Chapter 48: Dazed And Confused
The next day...
And here we, go!
So, it's a huge day today, isn't it? Well, let's check to see who's doing what!
Well, Chris is already up, because he fell asleep around 9 PM, but accidentally woke up 30 minutes earlier than intended, specifically, waking up at 6:30 AM. While that annoyed him slightly, he decided to ignore that, besides... he gets some time to play games, and start his morning routines early. Granted, it ultimately helps him out in the end, as he is left with a total of an extra 30 minutes before school starts. After sometime, he decides to head downstairs to make his breakfast for today, deciding to want to eat.
When he goes to the fridge to pick up the things for a sandwich, he notices the "potion" that he got from Double D.
"Oh, right. You. You know what? I might aswell drink the whole thing, I mean, what's the worst that can happen? Besides, what could even happen? Plus, the more I wait, the worse this thing gets right?"
Chris grabs the drink and before he pours it onto a cup, he first finishes his sandwich that he planned to make for his breakfast meal, and once he finishes that, he goes over to the table, and starts eating his breakfast. He had to fill the cup twice, as there was plenty of the potion to go. Plus, to his benefit, it tasted pretty good, so that helped out a bit. After around 10 minutes, Chris finishes up, and since he notices that decides to just watch some funny videos to kill a little bit more time before school ACTUALLY starts.
Onto the next persona...
Ed surprisingly woke up at around 7:10 AM, doing his routine of dressing up... and that's it. Although he doesn't know it yet, Double D has already planned for Ed to get washed before the party, because... can it get more obvious? Hahaha. Moving onward, Ed, in what seems like 45 seconds, makes his cereal incredibly quickly. That doesn't go without leaving a slight mess however, but he isn't exactly paying attention to that at the moment, as he is trying to find a spoon for his cereal. Once he has found it, Ed takes a napkin, and wipes down the bits of milk that spilled due to his rapid pace of putting the milk in.
Anyways, Ed eats his cereal for around 5 minutes, after which he decides to head to Eddy's house, not having anything else to do. Of course, he still remembers about the party, and how May is going to be accompanying him to said party, but either way, he has everything under control.
Might aswell move onto Eddy!
Eddy woke up around 20 minutes late than his alarm was set to. He meant to wake up at 7:00, but since he overslept, he now woke up around 7:20. That only slightly annoys him, but he simply shrugs it off, as he has something a LOT more important to think about. Well, first, he ignores Ed knocking on his backyard door, but that's not the main thing that concerns him. What IS concerning him is the idea of going to a party with Lee. That was something that if someone brought the idea of back then, he would've gotten quite mad, and rightfully so, considering the context behind the history between the two. However... now it's a whole different story and situation. Theoretically, it shouldn't be a huge issue, as long as no ridiculous public displays of affection, or drama occur, everything should be fine.
Eddy shoves his thoughts about the party aside for now, because he has to rush a bit to get ready for school on time. Normally, he hates doing this, but does he really have a choice? Not really. After getting dressed in his usual attire and brushing his teeth in about 10 minutes, Eddy goes over to where Ed is, telling him, "Quit the knocking already!"
"I'm sorry Eddy, I'm just checking up to see if my best pal is all and well!" Ed said cheerfully.
Eddy groans in annoyance, before saying, "Come on, let's go get sockhead, he's already up I bet."
Is that true?
Yep! Double D wakes up at the EXACT same moment his alarm goes off, to his benefit. He does his usual procedure of: rearranging the bed, taking a shower, pick out his beanie for the day, get into simple attire for the upcoming school day, and checks outside his window for Ed and Eddy. Sure enough, there they are, waiting for him.
"Hey Double D! Let's get all set for school already, it's almost 7:40!" yelled Eddy from below.
Double D stated, "I'll join you fellows in a second, hang on!"
After a couple minutes, Double D joins his other two friends, and Ed brings up, "What about Chris? Is he wide awake?"
"Let's go check. He should be, no way he's going to make us late!"
All three of the Eds go to Chris's house, and they find Chris saying bye to his mom. After he does that, he notices the Eds, and he says, "Howdy. We all ready?"
"Yep! In more ways than one!" Eddy told him, in a cocky way.
As the four lads begin to walk to school, they all figured it was a decent time to talk about the upcoming party. Chris asks Eddy, "So, you've got everything set up for tonight?"
"I told you, in more ways than one!" Eddy responds. "But yeah, I am. How about you? You got everything all ready for your lady?"
"God I hate it when you're like that. But regardless, yeah. I have an outfit all set and ready. Also, before you ask, yes, I'm a bit nervous, but I'm positive it will be fine." Chris explains.
Double D comments, "The optimism, I appreciate it! Ed, have you planned your outfit?"
Ed looked confused. "Outfit?"
The boys stop in their tracks, before Eddy says, "Okay, everyone, remember to give Ed a good cleaning and change once we are done with school. Ed, you can't go into the party stinking like you normally do! You'll drive away everyone, ESPECIALLY May!"
"He's right Ed, we must make sure your personal hygiene is well before the gathering!" Double D added.
Although Ed's hygiene had progressively gotten better... he still had his moments of very bad smells, breath, etc. So, when it comes down to a PARTY, yeah, all bets are off, he had to get it changed up. Ed himself even understood this, smiling at his friends while nodding as to say yes.
After a couple of minutes, the four lads get to school, and go to their lockers, just to revise and check to see if they need anything. Everyone except Double D was ready, he just needed to organize a couple things. While the other three were waiting, Chris asks Eddy...
"You prepared for this? Because something tells me that this might be a bit difficult, wouldn't you say?"
Eddy responds, "Kinda, it's just, I have no idea if she's going to get any ideas. She better not, because I'll be regretting everything I've done! Maybe I just don't understand her, I have no clue!"
"Well..." Chris explains to Eddy, "...you haven't exactly had the most stable of relationships, with her anyways, have you? Just give it a chance okay? You do not need to rush everything, be slow, calm, and collected, alright?"
Eddy gives a thumbs up, afterwards saying, "Fine. I can try."
"Gentlemen, I have everything I need. Unfortunately, this means we must split for our classes. Good luck to the both of you with your companions! Ed, let's proceed to class early so we don't risk being tardy." said Double D to his two friends.
"Alright, see ya later!" Chris responds to the two.
Eddy then states, "Let's go. Can't wait for this day to go by faster."
"Slow down cowboy, let's not be all hasty, haha." Chris tells Eddy.
Eddy and Chris start to head to class, and because they are earlier than normal, not a lot of people are there. Heck, not even Mr. Muta is there yet. So, the two take their normal seats, and simply wait for 5 minutes for some people. Well, some people do arrive. Mr. Muta comes in, and greets everyone who is already here, while he begins to get organized for class. Oddly enough, Muta doesn't have a lot to organize, because he has a practice test for everyone today lined up, so he really only has to revise the questions.
Meanwhile, Chris is bored, so he decides to put on some music to keep himself occupied for a bit. But after around 3 minutes, he is interrupted by someone tapping him on the shoulder. Oh who could that be?
"Sup?" Skylar says to him. Surprise!
"Hey, how are you?" asks Chris.
Skylar takes her seat, and tells him, "More or less, sleep didn't come easy, but I'm fine for the most part. Everything ready by the way?"
"You betcha. Are YOU ready?" said Chris in a joking manner.
"You know it. I'm not spoiling anything, you just have to wait. I hope you'll be happy, as I think you'll like it, but I'm not sure." responded Skylar, in a slightly seductive manner.
"How many times is she going to talk like this? Jeebus... okay, whatever." Chris tells himself in his mind, before he says, "I'm sure I will, but hey, I can only speculate... a bit... right?"
Chris notices that Skylar has an extra bag next to her backpack, and he says, "Hey, what's in the bag you got?"
"It's a surprise. Again, I am not spoiling anything, you'll have to wait." responds Skylar.
Chris, rolling his eyes, says, "Okay, sure. There's a lot of surprises, are...n't, th-there?"
Suddenly, Chris feels very light headed, which he doesn't understand why. That's a good question though, why? Skylar takes notice, and she is kinda worried. She puts her hand on his and says, "Hey, you okay? You don't look well."
"I... was... sa-saying... tha-that-"
Chris doesn't finish his sentence, before he seemingly collapses on his side of the desk. Skylar is just worried at this point, because this is all so sudden.
"Hey! Chris! Wake up! Wake up!" said Skylar slightly loudly, with a hint of panic.
No response. Mr. Muta, along with Eddy plus Kevin take notice.
"Skylar, is everything okay? What is wrong with Chris?" Mr. Muta asks.
"I don't know! He seemed to just randomly collapse while we were talking, and I thought maybe he was sleepy, but he... just fell asleep?" said Skylar as a response.
Eddy jumps in, saying, "Hey tough guy! Get up! How is this even happening? He was perfectly fine when we went to school this morning!"
"Are you sure man?" Kevin asks. "That doesn't look perfectly fine to me."
Mr. Muta, while he doesn't understand either, decides to say, "Hmm... okay. Can two of you bring Chris to the office? Maybe he's unconscious? Actually wait, is he breathing?"
Skylar leans in to check, and the answer would be yep. Faintly, but breathing nonetheless.
"Yeah. What do we do?"
Muta says, "Get him to the office, because he cannot be here if he is unconscious, he can either be home to be checked by his parents, or by a nurse. But I'm not deciding that, the principal will. Please hurry, I will wait until you return, but I cannot delay class forever."
"Here, I'll help carry him, I doubt he is very light." Kevin tells the two.
"Okay. You get his right arm, and I'll get his left." said Eddy.
Skylar realizes an issue however, and she says, "Eddy, are you sure? You aren't very tall to be carrying him."
Yeah... that's unfortunately true. Eddy realizes that perhaps she might have a better time than he would, so he decides to let her do it.
"Sure, you do that, I'm gonna bring his stuff in that case."
And so, Kevin and Skylar both manage to get Chris off the desk, and carry him to the office, with Eddy following along. Luckily for them, the office is not far, only a 3 minute walk or so, and they make it without much of a hassle.
When they enter, Mr. Antonucci is confused.
"What might be going on here?"
"Sorry, but something strange occurred with him." Kevin explains, while him and Skylar lay Chris down on a chair.
Antonucci is unconvinced, saying, "Is he fake sleeping?"
"No." Skylar responds. "I've tried to wake him up, and so did they, and nothing. He is still breathing, just very quietly. I think he's just unconscious, but I have no idea as to why it happened. Also, how would he even be fake sleeping?! He is literally not moving an inch!"
"Skylar, please relax, it just seemed odd, I apologize. Okay, I will first try to call his mother to pick him up, but if this fails, an ambulance is likely to be called. You three go to class, thank you for bringing him here."
Eddy leaves Chris's stuff near him, and him plus Kevin are about to leave, but Skylar says, "I'd much rather help him if I can."
"Look, Skylar, you've done enough, I'm positive tha-"
"I AM NOT LEAVING UNTIL I KNOW HE IS SAFE!!"
Skylar said that in a tone that was INSANELY loud, and that, quite frankly, scared Eddy and Kevin. Mr. Antonucci, although slightly disappointed with her tone, understands her desire to want to help. So, he says, "Alright, if you truly insist. Kevin and Eddy, please return to class, me and Skylar will handle this situation. Thank you for your assistance."
"No problem." both Eddy and Kevin stated.
Antonucci tells Skylar, "I can say that he is certainly unconscious from the fact that you yelled loudly, and he didn't even move."
"You still had doubts?!" Skylar asked, annoyed.
"No. I'm just getting that fact out there." Antonucci explains. "But that's enough, I shall call his mom first. Please remain silent okay?"
Meanwhile, while Eddy and Kevin walk back to class, the former says, "What the heck was that?"
"She is more committed than I thought man. I think Chris might've found a good one for himself. But man, I almost jumped out of my skin when she yelled like that!" said Kevin.
"Tell me about it." Eddy responds. "That was louder than me I think! Let's hope he wakes up from this, don't even know why this is happening..."
Before we continue on with this situation, what's occurring with Double D and Ed?
Before their class started, Ed and Double D took notice that the sisters were... already in the class? Ed runs over to May, who has a seat open, and says, "Hello May!"
"Hey Ed! How's it going?" she responds.
"Okay, just got here with my best pals! We are all excited for the party!" responded Ed.
"That's nice! Do you have your outfit ready?" asked May.
This is where Ed runs into a roadblock. Obviously he doesn't have it planned, and he has to rely on his friends to help him out... but technically he does have it ready, he just doesn't know 100% what the outfit will look like. So... does that mean yes technically?
"I have it ready!" responds Ed, in a very quick second.
Never mind then, yes it is!
"That's great! My sisters and I already have ours ready!" said May.
May and Ed continue to discuss the upcoming party, while over with Double D, he is greeted by Marie, who says to him...
"Hey cutie, how are you?"
"Everything is going well thus far, all of the fellows, including myself, have our plans set for the upcoming party. How about you and your sisters?" said Double D to Marie.
Marie responds, "Same state as you, you could say. I ain't showing nothing yet hun, you're just gonna have to wait! Although, I haven't talked to Skylar about if she's ready or not yet, but I'm hoping she is, she promised she would be."
"Not to worry Marie, I'm positive that Skylar will be all set. After all, I doubt she'll be lacking anything in need of completion."
Marie grins at him, before saying, "I'm wondering better yet, what she and Chris are doing at this moment. Not just her, but hopefully your friend is also ready aswell."
"Once more Marie, I'm positive he is ready. Although, I do have a question for you however." Double D stated.
Marie waits for the question, in which Double D asks, in a more quiet tone, "I must ask, are you positive that no drama will occur with anyone there? I know that you three have a... rather notable reputation with causing conflicts with people."
Marie could only scoff at him, before saying, "Well excuse me! To answer you honey, no, me, nor the others will do anything crazy, okay? Besides, I know you don't exactly like that stuff, so calm down!"
Afterwards, Marie laughs a bit, before kissing Double D for a quick second, in which Double D laughs a bit himself, and then saying, "I will trust your word, in that case."
The two give each other thumbs up, before the class officially started.
Back with Skylar, Chris and Mr. Antonucci...
Mr. Antonucci tries to call Chris's mom, while Skylar sits there, next to Chris, who is obviously still unconscious. Skylar is slightly anxious, as she has no idea if his mom will even pick up the phone. She can only hope that's the case, and that an ambulance won't have to be called.
To her luck, Chris's mom answers the call, in which she says, "Hello, this is Maria, who's this?"
"Hi Maria, it's Mr. Antonucci, principal of Peach Creek High. I'm calling because we have a situation that involves your son, Chris."
"What? Did he do something?" Maria asks.
"No, not to worry, your son has not caused any trouble at school. What has occurred, according to some of his friends, is apparently during class, he fell unconscious mysteriously. He is currently here in my office, brought by three of his friends, one of which... is very insist on helping your son."
Maria is very shocked to hear this news, to which she responds, "I'm heading over there now, but two things. One, who is the person helping him right now? Two, is he breathing still?"
"I think it's best I pass you over to Chris's friend." said Antonucci, passing the phone over to Skylar, and saying to her, "Let her know that he is still breathing aswell please."
"Hi, it's Skylar." she says over the phone.
"Oh! You're the girl that Chris brought that day, correct?" Maria asks.
"Yeah, but that's not the main thing that's important. Look, your son is fine, he is still breathing, just very lightly. What's the fastest that you can get here? I can help you bring him to your car." explained Skylar.
"Five minutes, take care of him for now, I'll hurry. Thank you so much."
Skylar nods a bit, before she says, "No problem."
She then passes the phone back to Antonucci, who tells Maria, "We shall await your arrival. Please also remember that you are going to have to sign something that indicates he is dismissed early because of this."
"Yes, I will. Be there soon!"
And with that, Maria hangs up, and begins to head to the school, which if she was on foot, would take a bit, but because she is going on car, it will be 5x faster.
"Skylar, might I be honest?" Antonucci asks her, in which she nods her head to say yes.
"You have demonstrated great care today. I'm proud of you, truly. I'll be sure to let Chris know of your assistance you gave him today, along with Eddy and Kevin. Be proud of yourself." explained Antonucci to Skylar.
Admittedly, Skylar got slightly shy at that, as it's very rarely that a teacher, let alone a principal, gives her a compliment for something she does. But, she responds with, "Thanks. He's a good friend, and... I mean, it's only right I help him. Sorry for raising my voice earlier... I just really wanted to help, and make sure he is safe."
"It's alright, I understand fully. Now, we must wait until Maria comes to pick him up. Help her with what she needs, but once she leaves, Skylar, I am going to need you to return to class." said Antonucci.
Skylar gives a thumbs up, as to say that she understands.
After 2 and a half minutes, Maria finally arrives to the school building, before she then heads on over to the office, and notices her son unconscious. She is baffled at this sight.
"Goodness. Hello Skylar. Let me first sign the form to excuse him, one second okay?"
Antonucci passes the form to indicate that Chris is going to be excused early. MUCH more early than usual. After 20 seconds or so of filling it out, Maria finishes.
"Thank you. I hope your son gets up from this well." said Antonucci to Maria.
"Of course. Skylar, I will need your help in two ways. First, help me lift Chris up, and then grab his backpack, and we will make our way to my car."
Skylar gets to work immediately, and lifts Chris up on his right arm, and Maria grabs the left. After he is lifted up, Skylar grabs his stuff, and puts it on her back.
Once they finish with that, luckily for them, it only takes no more than 2 minutes to get to the car, which was parked in the front of the school. Skylar and Maria both get Chris into the seat next to the driver, and the former puts his backpack in the back of the car.
"Skylar, thank you so much for helping him. I appreciate it deeply." said Maria to Skylar.
"It's not an issue. Your son is... a great friend, and I love talking to him. I really hope he will be okay." responded Skylar.
"I will see to it. I promise he'll be okay. But either way, thank you, I'll be sure to let Chris know."
Maria gives a hug to Skylar, as a token of her appreciation, and the latter gives it back. Afterwards, the former says, "I must be going. Take care of yourself, okay?"
"Of course. Thanks, and good luck."
With that, Maria drives on back to the cul-de-sac, leaving Skylar in her thoughts for a bit. She walks back to class, still in doubt, but ultimately, Chris is with his mom, which should logically be better than still being here, right?
"Please tell me he will be fine..."
Skylar decides to put aside for thoughts for now, keeping them to herself, and runs back to her class.
Holy crap! This is absurd!
Author's Note: Hi there. Been a while, so all apologies for that, but this chapter was originally an experiment I tried, and I ended up liking it very much, to the point where it's now what you just read! Anyways, stay on the lookout for the next chapter! Cheers!