The hall was deserted.
The three men looked up at her.
"Is he okay?" Duo asked with a worried look on his usually perky face.
Trio let out a small laugh; "He's okay enough to propose to me if that's what you mean."
Jerome's eyes went wide, as did Duo's and Marcus's. "You serious? He woke up? And proposed?" Jerome shook his head; "He's a lot stronger than any of us anticipated."
"Yea, a little too strong," Shinna mumbled then pulled her lips in.
"What do you mean?" Trio asked, turning to her friend with a frown. "What does that mean?"
"I.I meant, don't you think it's just a LITTLE suspicious that he could have survived such a long overdose? I do, I mean, I'm glad he survived, but it just doesn't feel right to me."
Trio started to object, but Dr. Marcus interrupted, "I thought that same thing as well. But his x-rays come back normal and all his vitals are normal as well. Do you suspect something?"
"I do," Shinna replied.
"It's getting late," Jerome said, "and you two still have school tomorrow. Let's get you two home."
"If you don't mind," Duo said, "I'd like to take Trio over to Ken's and talk to him. I'll call China-man and tell him to pick Shinna up there."
"But how's Trio suppose to get home?"
"She should stay with me tonight," Shinna voiced. "I mean, we've been through a lot tonight, besides, I get to walk to school and it gets lonely. Let her spend the night on a school night, just once?" Shinna put on a puppy face and turned it head long onto Jerome. He blinked multiple times before letting out a hearty laugh.
"Don't ask me, ask Wufei."
"Where's a cell phone?!" Shinna ran around the group of men until Duo brought out his cell phone. That reminded Trio she had lost hers and had lost her backpack. Trio groaned, and with her homework.
"What's wrong?" Marcus asked.
"I dropped my backpack and cell phone in the park. I can't go to school without my backpack."
Shinna, who was talking to Wufei, let out a yelp, "That's right! We dropped them!" Shinna wailed, "WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?!"
"WOMAN?!" Wufei screamed into the phone, "PAY ATTENTION!"
"Wha?" Shinna said, returning her attention back to the cell phone. "Sorry, so.can she?"
Wufei let out a frustrating sigh, "What time is it?"
"7:00 p.m.," Shinna said, "Why?"
"I'll expect you two home by 8 at the latest."
"Um, Duo wanted to speak with you about that," Shinna shoved the phone into Duo's waiting hands. While the girls jumped around in excitement, Duo talked to Wufei. Trio jumped around with Shinna until it started to hurt, and turned back to Room 3.
"We'll take good care of him," Dr. Marcus assured her, "We'll even make sure his dad doesn't find him."
"I'm going to go say goodbye," she said. She walked back into the room without waiting for a response.
Shiro was lying in the same position Trio had left him. Trio walked over to the bed and leaned down, giving him a quick kiss on the lips.
"Good night, my love. Sleep well."
'Sweet dreams, my love,' a voice in her head said. Trio jerked back and bumped into the machines. The drip jiggled a little, but did not fall and Trio breathed a sigh of relief. Trio looked back at Shiro. He lay with no expression, no sign he was alive, besides the rise and fall of his chest.
"What was that?" Trio whispered to herself. Shuddering, she turned and walked outside. Shinna was the only one waiting.
"What took ya so long?" She said, with a smirk.
Trio smirked back, "Haven't you ever heard of a good night kiss?"
Shinna rolled her eyes, "You two are disgusting. What's with all the kissing?"
"I'll have to tell you later," Trio replied, with a now serious expression. Shinna frowned, but shrugged that she understood.
Both girls walked back down the hall and out into the parking lot, where they found Duo waiting. Wordlessly, they climbed into the white car. On the back seat, Shinna noticed a small pool of blood, where the dart had hit him. She sat on the passenger side of the seat to avoid sitting on the blood. Trio sat in front and Duo drove.
The trip to Ken's house was almost silent.
"Shinna," Trio said, halfway through the trip, "I thought you were staying with Sherri."
"I am, but like Duo, Wufei's here for a visit and they, being him and Sally were staying with Sherri."
"Oh, I see," Trio's voice had a kind of finality to it, and the conversation ended there.
As the car passed the school, Duo pulled over.
"Go get your stuff. If you can't find your cell phone, have Shinna call it." The two G-Alloids nodded and scrambled out of the car. Trio ran past the streetlight with Shinna right on her heels. Neither could believe that just two and a half-hours ago, they had been fighting for their lives and Shiro had nearly lost his under that lighted piece of pavement.
Once Trio and Shinna reached the tree, they began feeling the ground. Shinna saw a light on the tree and giggled. Trio looked over and even though Shinna couldn't see her face she knew Trio was confused.
"The flashlight's still on," she laughed, pointing over at the tree. Trio, who could barely see Shinna as it was, looked over and saw the light at the base of the tree and chuckled. Shinna walked over and lifted up the flashlight. They soon found their backpacks, untouched.
"Trio, we should change shirts really soon ya know," Shinna commented as Trio leaned over and picked up her backpack. Trio took off toward the car. Shinna wondered why she didn't reply.
Once they reached the light, Trio stopped. Shinna, winded, leaned over her knees.
"Call my phone, it should be here somewhere," she said without waiting for Shinna to get a breather. Shinna looked at Trio helplessly, but she took out her cell and hit the speed dial. A clear ring rang through the air; it came from Trio's pants. Both girls laughed.
"Of all the nerve," Trio chuckled. "So," she continued, "Why did you say we should change shirts soon?"
"Well," Shinna stuttered as they reached the car, "we were running through a hospital with the back of our shirts ripped." Trio blushed and with what little light there was Shinna saw and laughed. Trio, a little shy at first, started to laugh too.
Climbing into the car laughing, Duo drove them over to Ken's house to wait for Wufei. But no one suspected that the calm moment wouldn't last, never suspected it was the eye of the storm, that it would be torn apart by Wufei, an ally, that he would be a typical male and say the wrong thing at the wrong time.
The three men looked up at her.
"Is he okay?" Duo asked with a worried look on his usually perky face.
Trio let out a small laugh; "He's okay enough to propose to me if that's what you mean."
Jerome's eyes went wide, as did Duo's and Marcus's. "You serious? He woke up? And proposed?" Jerome shook his head; "He's a lot stronger than any of us anticipated."
"Yea, a little too strong," Shinna mumbled then pulled her lips in.
"What do you mean?" Trio asked, turning to her friend with a frown. "What does that mean?"
"I.I meant, don't you think it's just a LITTLE suspicious that he could have survived such a long overdose? I do, I mean, I'm glad he survived, but it just doesn't feel right to me."
Trio started to object, but Dr. Marcus interrupted, "I thought that same thing as well. But his x-rays come back normal and all his vitals are normal as well. Do you suspect something?"
"I do," Shinna replied.
"It's getting late," Jerome said, "and you two still have school tomorrow. Let's get you two home."
"If you don't mind," Duo said, "I'd like to take Trio over to Ken's and talk to him. I'll call China-man and tell him to pick Shinna up there."
"But how's Trio suppose to get home?"
"She should stay with me tonight," Shinna voiced. "I mean, we've been through a lot tonight, besides, I get to walk to school and it gets lonely. Let her spend the night on a school night, just once?" Shinna put on a puppy face and turned it head long onto Jerome. He blinked multiple times before letting out a hearty laugh.
"Don't ask me, ask Wufei."
"Where's a cell phone?!" Shinna ran around the group of men until Duo brought out his cell phone. That reminded Trio she had lost hers and had lost her backpack. Trio groaned, and with her homework.
"What's wrong?" Marcus asked.
"I dropped my backpack and cell phone in the park. I can't go to school without my backpack."
Shinna, who was talking to Wufei, let out a yelp, "That's right! We dropped them!" Shinna wailed, "WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?!"
"WOMAN?!" Wufei screamed into the phone, "PAY ATTENTION!"
"Wha?" Shinna said, returning her attention back to the cell phone. "Sorry, so.can she?"
Wufei let out a frustrating sigh, "What time is it?"
"7:00 p.m.," Shinna said, "Why?"
"I'll expect you two home by 8 at the latest."
"Um, Duo wanted to speak with you about that," Shinna shoved the phone into Duo's waiting hands. While the girls jumped around in excitement, Duo talked to Wufei. Trio jumped around with Shinna until it started to hurt, and turned back to Room 3.
"We'll take good care of him," Dr. Marcus assured her, "We'll even make sure his dad doesn't find him."
"I'm going to go say goodbye," she said. She walked back into the room without waiting for a response.
Shiro was lying in the same position Trio had left him. Trio walked over to the bed and leaned down, giving him a quick kiss on the lips.
"Good night, my love. Sleep well."
'Sweet dreams, my love,' a voice in her head said. Trio jerked back and bumped into the machines. The drip jiggled a little, but did not fall and Trio breathed a sigh of relief. Trio looked back at Shiro. He lay with no expression, no sign he was alive, besides the rise and fall of his chest.
"What was that?" Trio whispered to herself. Shuddering, she turned and walked outside. Shinna was the only one waiting.
"What took ya so long?" She said, with a smirk.
Trio smirked back, "Haven't you ever heard of a good night kiss?"
Shinna rolled her eyes, "You two are disgusting. What's with all the kissing?"
"I'll have to tell you later," Trio replied, with a now serious expression. Shinna frowned, but shrugged that she understood.
Both girls walked back down the hall and out into the parking lot, where they found Duo waiting. Wordlessly, they climbed into the white car. On the back seat, Shinna noticed a small pool of blood, where the dart had hit him. She sat on the passenger side of the seat to avoid sitting on the blood. Trio sat in front and Duo drove.
The trip to Ken's house was almost silent.
"Shinna," Trio said, halfway through the trip, "I thought you were staying with Sherri."
"I am, but like Duo, Wufei's here for a visit and they, being him and Sally were staying with Sherri."
"Oh, I see," Trio's voice had a kind of finality to it, and the conversation ended there.
As the car passed the school, Duo pulled over.
"Go get your stuff. If you can't find your cell phone, have Shinna call it." The two G-Alloids nodded and scrambled out of the car. Trio ran past the streetlight with Shinna right on her heels. Neither could believe that just two and a half-hours ago, they had been fighting for their lives and Shiro had nearly lost his under that lighted piece of pavement.
Once Trio and Shinna reached the tree, they began feeling the ground. Shinna saw a light on the tree and giggled. Trio looked over and even though Shinna couldn't see her face she knew Trio was confused.
"The flashlight's still on," she laughed, pointing over at the tree. Trio, who could barely see Shinna as it was, looked over and saw the light at the base of the tree and chuckled. Shinna walked over and lifted up the flashlight. They soon found their backpacks, untouched.
"Trio, we should change shirts really soon ya know," Shinna commented as Trio leaned over and picked up her backpack. Trio took off toward the car. Shinna wondered why she didn't reply.
Once they reached the light, Trio stopped. Shinna, winded, leaned over her knees.
"Call my phone, it should be here somewhere," she said without waiting for Shinna to get a breather. Shinna looked at Trio helplessly, but she took out her cell and hit the speed dial. A clear ring rang through the air; it came from Trio's pants. Both girls laughed.
"Of all the nerve," Trio chuckled. "So," she continued, "Why did you say we should change shirts soon?"
"Well," Shinna stuttered as they reached the car, "we were running through a hospital with the back of our shirts ripped." Trio blushed and with what little light there was Shinna saw and laughed. Trio, a little shy at first, started to laugh too.
Climbing into the car laughing, Duo drove them over to Ken's house to wait for Wufei. But no one suspected that the calm moment wouldn't last, never suspected it was the eye of the storm, that it would be torn apart by Wufei, an ally, that he would be a typical male and say the wrong thing at the wrong time.