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~Roxanne~

I could hear my heartbeat ringing in my ears as blood pounded through my veins and rushed to my head. I could feel an unwanted presence by my bed, and it was dark in nature. My mind was blink and I was sure opening my eyes would be the wrong move so I led as still as possibly.

"Did Zoey take the bait?" I heard a voice asked. It sounded familiar but my ears were buzzing with some annoying humming noise.

"Yes as I promised, and she's probably having sweet dreams about Erik," another voice said. My heart sunk when I heard Erik's name, and I was upset that I couldn't make a connection to the voices. I knew one of them had to be Neferet's but who was the others'. "Once Roxanne wakes she'll be green with envy whenever she sees Zoey and Erik together. That's how the potions work. Soon they'll be fighting over him, and it will tear her little circle of friends apart," the voice added.

"Great I need you to do something else for me come on," Neferet said and I heard her heels clicking on the tiled floor then they stopped. "Is there a problem?" she asked.

"I haven't given her the potion yet. I need a needle to add it to her IV," the voice informed her.

"Leave it by her bed with the pills. Erik will make sure she takes it. Roxanne is supposed to be discharged soon, so we need to go," Neferet said, and there was a pause before two sets of heels walked out of the room. I glanced at them before they went out and found one was a short blonde, and the other was Neferet of course.

~Erik~

Erik didn't want to wake Roxanne. She looked so beautiful and peaceful as she led in the infirmary bed. She finally had some color back to her face, and her hair had its life back. Before when she was sick it was like the warmth was being sucked from her. But now she glowed like the sun once again. Erik placed a gentle kiss on her hand and ginned at the smile that soon tugged on her lips. He caressed her cheek, and observed as his touch quickly pulled her from her dream.

"Why did you do that?" she said still not daring to open her eyes.

"I haven't seen you in two days and it's hard enough to keep my hands off of you," he said getting a happy smile from her.

"It hasn't been two days has it?" she asked still with her eyes closed.

"Yeah, and the nurse said you didn't want to see anyone," Erik whispered feeling guilt ripple in his stomach.

"Is that so?" she asked still not looking at him. At first Erik thought she was keeping her eyes closed so she could fall back to sleep, but her aversive answers made him rethink that quickly.

"I'm sorry for what I did," Erik said sitting on her bed and holding her hand in his. "I wasn't thinking," he ada and she opened her eyes and glared at him. For a long moment they didn't say a thing to one another. "Will you ever be able to forgive me?" he asked.

"You're here right now aren't you?" she asked taking her hand back. Erik hated when Roxanne gave mixed signals. Her behavior was screaming I'm going to kill you, and her words were saying I forgive you.

"Roxanne I know how you feel," he started but she cut him off.

"That's why I'm so mad. You know exactly how it feels to be betrayed by someone you love, and that didn't stop you from doing this to me," she said rubbing a tear from the corner of his eye. Great now her words were saying I hate you and her action were saying I forgive you.

"I'll fix this, I want you," he said turning to kiss the hand rubbing his cheek, but she pulled away.

"I want to try and be what we were," she smiled. Why does she have to be so complicated? Erik asked himself, but he was sure if she wasn't like that he would have lost interest a long time ago.

"Are you ready to leave yet?" he asked taking a different approach.

"Um, yeah," she said looking around like she wasn't sure of where she was.

"Are you okay?" Erik asked sensing something wrong.

"I'm fine I just got a feeling," she said slow and easy.

"Like a sick feeling or a vibe feeling?" he asked placing a hand on her forehead and feeling her temperature, which was vampire perfect.

"I guess a vibe feeling, like darkness was here," she said evoking a smile from his lips. "Did I say something funny?" she asked not amused.

"A little," he grinned at her.

"I wouldn't be smiling if I were you," she warned him.

"Look you just sounded like your grandma for a second and you made that ghost whisperer face she does. It just caught me off guard," he said reassuring her.

"I'm nothing like that crazy old goat," she frowned.

"You kinda look just like her," he teased.

"That was so funny I almost forgot to laugh," she said getting out of the covers.

"Wait before you get dress you have to take your medicine," he said giving her a little cup with pills in it and a paper cup filled with green liquid.

"What is this?" she asked smelling it. The green liquid smelled like melons.

"Probably Gatorade, they use that a lot," he smiled at her. Roxanne hesitated when she put the cup to her lips. "You're not leaving until that's gone," he added.

"Something just doesn't feel right. It feels like I'm supposed to remember something," she said looking confused.

"Something like what," he asked opening the pill capsules and pouring the contents into her drink.

"I don't know like a dream," she said trying really hard to remind herself of what she needed to know.

"I'm sure if you were really meant to remember you would," he said giving the cup back to her. "What if it was really important?" she asked taking the cup and drinking the mixture which she quickly realized wasn't Gatorade.

"What's with the face?" he asked with a questioning brow.

"This taste like medicine," she frowned.

"I put the pill in it," he said looking at her like she was slow.

"No it tastes like cough syrup. It wasn't Gatorade," she added.

"You'll get over it," he said kissing her cheek. "Go get dressed so we can go out for a celebratory dinner," he smiled at her.

"I just want to relax and not think about all the classes I've missed and the work I need to make up and grade," she said taking the duffle bag he brought into the bathroom. Erik honestly didn't care what they did he was just happy that Roxanne was ok, and that she sort of forgave him.