I stay awake for as long as I can, feeling sick to my stomach. I decide to take a walk down to the medical wing to see if there's anything a doctor can do.
There's a doctor at the main desk who I've seen before, so I walk up to him. "What's wrong Miss Charlie?" He asks.
"I've been feeling sick all day, and I can't get to sleep."
"Let's put you in a room." He says, eyebrows furrowed. He has me lay down in a bed, and he puts an IV in to give me some fluids. It hurts. "Maybe it has to do with food. What did you eat for dinner?"
"A salad, a roll, and some juice." I say, curling up into a ball slightly. "My stomach wasn't feeling good, so I didn't eat much." He runs his gloved hands over my thighs after pulling my pajama pants up.
"You're bruised."
"I run into stuff easily. I'm a total klutz. Do you think I have a stomach bug or something? Because the Queen said that the Prince had one too."
"I am reluctant to believe that it's a stomach bug because you've been sick before. Can I take a blood sample?"
"Of course." I say, and wince as he sticks the needle in an starts drawing out blood. I've had it done once before, but I didn't feel as weak then. He gives me some orange juice, and I drink that, feeling a bit better.
"This will take a couple days to come back in." He says. "But, I don't think not eating enough vegetables and fruit is enough. You seem very fit and healthy. I don't know what you seem to have a deficiency of. This will hopefully tell us." He smiles at me, and hands me a blanket.
I curl up under it and stare at the wall. Eventually, an uneasy sleep comes because I'm exhausted.
When I wake up, the sun is already high in the sky. Breakfast is probably long gone, and I'm only a little bit hungry. I have a headache, and feel like I have a fever. The doctor comes in and looks surprised to see me awake. "Hungry?"
"Ice. Ice sounds good." I tell him.
"No. You need something nutritious. I'll have them send something up." I moan and clutch my stomach. He nods at me and then exits the room.
A moan escapes my lips, and a memory floats to the front of my mind.
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A/N:
Another fun question or two!
Favorite character so far?
And what do you think is wrong with Charlie?
-Kate
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Hiding In Plain Sight
FanfictionCharlotte "Charlie" Neal is a Five who, unlike the Prince, has worked every day of her life. At first she signs the paperwork to join his Selection to appease her mother, but her reasons change as she becomes one of the Selected. She'll navigate t...
