William
It hurt me not to talk. I wanted to, I just couldn't. It was killing me. Danni was screaming at me and shaking me but I couldn't do or say anything. The monitors hooked up next to her bed started beeping. I still couldn't do anything. I didn't even know why. Finally she collapsed on her bed. There were tears in her eyes. "William, can you talk?"
I shook my head.
"But can you hear me?"
I nodded.
"Do you know why you can't talk?"
I shrugged.
She sighed. "Okay, since you're an Avox, can I have some peanut butter cups?"
I smiled, still unable to talk.
"No, I'm serious. Can you?"
I shook my head.
"Okay, isn't is, like, the number one rule that when your best friend is poisoned that you give her food on demand?"
Poisoned? What did she mean by poisoned? I guess she understood what I was thinking, because she gave me an explanation.
"Yeah, poison. Death Cap mushroom poison. They're still trying to figure out where I got it from."
Then the door collapsed and Lia and Athena fell in. They looked up at us.
"Were you eavesdropping?" Danni asked.
They nodded sheepishly and got up off the ground.
A doctor walked in. She was slim and pretty, with brown-blond hair and blue eyes. She smiled. "Hey, Danni! Your test results are in. They're kind of unusual. It seems like you got the poison via saliva transmition."
"Wait, what?" Athena butted in. "Can you say that again?"
"Sure." The doctor said. "The poison was transmitted via-"
"In English, please."
"It means that I got it through spit germs." Danni said before the doctor could.
"Oh gosh." Lia said. "That's gross."
The doctor looked back at me. "Danni, have you kissed anybody in the past few days?"
She gave me a sideways glance. "Yes, why?"
"That may be where you got poisoned from. Has this person died at all?"
"Um, no." she poked my arm to demonstrate. "Still alive."
The doctor gave me an odd look. "Young man, can I see you for a minute?"
I nodded.
"Just warning you, he hasn't been talking. At all." Danni said.
"Okay, thanks." The doctor said. "Come on, William." She motioned for me to follow her and we walked out the door.
Lia
"Well, now we know whose fault it is." Danni said, looking at Athena.
"What did I do?" Athena replied defensively.
"You were the one that dared me to kiss him!"
They were too involved in their fight to notice me, so I pulled out my phone and started tweeting.
William
The Doctor turned to me as we walked down the hallway towards the elevators. "Danni talks about you a lot. It always sounds like she's worried about you. She thinks you're beating yourself up over Monday's incedent. Is that true?"
I nodded.
She gave me a sympathetic look. "You care about her a lot, don't you?"
I nodded again.
"So from what I've heard, you've fallen hard for her. You feel bad because you can't protect her from everything bad that's going on. You fear more for her that for yourself. Any you can't talk because you're in shock that she almost died right in front of you twice."
I nodded again to let her know that she was spot on.
"So how did you kiss her? Hold up one finger for filming/acting, two fingers for something else."
I held up two fingers.
"One finger for a game, two finger for something else."
I held up one finger. We stepped into the elevator.
"Truth or Dare." She confirmed. I nodded. The elevator door opened and we stepped out. It was a test lab.
"Okay, now I need you to open your mouth for me."
She put on a latex glove and grabbed a long cotton swab. I opened my mouth and she swiped my tongue. Then she put it in a plastic bag marked TO BE TESTED.
"I'll do a test on this and get back to you, okay? Oh, by the way, I'm Dr. Twilight. You're from Los Angeles, right?"
I nodded.
"Keep a look out for my daughter, will you? Her name is Vanilla."
I nodded again and began to walk back to the elevator.
"Oh, and William?" She called just before I pressed the button.
I looked back at her.
"You'll get Danni someday. Trust me." She said with a glint in her eye.
I smiled and pushed the elevator button.
I stepped in and waited. As the doors closed, I swore I saw Dr. Twilight fad away into the background of the lab.
Songs I listened to while writing this chapter:
Coldplay – Speed of Sound
Coldplay – Paradise
Justin Beiber – Boyfriend (since when is that on my iPod?)
Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe
Ellie Goulding – Lights (WOOOOOO BEST SONG EVER)
Katy Perry – Wide Awake (does anybody else think of Landon Slaymach when they hear this song? Lol just wondering, cuz I do.)
Gym Class Heroes – The Fighter (yeah right, you're better off tryna freeze hell. Those were some of the best lyrics in the world. From that song, I mean.)
Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen – Good Time (Oh, no! Carly dropped her phone in the pool! Now I can't call her maybe!)
One Direction – What Makes You Beautiful (No, I'm not a Directioner. I just like Harry's hair. It's so perfect.)
David Guetta – Titanium ft. Sia (do you guys watch America's Got Talent? The Yamica kid was amazing when he did this song. YAMICA FTW!)
B.o.B – Both of Us ft Taylor Swift (lol I effing love this song)
Rent – Seasons of Love
Cher Lloyd – Want U Back (does this sound like a helicopter? *makes motorboating noise*)
One Direction – One Thing (… Harry's hair. I told you already. It's so perfect.)
Ellie Goulding – Lights (Yes, again.)
Linkin Park – BURN IT DOWN
Alex Clare – Too Close (this is, like, the only thing that dubstep sounds good in.)
Demi Lovato – Give Your Heart a Break
Maroon 5 – Payphone (who doesn't love this song?)
Shane Dawson – SuperLuv (Oh, that reminds me, I have to go buy The Vacation Song.)