Kill Switch by Penelope Douglas

Whatever. I wasn’t fucking staying. I’d rather pierce my
eyeballs than lie here, resting.
I’d rather chug a gallon of piss warm milk than stay in bed,
doing nothing.
I’d rather get a third degree burn on my dick.
Or develop a peanut allergy.
“Where’s Winter?” I demanded, taking the water and
downing it.
Both of them remained silent but exchanged looks.
What? My heart began to hammer.
Will cleared his throat. “Okay, I don’t want you to freak
out,” he started. “We will all handle this. But you need to stay
calm, okay?”
Stay calm? She was in the fucking car on the way to the
hospital. What happened?
“What?” I barked, noticing Kai jump awake to my left.
Rika and Banks approached the bed, too.
“She’s, um…” Will paused, struggling for words.
What the fuck?
And then he broke out in a smile, pulling back the curtain
that hid the other bed in the room.
“Right here,” he teased.
I looked over, seeing Winter curled up on top of the made
bed, still wearing jeans and sneakers, but with Will’s
sweatshirt on now, it looked like.
“Want me to wake her up?” he asked.
I shook my head, seeing her mouth twitch a little. “No,
leave her.”
I sighed as everyone surrounded my bed, and I wished
they’d all go away. This felt so pathetic, and I wanted to leave
now. Why were they even still here? Banks, I could
understand, but the rest of them?