Chapter 10
Lily walked up the stairs towards Gryffindor tower from the hospital wing. She was so worried about Peyton and had finally convinced Madame Pomfrey to let her go get some of her and Peyton's things and she would get to sleep in the bed right next to her. She heard footsteps behind her and turned to see Sirius and James chasing up the stairs after her. Lily felt bad for not letting them know what had happened, but she had felt angry with them at first believing it to be entirely their fault. She realized that there was no way Sirius and James could have known that Peyton would have reacted like that and she knew them well enough to know they wouldn't do something like that on purpose if they had known the consequences.
"Wait Lily! Please? Is Peyton ok?" James said from behind her. She turned around to face them, still a little shaken.
"Madame Pomfrey said normally in a case of fear a person's brain triggers a response that causes the heart rate to increase, blood to pump to large muscle groups to prepare for physical action, such as running or fighting, blood pressure to increase, skin to sweat to keep the body cool, and so forth. The body stays this way until the brain signals that it's safe to relax. Peyton was so shocked and overcome with fear that she never received a signal of safety. The amygdala, which keeps track of memory and emotions, remembers what objects provoked fears from the past. Her amygdala was sort of screaming an alert to her. It's a reaction commonly known as fight or flight, which is protect your self or run away. Apparently her brain was spinning with confusion since she had just woken up and couldn't send signals to her body to run of fight or anything. Peyton had a severe panic attack, which often include feelings of imminent danger or doom, the need to escape, sweating, trembling, shortness of breath, chest pain, tingling sensations, and chills or hot flushes. She experienced all at once in a rush of emotions that was to much for her body to handle which caused her to collapse on the floor. We don't know if she will even remember much about anything when she wakes up." Lily spilled with tears leaking from her eyes.
"You mean...amnesia?" Sirius asked in a whisper. Lily nodded her head and started sobbing into James shirt. She didn't know what she was going to do if Peyton woke up and didn't remember anything of their past together.
"I've got to go to our dormitory and take back some clothes for the both of us. I'm staying as long as she's in there." Lily said, wiping her eyes and continuing her walk to the common room. Sirius and James followed her in complete silence, each absorbed in their own thoughts.
James and Sirius explained everything to Remus, Peter, and Lynsay while Lily gathered some things from the dormitory. They didn't seem very happy with James and Sirius at first but finally came to the same conclusion as Lily and began to worry about Peyton rather than pointing the blame. Everyone already knew how guilty James and Sirius felt anyway. Anyone could see it by merely looking at their face. Everyone went to class but Lily who went back to the hospital wing and had her homework brought to her for the day.
Two days later Peyton wasn't conscious. Her bedside was piled high with cards and candy from friends. Lily hadn't left the hospital wing once and James, Sirius, Remus, Peter, and Lynsay were in there with her every available chance they got. On the third night the marauders, Lily, and Lynsay were sitting around Peyton's bed doing homework and keeping her company. She still was not awake.
Lily reached out and held her hand, willing her in her mind to wake up.
"Look. She's crying." Lily said softly pointing to the tears rolling down Peyton's face. Peyton started mumbling softly in her sleep, they barely understood what she was saying before it became loud enough to hear.
"I don't want to move. I want to stay with Lily." She sobbed aloud, eyes still closed. She continued mumbling for a bit and finally her eyes fluttered open.
"W-wh-where am I?" Peyton managed to stutter out.
"Well you're in the hospital wing right now Peyt, you had a very bad shock." Lily said softly to her. "Do you remember what happened?"
"All I know is I woke up and there were birds every Lil. Everywhere! In our room, on my bed, and one was touching me. I was going to run but I stood up and it was like my legs were frozen. Then I screamed and you came in and started yelling at James and Sirius and another bird landed on my head and I couldn't breathe and everything went black." Peyton recalled.
"Yeah, you had a panic attack. You've been out for three days." Remus said to her.
"Three days?! That was one hell of a shock." Peyton murmured. Madame Pomfrey came bustling in.
"Oh dear, your awake! Good, good, good. Now here take some of this medicine." Madame Pomfrey said holding out a rather vile looking green liquid in Peyton's direction. She made a face and tried to sit up.
"OWW!" Peyton said clutching her chest. "Why does it feel like someone removed a lung or something? What did you do to me?" Peyton said looking so accusingly at Madame Pomfrey the others had to grin.
"Oh please. I didn't remove a lung. Honestly! It's vital organ too. Now take this." Madame Pomfrey said rolling her eyes and shoving the liquid towards her face.
"Aw Pomfrey I don't want that! I'm hungry!" Peyton whined patting her growling stomach.
"Heavens above just take this and we'll get you some food." Madame Pomfrey said giving the liquid to Peyton and bustling out of the room. (A/N...she bustles a lot huh? Seems like the bustling type to me)
"Fine, sheesh." Peyton grumbled, looking at the medicine in disgust. She closed her eyes and pinched her nose before swallowing it. "Hmm...tastes kinda like a bad lemon drop I once had." She added thoughtfully.
"You must really be hungry if you didn't have that much of a problem with that medicine." Lynsay said making a face.
Madame Pomfrey came back in with a bowl of soup and placed it in front of Peyton.
"Soup? I've been asleep for three days and I get soup!? Have you lost your mind woman? I'll just go to the great hall." Peyton said attempting to get up. She winced as she stepped out of the bed and her legs got wobbly. She fell but Sirius caught her just before she hit the ground and put her back in bed. "Soup it is then." Peyton said with a sigh and gulped it down. The medicine kicked in and she was asleep after her last bite of soup.
"Well that went well. She didn't have amnesia AND she didn't yell at me." Sirius said happily.
"Yeah I'm happy she's back. Thank goodness she didn't seem to notice all this candy. She would have insisted on having some. We all know what happened the last time on the train..." Lily smiled looking around at the tons of candy. "You know when she wakes up again I think you two should tell her the entire story." She added looking at Sirius and James.
"We need to apologize anyway." James agreed. Sirius nodded his head with a guilty look back on his face again, dreading having to tell her how sorry he was, and hoping for forgiveness.
Lily walked up the stairs towards Gryffindor tower from the hospital wing. She was so worried about Peyton and had finally convinced Madame Pomfrey to let her go get some of her and Peyton's things and she would get to sleep in the bed right next to her. She heard footsteps behind her and turned to see Sirius and James chasing up the stairs after her. Lily felt bad for not letting them know what had happened, but she had felt angry with them at first believing it to be entirely their fault. She realized that there was no way Sirius and James could have known that Peyton would have reacted like that and she knew them well enough to know they wouldn't do something like that on purpose if they had known the consequences.
"Wait Lily! Please? Is Peyton ok?" James said from behind her. She turned around to face them, still a little shaken.
"Madame Pomfrey said normally in a case of fear a person's brain triggers a response that causes the heart rate to increase, blood to pump to large muscle groups to prepare for physical action, such as running or fighting, blood pressure to increase, skin to sweat to keep the body cool, and so forth. The body stays this way until the brain signals that it's safe to relax. Peyton was so shocked and overcome with fear that she never received a signal of safety. The amygdala, which keeps track of memory and emotions, remembers what objects provoked fears from the past. Her amygdala was sort of screaming an alert to her. It's a reaction commonly known as fight or flight, which is protect your self or run away. Apparently her brain was spinning with confusion since she had just woken up and couldn't send signals to her body to run of fight or anything. Peyton had a severe panic attack, which often include feelings of imminent danger or doom, the need to escape, sweating, trembling, shortness of breath, chest pain, tingling sensations, and chills or hot flushes. She experienced all at once in a rush of emotions that was to much for her body to handle which caused her to collapse on the floor. We don't know if she will even remember much about anything when she wakes up." Lily spilled with tears leaking from her eyes.
"You mean...amnesia?" Sirius asked in a whisper. Lily nodded her head and started sobbing into James shirt. She didn't know what she was going to do if Peyton woke up and didn't remember anything of their past together.
"I've got to go to our dormitory and take back some clothes for the both of us. I'm staying as long as she's in there." Lily said, wiping her eyes and continuing her walk to the common room. Sirius and James followed her in complete silence, each absorbed in their own thoughts.
James and Sirius explained everything to Remus, Peter, and Lynsay while Lily gathered some things from the dormitory. They didn't seem very happy with James and Sirius at first but finally came to the same conclusion as Lily and began to worry about Peyton rather than pointing the blame. Everyone already knew how guilty James and Sirius felt anyway. Anyone could see it by merely looking at their face. Everyone went to class but Lily who went back to the hospital wing and had her homework brought to her for the day.
Two days later Peyton wasn't conscious. Her bedside was piled high with cards and candy from friends. Lily hadn't left the hospital wing once and James, Sirius, Remus, Peter, and Lynsay were in there with her every available chance they got. On the third night the marauders, Lily, and Lynsay were sitting around Peyton's bed doing homework and keeping her company. She still was not awake.
Lily reached out and held her hand, willing her in her mind to wake up.
"Look. She's crying." Lily said softly pointing to the tears rolling down Peyton's face. Peyton started mumbling softly in her sleep, they barely understood what she was saying before it became loud enough to hear.
"I don't want to move. I want to stay with Lily." She sobbed aloud, eyes still closed. She continued mumbling for a bit and finally her eyes fluttered open.
"W-wh-where am I?" Peyton managed to stutter out.
"Well you're in the hospital wing right now Peyt, you had a very bad shock." Lily said softly to her. "Do you remember what happened?"
"All I know is I woke up and there were birds every Lil. Everywhere! In our room, on my bed, and one was touching me. I was going to run but I stood up and it was like my legs were frozen. Then I screamed and you came in and started yelling at James and Sirius and another bird landed on my head and I couldn't breathe and everything went black." Peyton recalled.
"Yeah, you had a panic attack. You've been out for three days." Remus said to her.
"Three days?! That was one hell of a shock." Peyton murmured. Madame Pomfrey came bustling in.
"Oh dear, your awake! Good, good, good. Now here take some of this medicine." Madame Pomfrey said holding out a rather vile looking green liquid in Peyton's direction. She made a face and tried to sit up.
"OWW!" Peyton said clutching her chest. "Why does it feel like someone removed a lung or something? What did you do to me?" Peyton said looking so accusingly at Madame Pomfrey the others had to grin.
"Oh please. I didn't remove a lung. Honestly! It's vital organ too. Now take this." Madame Pomfrey said rolling her eyes and shoving the liquid towards her face.
"Aw Pomfrey I don't want that! I'm hungry!" Peyton whined patting her growling stomach.
"Heavens above just take this and we'll get you some food." Madame Pomfrey said giving the liquid to Peyton and bustling out of the room. (A/N...she bustles a lot huh? Seems like the bustling type to me)
"Fine, sheesh." Peyton grumbled, looking at the medicine in disgust. She closed her eyes and pinched her nose before swallowing it. "Hmm...tastes kinda like a bad lemon drop I once had." She added thoughtfully.
"You must really be hungry if you didn't have that much of a problem with that medicine." Lynsay said making a face.
Madame Pomfrey came back in with a bowl of soup and placed it in front of Peyton.
"Soup? I've been asleep for three days and I get soup!? Have you lost your mind woman? I'll just go to the great hall." Peyton said attempting to get up. She winced as she stepped out of the bed and her legs got wobbly. She fell but Sirius caught her just before she hit the ground and put her back in bed. "Soup it is then." Peyton said with a sigh and gulped it down. The medicine kicked in and she was asleep after her last bite of soup.
"Well that went well. She didn't have amnesia AND she didn't yell at me." Sirius said happily.
"Yeah I'm happy she's back. Thank goodness she didn't seem to notice all this candy. She would have insisted on having some. We all know what happened the last time on the train..." Lily smiled looking around at the tons of candy. "You know when she wakes up again I think you two should tell her the entire story." She added looking at Sirius and James.
"We need to apologize anyway." James agreed. Sirius nodded his head with a guilty look back on his face again, dreading having to tell her how sorry he was, and hoping for forgiveness.