CHAPTER NINEđź’”
"Ivy? Ivy?" xerxes tried to wake her up, but there was no response. The amount of blood pouring out her lips and nose was alarming.
"dammit, Ivy…" she didn't seem to have taken any damage, so what happened all of a sudden. Xerxes lifted her, and put her on his back, before running out of the alley. Just In time to hear the police siren behind him as he disappeared down the corner. She was right, someone did call the cops.
Using all his strength, xerxes ran towards the school and finally, he was able to see the its' gates, with their homeroom teacher standing close by. Noticing one of his students running, Seagate turned on high alert…
"XERXES WHAT'S THE MATTER?"
He questioned him, but xerxes didn't slow down as he made his way to the infirmary. Seagate noticed another one of his student on his back, whom he recognised as, Ivy Scarrow, he followed xerxes, wondering what had happened as there appeared to be blood smeared on her face.
Some other students who noticed this, which included their friends, rushed after them.
"hang in there ivy…"
Xerxes burst through the doors of the infirmary, along with Seagrave , startling the doctor and the nurse who hadn't expected any visitors now. They were about to scold him when he yelled.
"…she needs help, NOW!" He rushed towards an empty bed and gently put her down. The doctor on duty quickly moved to her side and asked that he should move aside.
"…what happened?" the doctor asked, and he hesitated to tell them the truth.
"…well speak up…" Mr. Seagraves had also been curious as he urged xerxes to speak up.
"…we were attacked on our way back…" he said quietly.
"oh my goodness! VIVI!" Charlie was about to rush to her side when Seagraves held her back. She wasn't the only one, Theo, Sem, Philip, keiko , Millie and Noah too
"…okay, I would like all of you to step outside…" the doctor shooed them away so she could attend to her patient.
Outside the room, everyone bombarded xerxes with questions.
" How did she end up like this?" Charlie who was on the verge to tears went to his side.
"were you guys attack?" theo asked.
"do you think she'll be okay?" Philip had a solemn look on his face as he stared at everyone
"w…why won't you answer us…?" Charlie broke down and xerxes snapped.
"EVERYONE JUST SHUT THE HELL UP, OKAY. I DON'T KNOW, EVERYTHING JUST HAPPENED SO FAST… "
"but…"
"miss price…" Seagraves stepped in before the place would turn into a riot. "..this is no place so be yelling…"
"sorry Sensei…" they mumbled in unison.
"now xerxes, do you remember what they looked like? Have you ever seen them before?" he questioned the boy and he shook his head.
"they just came out of nowhere…"
"I see.."
"we fought them and everything was fine, but the next thing I know, she starts swaying and then there's blood…" he explained the little bit and they were speechless. Ivy had never had a problem with closed battle before, so what really happened. Everyone was thinking the same thing, even xerxes. Although he had witnessed what happened, he still had no clue on what really…happened. Whatever it was, she had a lot of explaining to do once she woke up.
The door to the room opened the doctor asked him to enter, so she could do a quick check on him.
"well so far, nothing seems to be seriously damaged and you can go, but I will need to keep her here overnight.." the doctor gave her take on the situation. But xerxes declined.
"I'll stay here…please…"
"hm…as long as its fine with your teacher.."
"it's fine…"
"'but what about the rest of us?" Charlie whined."she's our friend too…"
"yes, I'm sure, but I can only let one person stay…" the doctor said to them and Charlie glared at xerxes before turning to Seagarve
"Bu…"
"let's allow them rest, its almost curfew time. You can come see her in the morning…"
"*sigh* fine…you better take good care of her…" she glared at him, but he didn't respond.
Everyone left, leaving the doctor, xerxes and ivy alone in the room. She was fast asleep with an ivy bag hooked up to her arm.
"she'll be fine…" the doctor said and left them after checking her vitals again.
"tch…you really do attract trouble…" he raised his hand to touch her, but he stopped midway, before retracting it back to his side. After a few hours of watching her sleep, he too fell asleep on the bed next to hers. Later that same night, she stirred in her sleep as her pulse picked up, sweat poured down her forehead. This little commotion alerted xerxes who quickly moved to her side. Her face was scrunched up in discomfort with….tears? falling down her eyes. Xerxes frowned…was it a nightmare? Had the fight really affected her to this extent? Not knowing what else to do, he slowly got into the bed with her and pulled her into his arms in a reassuring hug…
"I'm here, don't be scared…" he whispered into her ears as he stroked her hair, this seemed to do the trick as she stopped fidgeting.
"ma…ma?" she called for her mother in her sleep and his hand froze. In her sleep, Ivy nuzzled closer into his chest and his face burned up. What was he doing? He asked himself. Wondering why on earth he had gotten into the bed in the first place. But he didn't have the heart to get out,not now that she had gone back to sleeping soundly. He sighed, closing his red eyes, he went back to sleep, ivy safe In his arms.