I woke up to the sound of loud voices in the room, as if there wasn't someone sleeping in the same room. Me, being the eavesdropper I am started listening to their conversation.
"Since when did she start having these symptoms?" It sounded an awful lot like Snape but I wasn't sure.
"Well I don't know but when I came up here to get my phone I saw her struggling to get the sheet off herself, but then when I took the sheet off she started shivering. It was really weird" this was definitely Alejandro.
"I came up a while after him and she was sweating so I switched the AC back on and she started shivering. I covered her after that and she started moving around and trying to remove the sheet" this was Axel.
"Was the AC on before?" This was- Actually I have no idea who this is.
"Yeah it was but since she was shivering I switched it off" Alejandro again.
I opened my right eye slightly and looked around the room to see who was there. Axel, Alejandro, Snape and the lady with the wavy hair from Snape's office were standing next to the door and talking to each other.
Snape started talking again so I quickly shut my eye.
"So she's sick?"
"Yes but I-" the voice who I now recognised as the wavy haired lady started talking but she didn't get to finish because Axel noticed I was up.
"Danielle, I saw your eye twitch"
I reluctantly opened my eyes and all four of them turned towards me.
"How are you feeling?" The wavy haired lady asked me. I really should learn her name.
"I'm good?" I said with uncertainty cause for some reason, I still had my headache and my whole body was sore and it ached.
"Is that a question or a statement?" Axel asked with an annoyed look in his eyes. Why is he annoyed?
"Axel, don't be mean to her. She's sick" Alejandro said like I was fine China.
Axel was about to say something back but Snape interrupted him.
"Would the two of you be quiet?!" He focused his attention back on wavy haired lady and asked:
"Is it really bad?"
"Well yes, but no. In their case it really isn't that bad because they have powers but then again because of their powers they shouldn't get sick like this"
"So what is it?" Axel asked while leaning on the chest of drawers.
Before wavy haired lady could answer I asked:
"What's your name? Cause I've been referring to you as wavy haired lady in my head"
She just laughed while Snape looked like he was done with me and replied
"My name is Primavera Florentin. I specialise in dealing with magic and other issues related to it"
"So you can help me?"
"Of course she can help you. Did you not listen to a word she said?" Snape said while looking at me annoyed
"I did but I just wanted to clarify. By the way, Primavera is a very nice name"
"Thank you, dear. But you can just call me Vera, my full name is a mouthful" she said while smiling lightly at me and laughing quietly at the end.
"Now. Snape can you get my bag for me? It's downstairs. Axel and Alejandro would y'all mind leaving the room?"
Axel and Alejandro walked out but Axel was a bit more hesitant doing so. Snape walked out after and then it was just the two of us in the room.
"So Danielle, how are you?"
"I'm okay-ish" I said while emphasising the ish part.
"I don't think it's anything too serious and it's pretty much the equivalent of a normal person having the flu"
Her eyes suddenly went wide and she realised what she said and quickly fixed it. "Not that you aren't normal. What I meant was a person without powers, people with powers are normal too"
"Don't worry, Vera. I take no offence at all plus being normal isn't fun" I said while giving her a look of re-assurance.
"Shut up, Danielle" Axel had just walked in the room and he moved towards the couch and sat on it. He was facing us and he had his legs propped up on the couch.
"Axel, if my memory does not deceive me and I don't think it does, weren't you asked to stay OUTSIDE the room?" I asked him with attitude clear in my voice.
"Danielle, if my memory does not deceive me and I don't think it does, isn't this MY room?" He asked in a mocking tone.
"Both of you. Quiet.Now" Snape walked in and handed Vera's bag to her then looked at Axel with a disapproving look which he chose to ignore.
"Axel, have you noticed anything off with Danielle the past few days?" Vera asked while turning her attention to Axel.
"I couldn't notice anything about her the past few days. I didn't even know where she was" he said sounding extremely annoyed. I thought we resolved whatever issues we had yesterday? I looked at him with a confused look on my face but he just looked away from me and at Vera
"Alright, fine. How about when you were with her?"
"I don't know- Oh wait. She was really tired yesterday and really moody too"
"Did you do anything that would make you really tired, Danielle?" Vera asked me. I was about to answer 'no' but Snape interrupted me.
"Did you, Danielle?" Snape stepped forward and asked with his arms crossed and a brow raised.
"What's that supposed to mean?" I asked with narrowed eyes while crossing my arms too.
"You know exactly what I'm talking about"
What is he talking about? Oooohhhhh! Wait what?!
"I'm pure!" I shouted then flailed my arms so I could emphasise my point.
Snape visibly deflated and Axel was in the corner laughing his ass off. Vera handed me a glass of water with a weird looking blue tablet so I took it and started drinking the rest of the water.
"Axel, you would have been the second person I was going to question" Snape said in a matter of fact tone to Axel and his eyes widened then he literally started choking. I would have laughed if I wasn't choking on the water I was drinking.
Vera looked at Snape with displeasure and proceeded to pat me on the back so I would stop choking. My throat was burning and my eyes were watery. Axel didn't look like he was fairing any better because he was tearing so much that it actually looked like he was crying.
"Snape!" Vera shouted accusingly at him. "You're not making her any less sick!"
"I'm just looking out for them" he said as calmly as he could.
"And what do you think they were doing?" She asked with an incredibly serious expression on her face but I knew she was just kidding and she knew what he thought because she winked at me before turned back to Snape.
He just coughed and awkwardly looked away then said "nothing, Vera"
"That's what I thought" she said in a this discussion is over tone.
"Now, Danielle. Do you remember doing anything that would make you really tired yesterday?" Vera asked the question again and then made sure Axel and Snape weren't going to try and talk.
"No, not really. I'm pretty sure the only thing I did that was tiring yesterday was dealing with and arguing with Axel otherwise I was basically doing nothing. I was wondering why I was so tired yesterday"
"Well that's because you're sick. With the tablet I gave you and two other tablets that I will keep on your bedside table you'll be better by tomorrow. But you have to continue taking that blue tablet for two days every morning and night so you don't get sick again"
Vera left a purple and red tablet along with five of the blue tablets on the bedside table and proceeded to pack her things back into her bag.
"Excuse me, Vera? I'm still cold and if you turn the AC off I feel like I'm burning"
"Oh, yeah. I have a solution for that I will tell you before I leave" she walked over to Snape and started talking to him in a hushed tone, then she turned back to Axel and me and nodded. She made her way to the door and just before she left she popped her head back in the room and said.
"Axel, you have to stay with her and keep her warm. Bye!" She jetted out of the room and a second later we heard the front door slam shut. Axel looked at Snape with wide eyes and then at me. He kept switching until he stopped and looked at the floor.
"What did she mean when she said that I would have to stay with her and keep her warm?" Axel asked. No wait, more like groaned out with his gaze still pinned on the ground.
Snape looked incredibly happy and devious then said.
"She meant you have to stay with her and hug her. But I don't see the problem since that's how y'all woke up this morning" he said nonchalantly
"Alejandro!" Axel and I shouted simultaneously and five seconds after we heard the front door slam shut again.
"Danielle, don't shout. It's only going to make your headache worse" I looked at Snape and then at Axel and said
"It's fine. I can just use a blanket, I'm sure I can handle a little heat, right?"
Snape just shrugged and left the room saying he had to ask my mum where she was and Axel still wasn't looking at me.
I just sighed and got up so I could use the bathroom but Axel was in front of me in less than a second.
"Where are you going?"
"To the bathroom?" I questioned more than stated. I tried to walk around him but he just blocked my way again.
"You can't, you're sick"
"And sick people don't have the right to use the washroom?"
"You're not trying to have a shower?"
"No, Axel, I'm not. I had a shower yesterday" I said while sighing. He still wasn't moving so I half shouted.
"Axel! This is so unnecessary!"
He let me walk past him and after I used the washroom I went back to the bed and lay down. I tried to cover myself using the sheet but then I felt like I was burning.
I decided to endure the cold and tried to sleep. Axel walked into the room and noticed my shivering then he sighed and made his way to the bed.
And that brings us to now. We are both lying down on our back and Axels arm is around my shoulder. I discreetly tried to move closer to him since I was still a bit cold and he noticed and pulled me closer.
"We shall never speak of this again, okay?" I looked at Axel and he nodded then said.
"Never"
Alejandro walked in and started laughing then he pulled his phone out but the murderous look I was giving him made him put it away
"Do y'all mind explaining?" He asked with a goofy smile.
"Yes, now shut up" I told him, annoyed.
"Alright then, I will just assume-"
"Nope! I will explain later" Axel told him and he just started laughing and then laid down on the couch.
My mum walked into the room next and with a confused look on her face asked for an explanation. I sat up while leaning on the headrest and Axel copied my movements then I told her while hitting myself internally due to embarrassment, and after I was done with that horrible explanation she was laughing. I wasn't even allowed to go back to my house so I had to stay with Axel for two days.
My mum left after making sure I was alright and promising to come tomorrow and soon after Alejandro left to get food. Axel was close to falling asleep and so was I.
Just before I fell asleep I felt Axel pulling me closer and we were back in the position we were in before but this time I was hugging Axel.
I am NEVER speaking of this moment again.