Chapter 9 Spring Break!! II

What now??

I turn and see Amber running towards our direction.

"Amber! What are you doing out here?" I ask.

"Mia...thank goodness I found you.... please come..... it's an emergency." Amber says on reaching us. I see her trying to catch her breath.

"What's wrong?" I ask.

"It's Michelle." Amber says.

"What's with Michelle?" I ask.

"I don't know...she just fainted....." Amber says.

"Fainted?? How......." I say.

"I don't know....just come." Amber says.

Now that I've just decided to take a walk with Jace.

Perfect timing!

"Okay, I'm coming." I say.

"Hi, Jace. I'm sorry but we urgently need Mia." Amber says to Jace who I believe isn't happy about the interruption of the walk we were about to take.

"It's okay." Jace replies.

"Jace...umm....I'm sorry. I'll be right back, okay?" I say.

"No problem." Jace says.

"Come on Mia, let's go." Amber says.

I look at Jace apologetically as Amber drags me away.

Inside the house........

"Over here, Mia." Amber directs me towards the center of the living/party room.

I see Michelle lying on the floor almost unconscious with people crowded around her including Caleb who I can't tell if he's even making an effort to revive Michelle.

What the heck happened?????

"Oh my God!! Michelle!! What happened to her? Give her some space you guys!!" I say rushing towards where she's lying.

"Chillax girl......"

I interrupt Caleb.

"What happened to her?!!"

"She's fine. It's just a little after-weed effect......."

"What!!! Did you just say weed?!!!! You gave her weed??!!" I ask.

"Y..yeah....."

"How dare you give her weed!!! Are you crazy...." I yell in anger.

"Calm down...she asked to try it and I gave her what she......."

I interrupt again.

"What she what??? You know she has never had weed yet you gave it to her."

"That's what she wante......."

"You could've refused!!!" I yell.

"How could........"

I interrupt.

"Not another word....Amber come help me get her up, we're leaving." I say.

"The party's not over......"

"I said not another word, Caleb. Back off everyone." I say sternly as Amber and I lift Michelle and start walking towards the door.

"Girl, you're kinda overreacting." Caleb says in a kind of drunken voice.

On hearing that, I leave Michelle and turn to Caleb.

"Overreacting huh? If anything ever happens to her, you're gonna see me really overreact." I say.

"Are you threatening me?" Caleb asks.

"I'm telling you what will be your fate if anything happens to Michelle. Just brace yourself." I say sternly.

I move back to Amber and Michelle and we leave the house.

Outside the house......

"What do we do now?" Amber asks after we've laid Michelle at the back seat of the Jeep.

"We're going to the hospital." I say.

"Are you sure the hospital is the best place for her to be now?" Amber asks.

"Of course, Amber. What else are we supposed to do? She could be allergic or something even worse." I say.

"Okay then let's go." Amber says.

I see Amber stagger her way into the front of the Jeep.

She's not so drunk but she isn't sober either.

Just as I'm about to go over to the driver's side, I sight Jace staring at me from a distance.

I really need to say goodbye before I leave.

I already feel bad that we didn't take the walk we wanted to. I would feel terrible if I just leave without saying a word to him.

"Amber, give me a minute." I say.

"Wha.....where you going?" She asks.

"Just wait here, I'll be back in a minute." I say as I start walking towards where Jace is standing.

I see him approaching me at the same time.

"I didn't know you could threaten like that." Jace says to me.

We're now standing face to face.

"That was no threat. You saw what happened?" I ask.

"Yeah, I might have followed you guys in. I must say, what you did in there was pretty impressive." Jace says.

"It was nothing." I say.

"So......I'm guessing this is the end of the party night for you." Jace says.

"Yeah.....I'm really sorry we couldn't take that walk." I say.

"It's okay, it's not your fault." Jace says.

"It's not okay. I feel like I owe you that walk." I say.

"You do owe me that walk. Just be ready to pay me." Jace says.

"Fine, I'll be ready when you're ready." I say smiling.

Jace chuckles and says "Good night, Mia."

"Good night, Jace." I say as I start stepping backwards away from him.

I finally turn and start heading to the Jeep.

As I'm about to enter the Jeep, I catch the sight of Jace still staring at me. I wave at him and he waves back.

I finally enter the Jeep and start driving away.

Jace and I may not have taken the walk we wanted to but tonight is better than any other party night I've ever had.

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Jace's POV.......

I watch as Mia drives away.

I've never really seen Mia so upset.

She seems to care a lot about her friends.

She's so nice.

I worry about Idris but it's nothing compared to what I just saw in there.

I couldn't take my eyes off her the whole time. I might have been fighting the urge to go and punch that "Caleb" asshole in the face but I don't think Mia would want that.

Mia has a nice personality. I like that.

I had noticed that she's always there for her friends, that's why she would come to a party, which I learned that she hates so much, just so to take her drunk friends home to safety.

If it's someone else, I may say the person is a dumbass but it's.....Mia.

I guess I'm just gonna stay outside here alone on the bench or I could go find Idris and tell him that I'm ready to go home.

I think I should go with the second.

Yeah, I should.

I'm gonna find Idris now. If he's not ready to go home, I'll go without him.

He knows the way home after all.

I turn and start walking towards the front door to go inside and look for Idris.

Mia's presence might have made my night. I'm a bit mad about the walk we weren't able to take but I still feel great about the time I spent with her.

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Mia's POV.......

"How is she, doctor?" I ask.

Amber and I had taken Michelle to the nearest hospital after she fainted at the party. We even spent our night in the hospital.

"She's fine. It's nothing serious. You said she took something, right?" The young female doctor asks.

"Yeah, she took weed." I say.

"And you also said that she has never taken that before?" She asks.

"Yes." I reply.

"Okay. Whatever kind of weed that she had must be a really strong one to cause her to faint and it's really dangerous to her health. She should never have such again." She says.

"Okay. I'll make sure she never has it again." I say.

"Ms. Torres will be awake any time soon. You and the other young lady may go in now if you wish to." She says.

"Okay, thank you so much, doctor." I say.

"You are welcome." The doctor says and walks away.

"Amber...Amber!! Wake up!!" I say tapping Amber.

She was little drunk yesterday, that's why I'm not surprised that she's still sleeping at 8:17am, on the hospital waiting chair.

"Huh?" Amber utters as she springs up with sleepy eyes.

"The doctor said we could go in. Michelle should be awake soon." I say.

"Oh....that...that's great news." Amber says, yawning and stretching.

Ugh....she reeks of alcohol.

Her breath is so bad.

I thought.

"Umm...Amber." I call out.

"Yeah?"

"You should probably not speak to anyone else....yet or yawn without covering your mouth." I say.

"Why.....oh my God, does my mouth stink?" Amber asks.

"Yes, it does." I say bluntly.

Amber puts her hand on her mouth and breaths into it. "Oh....It really does stink."

"Go to Michelle. I'm gonna get you a mint gum or candy." I say.

"Grab some coffee too." Amber says.

"I was gonna do that too. Remember, don't speak to anyone. If it becomes a necessity, speak with your teeth." I say.

"Yes ma'am." Amber says.

"I'm not kidding." I say.

"I know....just go on." Amber says.

"Okay, BRB." I say as I turn to leave.

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Amber's POV......

"Okay" I say to Mia.

Mia can be really blunt when she wants to be.

Don't blame the girl for your stinking mouth.

I know it stinks.

You don't have to be blunt too.

I thought.

How's it going y'all?

Y'all know me already but I still don't mind introducing myself.

I'm Amber Williams, Mia's second best friend.

I may not own the spotlight for too long but it's still not bad to own it for a while.

And now, it's time to go see my second best friend, Michelle.

We're each other's second, you know.....I'm Michelle's second as she's my second.

Enough talking, just go and see your "second" already.

Okay....I'm going.

I'm pretty good at mind conversation.

Every human being should be.

I stand up from the waiting chair and move into the ward I believe Michelle to be in.

In the ward.....

I see Michelle lying down on the hospital bed but not yet awake which is what I'm expecting from what Mia told me.

I decide to sit on the stool just at the foot of the bed.

I hope she's gonna be fine enough to go back home with us today.

"Amber?" I hear a low voice call out.

It's Michelle's voice.

OMG!!

She's awake!!

"Hey, girl. I'm glad you're finally awake." I say in excitement.

"How long have I been out and what the hell am I even doing in a hospital?" Michelle asks.

"You've been out for like......ten hours or so. Mia thought it would be better if we brought you to the hospital. Speaking of Mia, she's probably mad at you right now." I say.

"Why would she be mad at me?" Michelle asks.

"Are you seriously asking me that?" I ask.

"Yeah, what's wrong?" Michelle asks.

"Girl, you took weed....not to mention that your fainting at the party may have interrupted something." I say.

"What was interrupted?" Michelle asks raising an eyebrow.

"After you fainted, I started looking for Mia and then I found her outside the house......with Jace...." I say.

"Are you serious?" Michelle asks.

"Yeah" I respond.

"Come on, tell me more. What were they doing? Hooking up? Making out?" Michelle asks.

"Eww.....no Michelle. I think they were going somewhere." I say.

"Probably where they're gonna get some privacy." Michelle says.

"Michelle!!!" I yell.

"What? Just stating possible fact." Michelle says.

"Everyone can't be like you and Caleb's gross asses." I say.

"Whatever. So keep telling me." Michelle says.

"There's nothing else to say other than Mia is mad at you.....mostly at Caleb though and you should prepare yourself for whatever she's gonna say to you which will probably piss you off too." I say.

"Why would she be mad at Caleb?" Michelle asks.

"Girl don't ask me questions that you can answer on your own and.....please don't tell her I mentioned anything about her and Jace to you." I say.

"What's......"

The sound of the door opening interrupts whatever Michelle was gonna say.

Here she comes.....

"Mia!!!" I call out.

I told y'all I won't own the spotlight for long.

Anyway, don't miss me too much.

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Mia's POV......

"Mia!!!" I hear Amber call out just as I enter the ward where Michelle is.

"And she's finally awake. Morning Michelle." I say, putting the cups of coffee I got on the stool closest to me.

"Morning Mia" Michelle replies.

"How are you feeling this morning?" I say.

"Fine, I guess." Michelle says.

"Okay" I say.

"Did you get the mint?" Amber asks.

"Yeah" I reply to Amber. I dip my hand into my jeans pocket and pull out the mint gum I got for Amber.

"Thanks" Amber says as I hand the gum to her.

"You're welcome." I say.

Everyone is silent now. All we could hear is the sound Amber is making with her mouth while chewing the mint gum.

"So.....tell me, Michelle, how did you happen to get weed into your system?" I ask, breaking the silence.

"Oh.....here it comes." Amber mutters.

"Umm.....the way people get weeds into their systems." Michelle says.

"Which is?" I ask.

"Mia.....just say whatever you wanna say." Michelle says.

"Why did you take the weed?" I ask.

"Because I wanted to." Michelle says.

"Michelle.....you can't want things like that." I say.

"Mia, it's just weed." Michelle asks.

"Michelle, you were out for at least ten to eleven hours and it's just weed? We all know you don't sleep for that long and I believe weed is supposed to get you high and not the other way round." I say.

"Mia......I'm perfectly fine now." Michelle says.

"Yeah, I believe so and that's why you shouldn't want to have it again." I say.

"I'll have it again if I want to." Michelle says.

"You won't try it again." I say.

"Mia, why do you always play the tough big sister that you're not?" Michelle asks.

"If caring so much means playing "tough big sister" then so be it. I was worried about you, Michelle.....I was worried that you may be allergic or something even worse." I say.

"But you see I'm perfectly fine now." Michelle says.

"Yeah, I can see that and I'm glad about that. Caleb should probably be glad too 'cause he won't have to get hurt by my hands." I say.

"Mia, don't bring Caleb into this, he did nothing wrong." Michelle says.

"Of course he didn't. I mean for someone who didn't even make an attempt to revive his girlfriend who fainted right in front of him, he did absolutely nothing wrong." I say.

"Because he knew I was gonna be fine." Michelle says.

"And that's why he gave you weed that knocked you out for so long." I say.

"Mia!!! For the love of God!! He didn't just give me the weed neither did he force me to take it. I told him to give it to me. What the hell is wrong with you!!!" Michelle says, raising her voice.

"I just hope you get over your carelessness one day 'cause if you don't, you're gonna make lots of mistakes that's gonna ruin you." I say.

"Mia...."

I interrupt whatever Michelle was gonna say.

"Here's your coffee, Amber...." I hand Amber a cup of coffee. "Here, I got you a bottle of water instead." I say to Michelle, keeping the bottle of water on the stool beside her.

"Thanks Mia." Amber says.

"You're welcome." I say and sip my coffee.

I see Michelle glaring at me.

"Michelle, are you gonna glare at Mia or are you gonna take the water she got you?" Amber asks.

Michelle says nothing. She takes up the bottle of water and gulps down a little.

I suddenly hear my phone chime. I take it out of the left back pocket of my jeans. It's a text from Jace.

It says:"Morning Mia"

I reply:"Morning Jace"

Jace H.

"How are you doing?"

Me

"I'm doing pretty well, you?"

Jace H.

"Same"

Me

"Great"

Jace H.

"So, how's Michelle?"

Me

"She's fine. Amber and I are still at the hospital with her but she's awake now."

Jace H.

"So, I'm guessing you guys spent your night at the hospital."

Me

"Yeah, we did."

Jace H.

"Okay. I just thought to check up on you."

Me

"Really?"

Jace H.

"Yeah"

Me

"It's not like I'm the one with weed in my system but thanks. That's really nice of you."

Jace H.

"You don't need to have weed in your system for me to check up on you."

Oh my goodness

I feel like blushing right now.

You can't blush if you don't want Michelle and Amber asking questions.

You've got to be strong.

Me

"Oh really"

Jace H.

"Yeah, I care about you that much."

Me

"Are you flattering me right now?"

Jace H.

"I'm not. It's just fact."

Just as I was about to reply the text, I hear the door open and close. It's the female doctor that I had spoken with earlier this morning.

Me

"Okay. The doctor just came in. Gotta go."

Jace H.

"Okay then. I'll check up on you later."

Me

"You don't have to but fine. See ya."

Jace H.

"See ya."

"How's it going, ladies?" The doctor asks.

"Going pretty well." Amber says.

"So, I come bearing news. Ms. Torres, you can leave the hospital with your friends." The doctor says.

"Great!" Michelle mutters in excitement.

"But......make sure you never take such a strong substance again. It's really dangerous to your health. You fainted earlier because whatever you had was too strong for your body. You were lucky that it didn't do a serious damage to your system. So for your health, avoid illegal hard drugs. Also cut down on your alcohol intake. I realized that you take a lot of alcohol.

Please take care of your health, it matters a lot." The doctor says.

"Okay, I will." Michelle says.

"Good. Free feel to leave the hospital anytime." The doctor says.

"Thank you, doctor." Michelle says.

"Yeah, thank you so much, doctor." I say.

"You ladies are most welcome." The doctor says with a smile and leaves the room.

"I like her." Amber says.

"She's nice." Michelle says.

"She is indeed." I say.

"Now, who's ready to get outta here. I don't know about you guys but I stink like hell." Amber says.

"Yeah, me too." Michelle says sniffing herself.

"Is this the part where I say something like "drinkers are stinkers" 'cause that's all that comes to my mind right now." I say.

We all burst into laughter.

"Now let's go clean up." Michelle says.

"Definitely the best idea." Amber says.

We continue laughing as we proceed to leave the hospital.