Flightless Bird


Chapter 7 - part 2
My breathing became ever more laboured as I ran from the room, Jacob on my tail. I could barely hear him over the roaring in my ears, and as I tore out of the common room and down the corridor outside my vision began to dance with spots of light. The walls began to spin, and I fell heavily down onto the floor. I tried to catch my breath, but it didn't work. I couldn't breathe.
"Kerri! What's happening? Kerri, can you hear me? Kerri!" Jacob asked fantically, sliding down next to me. Now that I had stopped running the noise in my ears had subsided enough for me to hear what was going on around me. I heard say to Jacob,
"I doubt it. She's having a panic attack, and I would guess she also has asthma. Now, help her over here and into my room." Jacob didn't say a word back, but soon I felt myself being lifted and moved along the hall.
"Put her down on the bed, and don't let her lie down. We need to keep her airways open," the other voice said.
"I can't find an inhaler on her," Jacob said, tugging at my pockets. I moved to get it, but large hands stopped me, and reached inside my blazer to the small pocket where I kept my inhaler.
"Here," they said. I heard a clicking, then they handed me my inhaler attached to a spacing device. I put the mouthpiece to my lips, then  pressed my reliever inhaler and took a deep breath. Instantly the tightness in my chest eased, and I found I could breathe again. I took another puff, and then took my inhaler off the spacer and put it away in my blazer again.
"Thank you," I said, looking up to see Jacob perched on the end of the bed. He smiled weakly at me,
"You okay?" he asked. I nodded.
"Any thanks for me?" asked Charlie, stepping over to me from the corner.
"Thank you Charlie. That would have ended badly without you," I said. He smiled.
"Well, us asthmatics have to look out for one another," he said. Charlie was asthmatic? I wouldn't have guessed. I was smiling back at Charlie when the bell rang to signal the end of free period.
"I have to go," I said, looking at Jacob. His smile faded slowly as he remembered where our conversation had ended.
"Why in such a hurry?" Charlie asked, leaning against the bed post.
"I told Lexi I would meet her in our room. She'll be waiting," I told him, standing up.
"You sure you'll be okay? You want me to walk you?" Jacob asked worriedly, standing as soon as I did.
"Thanks, but I'll be fine. See you in English," I said, leaving the room. I walked as swiftly as I could down the hallway which was rapidly filling with people filing out of their lessons. I got stuck behind a group of year 8 girls when I felt a tap on my shoulder.
"Adam, hey!" I said, turning to see him grinning at me.
"They're a nightmare, right?" he joked, gesturing at the year 8's. I grinned, and he pulled me around them so we could walk straight with no obstacles to the the stairs.
"How was your date?" he asked me, winking. My face fell.
"That bad huh?"
"It was going really well, but then I mentioned that I walked in with you after Biology and Jacob got all weird. Started asking what we talked about and stuff," I told Adam. He frowned.
"That really doesn't sound like him," he said.
"It kind of upset me, to be honest. I felt like he was mad at me for some reason," I said truthfully. Adam gave me a sympathetic hug, then held out his arms.
"Hug?" he asked. I smiled, jumping on him for the second time today.
"I should have known better!" Adam cried as he began staggering backwards. I slid off before I made him fall down the stairs; I wasn't completely evil.
"Man, I need to stop trying to hug you," Adam said, rubbing his neck.
"Yep," I piped cheerily, earning me a look. We got down the stairs, and once we were on the second floor I said to Adam,
"Sorry Adam, I'm meeting Lexi for some girl talk. See you in English?" He nodded, smiling as he walked away and tried to a prefect to high-five him. I grinned at his odd nature, until I rolled my eyes up and saw Jacob watching me from the third floor balcony. His gaze wandered over to Adam, and I wondered how much he had seen. He shot me an odd look, and I tried to catch his eye but a human giraffe walked in front of me, and when they were gone, so was Jacob. I sighed, and started off to my room to meet Lexi.

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