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Chapter Forty-Eight
Esmerelda felt groggy as she slowly opened her eyes, there was a bright light shining in her eyes as she did so and she wondered where she was. She fully opened her eyes and they took a few seconds to focus on her surroundings.
She sat up quickly and looked around wondering where she was, she had never being in this room before and she realised it looked like a hospital. She had a pain in her head and she thought maybe it would be wise to go back to sleep.
"Oh Esmerelda, thank goodness you are awake" a voice said that sounded very near. Esmerelda turned her head and saw a nurse stood there.
"Am I in hospital? What happened?" Esmerelda asked her entire mind a blur as to the events earlier.
"Well you are in the hospital bay at Cackles, you fainted after you performance at the broomstick display" the nurse told her, which triggered Esmerelda's memories.
Now she remembered. She was in the broomstick competition against Winnie, that horrible girl from Pentangles, and because she wanted to win she had stood up on the broomstick even though she had felt sick, and then just as she won the competition she felt dizzy and that was the last thing she remembered before she woke.
"Oh...yes I remember, I had being feeling ill and then I was so dizzy..." Esmerelda said as she looked at the nurse, whose expression changed to one of annoyance.
"You overworked yourself, your body couldn't cope with the stress anymore without a break" the woman told her, clearly annoyed the girl had being allowed to get in the state she did.
"I had to train" Esmerelda replied, knowing that was the reason she had worked so much.
"Yes but you weren't given a proper break" the nurse told her as she sighed, Esmerelda though wanted more information.
"How long have I being here?" Esmerelda asked seeing it was still bright outside so she must have being here a while.
"Since yesterday after the competition" the nurse told her patient and Esmerelda sighed herself. She knew Miss Hardbroom was not going to be happy with her.
"Oh Esmerelda!" Esmie then heard another voice and saw Miss Drill rushing into the room, looking concerned over the teenagers health.
"I am fine miss" Esmerelda told her, still feel quite groggy but much better than she did before.
"You shouldn't of being allowed to end up like this, Miss Hardbroom pushed you to hard" the woman said, her eyebrows narrowing in anger towards her colleague.
"I am sorry I did that trick Miss, I just wanted to win against that horrible girl from Pentangles" Esmerelda said, feeling guilty for the dangerous stunt she had pulled.
"What you did was very dangerous Esmerelda, you could have seriously hurt yourself if it had gone wrong" Dimity told the girl, disappointed in her reckless behaviour "but I don't blame you, Miss Hardbroom made you feel like you had no choice" Miss Drill said, still amazed her colleague has let the girl think she had to do something so deadly to win.
"I chose to do it, no-one else, I am sorry Miss" Esmerelda said again, feeling awful about the whole thing.
"It is okay, just don't ever do something like that again without my consent" Miss Drill told her and Esmerelda nodded, she wasn't planning on doing that again after what had happened.
"Did I win in the end?" Esmerelda asked, wondering if the contest had being cancelled or something. Miss Drill nodded.
"Yes, well done Esmerelda, but I think we will have a break from the competitions for now" Miss Drill told her and Esmerelda sighed relieved, she had had enough for a while.
"How are you feeling Esmerelda?" the nurse cut in, wanting to know if she could release her patient yet or not.
"I feel a bit groggy and my head hurts" Esmerelda replied honestly, not wanting to be discharged and then fainting again if she wasn't right.
"I think you should try to eat something and see how you feel, I don't want you fainting again" the woman said as she went to prepare some food for the girl. Miss Drill smiled towards the nurse before speaking.
"I have to go now Esmerelda, I have a lesson but I am glad you are okay" the woman told her before she left. Esmerelda was glad the woman had come to see her and started to eat the food she had being given.
It was always hard to force down the disgusting muck school served but when you still don't feel completely right it is even harder, so it took the girl an hour to finish the food but she would admit with a full stomach she felt much better.
"You look so much better, you have colour in your face again" the nurse said happily and Esmerelda was glad, the nurse was nice but she missed her own room and her cat and wanted to get back to normal.
"I feel better after that food, can I go now?" Esmerelda asked but the nurse shook her head, saying she wanted to keep an eye on her overnight to make sure she doesn't feel sick again, Esmerelda sighed but accepted it.
The next morning Esmerelda was released from the hospital bay first thing, she was feeling back to normal, and had not had any problems in the night so the nurse had no worries but did tell her to go back if she felt funny again. It was still very early and Esmerelda was looking forward to going to her room to cuddle her cat for a bit when Miss Hardbroom appeared in front of her.
"Oh good morning Miss Hardbroom" Esmerelda said politely to the woman. The woman looked at her wearing a look Esmerelda couldn't place.
"You will serve detention with me tomorrow night Esmerelda" the woman said and Esmerelda looked around, wondering what she had done.
"What for Miss Hardbroom?" Esmerelda asked her confused.
"For pulling such a stupid and dangerous trick during the competition, and causing yourself to faint" Miss Hardbroom told her, clearly blaming that trick on her collapsing.
"Well...the nurse said it was because I overworked myself not because of the trick" Esmerelda replied, wanting the woman to know it wasn't because of the trick she had done.
"Do not answer back!" Miss Hardbroom shouted, annoyed at the girl for her rudeness.
"I am sorry Miss but..." Esmerelda said but never got a chance to finish.
"I don't want to hear another word, come to my classroom tonight!" the woman told the blonde who sighed but nodded, knowing she couldn't get out of it.
"Yes Miss" Esmerelda said with a sigh. Miss Hardbroom was always harsh but today she seemed extra stressed and Esmerelda wondered why that was, she didn't seem happy they had won, even though she had beat her worst enemy.