Chapter 4

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The Next Day…

We were all ready for school the next morning, except for Zoe. I heard a loud moan coming from the stairs and we all turned to see Zoe ghostly pale. She was still wearing the same clothes as yesterday, but her skin looked paler than a vampire's skin with a hint of green and she could barely keep herself standing up. Zoe must've slipped on something, because then she starts tumbling down the steps, but I managed to catch her before she slams her head into the floor.

"Zoe, are you alright?" Tasha asked as she rushed up to me and Zoe. I could already tell she was sick because of all the body heat that was coming off her body. Zoe moaned in pain and shook her head. Tasha stuck a thermometer in her mouth and it said 110° F!

"Okay, you are definitely not going to school today," Tasha exclaimed horrified. A few tears slipped down her face as she winced and moaned in pain.

"It hurts so bad…" Zoe moaned in pain and she buried her face into my neck.

"You're going to have to stay home, but me and Donald have to work today. So, who would like to take care of her?" Tasha asked for volunteers. Surprisingly, Brady, Jane and Angie didn't even raise a finger.

"When she's this sick, she tends to…" Jane began, but Zoe cut her off by crumbling into a ball on the floor shivering, then she throws up on Mr. Davenport's shoes.

"Throw up," Jane finished bluntly. They all stared at me and realization dawned on me.

"Oh, no. I am not babysitting, Zoe," I protested disgustedly. Zoe started crying loudly.

"Please, Chase. Don't leave me alone," Zoe begged and then her whole body caught on fire. Brady immediately soaked her with fire.

"Alright, I'll take care of her," I gave in and carried a sick Zoe upstairs to her room, hopping that she wouldn't throw up on me. I placed the back of my hand on her forward only to hiss in pain from the amount of heat coming off from her; I ran to the bathroom and grabbed a bottle of Tylenol and a spoon to give her.

"Zoe, I need you to take some Tylenol. Can you do that?" I asked her gently and she shook her head. Gently, I helped her sit up in a sitting position with groaning and grunting, and I filled up the metal spoon with red syrup and I held her head with one hand and placed the spoonful of medicine in her mouth with my free hand. She groaned and looked at the medicine with disdain.

"I hate cherry flavored medicine," Zoe said hoarsely. She rested her head gently on my shoulder and began to cry. I pulled her head into a hug and stroked her soft red hair as she cried silently in my chest.

"Why are you crying?" I asked quietly and she sniffled a bit before answering me.

"Why did my parents have to die a gruesome death? Why did they have to be spies? Why?" Zoe whimpered loudly enough for me to hear and I suddenly understood her tears. She's in grief. I rubbed small and gentle circles around her back as she sobbed into my chest.

"I'm sorry," I whispered in her ear and she sniffled in response. She pushed herself away from me and rubbed her tears away. "How did you get so sick in the short amount of time you were here?" I asked her curiously and she quickly gained interest in her hands.

"Um…well…it's complicated," Zoe replied with a sad sigh and I became curious. I placed my hand reassuringly on her shoulder to encourage her to tell me and she looked up at me with these huge and beautiful green eyes; I practically got lost in her eyes.

"I've got the time," I told her reassuringly and she gave me a weak smile. I noticed that her skin was starting to regain her natural color and I smiled.

"My powers can trigger my powers, but sometimes if something makes my emotions go haywire, then I start to lose control of my powers and I have to concentrate extremely hard to control my powers," Zoe explained carefully, I could tell she still wasn't feeling very well.

"Is that why you caught on fire back in the living room?" I asked her with concern and she nodded her head.

"Did you hear a storm last night?" She asked me hesitantly. It was more like a hurricane and it subsided to a horrible downpour, but it was still pretty intense.

"Yeah, why?"

"That's what can happen when I lose control of my powers. It would've been worse if I hadn't gotten some control of my powers,"

"But how did you manage to get yourself so sick?"

"Well…since I don't have complete control of my powers, I sucked in as much of the storm as I could to make myself sick enough to calm it down," I gave her a confused look.

"I still don't get it," She sighed.

"You know how when you have to go to the bathroom really badly, but you can't go at that exact moment, so you have to hold it in?" I nodded uncertainly.

"Well, the same thing happened only with my powers. Something went wrong with my emotions that I couldn't take it anymore, so I let it out, but when I saw what was happening, I held in all of my emotions and I got sick," Zoe finished uneasily.

"What caused your emotions to go crazy? Is it that time of month again?" I asked her in a joking way, but she blushed beet red and I regretted joking around with her at this serious moment. She shook her head.

"N-No. I'm not really sure what triggered them, though," Zoe stuttered. I could tell she was lying, but I decided to just drop the subject. "Chase, um, could you get me a wet towel to cool off a little?" Zoe asked me nervously and I nodded. A few minutes later, I came back to her room with a wet towel and I noticed she was lying down on her back; I carefully placed the cold towel on her forehead and I heard sizzling coming from the towel when it came in contact with her forehead. She sighed in relief.

"Thanks, Chase," Zoe said with a grateful smile on her face. I smiled happily and I nodded.

"Did you eat anything yesterday?" I asked her suddenly and she shook her head.

"Nothing except a small snack," Zoe answered confused and I went to go see what was there for her to eat. I decided to make some Ramen noodles for her and I took two steaming bowls of noodle soup upstairs to her room. I stopped outside her room when I heard her musical voice through a crack in the door.

"…What's wrong with me? First, I'm mad at the kid, then I'm nice to him and then I start to have the 'feelings' for him. I highly doubt he likes me back for punching him in the face last night," Zoe exclaimed in despair to herself and I smiled. I pushed through the door with a tray with both bowls on them.

"I don't think there's anything wrong with you," I exclaimed merrily and a bolt of blue light whizzed past my head and made a hole in the wall in the hallway.

"I'm so sorry, but you shouldn't be listening in on my conversations and when I'm sick," Zoe apologized with a smile tugging at her lips.

Zoe's P.O.V.

"I'm sorry for punching you in the face yesterday," I apologized embarrassedly as a stared at my hands. Chase chuckled and he handed a warm plate of Ramen noodles, my favorite. I smiled shyly and I started eating the tasty noodles slowly.

"So…what do you want to do for the rest of the day?" Chase asked awkwardly and I thought for a moment.

"How about 20 Questions?" I suggested and Chase nodded.

"How did you and your siblings meet Leo?" Chase asked curiously and I chuckled at the memory.

"Well, we met him at school, when I was in the 3rd grade, before Angie was born. I was walking around the basketball court next to the school when I bumped into a huge boy, Terry. Brady was talking to another kid and Jane was in her class, so I was on my own. Out of nowhere, Leo pops up and starts defending me, which resulted in him gaining an atomic wedgies and I started to get really mad. Unfortunately, my alter ego Ally paid him a little visit that day," I explained with a smirk on my face.

"What did Ally do to him?" Chase asked excitedly and an evil grin popped up on my face.

"She might've…sort of…found some jump rope and tied him up, and stuffed him into the school's dumpster," I answered sheepishly and Chase burst out laughing.

"Yeah, we became best friends after that day, but I ended up getting a three day suspension," I told him after he calmed down and he stared at me with a horrified expression. I shrugged though.

"What? He deserved it and from then on he made sure not to mess with me, my siblings or Leo," I stated proudly and Chase shook his head.

"That kind of stuff can stay on your permanent record," Chase squeaked in fear and I shook my head as if I didn't really care.

"Well, at least whoever I end up working for will know not to mess with me," I said jokingly and Chase just stared at me dumbfounded. I rolled my eyes and finished eating my breakfast. When I looked at him again his mouth was hanging open, so I closed his mouth with my hand.

"Chase, your noodles are going to fall out if you keep your mouth open for too long," I joked and he continued eating in silence. I looked at my clock and noticed that it was 8:00 a.m. This is going to take awhile.

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