stomach, and continued to fly as fast he could to Amity Hospital.
Feeling his self confidance restored, Blane phased into Dani's room with a smile on his face and a beautiful blue rose in hand. But that smile soon vanished when he noticed something was amiss. Dani's bed had been stripped of it's sheets and blankets, and the area surrounding it was littered with tissues, wash rags and various medicine bottles. Puzzled, he placed the rose on Dani's dresser and walked out into the hallway in search of his missing girlfriend. He spotted Jazz a few rooms down, throwing what he knew to be Dani's bedsheets into the washing machine.
"Hey, sunshine." Jazz turned with a jerk, not expecting the sudden presence of the fire hybrid.
"Oh, hello Blane. Seems you've come at a bad time. Danny just left with Danielle to take her to the hospital."
"Hospital!? What happened!?"
"To put it mildly, she's sick. Excessive vomiting, cold sweats, heaving, and high fever." She could see that with every word she spoke the worry and concern in Blane's firey green eyes intensified. So without another word, she reached into her pocket for her car keys. "Come on, i'll take you to her." Blane nodded and reverted back to his human self, following Jazz outside.
Danielle now laied in a dreamless sleep after several shots to calm her raging stomach. Danny sat next to her bed listening to the constant beep of the heart monitor his sister was connected to. Dani was severely dehydrated when she arrived so a few bags of fluids hung beside her bed, feeding her IV. Danny stood upon seeing his elder sister and Jaden arrive. The young fire hybrid's face paled a little upon seeing Danielle in such a state.
"How is she?" he finally asked.
"The doctors are running a few blood tests on her now, to see exactly what kind of virus she has. They gave her something for the vomiting and a seditive to help her rest."
"Why don't you go home and get ready for your date tonight, bro? Me and Jaden can handle things here." Jazz offered.
"I've already called Sam and she dosen't want me away from Danielle if she's sick. She, Tucker and Raven will be over later to check up on Dani. Not my ideal way of spending Valentines Day, but family comes first." Danny managed a small smile and a nervous chuckle. A soft knock on the door broke the silence that had fallen across the room. A middle aged man in a white lab coat entered with a clip board. He locked eyes with Danny before speaking.
"It seems Danielle has quite a few stomach ulcers. Those would be the cause of the bleeding and uncontrollable vomiting. They should clear up in a few weeks with a modified diet and medicine."
Relief along with worry washed over the three teens. They thanked God that Daniellle's sickness wasn't that serious, but stomach ulcers weren't anything to trifle with. The doctor checked Danielle's IVs and temperature before writing her prescriptions.
"She should wake up in a few hours, so I would suggest to take her home and make her comfortable." Danny shook the doctor's hand before he left the room.
Dani awoke to find herself back in her room.
"What happened?" She asked. The last thing she remembered was being flown to the hospital by Danny. After a minute, Dani's head cleared enough to stand, but found she was a bit dizzy so she leaned against the wall for support. Ever so carefully, she made her way to the door only to be stopped by an invisible force.
"Where do ya think you're goin', princess?" Blane chuckled as he materialized in front of her.
"What's wrong with me?" Dani asked as her dizziness worstened, suddenly taking note of how dry her throat was. Blane seemed to have read her mind and handed her a bottle of water. She took short but quick sips of the liquid.
"You have stomach ulcers. More than likely caused by the stress of being in Walker's jail for over 2 years."
"What's gonna happen now?" she asked, her azure eyes shining with fear.
"The doctor said to keep you on a special diet and to take a few antiacid pills. You should be fine in a few weeks." Dani let out a breath she didn't know she was holding and smiled at her boyfriend. He placed a soft kiss on her cheek and helped her back to bed.
"What could be taking him so long?" Sam grumbled from her place beside Danny on the couch. "All we asked him to do was check on her!"
"Well, you could go up and see, if it's nagging you too bad." Raven chidded, her and Tucker sat on either side of the couple. Sam decided to take her friend's suggestion and assended the stairs. Cautious, she placed an ear to Dani's door, but heard nothing. Taking a bolder approach, she opened the door. What she found caused a large smile to spread across her ivory face. A sleeping Jaden sat against the headboard of the bed with Danielle laying on his chest, eyes closed and breathing softly. Deciding to leave the two lovers to thier dreams, Sam quietly closed the door and returned downstairs.
Maiden- So now we see the aftermath of Dani's treatment while she was in Walker's jail. Stomach ulcers can flare up at any time. Some people can go for months without knowing they have them until they eat something different or have a drastic change in stress level. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed and continue to read and review!