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Ryder's POV 🤑😎
"Ella, stop running from me. We need to talk."
She didn't reply. Anger and worry pulsed in my veins. After her outburst this morning I was anxious about her. I was ashamed of myself. How could I never notice her being upset? And then there's the fact that she's anorexic. Another wave of anxiety and mortification crashed into my stomach.
How could I be so clueless? All the signs were right in front of me. Her, not eating lunch at school everyday. I also recalled her not eating popcorn when we watched that movie together. And then the reason why she was getting so frail and pale day by day. Gosh, I'm such an idiot.
I knocked at the stall door but she didn't answer. So, I opted for the only option left. Using the stall door handle as support I climbed the door and jumped inside the stall.
Ella's body was sprawled over the tiled floor and at first I thought she was dead. That single notion made a shiver run down my spine and my heart stop. I shook my head and willed myself to calm down. I unlocked the stall door and carried Ella into my arms. She looked so weak and fragile.
I headed towards the nurses office but then reconsidered my decision. The nurse will ask too many questions and I wanted Ella to be checked by a doctor for her anorexia. Besides, who doesn't love to skip school?
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Ella hadn't woken up and I had to admit, I was impressed. That girl could sleep through a freaking zombie apocalypse. The doctor was currently running some tests and I had to wait outside.
"Mr. Matthews? Dr. Wilson wants to talk about the patient." A nurse smiled at me and took me inside the doctors office.
The doctor looked up from his work and gestured me to sit down. He then handed me a file and looked at me intently.
I opened and pored over the report. Everything was fine except that she had anemia. I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion. "What's anemia?"
"Ah, Mr.Matthews I was waiting for you to ask that. So, Miss Hart was not eating for days, you said? This was the cause of anemia. Anemia is iron deficiency in the body. Now, it might sound like nothing dangerous but it is actually a very injurious disease. You see, an iron deficiency may cause a lack of hemoglobin in the body which can cause organ failure. And then death."
My eyes widened and my throat went dry. I clenched my fists and exhaled.
"Is there any way to prevent that? There are medications for it, right?"
"Yes, there are medicines for it." I sighed in relief and he continued. "But, as well as physical health, her mental health should also be kept in check."
"What do you mean?"
"What I'm meaning is she is taking too much stress. I don't know if it's family problems or school issues but she's taking it all to the head too much and that is also harmful. You need to keep her stress-free and happy."
"Is she awake?"
"Yes, she is in the next room."
He scribbled a prescription for her medications. I thanked him and was about to head out the door when he called me.
"Yes?"
"Take care of her Mr Matthews. You are her only hope now."
I just nodded and didn't reply. And at that moment I vowed to myself that I will never let Ella down and will win her heart in all circumstances. She wants a caring person? Well I'll show her how caring I can be.
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Ella's POV 🎤🎧
I woke up to a blinding white light. I squinted and shielded my eyes.
Wait, am I in heaven?
The door opened and in came Mr. Asshole AKA. Ryder Matthews.
Nope. Definitely NOT heaven.
"Good morning, Star. Or should I say good afternoon?" His slap-worthy face carrying that well known smirk of his that causes all those girls to kiss his ass. He knew how that nickname would affect me. That jerk.
"Where am I?"
"At the hospital."
"WHAT? How the freaking hell am I at the hospital?"
"Woah, chill girl. You fainted in the bathroom stall and as your knight in shining armor-"
I snorted. "More like shining tinfoil."
He just scowled at me for ruining his moment and continued,"I climbed the door and-"
"HA! I was right! You are not a human. Humans can't climb doors! I knew my theories of you being an alien were true!"
He just gave me an exasperated look. "You're watching too much of the walking dead, aren't you?"
I shrugged and ushered him to continue his exaggerated story. "So, I took you here and now here we are. Now we have to talk about-"
"Why didn't you take me to the nurse's office?"
"Because I don't like trust or like her."
"And why don't you trust or-"
"Okay! Stop changing the topic. We need to talk. But first," he then walked towards a table and I saw a tray of food.
Uh Oh.
"Now you will eat every single thing on this tray and if you don't I promise you I will feed it to you myself."
"No, I will eat later. Let's go home and we'll have a-"
He wiggled his index finger in a 'no nonsense' manner and tutted at me like I was a three-year old child.
Well to be honest you are acting like a three year old.
Shut up conscience!
"I want to go home!"
"Yeah and I want to meet Robert Downey Jr. but I can't. We don't always get what we want."
"Well, you can meet him. You're rich."
"Oh, yeah I am." He smiled and went into a daze.
That was all the distraction I needed. I rushed to he door but a pair of strong arms gripped my waist and stopped me from escaping.
So much for a distraction.
*****Ten minutes later*****
"You know Star, if you wanted to be spoon-fed by me you could have just asked."
I grumbled and scowled in reply as he shoveled another bite of a chicken sandwich into my mouth. Which was delicious by the way. Starving myself for a few weeks surprisingly enhanced the flavors of even small snacks like sandwiches. Ryder had tied me to the chair with the blanket on the bed.
"I gave you an option to either do this the easy way or the difficult way. You chose the difficult one." he had said.
When I had finally eaten enough he smiled at me and patted my head.
The glare I gave him was so deadly that if looks could kill he would be six feet under.
He stood up and said, "I want to show you a place. We'll have our conversation there."
We were just heading out the corridor when I saw familiar long brown hair in the usual messy bun.
It was my mother.
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I am so sorry for the late update guys. So so so so so very sorry. It's just that I am so stressed with school and exams are coming up. I will try to update as frequently as I can.
So how did you like the chapter? I hope you loved it. Who swooned at the Ryder feeding Ella part?
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