It was bad .
It was a very bad time to talk to Winter.
Especially since she kept throwing up .
When I reached out dorm , the girls had already called a doctor for Winter .
I found her lying down on our dining room sofa . Her hair was a mess , her already pale skin looked alarmingly paler .
Summer sat by her head. Her warm tone of skin was contrasting next to Winter . With her hair dyed red , Summer seemed to be glowing with a warm hue around her .
" How long has it been going ?," I asked Summer .
" Apparantly for a while but Winter had forgotten to mention," Rain answered for me , the fourth member of our group .
I could see that she had gotten up from the middle of dying her hair , the aluminium foils were still wrapped around her head .
The Agency was going to kill her someday , if she kept doing this home DIY stunt on her hair .
" Since the survival show in the forest we shot two weeks back ," Summer shook her head ," I knew that she was sick but I did not realise that it was going to get this bad."
I poked on Winter's face . She cluttered her eyelashes in annoyance .
" Tell me the truth , how long has it been actually going on ?"
She scrunched her brown eyebrows," A month , maybe ? I thought that I was just stressed for the upcoming schedules ."
Rain cursed , throwing away the tissue box ..
" What do you suggest , Doctor ?," Summer asked .
" She would need some tests ," The doctor sighed ," I will prescribe something for now but we need to look further into it ."
" Got it ," I nodded .
As Seymore and Summer went to escort the doctor out , I sat down on the sofa beside Winter .
" Do you have something to say ?," she looked like she was waiting for me to attack .
She was probably tired hearing Summer and Rain nag her all day .
" You know that we have a tour coming in three weeks , right ?," I asked .
She groaned ," There is even a meet and greet event in a week and a promotion shoot in three days ."
" We can cancel all that ," I suggested .
" And get disbanded or what ?," her eyes grew wide ,"Actually I wanted to ask how you are doing but I don't know if I should bring it up....you know , you did not come to the dorm yesterday and there was even a livestream of Liam Anderson ...I hoped that you were atleast eating and being a little fine with yourself."
There was not filter in Winter's voice . I sighed . The girl who was lying on the bed was worried about my life .
" I should have assumed that it will happen someday ...speaking of that ,I heard that you -," I paused , should I really do it when she was throwing up and dying off dehydration ?
" Me what ?"
" Get a good sleep ," I got up .
My phone was ringing , giving me an excuse to end the conversation.
I picked it up .
The director of ' Tea With An Idol's was on the other side of the call ," Guest of tomorrow has been chosen , come early since she has a busy schedule."
And I did not ?
That was why it was better for Seymore to handle the calls . On what drug was I on when I thought that it was okay to give the director my own phone number?
" Alright ," I said ," But my schedule is filled up until 3 in the afternoon ."
" Can't you squeeze some times in the morning ?"
Actually I had practice season with the dance teacher in the morning.
" If you are willing to start it before six in the morning and let me go at seven ," I offered the impossible deal.
" You need to be more flexible than that of you want to keep working with us ."
" I am sorry about my stuff schedule," I smiled ," Three pm then ?"
" Also bring in an apology letter ."
He cut off the phone , rudely.
I could not really sleep at the night , so I woke up at five and started to practice my routine for dance .
Eventually Summer and Rain joined .
" I have to shoot an advertisement this evening," Summer told us ," Who will be free to take Winter to the hospital?"
" I will manage it somehow ," Rain volunteered, but she sounded tired ," I always do ."
Then I lost myself to the steps of the dance .
It was much later when the teacher actually joined us .
" Today we are wearing heels to see how you are actually handling the dance routine ."
I hated wearing heels in dance , but it had to be done.
As I danced , each steps reminded me of Liam and our strange dance last night . His ghostly touch on my face , his smell -
" Autumn, careful ! "
I steadied myself, saving my ankles the last minutes before the accident.
" CONCENTRATE !"
YES , stupid brain , concentrate on the important stuffs .
The morning went into a blur after that . I saw there were thirteen missed calls from my father but I could not really bother to pick them up .
He was always asking about Sunshine Corporation's precious prince and his mood , advising me to grovel at his feet . Now that my scandal was on the air, he probably wanted to give me an earful.
A part of me wondered if he had recognised Jasper from the photos and vedio even though his face was blurred .
As if !
Had my father really recognised Jasper ,he would be dragged to the home by now .
I saw that Liam had also called , but a part of me was scared to pick up his call . His strange behaviour, our fight and dance - everything about them felt unfamiliar.
And if I was being honest ,I really did not want another stab in my heart . Talking with him was making me feel like I was slowly becoming a pin cushion .
It hurt a lot .
Instead I brought out my phone and looked at the number I had saved last night .
It was of Jasper's.
I dialed his number , he picked up after two rings .
" Do you want to run away again or what ?," he asked , he was partially shouting , there was a chaos going on at the other side of the phone .
" What are you doing right now ?," I asked .
" Erm working at the fish market, the boss is great here , I will bring you here oneday , I bet you have never seen crabs this big in the city ."
I wrinkled my nose . Surely , he remembered how much I hated crabs . I bet he was having fun imagining my scared face while he worked somewhere with crabs .
" Um ," Seymore tapped my shoulder.
I looked up at him . He was also on his phone ," Mister Anderson wants you to go to work with him today ."
Was he crazy or what ?
I did not understand at all . He , of all people should understand how important it was to keep the distance between us .
Why was he doing this things now ? Calling me to his dance practice? Asking me to go to work in his car ?
Where was all of this coming ?
" Tell him that I am going right now cause I can not be late ," I told Seymore .
" Sis ? Is everything okay ?," Jasper asked from the other side of the phone .
" It's nothing Jayjay ," I used the pet name he had in his childhood, I did not want people to find out I was actually talking with my brother and he was back and risked our parents knowing about his runaway , only to bring him back .
" Am I still a kid or what ? Call me O Great Jasper Dane -"
I laughed about how dramatic he sounded .
Seymore tapped my shoulder again ," Um , he says he will be here in ten minutes."
" Seymore , if he comes here , I am not going to leave the dorm , show has to be cancelled then ."
Seymore noded nervously.
Bold of Anderson to assume that he could do whatever he wanted .
I took my sweet time to get ready and get to the car .
I talked with my brother for a long time until we had reached the destination to my work .
The studio was already bustling with busy people . The assistant director came running to me handling over the script.
She told me ," Tonight's guest is Mira Palmer ."