Chapter 49: Believer
Oh man... we aren't in the best of positions currently...
Anyways, picking up from before, back in Math, Skylar returns to her desk, now rolling solo. Once she returns, Eddy comes over and asks her, "Hey, what happened?"
"Chris will be fine. His mother came and picked him up, so he is now at his house. I'm just kinda nervous." responded Skylar.
Eddy tells her, "Relax. I'm sure the guy will be fine. Besides, this is possibly something that he'll recover from in like thirty or so minutes. I'll be sure to tell him that you did all of this, sure he will be happy to hear that."
"His mom will already do that, and so will Antonucci. You don't have to, thanks..." Skylar responded, with a hint of exhaustion.
Eddy simply gives a quick nod, and returns back to his normal seat.
After a couple minutes, Mr. Muta begins passing the practice for today's class, and when he gets to Skylar, he asks her, "Everything ok?"
"Yeah. Chris should be okay."
"I'm sure he will. It was something noble of you, Eddy and Kevin to help him." said Mr. Muta.
Skylar nods as to say thanks, before getting her paper for practice.
Both classes (Math and Spanish) as whole went smoothly. Well, minus the start for obvious reasons, but regardless of that, it all went to plan. Then, before everyone knew it, it was now time for their 2nd class!
Everyone from both classes got to English, with Ed and May sitting together, Double D with Marie, and surprisingly, Eddy with Lee for the first time! Skylar had to roll solo, but she didn't exactly mind that. Inevitably, Mr. Araya took notice of Chris not being present.
"Hey, where's Chris at?" he asks.
Eddy jumps in and explains, "He had an incident where he fell unconscious for some reason. Me and two other people helped him out with getting to the office, but relax, his mom picked up."
Mr. Araya had a facial expression of surprise, and so did everyone who wasn't in Math. Mr. Araya says, "Wow. Well, thank you for helping him out, hope to see the guy here sooner rather than later!"
He returns to his position at the front of the class, before Double D asks Eddy, "Eddy! Is this true?!"
"Relax Double D! He's fine now, but neither me, Skylar or Kevin could figure out why he did that!" responded Eddy.
Marie guessed, "Are you sure he wasn't faking?"
"Yeah, because Skylar shouted at the principal that she wanted to help him, and he didn't even move an inch. Trust me, it was LOUD too, so that should've gotten him up, but it didn't." explains Eddy to Marie.
Double D thought for a bit, before saying, "Once school has concluded, maybe we should visit him to check up on how he is?"
"By then, I'm sure he will have recovered. Hopefully. It was so weird, seeing that just... happen. But yeah, we will." responds Skylar.
Marie gets up to where Skylar is, and asks her, "You didn't tell him about the plan?"
"No. Luckily before it occurred, I said I had a surprise. He doesn't know, so don't worry. But I'll visit him for a minute or so, and I'll go to your place. Okay?" said Skylar in a bit of a low voice.
"Alright, just don't take so long, we only got so much time." commented Marie.
Marie gets back to her seat, walking into a conversation between Eddy and Double D about the situation.
"Oh dear..." said Double D, as he makes a realization.
"What?" asked everyone, conveniently.
"I believe I have a suspicion as to the possible cause of this."
Everyone, again, asks, "What?"
"Eddy, do you remember that one potion that made that one time for a certain purpose?" asked Double D.
Eddy recalls the potion instantly, and says, "Yeah. What, did he drink a lot of it? Wasn't it with you?"
"Correct, but last night, I called Chris to discuss what should be done about it. He seemingly, in a hurry, decided to bring it to his house, and told me he would drink it when he woke up today. This is just a possibility however, as I am unsure as to if he actually did or didn't." explained Double D.
Ed comments on the situation, saying, "Will he be okay Double D?"
"I'm positive Ed. No need to worry." responded Double D.
Double D continued to reassure Ed about things, although with Eddy and Lee, something different occurs. The latter asks the former, "How does it feel now huh?"
"What?" Eddy asks, a bit confused on what she means.
"Being together like this. Not like THAT, but ya know, right?" said Lee with a slight smile.
Eddy pauses for a brief moment, as... Lee was right. Every other time they were near each other, it was due to obnoxious stunts by the latter 99% of the percent, and the other 1% percent was due to the former "accidentally" running into the latter somewhere with the others. Needless to say, for Eddy, it's relieving not to be worried about conflict, at least for right now. Eddy stops thinking for a second, and responds to Lee...
"It's cool I guess. At least you're not... doing that stuff from before."
"Oh I'm sure that's all." Lee says while laughing a bit, before she continues. "The only other time we hung out like this was when we first met! You probably don't even remember."
"What?! Of course I remember! Though, I must ask ya... why couldn't you have done this instead? Tell ya the truth, you were never forcing me 'into it', if you know what I mean."
Lee was about to answer that question, but then, in what seems like a coincidence, Mr. Araya says, "Alright everyone! Please organize the desks! We are starting practice for a test today!"
"Tell you later." whispered Lee to Eddy.
They could only wait until either lunch, or after school, as during class seems... rather unreliable, to say the least eh?
Unfortunately, Eddy and Lee both forget accidentally about their conversation during class, and during the break that follows, as they both split into their separate crews, Eddy with Ed and Double D, and Lee with Marie, May and Skylar.
During the break, the two crews have conversations about different things. Let's see what the girls are talking about.
In the cafeteria, Marie is currently asking Skylar how exactly she helped Chris out.
"So, how did you do it? Helping him out and all?"
Skylar begins to explain, "Well, I tried to wake him up, but nothing. Then, Kevin and I grabbed him by the arms to the principal's office. He doubted that we were serious about the whole thing, but once he saw that Chris didn't even move a single inch, then he believed me. Plus, he tried to get me back to class, but I 'politely', convinced him to let me help out some more. A little bit later, Chris's mom came, and I helped her get him into the car. She thanked me for assisting him, and so, now he is home."
Marie couldn't help but laugh a bit when Skylar jokingly said politely, saying, "Did you yell at him? How did you not get in trouble?"
"Yeah. I guess it's because we had a much bigger situation, so he didn't seem to care. But yeah, I can really only pray that Chris just passed out due to being exhausted or something. Or because of what your boyfriend mentioned, honestly, I'll be fine with either." explained Skylar to Marie.
"Hey Marie! You think your man is behind him having to leave?" asks Lee.
"What?! No! It technically isn't his fault!" Marie fires back.
Lee laughs a bit, before saying, "Alright, if your man is the cause, get ready!"
"Guys! Shouldn't we more worried about him making a recovery?" said May, out of the blue.
"What she said." responded Skylar.
Marie says, in response, "That makes sense. It's too bad we weren't there to see what exactly happened, perhaps we could've helped."
"Yeah right." Lee says, bluntly.
Marie ignores her comment, but May and Skylar are confused, although the former isn't very surprised.
"Why did she say that?" whispers Skylar to May.
"It's because of... well, I can't tell you here, but it's something bad between her and Chris." said May, as quiet as she could speak.
"You've gotta be joking. He better not have done something insanely stupid." said Skylar, inside her mind.
And now, the Eds!
Currently, the Eds are at the basketball court, discussing the same topic the girls were, but in a different direction.
"Eddy, I think it would be best to check on Chris to see if he is doing well. It IS important to check on our friends, correct?" mentions Double D to Eddy.
"Yeah. But if he ends up like Ed did that one time?l
Double D recalls what Eddy is talking about. The infamous "pebble-in-Ed's-shoe" incident. To this day, Double D doesn't even understand why that makes Ed so... not happy? Or better yet, how. Nevertheless, Double D says to Eddy...
"Only once has Chris gotten close to that type of behavior, and it was only for the slightest of moments. Calm down Eddy, I am positive that he will be open minded and relaxed, as he usually is."
"You better be right, and if your potion or whatever did something-"
Eddy got interrupted by Ed, who randomly goes in-between both Eddy and Double D, saying, "Guys! We must save him from trouble! Now! DOOM IS-"
"Shut it! Gah!" yelled Eddy, before pushing Ed off. "Ed! He will be fine, will you calm down already!"
Double D chuckles a bit at the sudden reaction Ed had. At least he can be sure that the latter cares for the well-being of his friends. Either way, he thinks about the potion's possible effects. As far as he knows, it can heavily calm someone down the more they drink it, but falling unconscious? Double D can only conclude that if Chris passed out because of the drink, it was because of his large consumption. It also doesn't help that Double D think that Chris did it in a short amount of time.
"Combining it with other types of things... how would that affect it? Surely it can't be problematic?!"
You know, how IS Chris actually doing right now?
Author's note: Oh my goodness! First of all, I seriously apologize for the nearly 2 weeks delay, as some issues came up that I had to deal with. Nothing TOO serious, but I couldn't ignore it. Second, this chapter, while it wasn't hard to write, but... thank you to Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne for giving me the needed focus! Anyways, regardless, as long as no more issues arise, I shall have the next chapter up next week. If it's delayed again... now you know why. Regardless, take care friends, and catch ya in Chapter 50! (can't believe that...)