| LEXI MICHAELSON |

"Eyy! Rosie!" Vincent grinned at me, like one of those odd grins.

Something's odd.

"You alright, Vincent?" I smiled politely at him when we entered the Bus. Management class.

"Vince." He said and smiled at me.

"What?" I furrowed my eye brows.

"Vince. Call me Vince." I smiled at the nick name.

"Sure, Vince." Then, we got settled on the seats. I noticed Blake was silent and was glaring at Vincent and I. "Blake, you okay there?"

He gave me a forced smile and glared at Vincent- Err, Vince. "Yeah, fine and dandy."

"Mhm, okay..." I felt a bit shy since last night and this morning.

Talking of which, this morning wasn't the ideal. It mostly consisting of me getting grounded for two weeks. Yes, I could leave home to go to University. But I couldn't stay late or meet up with a friend. Even if the friend is a girl.

When I went home to get changed and made an excuse that Madison dropped me off, my dad wasn't happy. He was upset. I told dad that my phone was dead and I fell asleep before Madison but he didn't buy the excuse and instead, grounded me for two weeks.

To make it worse, my cousins went much, much harsher on me. The three sisters were always glaring at me and making rude remarks of me hooking up with a boy.

"Are you sure you haven't lost your v-card, Lexi?"

"I think she made out with Madison's brother or cousin. How gross."

"I know right? Lexi is gross."

I felt tears brimming my eyes as I blinked quickly to get rid of them. The lecture started but I couldn't see Madison anywhere. I assumed she was absent.

I was sat between Vince and Blake and it was harder to stop thinking about this morning but I felt a surge of nauseousness in my stomach. Lecture was up and running so I didn't want to ask teacher because that means to get attention all over you. I gulped when my head started to throb and I started sweating profusely. My stomach ache got worse and I was blinking furiously.

Without thinking, I turned to Blake nervously and said, "I think I'm going to throw up."

Blake looked at me intently and stood up, holding me by waist before I could fall and bang my head against the desk. "Mr. Anderson, she's going to throw up. May I take her to-?"

I felt dizzy and light headed that I couldn't make out what Blake said next because all I could hear was silence and all I could see was darkness.

I could feel where Blake was taking me, though. My whole body was numb. But before I knew it, I felt something poke my lips. Assuming it's something sugary to drink, it took most of my left over strength to open my mouth and suck at the straw. Yes, it was a straw because when my mouth touched it, I figured it out.

After drinking the juice out of the box, I started to see and my hands could move. "T- Thank you." I said.

My ears started to work again and I felt like a blind and deaf person who had gotten the energy to listen and watch. Soon, I felt Blake watching me intently. "You're fine." He said lowly.

I nodded and smiled weakly at him. "Thank you."

He shook his head. "No need. You scared me there for a moment, oh my God." Then he hugged me.

I could see people in the hallway watching but some were minding their own business. I felt embarrassed. "What happened?" I asked.

He broke the hug and spoke. "You passed out or something. Maybe your blood pressure went low, or sugar might have been low. I don't know." He grinned. "But you're okay. You can walk, right?"

I nodded and stood up from the floor, noticing that I was laying in the arms of Blake at the cafeteria, near the door and people were smiling sympathetically at me.

Suddenly, I felt the urge to spill the contents of my stomach as soon as possible. My breathing got ragged and I ran for the nearest ladies bathroom.

I barged in the bathroom and sensed some girls watching me in shock but I didn't care. I just ran into one of the stalls and locked behind me, emptying the contents from my stomach.

Well, turned out I had nothing in my stomach to empty, just bits of last night food Blake prepared and that's all. I got up and unlocked the door, taking out a tissue paper from my pocket and wiping my mouth. Ew.

The three girls present in the bathroom were staring at me. "Um, do any of you have mouth freshener?" I asked shyly.

One of them with fiery red hair smiled at me and took out mint candies and handed me three. I nodded and thanked her before popping them in to my mouth.

Gazing at myself in the mirror, I fixed my hair and put on a fake smile, then went out the bathroom to see Vince and Blake talking. "Hi, guys." I pretended as if nothing happened.

"What happened?" Blake was the first to stand by my side as Vincent smiled at me.

"I threw up. It's fine." I smiled at him.

"No, it's not fine. You look pale." Blake argued.

"Yeah, it looks like you haven't eaten in days." Vincent spoke suddenly.

That's when I noticed Blake's demeanor changed. "When did you eat-" I cut him off.

"Blake please." I pleaded, glancing at Vince. "Not now."

"Not now? Then when?" Blake was upset. Uh-oh.

"Let's go back to class." I said quietly and started walking but was held back by Blake's hand on my wrist.

"You're going to tell me everything after college." He said flatly.

I didn't try to tell him that I'm grounded. I just nodded at this and walked to class with Vincent and Blake on the either side of me.

"Seriously, Lexi. Are you okay?" Vince asked when we re-entered the class.

"Yeah, I'm fine." I smiled at me.

"It doesn't look like you're fine. Is there something I should be worried about?" He said.

"Um, no? You don't have to be worried about me Vince. I'm okay." I smiled politely again.

"I hope you are." Vince kissed my cheek once we sat back down on the chair, making my mind to feel woozy.

What's going on with my emotions?

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