"Ow!" Lauren exclaimed, trying to lift her head.
"Shh, don't do that, just lay down. Your going to be okay."
'That's Sean's voice. Sean is here!' Lauren thought, her spirits lifting.
"Sean?"
"Yeah, it's me. I'm really sorry, I should have never tried to-"
"What- what happened to me?"
"I think you took too many aspirin and passed out. I came back about 3 hours after I left because I wanted to apologise and you were passed out on the couch."
"Oh."
"Lauren, I'm so sorry. I did this to you, it's my fault-"
"No it's not, Sean. I did this to me. I took the aspirin." Lauren said groggily, trying to open her eyes again. She looked up at Sean who was knealed on the floor, his arms around her waist, swaying slightly back and forth. He stopped and looked down at her, gently parting the hair from her face with his fingers.
"What time is it?" Lauren asked.
"About one a.m."
"Isn't your brother going to wonder where you are?" Lauren asked, paniking, sittiting up. She winced at the searing pain in her head.
"It's okay, I called and told him I was going to Jimmy's overnight to work on a project due tommorow."
"Sean-"
"Uh huh?"
"I love you." Lauren said, looking into his eyes.
Sean looked at his hands, blushing. "I-I love you too, Lauren." He took her in his arms and they laid down on the floor, Lauren still wearing his coat. And that's exactly how they fell asleep. And exactly how they woke the next morning, late for school.
"Sean! Wake up, we're late."
"Lauren, you can't be serious. You can't go to school. Do you know how serious what happened last night is? You OVERDOSED on aspirin. That's a suicide attempt."
"I'm fine, we have to go to school."
"If it means that much to you..."
"It does."
"Alright" Sean acceded. " Come on."
Neither of them bothered to change, they just hurried out the front door. Sean glancing worriedly at Lauren every few seconds. They hurried into the building, right as the bell rang, the forgo'ed going to thier lockers and rushed straight to homeroom. When they got there, the only free seats were one next to Emma, wich she had saved for Lauren, and one in the back next to Craig.
"Wait for me after homeroom." Sean said before leaving Lauren at her seat.
"Hey, how come you and Lauren came in together today?" Craig asked.
"I was at her house last night."
"DUDE! That's awesome!"
"No, it's not. I was an ass hole. I came over after school and I tried to go too far and we got into a fight and I left. i came back around 10 and found her passed out with an empty bottle of aspirin next to her."
"Oh, no, I'm sorry man. Is she okay?"
"Yeah, I think so. I hope so. God, I feel so guilty. It's all my fault."
"I'm not trying to be insensitive, but don't you think that overdosing on asprin is kind of dramatic after just having a fight? Maybe there's something else going on."
"Maybe. I have to talk to her."
"Goodluck dude." Craig said, patting Sean on the back.
The bell rang, releasing the students into the jumble of Degrassi's halls.
"Lauren, how are you doing?" Sean asked, catching up with her.
"I'm fine, just got a bit of a headache."
"Lauren, is there anything wrong?"
"What do you mean?" Lauren asked anxiously.
"Well, I just thought there might have been some other reason that you- did that."
Lauren looked down at her feet for a few minutes.
"I'm going to be late for French." She said, leaving Sean, more confused than ever.
"Comment est-ce que tu faire, mademoiselle Lauren?" Mrs. Mahooney asked as Lauren walked past her desk to her seat.
"Je suis en peu malade. J'ai mal a la tete."
"Ahhh, Je suis desole." Lauren took her seat across from Manny and massaged her head.
"What's wrong?" Manny asked.
"Nothing. It's nothing." Lauren replied, looking up at her. She noticed Manny was in sweats and sans any makeup. That was not like Manny.
"Are you okay?" Lauren asked.
"Yea" she said unconvincingly "...no. Craig dumped me last night."
"Oh I'm so sorry. Did he say why?"
"He's still in love with that whore Ashley. Argh I hate her! Twice, she's stolen him from me!" Manny said, getting emotional.
"Aww, I'm really sorry Manny. If it makes you feel any better Sean and I got into a fight last night."
"About what?"
"Um, it doesn't matter. We're good now."
"That was quick."
"Yeah, he came back to apoligise."
"Wow."
"Yeah. I'm a lucky girl." Lauren said, half to herself. She put her hand in her pants pocket and felt for a peice of paper. She felt it and withdrew her hand, wincing. She knew she was going to have to tell Sean what it was that made her take those pills, but she wanted to put it off for as long as she could. She could hardly admit it to herself, let alone the one person who she wanted to think of her as perfect.