Chapter 16:
The next week, everyone was at breakfast except Crystal, she was the last to arrive but as soon as she got to the doorway, Cole stopped her,
"What?" Crystal asked in Spanish, but her voice didn't sound as chirpy as usual, even for the mornings. Cole put his hand on Crystal's forehead, "Cole what are you doing?" Crystal asked in Spanish,
"Bed." Cole ordered in Spanish,
"Cole, I'm fine." Crystal said in Spanish,
"Bed!" Cole ordered again in Spanish,
"Cole, I'm fine!" Crystal insisted in Spanish but her voice gave it away,
"Crystal Patricia Brookestone! You are sick go back to bed!" Cole demanded in Spanish but before Crystal could argue, Crystal collapsed and Cole caught her. Everyone was shock at what happened but surprisingly, Cole was pretty calm about the situation,
"Is she ok?!" Lloyd asked,
"She's sick. When she doesn't listen and doesn't stay in bed, she falls asleep where ever she's standing, so it's normal." Cole explained before carrying Crystal to her room and tucking her in bed,
"That explains the arguing." Kai stated.
Cole came back in the dinning room and took his seat,
"How come Crystal was resiting to go back to sleep when she's clearly unwell?" Zane asked,
"Crystal hates being sick. She'll do pretty much anything to convince herself she's fine until either me or dad wins." Cole explained,
"Why?" Kai asked,
"She just hates the symptoms." Cole explained. Everyone had their breakfast and Cole sat aside an extra bowl of porridge for Crystal for when she woke up.
½ an hour later, Cole decided to check on Crystal. He knocked on her door quietly so if she was asleep still, he wouldn't wake her up, when he got no reply, he knew that Crystal was asleep so he opened the door quietly so the creaking wouldn't wake her up, even though she was a heavy sleeper, he wanted to make sure she got plenty of rest. He walked in to see that Crystal had kicked all of her blankets off so Cole knew that she was hot. Cole placed his hand on Crystal's forehead again and she was burning up.
"Fever." Cole muttered extremely quietly to himself and Crystal's eyes began to flutter open,
"Cole?" Crystal questioned,
"Did I wake you?" Cole asked, worried that he did,
"Nah. Also, I can't breathe." Crystal stated, which meant that she had a blocked nose,
"Anything you need?" Cole asked,
"No thanks." Crystal denied,
"Ok. I'll go grab your breakfast. I'll be back in a sec." Cole said as he left the room and returned with Crystal's breakfast. Cole had gotten her the extra bowl of porridge from earlier and a glass of orange juice, "If you need anything, just call me." Cole instructed and pointed to Crystal's phone so she knew not to shout, if she could shout and opened her window so fresh air could go in and left the room.
The next week, Crystal was all better and back in fighting condition (Sorry about the sick part being so short. I'm running out of ideas. So yeah. I don't know why but for some dumb reason, I have the need to continue the story until who knows when, so yeah. Hopefully the next chapter will be better (I just posted this cos 1) my friend told me to (lol) and 2) give you lot something extra to read while I hopefully figure out the next chapter. If you want to help with an idea, that will be appreciated greatly (cos you guys are the ones reading this) I may come up with an idea but still if you wanna, thanks!) HAVE A GOOD ONE!
