Chapter 10.
I walked into the classroom and sat beside Caleb.
"Hi Chase." He smiled.
About twenty minutes into the lecture, I started feeling really sick again and I felt it starting to come up my throat.
"I have to use the bathroom." I said and tried to get out of the classroom before doubling over and losing my breakfast all over the floor, making a few girls scream.
I heard muffled voices and I felt myself getting lifted off the ground before blacking out.
-Time skip-
"Is he alright?"
"Is he sick?"
"Why did he throw up?"
"Do we need to call his family?"
Hundreds of voices flooded my ears, and they are highly sensitive, so that wasn't the best thing to wake up to. I groaned and I heard someone yell my name and run over.
"Crystal, you need to go back to class. I'll let you know when I have news on his condition."
"Fine." I heard my beautiful girlfriend say before I felt a kiss being planted on my forehead and a whisper.
"Feel better."
Before I heard her walk out. I opened my eyes and saw the nurse in a different end of the room.
"What happened?" I asked weakly as I sat up, putting a hand behind my aching head.
"Shh. Relax." The nurse soothed as she gently pushed me back down onto the bed I was laying on.
"I still don't know what happened." I said before a wave of pain coursed through my body and I press my head hard into the pillow, waiting for it to pass.
"You were sick in class. Luckily you don't have a fever or anything. And I highly doubt it was food poisoning. You probably just ate something your stomach didn't agree with." The nurse explained.
"Probably." I agreed.
"If you start feeling sick again, I want you to come back, but I don't think it'll happen again. You can go class, or you can rest till next period. What do you want to do?" She asked gently.
"Can I go back to my room and rest there for the remainder of the day?" I asked.
"Sure. I'll send someone to make sure you get there and keep a eye on you." The nurse smiled as she left the room.
I sighed and the first question that came to mind was.
'Why did I throw up?' I had no idea honestly.
'Why do you keep blowing off your family?' Because I'm so busy with Crystal and classes.
'Do your really feel bad?' No I'm actually feeling a bit better, but I wanna talk to my family.
I then saw the nurse come back with Ayden.
"Hey buddy." He smiled.
The nurse helped me stand up and Ayden put his arm on me as soon as the nurse let go. I started getting more pain and knew that I should probably take more pills.
"Hey Ayden? Can we stop by the bathroom?" I asked.
"Sure. Can you go yourself?" Ayden asked.
"I'm not two Ayden. I'm fine." I insisted as we stopped outside of the bathroom.
I went outside and pulled my pill bottle out of my pocket.
"There is nothing on here." I realised as I couldn't find any labels. It was just a big white bottle with light yellow pills inside.
I started to activate my bionic eye to scan them when I felt a huge bang of pain from my chip, making me almost scream, but I remembered that Ayden was right outside.
'Why does it hurt to use my bionics?' I asked myself as I shrugged and swallowed four pills with the water from the sink. I walked out, almost limping and Ayden grabbed onto me. My chip was making my neck throb in pain and discomfort.
"Whoa what's wrong?" Ayden asked.
"Neck. Hurts. Bionics." I managed, gripping onto my neck.
"Let's get you to your capsule. That normally helps your bionics, right?" Ayden asked as we started walking to our room.
I nodded in agreement as Ayden opened the polymer door and helped me inside. Then I closed my eyes and fell asleep.
-Time skip-
I woke up and felt WAY better. I stepped out of my capsule and saw Ayden.
"You feeling better?" Ayden asked.
I nodded.
"Great, Crystal wants to go on another date with you. She stopped by earlier and told me to tell you. Also, your family just called and said that you need to video chat them ASAP." Ayden explained.
"Ok I can do that now. Hand me my laptop." I said.
Ayden handed me my sliver laptop with the Davenport industries logo on it. I opened it and clicked the request button on video chat. Almost immediately, I saw Bree's and Leo's smiling faces, which made me smile just as big.
"Hey Chase!" Bree happily exclaimed.
"Hey guys. Sorry for not video chatting. I've been really busy. Is everyone else there?" I asked as I tried to look behind their head.
"Except Daniel and uncle Dougy yeah. I'll go get them real quick." Bree said as she super sped off the screen.
"So do you have a girl yet?" Leo asked.
"Yes I do. Her name is Crystal Matthews." I said.
"She sounds fancy." Leo smirked.
Before I could reply, I saw Leo get pushed out of the chair he was sitting in and I saw my big brother.
"Chasey!" Adam yelled as he hugged the screen.
"Hey Adam." I smiled.
"I wish I could hug you so tightly right now." Adam pouted.
"Yeah. You also wish that you could virtually throw me across the room." I fired.
"You know me so well Chase." Adam smiled.
I saw Tasha and Mr. Davenport come over.
"Hey guys." I smiled.
"How are you doing Chase?" Tasha asked.
"I'm ok, but earlier I got a huge amount of pain where my chip is and it throbed badly." I explained.
Mr. Davenport looked puzzled.
"Maybe you should come back to the house on Saturday and we will find out what that was." Mr. Davenport explained.
"Ok. I don't have anything Saturday, but I'm busy Friday night." I explained.
"What's Friday night?" Bree asked.
"A date." I said.
"She isn't getting in the way of your studies, is she?" Mr. Davenport asked.
"Nope. She is a really sweet sophomore from Silicon Valley named Crystal Matthews." I explained.
"She sounds amazing honey." Tasha smiled.
"So how is everything back at home?" I asked.
"I'm going back to Mission Creek high." Leo said.
"Great Leo!" I happily exclaimed.
"I'm doing my driving test in three weeks." Bree said with a grin.
"Awesome! I'm so glad you are getting your licence soon." I congratulated.
"Me too." Bree smiled.
"I broke my record on how much pizza I can eat!" Adam yelled happily.
"That's...great Adam." I weakly grinned before asking. "How's the baby?"
"She's doing good Chase. She should be here in a few months." Tasha smiled.
"That's good." I smiled.
"Do you have any friends besides your girlfriend yet?" Bree asked.
"Caleb, Ayden and Zander. I know other people on campus, but I have definitely grown close to those guys." I explained.
"Ok, we will see you Saturday." Mr. Davenport said.
"Bye guys." I said before switching off my laptop.
I heard someone clear their throat. I turned around and saw Ayden.
"We need to talk."
Does Ayden know about Chase's addiction? What is wrong with Chase's chip?
The song above has nothing to do with the story, but I got to see the music video 24 hours before it's worldwide realise. How awesome is that?!
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Susz13.