Hey guys, so laceygirl03 is back with another chapter of Girl Meets Anna! Are you ready? Well, ready or not, here I come! Let's begin!
(Anna's POV)
My phone went off. It was a blocked number, and I really had no idea who it was. But, I figured it was Hope trying to prank call me. I put it on speaker so the girls could hear. "Hello?" I answered.
There was silence for a minute. Then, I really thought it was Hope. "Yes, is this Anna Hart?" a male voice asked.
Now I was confused. "Um, sort of, yes," I replied.
"You better tell that sister of yours to watch her back. She's throttled my plans one to many times, and she's in for it."
"What has my sister ever done?"
"Maybe it wasn't her, but her mother was once mine, and that Maya girl of her's is mine too. There will be no Katy and Shawn, not if I have anything to do with it."
I hung up right then and there. "That…." Maya trailed off.
Daisy looked scared. Riley held her, even though she looked scared herself. We all huddled into a ball on Riley's bed. As the tallest and the oldest, my arms were wrapped around all three of them. Maya's head was on my shoulder. Riley's head was my other. And Daisy was in the middle, mostly leaning on Maya. I knew how close these people and I were. We were like sisters. And some of them were my sisters.
We stayed like that until Maya got up to lock the window. Then we all went back to our sleeping bags. Riley asked Daisy to stay up with her in the bed. "I don't know, Riley," Daisy replied.
Riley looked at Daisy as if she had lost her mind. "Dais, why not?" Riley asked.
"I think I'm getting sick again," Daisy replied. "I woke up dizzy this morning and now I have a huge headache."
"You did feel pretty warm when we were in the huddle," Maya admitted.
"Come here," Riley told Daisy.
Daisy walked over to where Riley was sitting on her bed. Riley put her hand up to Daisy's forehead. "You've got a fever," Riley admitted.
"See, I don't want to get you sick," Daisy said.
"I don't care," Riley insisted. "Come here, I'll be fine. I just don't want to be alone tonight."
"Okay," Daisy gave in.
Being the smallest, she easily climbed into the bed, even with Riley's huge new cast. Riley put her arm around Daisy, and Daisy leaned in with Riley. They eventually fell asleep. Maya and I slept closely that night.
The next morning the girls went to school, very afraid of what might happen, and I went to school also afraid. Daisy had stayed home with Mrs. Matthews because she was running a 102 fever.
As I walked into the school, Hope's voice ran through the hallway. "HIIIIII AAANNNNAAAA!" she seemed to scream.
"What are you doing?" I asked.
"Well, I heard Daisy's staring in the play on Friday!" she sang.
"Yes, I told you that three weeks ago," I replied.
"Sorry, I must have forgot," she said.
"That's okay, anyways, I hope Daisy will be able to perform," I said, thinking about how bad she was feeling this morning.
"What do you mean?" Hope asked.
"Daisy's sick," I said.
"Aw, poor thing, can I come over after school?" Hope asked.
I knew Hope wanted to see Daisy because ever since the two had met during shadowing, Hope had taken a liking to her. Hope was an only child, so it was different for her.
"Sure," I replied.
I told Hope about everything that had happened the night before. Hope promised to have my back for however long it took.
And she did. After school that day she walked home with me. I knocked on the door to the apartment. Mrs. Matthews opened the door. "Hey, are the girls back?" I asked.
"No, Maya got detention with Sam, and Riley has to fill in for Daisy until she gets back so she's at practice," Mrs. Matthews replied.
"Oh, how's Daisy?" I asked.
"Not good," Mrs. Matthews replied. "She fell asleep a three hours ago, can you go ahead and wake her up? If you don't she won't sleep tonight."
"Sure," I said, then led Hope to where we were staying.
Daisy was curled up into a ball of bed-head and blankets. I kissed her forehead, which was burning up. I shook her arm just a little, being as gentle as I could. "Dais, wake up," I whispered.
Daisy groaned. "I don't wanna," she mumbled.
She then found herself in a coughing fit. I rubbed small circles in her back. "Hey Daisy," Hope said.
"Hi Hope," Daisy said.
I sat on the edge of the bed, and Daisy layed her head in my lap. She looked so miserable. Hope sat on her other side and was smoothing out her hair. I knew Hope cared about Daisy like a sister. Daisy gradually fell back asleep. "She's so cute," Hope said.
That's when the girls walked in. Maya kneeled down next to the bed. Riley sat next to her. "Poor thing," Riley said.
Something about Riley's voice was off. "Are you okay?" I asked.
Riley nodded. "Fine," she replied.
Maya looked at her funny. "Okay, Lucas may have bought it at school, but I didn't, what's wrong?" she asked.
"I don't feel great," Riley admitted, before quickly adding, "But don't worry! Daisy's worse, just worry about her."
Maya put her hand onto Riley's forehead. "Riles," she said, but Riley cut her off.
"Don't worry," she said again.
"Riley, you can't tell me that," Maya insisted. "I will always worry about you. Now, you need to get some rest. Why don't you go lie down next to Dais."
Riley finally agreed. She lied down next to Daisy, and Daisy grabbed her hand. The two fell asleep.
That night, I noticed Maya coughing her head off. "You okay?" I asked.
"No," Maya replied, her voice hoarse.
We were sleeping close together again, because of fear of the man, and Maya was radiating heat. "Come here," I said, and she got up against me.
Maya was burning up. She was even warmer than Daisy had been. "Oh Maya," I said.
Later that night, even I wasn't feeling great, so I fell asleep with a scratchy throat and headache.
The next morning, all four of us were sick. "Looks like I'm staying home from work," Mrs. Matthews said.
Riley and Daisy slept the entire day. Maya had it the worst of all of us. She couldn't sleep because she had such a bad headache, and her stomach couldn't hold anything. I didn't have it that bed, so I was usually up, helping the others.
That night, Maya finally fell asleep. She was sitting up against the bed on the floor. I picked her up and put her back into her sleeping bag. She rustled for a minute, which made me nervous because I knew she wasn't going to get to go to sleep again, but then calmed down as her breathing became even again, and she was finally sound asleep. "Goodnight girls," I whispered to all of them, turned off the lights, and fell into a dreamless sleep.
Okay, so that's chapter 7! I know it's really weird, but I'm having a little bit of writer's block, and I'm really busy. Yesterday was my talent show, I didn't place, today was my math team tournament, and this week is standardize testing for my grade. I'm happy to announce that at the tournament, I placed fourth individually (no one else on my team placed), my team won 3rd in cyphering, and 2nd overall. It was awesome! I hope you guys will bear with me cause the next chapter might take a while to make! Thank you and Lacey!