I sat outside on the floor with my back leaning against the wall and the door on my left. My head was in my hands and my knees raised, my curled body shaking slightly from the shock and adrenaline that was working out of my system. Elliot didn't disturb me as he paced the length and space in front of the door, his nervous energy not helping my state of mind. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy23TmVRe5K
"Please stop pacing." I asked, my voice muffled by my hands.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNmBAvzofLD
"And do what?" Elliot being a little insensitive.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQlZ7vNMO8a
I looked up at him with reddened eyes, a look of frustration and desperation strewn across my face. He immediately changed his attitude to one of a more subtle type, moving towards me. He looked me in the eye while kneeling in front of me, placing a hand on my knee as a reassuring gesture. "It's not your fault Laila." 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnVwgeaYVmM
My bottom lip quivered, another wave of tears threatening to spill over, so I buried my head in my hands again. "If only I hadn't placed a bet on it all maybe he wouldn't have done it." I cried into my hands, my body shaking again.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvLXblnjEuZ
"Hey, hey, hey." Elliot moved over to my side and sat down next to me and pulling me into him to hold me. "You had no power over his choices. You tried talking him out of it, you can't blame yourself for him not listening to you. Things like this happen, you just have to hope that he'll be okay. Have faith." He held me and let me cry myself out, still holding me when I eventually grew quiet and still.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvGMsmhw4Q2
"Where is he?" Mitchel had finally caught up, walking in with deliberate strides.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1sqJpHGsd
"Inside the infirmary. Agatha's been working for a while now. She hasn't called us in yet." He finished off seeing Mitchel's attempt at entering the room. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVJZ1Cogsq4
"How long is she still going to be?" He seemed to be just as upset and angry at the same time.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdYt4souv4j
"We don't know Mitchel. She could be out in the next five minutes or the next hour, we just have to be patient." Elliot trying to keep the calm all around.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVPHJVWvsi8
"I don't think there's enough time for me to be patient while my friend is lying in there being a patient that's dying, ya know!" Mitchel threw his hands up in frustration, not holding his volume low.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIDadYOtt3m
"Mitchel." I didn't shout but I was very abrupt and stern with my voice bringing Mitchel's attention towards me. He only then noticed what a bad state I was in.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkznHDDfXms
"Laila, I'm so sorry." He lowered his voice and completely changed his aura, back to his old soft self. He joined us on the floor, sitting on my other side. "Are you okay?"729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlgAGytbOmr
"Does it look like I'm okay?" I looked at him in slight annoyance at his stupid question. I sighed, trying not to start an argument while everyone was so on edge. "I just really hope he's okay."729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Pq7Y5nwU6
"Me too." Mitchel suddenly looked so small and hurt, hiding away in himself to ward off the pain and heartache.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyeWQVCMf3z
"Hey, don't be like that now." I grabbed him into a soft head lock and ruffled his hair. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSui3pSLBr0
He sat up, a sad smile on his face now, but a smile nonetheless. "Yeah, positive thoughts only." 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzfcADfoCqW
"You two are such drama queens." Elliot chuckled at the two of us.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2VOfXtBpIa
"Shut up, we are not." I turned to him and tried getting him into a head lock but very unsuccessfully.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVIJaQ7Cj7P
"We can be who ever we want to be!" Mitchel was leaning over me now to try help me restrain Elliot but also very unsuccessfully.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmr26njA6TG
We were all rolling around on the floor a while trying to pin the other down or trying to get out of a restrain. We laughed softly at each others antiques, having fun trying to get the upper hand over someone else. It didn't go on for too long as we heard the door begin creaking open, bringing us back to our serious reality.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7RhSh91p3I
As Agatha closed the door carefully behind her we stood up and straightened ourselves up from our tussles. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmnH83QFXze
"How is he?" I asked first, eager to hear some good news or any news in the least.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk9wcnrtxxi
"He's stable for now." She began, wiping the sweat from her brow but the somber expression stayed on her face. "He's still unconscious, but at least he's breathing normally again. He should be awake in a few hours, but I think you should let him rest rather instead of disturbing him now. We don't know if he might have a bad reaction to the allergy again, so he's not out of the clear yet." She walked off to carry on with her business. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMLpOPBqtir
I felt my heart skipped a beat at the same time as the blood drained from my face, my body not sure how to react to the news we had just received. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF9jB0prSbS
"At least he's stable." Elliot added hopefully.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlNcWwDHuoX
"For now." I added, my voice completely void of any emotion. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI65hmT8pPy
"Hey, don't be like that Laila." Elliot moved around me to look me in the eyes. "Have some faith, that's all you can do right now. Don't give up on him while he's still breathing, he still has a chance."729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1KeMOI1r5V
"Sorry." I looked away, not sure how to process all the emotions swirling around inside me. "I just- I just can't bear to lose another friend."729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJaz6EcaPwl
Elliot pulled me into another hug and I let him as I wrapped my arms around him too. "He's going to be fine Laila." 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjIv8Tr4GGt
"Laila I swear if you don't stop I'm going to start crying like a baby like you've been doing so conveniently the whole time." Mitchel said from behind me. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf3ESpaTz3G
I turned around to see him smiling at me, a little more hopeful than earlier. "Oh please, I make it work." I grinned at him, feeling a whole lot better than before. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjZpXDTBe1i
"There's that smile we all love so much." Mitchel said, pulling me into a hug. I could feel that he also just needed to held for a while now.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0D035LHZ8p
"Well then." Elliot said, clapping at his own thoughts. "We better get on with our preparations for tomorrow if we don't want Odette on our cases on top of all of this stress." 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwoIprED2uI
With that we all walked off together to start packing all the necessary things we would need for our journey ahead.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡStlXBzbm1V
