Hi! Big thank you to Nobody has no body, tigerlily021098, TheVillianStratigest and The Doctor for taking the time to review. Not a great chapter, but I'm pretty much making this up as I go along! Please enjoy.
Diana's POV
Diana was furious! That annoying little know-it-all, Erin, was now part of The Club. This meant that Diana was going to have to spend a lot more time with her. Caine liked the idea of them all being one big family. They sat together at meals, did homework together and practised their powers. Diana had told Caine before that it looked weird that a group of people who had nothing in common spent so much of time together. Not that he'd listen. He always had to do what he wanted, despite it being the wrong thing.
"Listen," she turned to Erin, "you're not going to that meeting that Caine told you about. You're not being a part of it, do you understand?" She used her most threatening look. Erin looked back at her, puzzled. "Why not?" she asked innocently. "Caine's obviously in charge of that group, so isn't he in charge of who goes?" "Caine's not in charge!" Diana shot back. Erin rolled her eyes. "Then who is? You? Because from where I was standing it sure didn't look like it." This took Diana aback; she had to think of a reply. "Trust me, I let Caine think what he wants. He gets an ego boost and I get to do what ever I want to whoever I want." Diana expected this to be the end of it, but she was wrong.
"You're parents must be so proud," Erin said, with pity in her voice. Before Diana got the chance to put her in her place, Erin continued. "How exactly do I tell Caine that I won't be part of this club? Do you want me to tell him that I don't actually have powers, that you were wrong and all that ice thing was a joke or magic trick? I don't think that he'd believe that."
Diana had no answer, and Erin knew it. Diana just stamped her foot in frustration. "Mature," Erin laughed. Diana took a deep breath. "I'm going for a shower," Diana needed to get away from the gloating Erin. "If you'd prefer an ice bath, I can help with that," Erin called after. Diana did her best to act like she hadn't heard.
Diana got ready and got in the shower. She was mentally preparing what she would say to Caine the next time she'd see him. Tell him that they couldn't trust Erin, for reasons yet to be conceived by Diana. Or that Erin wouldn't be of any use to them. Diana grabbed her body cream and started using it. She didn't smell the usual strawberry fragrance, which made Diana confused. She didn't question it and returned to her loathing of Erin.
Diana used her shampoo and stepped out of the shower. Her arm was itchy so she absent-mindedly scratched it as she patted herself dry. Both of her arms began to itch, and as she scratched she could feel how hot her arms were. It was like they were on fire, and they looked like it! They were bright red; she looked closely at them and realised that they were covered in a rash. A horrible, itchy rash that made her skin burn and look hideous. She remembered how it felt e the last time she'd had an allergic reaction. How it had spread to almost all her body. How she had scratched until her skin bled. She looked so terrible that she refused to leave the house for a week.
She looked in the mirror and almost screamed. Her face was starting to puff up and turn red. She was hideous, and couldn't understand why this had happened. The only thing that she was allergic to was passion fruit, and she made sure that none of her beauty products had passion fruit, and there was no way she could have ate any passion fruit. She quickly dressed and rushed out the door.
"Erin!" she yelled. Erin looked at Diana and her eyes widened. A smile crossed her face, and she tried to hide it with her hand. "Wha-what happened?" "I don't know!" Diana shouted, she was hysterical and losing her head. "I was having a shower, and then… this!" A thought crossed Diana's mind, "I may have you used your shower stuff. What's in your shampoo and body cream?" Erin paused to think, even though it was an urgent matter! "Green Tea shampoo and orange body cream, I think." "Any chance of passion fruit?" Diana fired out at her. Erin just shook her head.
Diana's skin was in agony and she wasn't sure what to do. "Maybe you should go to the nurse's room?" Erin offered. Diana just sighed, "And go out like this, are you serious? Everyone will see me and laugh at me." Erin thought for a moment. "Wear a hoodie with the hood up and no one will know it's you." Diana wasn't convinced that this would work, but she had no choice.
She grabbed a hoodie and left the room. She wasn't going to let Erin come with her, because she didn't like the feeling of having to be taken care of. Diana walked as fast as she could to the nurse's room. She knocked; if there was someone else in there and she walked in she would die of embarrassment. "Come in," the nurse called. It was Nurse Temple on duty that evening. When she saw Diana she gasped, "What happened?" Her voice was full of worry. Nurse Temple was used to dealing with the aftermath of a fight, so something that didn't look like it was inflicted by another person was probably a relief. "I don't know, I had a shower and then this happened." Diana could hear for herself that she was close to tears. "It's OK," Nurse Temple tried to soothe her. "It looks like an allergic reaction. A little injection should make you all right and then you'll be OK. Diana trusted her and calmed down."
Erin's POV
Erin didn't feel as good as she thought she would have. She had seen the look on Diana's face and realised that she was no better than Diana. She felt terrible, but it was too late now, what's done is done. She just got ready for bed and pulled the covers over her head, praying that Diana wouldn't figure out what had happened. 'Maybe I should just change rooms?' she thought. No, she argued with herself. That would make Diana win, plus it would just look suspicious if it was so soon after the whole accident.
The door opened and in walked Diana. Erin sat up, "How are you?" she asked. Erin could see that the swelling had gone down, but there was still a rash over her body. Diana looked deflated, "Fine, I guess." Diana got ready for bed herself and turned off the light. The two girls were quiet. "I can't understand this," Diana broke the silence. Erin stayed quiet. "Are you sure there's no passion fruit in your body wash? Like 100% sure?" "Yep," Erin replied. Erin was worried that Diana might feel like keeping the conversation going, and she couldn't trust herself to not implicate herself. She started breathing as if she were asleep. This worked a treat as she Diana never spoke for the rest of the night.
