TOTAL CONFUSION

Sr Drevin helped me get up and when I stood up straight I heard a bone crack and judging by Sr Drevin's expression she heard it too. I sat on the bed slowly and even then I heard a few more of my bones crack. Am I decaying or something? This definitely isn't normal and I can't help but feel that I am dying.

"I hope Dr Buffers will be returning soon." Sr Drevin said to me in a slightly worried tone.

The worry that was apparent in her tone made me worry as well and I looked at her the same way I would look at my mum whenever she was worried about me being sick. somehow somewhere I'm hoping that Sr Drevin and I can become friends what least more than student and staff member. The way she was looking at me now reminded me of the time I'm I had got lost after running away from Oliver after we had an argument. She gave me a quick check up and even tried to see if my bones would crack again but nothing like that happened and according to the results of her examination, I am totally fine.

"Go and bath." she said with a sigh.

I examined her with my eyes as she walked to the corner of the room where a heavy black coat was hanging from a screw in the wall. Her night gown was dirty and it had some small holes with drops of blood close to the holes. Her hair had some dry grass sticking out here and there like she had forgotten to remove them before coming here. Did this happen to her because she was looking for me?

"We're you looking for me?" I asked out of curiosity,"When did I go missing?"

"Yes. Me and a handful of other stuff members. This is the first time we've received a sleepwalker." She said in a tired tone that made it more than obvious that she had barely slept,"Even Ms Stevenson was there."

"The headmistress?!"

Why would she look for me? It's not like I am some rich man's daughter that they were so afraid of losing me. Sr Drevin left without giving me a response as if my question was irrelevant, which I know it is. She came back though.

"Thanks to you today's classes have been dismissed."

"Why so?" I asked not understanding why lessons couldn't proceed because I had sleepwalked.

It's a little strange though because in all my years alive I have never sleepwalked. Sr Drevin sighed again and I can tell from how she dragged the sigh that she was getting annoyed and even more tired.

"Three of the teachers fell into a ditch in the forest and are currently battling for their lives." in the hospital." she explained.

"Aren't there any other teachers to take over their classes?"

"No."

After that short and decisive answer she left the room and I followed her out not wanting to remain in this place anymore. When we finally reached the dormitory, Sr Drevin left me to go to wherever she was going. The lower part of the dorm was noisy which told me that the girls were bathing, probably still unaware that the classes had been cancelled. What are we going to be doing if we aren't having class? Maybe I might get occupied trying to fend off evil dead girls' spirits. I wonder if Oliver knows I have been released from the clinic or if he knows I went missing last night. What about Markus.....?

My question was quickly answered by the sight of Oliver and Markus begging Maria to give them passes to see me. Maria seemed extremely uncomfortable as she tried to explain to them that I wasn't in the dorm yet.

"I told you she hasn't come in yet. Maybe she is been examined." Maria said as calmly as she could.

"Come on Mama....please!" Oliver whined like a little girl.

He placed his hand gently on her shoulder and moved closer to whisper something in her ear that instantly turned her pink. She looked down like someone who was just confessed to and now I'm wondering what he said to her. She doesn't seem uncomfortable anymore but she seems like she wants Oliver's hand to be on her shoulder forever. I don't know when I stopped moving but I'm still standing by the door while staring at the three who were standing close to the stairs.

"Liv!" Markus exclaimed and he run towards me.

His curly hair bounced off his shoulders as he run and Oliver followed leaving a dazed Maria standing alone with a frown on her face. So now I know she is not my friend. My attention shifted to Markus who caught me off guard by trapping me in his warm embrace. As he wasn't wearing the uniform the T-shirt he had on did nothing to hide the bulges of his firm biceps. Oliver must have realized what I was thinking about because his eyes widened and he pushed Markus away from me.

"What the hell man! Don't you dare hug my sister ever again!" Oliver yelled.

"Sorry.....I got carried away....." Markus apologized sheepishly realizing how weird it was for him to have hugged me when we barely knew each other.

It was a nice hug though; one I won't forget, ever. It's as if he is still hugging me from where he is because I can still fell and smell him.

"Vee....!" Oliver said smiling sweetly to reveal all three of his dimples.

I smiled back and lifted my hands to put them in the dips of his dimples and his smile widened. He did the same to me and for a moment it felt like we were three again; when I had first discovered the pleasure of poking my fingers into his dimples. My day dreaming didn't last long because of Elise who came to throw herself in-between us. Then she did the last thing I would have ever expected; she hugged Ollie. My eyes widened at this and Oliver's were basically about to pop out of their sockets as he looked at me. What the hell! I'm the one who is unwell and almost died! Elise broke the hug and turned to hug me as well. I don't even want to imagine what Maria's expression but the little bit of her that I can see tells me she is about to explode.

She did explode but not by slapping Elise as I had anticipated; she also went to hug Oliver but this time I think he was too shocked that he pushed her away. Or maybe he finds her revolting and prefers Elise. Maria fell to the stone floor with a loud thud and I'm certain it hurt but she just got up and run up the stairs. Elise was still holding me and so I could feel her jiggle as if she was silently laughing.

"Preference?" Markus asked breaking the silence as Elise moved away from me composed like she had not been laughing.

"What? No! When she hugged me it was scary enough so I was too alert when she tried the same thing." Oliver explained as his hands waved around aimlessly in the air as if he was trying to draw the scenario in the air.

"Right...." Markus drawled to annoy Oliver.

"You also have to apologize for hugging my sister you piece of garbage!" Oliver shouted annoyed as he grabbed Markus by the collar.

"What are you doing Ollie?!" I exclaimed in shock.

I quickly went to them and tried to break them apart which I did only after they both landed punches on me because they thought they would hit each other.

"Vee are you alright?"

"Liv are you alright?"

No I'm not fine! My cheeks feel hollow as if my whole face is a dimple and the sting on my flesh is horrible. I started feeling drowsy and before I knew it I lost consciousness. When I woke up I was in my room where Elise was slipping some underwear onto me. I didn't move because I was feeling shy being dressed by her even if it wasn't the first time. She continued until the underwear was secure. Next she took a breast holder and somehow she helped my pit it on after carrying me as though she was dressing a baby.

I decided to open my eyes before she would start helping me into a dress all by herself.

"It's about time." Elise said in a cheerful tone that I hadn't expected.

"Sorry." I apologized.

"Are you better now?" she asked placing her warm palm on my forehead.

"I'm better. Did it leave a bruise?"

"I put some ice on it so it's all better now."

"Thanks."

I really want to ask her why she hugged Ollie but she looks like she has forgotten about it.

"I like him." Elise said seriously as she looked at me as I lay on the bed.

I suddenly felt vulnerable under her gaze and quickly covered myself. So I was right about her liking him. But.....

"You're older than him!"