Chapter 10 - Sick
I woke up in the middle of the night coughing. I had a stuffy nose and I didn't feel good. I'm not supposed to get sick. I was having a good night too. Mya and I watched a scary movie with some popcorn. Actually the movie wasn't even scary. It was more like a mystery movie. But I had fun with Mya. Now I'm lying on the pull out couch with a stuffy nose. Ugh. This totally sucks.
"Hey, Kasie."
I got startled and turned over. Mya was sitting up.
"Are you okay? You don't sound too good." She said.
"I don't feel good." I said.
She rubbed her eyes and reached over to the stand that was next to the couch. She opened her cell phone and called someone.
"Hello." I heard someone say in the background half asleep.
"Ethan, Kasie isn't feeling well. Maybe you should take her home."
"It's three in the morning Mya." He said.
"I know, but I feel bad. I don't want her to suffer here all night. Take her home and make her feel better."
"You want me to take care of her."
"Yes. I'm not going to let her get sick alone at her house."
He sighed. "I'll be over in a couple of minutes."
"Thanks."
She hung up.
"Why'd you have to call him?" I asked her.
"You didn't want me to?"
"No." I said.
"I'm sorry. But, he - I - uh. He's just going to bring you home."
I sighed and turned over looking away from her. "I don't like him around me." I whispered.
"Why?"
I shouldn't have said that. Now she's going to tell Ethan . . .
"Never mind." I said.
"No I want to know. Is there something wrong?"
"Not really."
"What's wrong with him?"
I shook my head. "I don't know." I said.
"Yes you do."
"I just hate him." I whispered.
"What?"
"I don't like him." I said louder.
Man, she does the same thing Ethan does. They're the perfect couple.
"Why don't you like him though?"
"Because I just don't."
She got silent for a couple of minutes.
"Do you know about his father?" I asked.
"His father? Yeah, I know about it."
"Do you . . . get scared when Ethan gets angry?"
"Ethan doesn't usual get angry at me. It's more for me than it is at me. Did, he do something to you?"
I shook my head. "No . . . Can you keep a secret?"
"Yeah."
"Promise you won't tell Ethan."
"I promise." She said in curiosity.
"The truth is . . . I'm scared of him."
"Why are you scared of him?" She asked.
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Voice of Truth
Teen FictionKasie Rose was only thirteen when her parents died in a fire. She lives alone but is being watched over by her boyfriend, Jake, and his parents. Everything falls apart when an unexpected event comes along. She reunites with an old friend, Ethan, who...
