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thick in my mouth.
    He shook his head. “No, don’t be sorry. I’m the one who should be sorry. I obviously have friends who are sleazy bastards. Someone did this to you guys, in my house. I will find out who it was. Right now though, I’m going to carry you to the truck, okay?” His sweet face was truly and genuinely distressed. I wanted to rub it with my hand but I couldn’t move my arms.
    He picked me up carefully, so as not to jostle me. “Wow, you are way lighter than Alise.” he snickered as he said it and Alise smacked the back of his head. “Ow—easy, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean it in a bad way.” He carried me down the stairs like I was air, it was familiar to me. Something about it was creepily similar in my mind. I remembered something about me being carried on his stairs.
    My dad was in the truck; he looked pissed. We called it his 'stress face' and it wasn’t a pretty picture. He got out when he saw us and opened the passenger door, so Shane could lay me inside.
    “ Aimee, are you okay?” He looked terrified.
    “ Need doctor," I muttered.
    He frowned at Shane. “You, young man, are going to stay away from both of my daughters for good.” He swung around to look at Alise with a burning hate in his eyes. “You did this to her; you conned her into coming to this when you know she isn’t like you. You get home now and don’t leave your bedroom for a month, GO!” he screamed, tearing my head apart.
    When Alise looked at me, I saw an apologetic look I had never seen on her face. My sister was ashamed.
    I would have defended them both, but I was too feeble. Shane handed me the bowl that had been on the ground beside the truck. “In case you get sick.”
    “ Sorry,” I muttered again, drooling a little.
    He shook his head. “Feel better, Aimee.” He kissed my sweaty forehead.
    My dad got in the truck slamming the door, again ripping my head apart. I groaned in agony as Shane closed my door softly. My dad never spoke the whole way. He was seething and it was better for my head if he didn’t talk. I threw up twice in the bowl on the way, mostly it was heaving and spitting. I had never felt that sick in my life, even with food poisoning.
    My dad nearly cried when he explained that the girl, who was still not awake, had shared her drinks with me all night.
    The nurse scowled at me, like I was one of those partying reckless teenagers who had burdened her dad with this.
    I was put on an IV and given some Gravol to make me sleep.
    I had weird dreams.
    Wade was in them and my mom. My mom kissed me on the forehead and put her hands over my eyes. I could hear people talking. They were arguing. Wade was beside me, whispering to me that everything was going to be okay. I finally got my mom’s hands off my eyes and I could see people kissing. It hurt me to see it, but I didn’t understand why. Wade stood between the kissing people and me and shook his head. He blew me a kiss and I woke up alone.
    I was groggy, but at least I knew where I was. I was tired and cold. I fell back into a dreamless sleep.
    I thought I was still dreaming, when I heard talking in the empty black space that had become my brain. “Are there any effects of this on her body, that we should be prepared for?” My dad’s voice sounded exhausted.
    “ Yes, she will need to be very careful for the next couple months. This is a serious thing. The level of the drugs we found in her system, was very high.” A lady spoke. I opened one of my eyes to see the light of day without the intense pain. I felt remarkably better and quite hungry.
    I looked around me to see my dad and a lady doctor standing in the hallway, just outside my door.
    Shane was on the chair beside my bed, passed out. He looked so peaceful, but his being in my room was freaking me out. Why would my sister's boyfriend be in my room and where was my sister? I looked around for Alise, but didn’t see her anywhere. I knew she must be around somewhere, if Shane was with me.