Thanks for the reviews/questions everyone! I'm really sad, because I start volunteering at a day camp next week, and that leaves like no time for writing! :( But I'll try my best to update tons before school starts... In 29 days... Hey, that's not so close ! A little less than a month...
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BPOV
I was asleep when my phone started vibrating under my pillow. I swear, if that was Seth calling to ask where I was, I would throw my phone across the room.
"Hello?"
"Hey Brady, it's Seth." I groaned, of course it was. Wait, hadn't class already started? Why was he calling me?
"Where's Skylar?"
"She's with me, she sick. We're going to Forks; I want to make sure she's okay." I groaned again, already getting out of bed.
"That's fine; I guess it's better to take her up there..."
"Good, oh and she says to tell you you're an idiot." I paused, realization hitting me. Cliff diving. It's because I took her cliff diving. She was sick because of me.
I swore, banging my head against the wall.
"Why." Hit. "Am." Hit. "I." Hit. "So." Hit. "Stupid!" I flung the door of my bedroom open, ignoring Seth's chuckling. "Wait, what?" I growled into the phone.
"Her words, not mine." I sighed.
"Whatever, I'll meet you there."
"Yeah, see you later." I was already halfway to the truck when mom finally caught up to me.
"Where are you going?" She glared at me. I sighed.
"The hospital." Now mom sighed, shaking her head at me.
"She's in there again!" I nodded.
"Is she really worth all this trouble?" I smiled.
"Yes mom, see you later!" She waved, still shaking her head.
I got to the hospital before Seth and Skylar did, which pissed me off to no end. If she was sick, why wasn't she here yet?
"Sorry," Seth apologized immediately he saw my expression. I ignored him though.
Skylar looked horrible. Her skin was almost as pale as her scar, and she couldn't stop shaking.
"Skylar." She looked up at me and her eyes lit up.
"You came," she whispered before she was cut off by a fit of coughing. Seth and I winced at the same time.
"We would have gotten here sooner, but driving fast made her dizzy." Seth shrugged. I had already forgiven him; he had brought her here when I couldn't.
"Thanks." he nodded, releasing Skylar to me.
"How're you feeling?" Skylar groaned leaning against me as I helped her to the front desk.
"Great." I chuckled. "How do you think I feel?"
"I'm sorry." The receptionist took one look at Skylar and backed away.
"I'll get a doctor," she told us. I nodded.
"I really don't like you right now," Skylar whispered. I glanced down at her.
"Why?"
"You took me cliff diving!" She tried to raise her voice, but that only made her cough. Badly.
"Okay, no more yelling at me until we know what's wrong." She nodded.
"Back again already?" I growled, but Skylar put a hand on my arm, trying to calm me.
"Don't." I frowned, how did she know?
"Hello Brady. Is this...?" I nodded once, still glaring at him.
"Good to know, Skylar? What is it this time?" Skylar sighed.
"I don't know, I can't stop coughing, and my chest hurts, and I was cold..." She glanced at me before looking at Doctor Cullen.
He smiled. "In that case, Brady? You wouldn't mind holding her, would you?" I shook my head. I wasn't about to let the leech touch her anyway.
"Good! Now, tell me what you think might have caused this?" Dr. Cullen asked, leading us into an empty room.
"I went cliff diving a few days ago..." Doctor Cullen frowned at me.
"You wouldn't happen to have inhaled any water, would you?" Skylar nodded.
"Then it's simple. Some salt water must have gotten into your lungs. The technical term would be Salt Water Aspiration Syndrome." Skylar gasped. I just growled. That sounded bad.
Doctor Cullen shook his head.
"It's not as bad as it seems. By the looks of it, she doesn't have it too badly. So all she needs is to rest for a few days and to keep warm. I nodded, but Skylar shook her head.
"Can I still go to school?" Now Dr. Cullen shook his head, frowning at her.
"I'm afraid not, you may stress yourself out." Skylar nodded.
"Thanks," I muttered, helping Skylar get up.
"It's my job."
"Bye doctor Cullen."
"Goodbye Skylar, and please, try not to come back anytime soon."
~MRS*SC~
I still felt bad. It was all my fault. If I hadn't taken her cliff diving, she wouldn't have to stay home for a week...
Skylar kept trying to tell me that it wasn't completely my fault; she was the one that had jumped after all. Brent didn't want me anywhere near her. And he had every right to feel that way. He was the one who had known from the beginning that bringing Sky was a bad idea. We just didn't listen.
I was lying in a sleeping bag on Skylar's bedroom floor. It had to be at least one in the morning and this was the third day I was spending with Skylar.
I couldn't sleep, Skylar wouldn't stop coughing. Not only was that hard to sleep through cause of how loud it was, it was hard because I hated it when she was sick.
"Brady?" I sat up immediately, rubbing the sleep out of my eyes.
"What's wrong?" She rolled her eyes at me.
"Nothing's wrong." She coughed again. She groaned falling back into her bed. I stood up. "I can't sleep." I smiled.
"Me neither, you want water or something?" She shook her head.
"I'm fine," she insisted, but she coughed again. "What time is it?" I glanced at the clock on her bedside table.
"1:40, Skylar, try and get some sleep." I frowned at her; she had been like this last night too. She woke up at two and hadn't gone back to sleep.
"I can't," she muttered. "I hate being sick!" She threw her nearest stuffed animal across the room. I sighed, and I hated it when she was upset.
Skylar sat up again, staring after the animal.
"Oh no." She jumped out of bed and ran to the stuffed wolf.
"Skylar, you're not supposed to be out of bed!" I ran after her, catching her when she wobbled slightly.
She ignored me, more concerned with the safety of her toy.
"I know, it's just..." She sighed, letting me carry her back to bed. I took the animal out of her arms, eyeing it. It looked familiar...
"What is it?" She smiled.
"It's a wolf; my dad got it for me on my third birthday..." I gave it back to her. Now I knew why it looked so familiar. The stuffed animal had the exact same fur as I did. Creepy.
"It's the only thing I actually kept that he gave me." I nodded. "It kind of reminds me of you," she muttered. I stiffened.
"And why is that?" She shrugged, wrapping her comforter tighter around herself.
"I don't know, I guess you kind of look like this when you're a wolf. Except in real life, you're not as cuddly."
"That is offensive." Skylar giggled.
"I'm sorry, but it's true. I'm always going remember wolf-you like that. You just looked so mean." She yawned, flipping her pillow to the cooler side. I frowned. I didn't want that. I wanted her to love both sides of me. It wouldn't work if she didn't like me as a wolf.
"Well, that sucks," I whispered, but Skylar was already asleep. I sighed, putting myself back in the sleeping bag.
Now I really wouldn't be able to sleep. I had to think of a way to get Skylar to like both sides of me...
~MRS*SC~
Skylar was up before I was. I found her downstairs in the kitchen the next morning, her comforter wrapped around her shoulders.
"Skylar?" She didn't turn away from the fridge.
"Morning!"
"Morning..." I frowned. She seemed better, minus the fact that it was pretty warm in the kitchen and she still seemed cold. "Are you warm enough?" She nodded absently, but her lips were turning blue.
I sighed. Keeping her warm were one of the two real instructions we had actually gotten from the doctor and Skylar wasn't following it very well.
"Your lips are turning blue," I pointed out, walking up behind her. She sighed, turning to face me.
"I kn-" She whirled around again, hiding her eyes in her blanket. I frowned, what now?
"What's wrong?"
"Could you please go put a shirt on?" I frowned. What? I glanced down and sure enough, no shirt. Huh, I guess it must have been too hot in her room last night.
"Sorry," I muttered, running upstairs to find a T-shirt. When I came back, Brent was in the kitchen with Skylar. He was making soup for their mom probably. She was sick too, and according to Skylar, she got worse when she found out Sky was sick too.
I felt bad for Brent. If I wasn't here, he would have to take care of both of them.
"Hey Brent." He nodded in my direction, not looking at me. Skylar smiled at me apologetically. He was still mad about the whole cliff diving thing.
Brent poured some soup out for Skylar before leaving us alone. She didn't eat any at first, she just used her spoon to swirl it around in the bowl.
"Not hungry?" I lifted her onto my lap. She leaned her head against my chest.
"No, I'm afraid I'll throw it up." That was always her excuse for not eating. Afraid of throwing it back up again.
"I don't mind cleaning up vomit," I told her, even though thinking about it made me queasy.
Skylar shook her head though, pushing the soup away from her. I sighed.
"Skylar, how can you get better if you don't eat?" She sighed.
"I'll drink water, and juice. That has calories in it, right?" I nodded. "See, almost as good as eating." I almost said that it was possible to throw up juice too, but decided she didn't need to know that...
"So, what do you want to do today?" She shrugged. She had no homework. Once you mention anything with the word "syndrome" in it, it exempts you from homework until you're better. So that meant Skylar had no homework for a week, I did, but I would be able to catch up on that later.
"Could we talk to Jessie?" I raised an eyebrow; it was probably 4AM in Sydney.
"Isn't it a bit early?" She shook her head.
"It's my turn to wake her up for once," she muttered. I sighed.
"Okay, let me go get your phone." Skylar shook her head, smirking.
"Oh no, we're Skypeing." She pulled her laptop from underneath her blanket. I shook my head.
"You're joking." Skylar only smiled as she signed in and looked for Jessie's account name.
Now calling foreverAustralianJ7.
I really doubted Jessie would pick up, but you never know...
"Skylar?" Jessie wasn't even asleep, by the looks of it, she was doing homework.
"Hi Jess!"
"Oh my Gosh! You look horrible!" Jessie closed the text book next to her and used the pen she was holding to put her hair up in a bun.
Skylar sighed. "I know. I'm sick. It sucks." Jessie pouted.
"I'm sorry, I know you hate being sick." Skylar nodded. "So, who's that? Or do I have to guess." Skylar glanced back at me, almost looking as if she had forgotten I was there.
"Oh, he's taking care of me while I'm sick." I raised an eyebrow at her, but Skylar was focused on the screen.
Jessie on the other hand, was focusing on me.
"Is he one of those cute, buff guys you were talking about," Jessie whispered, leaning closer to the screen. I could feel Skylar's body temperature rising.
"Jessie! Whispering on camera doesn't make things quiet!" Jessie laughed, leaning back in her chair.
"I know." She smiled. "Nice to meet you Brady." How did she know it was me? I know Skylar had talked about me, but never about what I looked like...
Skylar groaned, putting her head in hands.
"Oh Jessie," she muttered, still not looking up.
"Nice to meet you too Jessie," I answered when Skylar didn't say anything else.
"So, what exactly did you do to get Skylar to break down? I've known her for eleven years, and I've never seen her so happy..." Skylar sat up immediately.
"Okay, that's enough," she snapped. "Jessie, we will talk later." Jessie grinned.
"Okay! Brady too, right?" Skylar didn't answer, Jessie rolled her eyes. "Buhbye Sky, bye Brady!" Skylar signed out and slammed the laptop shut. Neither of us said anything for a while and Skylar refused to look at me.
"That was fun," I said at last. Skylar groaned.
"That was embarrassing!" She got off my lap, taking the laptop with her. I smiled, following her upstairs.
"Wasn't so bad."
"Yes it was! Why did I even... Ugh!" She threw the laptop onto her bed before sinking to the floor. I sat beside her, wrapping my arm around her shoulders.
"What was so embarrassing about it?" She frowned.
"Everything? I don't know, now my whole anti-imprint plan is done." That shocked me.
"You had an anti-imprint plan?" She nodded.
"Yes or at least I told myself I did, but Kole was right."
"About what?" I was beginning to like Kole more and more.
"I am in love," she finally muttered. I took a deep breath.
"With who?" She glanced at me sharply.
"With you, stupid..." I grinned.
"I love you too." She rolled her eyes.
"I know that." She coughed suddenly. "Ugh, and I was holding out for so long." She leaned against me.
"Don't worry, you'll be better soon."
"I hope so..." We sat in the middle of her floor in silence for a while, until Skylar started coughing again.
"Are you okay?" She nodded, still coughing. I frowned; I really hated it when she was sick. I wouldn't be letting that happen again.
"I have a question," she said once she stopped.
"Shoot."
"You promise to answer?"
"I promise." I would do anything for her.
"What happened with you and Collin? And why is he avoiding me?" I sighed. Now that I thought about it, it was a really stupid fight.
I was frustrated, and I said some things I shouldn't have said. And right now, in this moment, I couldn't understand why I felt that way. I mean, everything was perfect now. I looked down at Skylar, she was shivering slightly and sweating a bit, but she was the most beautiful girl in the world.
Correction, most beautiful and most impatient girl in the world.
"Well?" I laughed.
"Doesn't matter, I'm going to apologize right now." She grinned up at me.
"Really? Why?" I shrugged, taking my phone out of my pocket.
"Because I realized how pointless it is to fight with him. He's my best friend, practically my brother. Besides, I need him to help me catch up in English." Skylar punched me in the arm. I smiled, calling Collin.
"Hey, I was just about to call you." I could hear Danie in the background, demanding to know who was calling. "Shush Danie, look Brady, I'm sorry."
"I called to say the same thing. I'm sorry too."
"Really? What made you call?" I sighed.
"Skylar made me realize that there was no point in us fighting." There was silence on both ends of the phone.
"She said the "L" word, didn't she?" I laughed, he knew me well.
"Yeah, what made you call?"
"Danie threatened that if I didn't, she would for me. Apparently I seemed miserable without you." I smirked.
"You're such a girl." Skylar smacked me in the arm again. "What was that for?" She frowned at me.
"Don't use being a girl as an insult! It's rude."
"Sorry."
Collin laughed. "Look who got in trouble," he taunted.
"Shut up!" I growled.
"Stop acting like such a girl. Ow! Danie!" I chuckled as Danie started yelling at Collin, basically saying the same thing that Skylar said to me. Except louder, and with more violence...
"Okay! I'm sorry! Gosh... Hey, Brady?"
"Yeah?"
"We're good now, right?" I nodded.
"Yeah, we're good." Collin sighed.
"Good, Danie was right I was kind of miserable without you." I sighed, I hated sappy moments.
"Me too, it's good to have you back bro."
"You too. I gotta go now; Danie's making me skip the rest of the day to go to Port Angeles. There's some sale or something." I glanced at Skylar; hopefully she didn't make me go shopping...
I laughed. "Have fun."
"Shut up, talk to you later." The line went dead and I turned to face Skylar.
"Are you guys' friends again?" I nodded and she grinned.
"Good!" I rolled my eyes, wrapping my arms around her. She was cold again.
"Why does it matter so much to you anyway?" She shrugged.
"Fighting with Collin made you sad; I don't like to see you upset." I smiled.
"So you do worry about me!" I smirked.
"Don't make me kick you out Brady." I laughed.
"I know you won't." She sighed.
"You're right; you're just too damn warm."
Whoo ! End of the chapter, it wasn't too short, was it? Anyway, as promised, here's the interview. I only got one question, but that's okay, maybe we'll get more next time?(:
-Kole, Skylar, Brady and Seth enter-
Me: Hey guys, take a seat.
Brady: ...there aren't enough seats.
Me: Oh, well, Skylar won't mind sharing with you.
Skylar:*blushes* I guess not...
Brady: -sits with Skylar-
Me: Alright people, let's get down to business.
Seth: Wait, wait, wait. Who are you exactly? I mean, I know you write the story, but your name confuses me...
Me: *blushes* Oh, I'm not actually married to you (yet); it's just a screen name. Nothing to worry about.
Seth: Oh. *grins* Okay then, continue.
Me: Okay, our first question is from .clearwater (or Danie, not sure if your name will show up, sorry!).
Brady: Wait, Danie, as in Collin's Danie?
Me: *sigh* Yes, can I continue now?
Brady: *smirks* Sure, go ahead.
Me: *narrows eyes* Will Seth be imprinting in this story? Huh, I guess this question is kind of for me too, but what do you guys think? Should he?
Skylar: Yes! I can't wait until Seth imprints. He needs someone too.
Seth: Thanks Sky.
Kole: No, he's too young.
-Everyone stares at Kole-
Me: Kole, you realize Brady and Collin are both younger than Seth, right?
Kole: *sighs* Yeah, but he's too immature.
Seth: Am not!
Brady: I agree with Skylar, he's been alone for too long. Even Paul imprinted.
Seth: *pouts*
Me: Okay, enough of making Seth feel bad. Besides, you have Danie and I *winks* and all the other Mrs. Seth Clearwater's of the world.
Brady: Wait, isn't Danie Collin's imprint?
Me: She is, in the story, but not in real life.
Brady: *frowns*
Me: Never mind! Danie, I'm still thinking about it, maybe. (:
Skylar: Can we move on now? Seth looks really uncomfortable...
Seth: *nods*
Me: Okay then, (impatient people), next question. This question is from no one.
Brady: What?
Me: There are no more questions.
Brady: Are you serious? That's so lame...
Me: Hey! Obviously, people are busy!
Brady: Or they don't like you...
Skylar: Brady! I'm sorry Alexis; he can be insensitive at times. *hits Brady* Say sorry.
Brady: Sorry...
Me: *sniffs* Apology accepted.
Kole: Can we leave now?
Me: *nods* Thank you for coming!
Brady: Whatever. *leaves*
Skylar: Thank you for having us! He'll be better behaved next time. Or, at least I hope he will... *leaves*
Kole: Seeya Lex.
Me: Bye Kole! (Kole biased^^)
Seth: That was fun, you know minus the whole embarrassing part... Bye Alexis. *grins*
Me: *swoons* Byeee Seth!
Seth: *leaves*
Me: Alright, I guess that's it. I only got one question, but that's okay. Hope you guys liked the interview and chapter! Review ?(: