Beautiful Beings by Kailin Gow

Author:Kailin Gow
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: theEDGEbooks.com
Published: 2011-07-29T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

I slowly came to, the pounding in my head matching the sound of the song we’d danced to. The sound of the music, the voices of everyone around me, the clatter of glasses, the buzz of chuckles and laughter… the party I was missing. Brax was there waiting for me and I was ruining his night, his big formal night. He had dressed so dapper, looked so handsome and had been the perfect gentleman and I was letting him down.

I tried to peel my eyes open, forcing them to bring me back to the light of consciousness. Dry, just like my tongue that clung painfully to the roof of my mouth, my eyes refused to cooperate and the lure of sleep battled with my desire to get back to the party.

When my lids finally parted, it wasn’t the darkness of the night that met me, nor Braxton’s concerned smile.

Sitting up, I found myself in my bed, in my room. The drapes were pulled tightly shut, almost succeeding in blocking out the intense sunshine of the brilliant day outside.

“Mom?” My voice, weak and dry, barely made it off the bed. “Mom.” Hardly better, I looked around and saw the tall glass of water on my bedside table, but before I could reach for it, Mom was at the door.

“You called, sweetie?”

Through my grogginess, I smiled, amazed at my mother’s innate ability to always hear me when I truly needed her. “I feel awful, Mom.”

She sat beside me, her hand instantly coming to test my forehead. “You’ve certainly had us worried these past days.”

“Days?”

“When Braxton brought you home Thursday night, he thought perhaps you’d been slipped some spiked punch. We wanted to just let you sleep it off, but when you didn’t wake up the next day, we called the doctor.” She reached for my hand and held it gently in hers.

“How many days, Mom? What day are we?”

“It’s Sunday, honey.”

“Sunday. I’ve missed two whole days.”

“Lux, the doctor couldn’t find anything wrong with you. He thought you might simply be exhausted.”

I shook my head in disbelief. How could I have slept through two whole days? “I’m not exhausted, Mom.”

“You said you’d have a lot of work here. Maybe this is all proving to be too much for you.”

“No.” Again I shook my head. “Things have been relatively quiet lately. Everything is going smoothly at school. And Brax…”

“Oh, honey, before I forget, he’s been calling every other hour asking about you. He feels awful about what happened and is anxious to hear you’re doing well.”

“Really?” I was pleased to hear of his concern for me. “I’ll call him. Maybe he can tell me more about what happened Thursday night.”

Mom patted my knee and rose as I reached for my phone. “Let me know if you need anything. Lunch, breakfast, juice?”

“A bowl of soup would be nice.”

She smiled. “Coming right up.”

I leaned back and slowly punched Braxton’s number in. My lethargy refused to leave me making each movement difficult.

“Braxton?” I said on hearing his soothing voice.

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