Skies of Grey

Chapter 8

"I.. I think I love him." I said and covered my face immediately, too shy and embarrassed to see their reactions. 

"You WHAT?!" 

"oh that's it ?" 

They both said at the same time and my head snapped to Mary Lou. 

"What do you mean, 'that's it?' " I ask Mary Lou and she shrugs.

"I thought we all already knew this." She says and I gap at her. 

"I mean, I knew you liked him but I didn't know you were in love with him.." Lexi says and my shoulders drop.

"You knew I liked him too? Does everyone know?" I ask and they both nod. 

"Neither of you are very subtle about it all you know.." Mary Lou said and my eyes narrow at her words.

"What do you mean neither of us ?" I ask and she raises her eyebrows. 

"You can't tell ?" She asks and I tilt my head in confusion. 

"What're you talking about?" I ask and she shakes her head at me. 

"Never mind.." 

"No no I wanna know !!" I frown and she shakes her head again. 

"This one you're gonna have to figure out on your own." She says and I huff in frustration, I was curious now.

"Either way, what're you gonna do now that you've realized your feelings for him ?" Lexi asks and I frown slightly. 

"Well I'm not going to tell him, that's for sure.." I say and I see Lexi's eyes widen from the corner of my eye.

"WHY NOT ?!" She yells and I roll my eyes. 

"Cause he doesn't feel that way about me dummy, and I'm not going to ruin our friendship just because of some stupid feelings." I say, making Mary Lou and Lexi give each other a look. 

"Hey, what was that look for?" I ask and they both shrug. 

"How do you know he doesn't like you ?" Lexi asks and I sigh. 

"He's been going out with different girls a lot this year, especially since school started. I mean, it's basically why he kept ditching me after school." I say and Lexi sighs. 

"That idiot." She whispers underneath her breath and I smile softly. 

Suddenly I felt a wave of nausea hit me, I got up and ran to the bathroom, trying not to puke all over the floor. All of the orange juice I'd drank in the morning came pouring out, the stomach acid burning my throat too. After a while the sandwich came up in pieces too. 

Lexi and Mary Lou came rushing to the bathroom to check up on me, to see why I just ran out of the room randomly. 

"I think I might have a stomach bug or something... You guys should probably leave before you get it too.." I say as I lean against the wall with the cool floor under me. 

Lexi runs to the kitchen and brings me a glass of water before the both of them said bye and left. 

I sat on the floor for a little while longer, trying to gather up my energy again, so I could get up and go to my bedroom. I took a deep breath and pushed myself off of the floor slowly, knowing that if I got up too fast I'd feel light headed and I'd just be back on the ground. When I stood up completely I felt a little lightheaded but not too much. 

I took another deep breath and took one step at a time, feeling extremely weak, but somehow I managed to make it to my bed. I got under the covers and just say there, trying to get my heartbeat back to normal, and before I knew it I was fast asleep. 

*****

"Kitty..?" I heard someone call out to me but I just rolled over and buried my face in my pillow, my entire body felt sore. 

"Come on kitty, dinners ready." Eve called out again and I frowned. 

Dinner ? How long did I sleep for ??

I took a deep breath and forced myself to get out of bed. I put on a hoodie and some sweatpants before tying my hair in a bun and heading downstairs. 

"Hey.." I said groggily as I looked around, both Levi and Eve were home. 

I didn't want to worry Eve with anything that happened today but I was getting worried. I wasn't sure whether all the times that I've felt sick recently were all coincidences, and I had a bad feeling they weren't. 

"Hey Eve.. Could I get the day off tomorrow too ?" I ask and she frowns. 

"Sure, are you feeling a little under the weather ?" She asks and I shrug. 

"I think I kept falling sick because of everything thats been going on and stress, I could use another day to just relax." I say and she sighs, not convinced with my answer but she nods anyway. 

"How was the both of your days ?" I ask, Eve just gives her coffee an exhausted look and Levi grumbles under his breath. 

Guess their day sucked too...

The rest of the evening went by pretty quickly, everyone was exhausted and even though I'd basically slept all day, I was exhausted too. We all went to bed and before I knew it, it was morning and everyone left the house. 

I took a long shower, trying to delay the inevitable and changed into some comfy clothes. I wore black leggings and a white shirt with a dark beige knit sweater, with a pair of brown UGG boots. I took a deep breath and headed downstairs to leave when I realized I didn't have a ride, I had no way to go to the hospital. 

After debating for a few seconds I texted Sebastian, he was the only one who I knew wouldn't tell anyone else because he had no relation or any obligation to anyone in my group or family. I sat in the kitchen, eating cookies as I waited for Sebastian to arrive. I almost jumped out of my skin when the doorbell rang because of how nervous I was. 

"What's the emergency ?" He asks as soon as I open the door. 

"I need you to drive me to the hospital, and I don't have any money for a cab.." I say and his face contorts with worry. 

"Why the hospital?? Are you okay ??" He asks and I shake my head. 

"I'm not sure, but I don't think so." I say with a frown and he gives me a look.

"You can't go to the hospital if you don't know if you're sick clutz.." He says and I shake my head. 

"I know you're confused but I'll explain everything later okay ? I just really need to go to the hospital right now. It's going to take a while there and I need to be home before Eve gets home.." I say and he looks even more confused, but he nods anyway and we leave to find out if my cancer is back...