To Die For

I DON'T OWN ANYTHING

Chapter 2

Peter aloud Scott to sit with Shelby for an hour, but then made him leave with the promise that he could see her after classes. Shelby was still sleeping when he left, and woke up a few hours from originally falling asleep with Scott. This time, Peter was sitting in the chair by her bed.

"Hey kiddo, feeling any better?" Peter asked concerned

"Yea a little," She said in a meek voice that told Peter she was still weak, "Where's Scott?"

Peter laughed, "He's in class, he can come back after, but only for a little while because you need to rest."

The two talked for a little longer, but then Peter left so she could rest more. As promised, Scott was aloud to see her again, but was forced to leave for dinner and group, and even though he protested, Peter wouldn't let him stay over night in the nurse's.

Shelby was able to leave the next day, she was feeling better, and the nurse saw no more signs of sickness.

However, over the next week, she was still feeling weak, she was noticing that her hair was falling out more than usual in the shower, and she was never hungry. Scott went to Peter, he was nervous about Shelby not eating, her loss of weight, and that she seemed to be still sick.

"Peter, I talked to Shelby, but she says she's probably still just sick."

"Well Scott, she's probably right, just because she's not throwing up anymore, doesn't mean the virus is gone."

"I don't know, it's all starting to scare me, her skins even turning yellowish, and she said that her hair is coming out at a rapid pace! I just don't think it's from a virus."

"Ok, tell her to come in, I'll talk to her and if she wants, Sophie will take her to the medical office in Agnes for a complete exam." Peter noticed Shelby's decline in health also over the past week also, the nurse was the one who told him to bring her into town for a checkup.

"Yea, ok." He ran out of the office in search of Shelby. It was 12:00, so the students were all at lunch, but Shelby was not at the usual table, "Hey, has anyone seen Shelby?"

David looked up, usually he would make a crack at Scott, but seeing his rushed expression told him he was in no mood, "I saw her after Sophie's class, she was my partner for the worksheet on Emerson."

"Do you know where she went?"

"She said she wasn't feeling good, s Sophie told her to go rest, so I'm guessing that…"

Scott was already gone

"Your welcome." He said sarcastically which made the rest of the Cliffhangers laugh

Scott ran to girl's dorm, before her entered, he could hear coughing. Upon entering, he saw Shelby's frail body violently shaking from coughing so hard while sitting in bed. He rushed over to her and rubbed her back until the coughing died down. When she removed the tissue she had been using, Scott saw that there was blood covering it, "Shelby!" was all he would say. He looked at the bag of used tissues and saw that all of them had coughed up blood on them. "Here, lay down," When she did he noticed how yellow toned her skin really was compared to the pillow, he knew it wasn't just a relapse, something was wrong.

Scott felt her head, "You have a fever, we have to get you to the nurse's, can you walk?"

"Yea." She answered hoarsely; the coughing had strained her voice. Scott noticed Shelby only had a t-shirt and sweat pants on, and knew it was cold out, so he pulled off his sweatshirt and helped her get it on. "You know my clothes are right over there." She started to laugh at his attempt at heroism, but started to cough again. Scott just sat next to her and rubbed her back until she stopped. He took the bloody tissue and gave her a new one.

When Shelby stood, she became dizzy, so Scott helped her sit back down, "I think I just got up too fast."

Again, Shelby started to get up with Scott helping her slowly; he brought the bag of tissues to show the nurse. They started walking, but once they got down the stairs Shelby said she felt like she was going to throw up, Scott helped her back into the dorm and to the bathroom. Sure enough, once at the toilet, Shelby started to throw up, this time, her hair was already up, so Scott rubbed her back, and supported her so she didn't fall.

When she stopped, Scott had a tissue ready for her to wipe he mouth, he leaned up to flush the toilet, and saw it, there was blood, why was Shelby coughing and throwing up blood? When she could hold herself up for a minute, Scott got a glass of water for her to drink, he was about to tell her that they needed to figure out a way to get Peter or Sophie over there, when they heard someone calling in the dorm.

"Shel? Shel, where are you?" It was Daisy

Scott spoke out, knowing that she wouldn't hear Shelby's voice, "We're in here!"

When Daisy reached the bathroom, she gasped, Shelby looked dead, "What happened?"

"Look, Daisy, go get Peter or Sophie, tell them Shelby has to go to the hospital, then tell them to come here, ok?"

"Yea." She ran out the room, Scott just continued rubbing Shelby's back while she leaned against him

He just continued to talk to her, he wanted to make her feel better, but mostly it was because he was nervous, "Don't worry; everything is going to be alright. I'm sure it's just food poisoning or something." And he really hoped that it was

After what seemed like forever, Sophie rushed into the bathroom with Daisy not far behind, "What happened?" she said calmly as to keep everything under control

"I came to tell Shelby that Peter wanted to take her to the doctors, and she was coughing, but like, there was blood coming out, so we started to walk to the nurse's when she said she felt like she was going to throw up. We came in here and she did, but Sophie, there was blood in there."

Scott was slightly panicky, and Sophie didn't want him to scare Shelby, "Calm down Scott," She seemed in control of the situation on the outside, but really, she was also a nervous wreck, Shelby looked like death, and she knew enough to know that blood was not a good sign. "Peter is staring the car, I want you to carry her to the car because walking might upset her stomach again, ok?"

"Yea."

"Shelby, are you going to be ok if Scott carries you right now, or do you feel like you might throw up again?"

"I'm ok right this second, but I make no promises." Shelby was trying to lighten up the mood, Sophie seemed ok, but she didn't want Scott and Daisy to be so worried. Honestly though, she felt like shit, but that would only alarm everyone.

Scott gently picked her up, Daisy brought extra blankets, Sophie carried a box of tissues and a pan she found in case Shelby did get the urge to throw up while in the car. Scott held her tightly, and she did the same, when they got to the car, he gently placed her in the back seat, and ran around to the other side, where he sat so she could rest her head on his lap. Daisy sat in the front between Peter and Sophie.

The whole ride to the hospital was silent besides Scott asking Shelby if she was comfortable or cold or hot. No one knew what the results would show. Would Shelby be alright? Would tests come back to should another virus, or something more complex, all anyone could do was hope and pray that everything would turn out alright.

Scott looked up from Shelby for one of the only times since they had been driving. That's when he spotted it, "There it is, there's the hostital."