Chapter 4
I woke up from a beautiful sleep that had no thoughts, meaning, or life to it. I slowly opened my eyes. The familiar face looked down on me. This time I could comprehend it. Max? I thought. "Casey, are you okay?" he asked. I blinked. It hurt. My body ached. He lent me his hand for help to get up. I sat on the hallway floor with him. "I went to go to the bathroom and I saw you knocked out, just laying there" he said. I sat silent, until the words fell out, "I think I fainted". "Do we need to call an ambulance?" he asked precautious. "No, no I'm fine. Just some water" I murmured. Suddenly I heard Emily's voice and saw her walking over. "Casey where were you?!" she said in a worried voice. "I got sick from the lights. I think I had a claustrophobic moment" I said pondering. "Well do you want me to take you home?" Max said looking at me. Emily's eyes widened to me when Max wasn't looking. "Uh, no thanks, I think I'll be okay" I said just as shocked as Emily while walking to fountain. "I'll meet you in there 'kay?" Emily said. "Sure" I said. I slowly walked to the fountain. I leaned over and felt dizzy. My knees suddenly felt like noodles and I clumsily fell. Max rushed over, a little too late to catch me though. "You alright?" he asked as he helped me up. I shook my head. "Here, lets sit on the stairs" he said. We slowly walked over where we sat in a peaceful silence for what seemed like five minutes. I felt relieved when the nausea wave passed. "You doing okay now?" he asked. "Yeah" I answered normally. He tried to grab my hand and said, "Casey, do you wanna go hang out?" I pulled away. "No Max! What are you thinking? You broke up with ME, and you have a girlfriend!" I said as I ran to cafeteria. I looked around for Emily and found her with Sheldon. I didn't bother going over there, they were having too much fun. I didn't want to spoil it. I saw Noel and walked over. "Hi" he said shyly. "Hi. Do you wanna dance with me?" I asked casually. "But I saw you with Max" he said dubiously. "Yes, well I came to ask you not him. Would you rather me ask him?" I asked tilting my head. "Fair enough" he said smiling as we walked to the middle.