Deb sat on one of the two hospital beds, in the hospital wing of the school. The nurse was flashing a light in her eyes, to see if there were any signs of a concussion.
“Can you tell me your name?” she asked.
“Debra Parker” Deb replied.
“Who’s the president of the United States?” the nurse asked.
“George Bush” Deb answered correctly, and the nurse smiled, satisfied.
“You have some head, girl” she said. “I’m going to give you something for the headache. It might make you a little sleepy, but that’s okay. I don’t think you should be following any lessons anyway. Stay here and try to sleep a bit, then I’ll call your parents”
The nurse left, and Deb lay back on the bed. She closed her eyes and tried to ban all bad events from that day, out of her mind.
“Having sweet dreams, are we?”
Deb woke up with a shock. Richard was sitting on the bed, staring down on her.
“What are you doing here? Go away. I’m going to scream” Deb warned him, but her voice was shaking.
“Why would you want to do that? Why are you being so mean, Deb? I’m just here to pay you a visit. That’s what friends do, don’t they?” Richard said innocently. “And when friends are sick, they get presents”
He searched in his pocket, and produced the photos. “Sorry I didn’t wrap it, but it’s really the gesture that matters, right?” He handed the photos to Deb, who watched them horrified. She looked up terrified.
“Did anyone else see this?” she asked, trembling.
“Just me, and the guy that took the pictures…and a few of your new sisters” Richard chuckled, full of malicious pleasure.
“No” Deb groaned, and she started crying.
“Hey” Richard said, serious again. “You can have these, on one condition” A big, wolfish smile appeared on his face, and it didn’t take Deb much time to figure out what it meant.
“Go to hell!” she yelled, hostile. “I already have the pictures, and you’re not getting them back!” She jumped out of bed and ran to the door, but Richard, who wouldn’t been knocked down with a bat, was faster.
He grabbed her arm and forced her to turn around. His hand enclosed her throat and he forced her against the wall. He squeezed, until she dropped the photos.
“Now, say ‘I’m yours only, Richard’” Richard hissed, his face touching hers, his tongue practically in her ear.
Deb made a strange sound, one that Richard couldn’t identify, so he released his grip a bit, and let her repeat herself.
“I’m yours only” she said, and Richard kissed her. He was so focused, he didn’t see Deb groping for the fire extinguisher. “Hang on” Richard reluctantly stopped. “You should lock the door. We don’t want that nurse to disturb us, right?”
“You’re right” Richard nodded and he turned around. Deb used those few minutes to lift the fire extinguisher from the ground and keep it ready. “Okay, we’re good” He turned around, and Deb turned the fire extinguisher open, firing the chemicals right in his eyes.
“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!! My eyes!” Richard cried, and he tried to rub the chemicals out of his eyes, but he only made it worse.
Deb dropped the fire extinguisher, turned around to collect the photos and ran off.
“Can you tell me your name?” she asked.
“Debra Parker” Deb replied.
“Who’s the president of the United States?” the nurse asked.
“George Bush” Deb answered correctly, and the nurse smiled, satisfied.
“You have some head, girl” she said. “I’m going to give you something for the headache. It might make you a little sleepy, but that’s okay. I don’t think you should be following any lessons anyway. Stay here and try to sleep a bit, then I’ll call your parents”
The nurse left, and Deb lay back on the bed. She closed her eyes and tried to ban all bad events from that day, out of her mind.
“Having sweet dreams, are we?”
Deb woke up with a shock. Richard was sitting on the bed, staring down on her.
“What are you doing here? Go away. I’m going to scream” Deb warned him, but her voice was shaking.
“Why would you want to do that? Why are you being so mean, Deb? I’m just here to pay you a visit. That’s what friends do, don’t they?” Richard said innocently. “And when friends are sick, they get presents”
He searched in his pocket, and produced the photos. “Sorry I didn’t wrap it, but it’s really the gesture that matters, right?” He handed the photos to Deb, who watched them horrified. She looked up terrified.
“Did anyone else see this?” she asked, trembling.
“Just me, and the guy that took the pictures…and a few of your new sisters” Richard chuckled, full of malicious pleasure.
“No” Deb groaned, and she started crying.
“Hey” Richard said, serious again. “You can have these, on one condition” A big, wolfish smile appeared on his face, and it didn’t take Deb much time to figure out what it meant.
“Go to hell!” she yelled, hostile. “I already have the pictures, and you’re not getting them back!” She jumped out of bed and ran to the door, but Richard, who wouldn’t been knocked down with a bat, was faster.
He grabbed her arm and forced her to turn around. His hand enclosed her throat and he forced her against the wall. He squeezed, until she dropped the photos.
“Now, say ‘I’m yours only, Richard’” Richard hissed, his face touching hers, his tongue practically in her ear.
Deb made a strange sound, one that Richard couldn’t identify, so he released his grip a bit, and let her repeat herself.
“I’m yours only” she said, and Richard kissed her. He was so focused, he didn’t see Deb groping for the fire extinguisher. “Hang on” Richard reluctantly stopped. “You should lock the door. We don’t want that nurse to disturb us, right?”
“You’re right” Richard nodded and he turned around. Deb used those few minutes to lift the fire extinguisher from the ground and keep it ready. “Okay, we’re good” He turned around, and Deb turned the fire extinguisher open, firing the chemicals right in his eyes.
“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!! My eyes!” Richard cried, and he tried to rub the chemicals out of his eyes, but he only made it worse.
Deb dropped the fire extinguisher, turned around to collect the photos and ran off.