The Dragonborn Döppelganger

Chapter 18

Danica sat in the Boardinghouse's kitchen chasing her cereal around in the bowl in front of her.

She wasn't feeling well. She'd never felt like this before . Not even when she'd had Ataxia or Rockbone Fever .

Her stomach was ready to drop it's contents on the floor this morning when she'd gone to the bathroom .

She had, had to manoeuvre herself around to retch in the sink .

Worse of all she had a stomach ache now and she had no appetite . Yet as it is she'd been taught to force herself to eat even when she didn't feel so fresh .

She looked up from her bowl when she hears someone stumbling into the kitchen , cursing under their breath .

She almost instantly reverted her eyes because it was nobody else but Stefan .

She should've known considering the fact that Damon was out of the house . She'd watched him leave , didn't she?.

She bit her lip . She didn't want to see Stefan right now . She hadn't laid eyes on him since handing him off to his brother the previous night .

She don't know what it is with her . How can she feel like hiding away from him?. By Arkay , it was infuriating to say the least .

It was like her Dragon didn't want him near her . For whatever reason ,she cannot say , but she wasn't going to give in . She herself wanted to be with Stefan Salvatore  even if it was wrong.

" Hey , you okay there ,Dani ?", his voice made an end to her endless mind ramblings .

She clears her throat  then says " Yeah, just not feeling well , that's all , nothing to worry about ".

She didn't look up because she didn't want to see his beautiful mesmerizing green eyes . And she didn't know why she even told him about not feeling well . He was surely going to make a fuss .

She didn't have to wait long for confirmation on that thought .
" Nothing to worry about ?. Danica, I'll always worry when it comes to you . You can't just say that you're not feeling well and I have to be satisfied with the " not to worry " speech . So , Danica, tell me what's wrong and please don't lie to me . I detest people lying ."

She scrunched up her face feeling the nausea of this morning return .

Before she knew it she had to get up and run for the downstairs bathroom , hoping that she'll make it .

" Danica!", she heard Stefan call in alarm ,but ignored him as she threw herself on the floor by the toilet .

The bit of cereal she'd gotten in came out and the rest of  her vomit was dark like coffee .

She hadn't had coffee so she didn't understand why it looked that way .

After a while she felt better , drained yes , but better.

She flushed the toilet , getting up from the floor on shaky legs .

An arm wrapped around her to help support her . She didn't have to look to know that it's Stefan . By the way her Dragon was fighting to get away from him and by his smell alone she is able to determine that it's him supporting her .

She tries to push him away , but her body feels like putty and she can't even push hard enough to get him away .

" Danica, stop it . I'm just trying to help you !", he snaps ," you could fall ."

" Let go , Stefan . I'm not a child to be _ ".

" Coddled . I know that , Danica . You've said that once before , but you can't expect me to watch you fall.  Even the mighty Dragonborn needs help once in awhile ".