Chapter 3: Running

She ran past the group and she heard Khloe call after her. She didn't respond, just kept running to the car. As soon as she got to the car she ripped the door open and jumped in. Not 10 seconds later, Khloe jumped in.

"What the heck Iz? I thought you gave up smoking." Khloe joked, trying to hide how worried she was.

"I did. Damn it, I should have listened to you. You were right." Iz explained as the coughing started to subside.

"Well I usually am. What am I right about this particular time?" Khloe smirked.

"I should have worn the necklace. Someone was wearing iron," Izzy coughed a couple more times, she pounded her chest trying to get it to stop.

Khloe quickly scanned herself and Izzy before looking at the necklace Izzy had on more closely. "You mean like yourself? Iz, that necklace is iron!" Khloe yelled.

"Shit!" Iz yelled as she peeled the necklace off wear it had burned into her skin and threw it in the back seat. "Ow, ow, ow…" There was a burn mark in the shape of the necklace pendant on her collarbone.

"You moron! Why do you even own iron jewelry? You could have went into a coma, or died! If you do that again you won't have to worry about the iron, I'll kill you myself. Oh, and also that's 2 quarters that belong in the swear jar." Khloe ranted.

There was a knock on the window and the girls looked up and saw Reid's face in the window. Izzy blanched instantly and tried to discreetly pull her shirt up to hide the burn mark while looking like nothing was wrong. And failed. Her face just looked like she was constipated. Khloe was a way better actress than her when she rolled down the window to see what Reid wanted.

"Hey, is everything okay?" Reid asked.

"Yeah, she just feels a little ill," Khloe told him. It was partially the truth so she wasn't technically lying. "I think we are just going to go back to the dorms. Have a good night."

"Oh, ok," Reid looked a little disappointed by that but then perked up. "Hey, maybe the guys and I will drop by sometime."

"Maybe," Khloe said, blue eyes flashing innocently. "We'll see. Now I need to get Izzy home so she can lay down." Izzy coughed unconvincingly trying to sell the story better. Khloe whipped her head around to glare at her. "Bye Reid."

"That was close." Izzy relaxed as she leaned down into the heated seats of the car.

"You are a horrible actress, just so you know. A failure at it. You're never going to make it to Broadway, that's for sure." Khloe commented.

"Well there went all my dreams!" Izzy melodramatically responded. They shared a look and burst out in laughter. Khloe pulled up at the dorms and they got out and headed inside. When they got into the dorm Izzy instantly got her pajamas out, as did Khloe. Izzy went into the bathroom to change while Khloe just changed in the room. When Izzy stepped out she was in a pair of her Minnie Mouse pajamas and Khloe was in a white tank top with black and white plaid shorts. As they were getting ready to go to bed a knock sounded. The girls looked at each other before they both pulled on their respective kimonos and slippers before Izzy opened the door just to slam it in the visitors' faces.

"Who was it? And why did you slam the door?!" Khloe asked as Izzy walked over and pulled the blankets over her head.

"It was Reid and his minions. And that's why I slammed the door." Was the muffled reply from under the covers. When the knock came again, Izzy slammed her head on the bed. "Tell him to go the heck away."

"I'm impressed with your use of non-swearing," Khloe said over her shoulder as she opened the door again."Do you guys need something?" Khloe leaned in the doorway with an eyebrow raised and a hand on her cocked hip.

"We wanted to see how Izzy was? You guys left rather abruptly," Caleb answered. Khloe just nodded for them to come on in.

"She'll be fine. She just doesn't feel well. And she's an idiot," Khloe mumbled the last part as the boys passed her to get into the room. Izzy inched a bit of the blanket up just so Khloe could only see the glare she was shooting at her. "Oh suck it up Iz." Izzy just growled and went back under the blankets.

"Hey you do realize you still have your slippers and kimono on under the blankets right?" Khloe asked Izzy playfully. Izzy froze under the blankets before her tiny feet slipped out from under the covers to kick off her slippers. Then her feet slipped back under. The boys and Khloe watched as a commotion went on under the blankets as if she were fighting something off before the kimono came flying at them and hit Reid in the face.

Izzy smiled when she heard Reid's 'oof!' as the kimono hit him in the face. She heard Tyler laugh and say, "In your face Reid. Ha ha, literally."

"Be nice and come out Izzy!" Khloe commanded her. They all heard muffled, "NO!" in a childlike voice. Khloe walked over to the blankets and started tugging them off Izzy. Izzy just sat laid there facedown in the pillows with one hand on the blankets as a tug-of-war ensued. The boys just watched on as Izzy ever so slowly started losing the war. Actually it was more like Khloe ripped the sheets so hard out of Izzy's hands that Izzy got pulled backwards off the bed and landed on her face.

"OW!" Izzy yelled into the floor.

"I told you to come out... Moron," Khloe told her.

"I am not a moron," Izzy weakly retorted. Reid held out his hand to help her up. Izzy took his hand and he pulled her up and flush to his chest where she could feel his breath on her face. She swallowed as she realised their proximity. He smirked as he realised the same thing. They sat there for another minute, staring at each others faces and staring in each others eyes. Suddenly, Izzy broke the silence.

"Your breath stinks," She pulled out of his arms, which she didn't realise she was in, before bending over to pick up her kimono. Reid sat back and watched the view before the boys all unanimously hit him in some way for doing it. She slipped her kimono on and sat in the desk chair. She looked at them all with an expression of indifference.

"So what's up?" Izzy asked.

"We were just wondering how you were," Caleb answered.

"Well, thanks for wondering. You can stop now. Bye bye." Izzy smiled as she attempted to usher the boys out of the room.

"Izzy! Stop being rude!" Khloe scolded.

"I'm not being rude!" Izzy protested. "I'm being myself."

"No, you're being a B-word!" Khloe retorted.

"Oh my God! You just almost cussed!" Izzy seemed awestruck before paling considerably. "Ok, if your almost cursing then it's serious." She sat down and was quiet.

"And that, gentlemen, is how you get Izzy to shut up," Khloe bowed. The guys collectively chuckled. Izzy just scowled but didn't say anything.

A/N: For the outfits here are the polyvore links. Remember just put the polyvore URL thingy before it:

Izzy: gwyneths_pajamas/set?id=112014196

Khloe: bed_time/set?id=110610813