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Katherine Thornes

My eyes fluttered open, and the first thing my senses picked up were the beeping sounds of machines around me and then the antiseptic and saline smell associated with hospitals hit my nostrils. I absolutely hated the smell of hospitals, it was nauseating.

I was in a hospital.

But what brought me here?

Oh yeah right, I remember now. I panicked so much about my test that I got a high fever and passed out.

I struggled to sit atop the bed and when I managed to do so, I was met with quite a shocker.

Rachel and my father were seated right in front of me. Was I hallucinating? Had I hit my head so hard against the concrete floor during my fall that I was now seeing things?

"Oh thank Goodness, you're awake Katherine!" Rachel gushed, immediately standing up from her seat and throwing her arms around me in a hug.

I noted that Katie was also here too. Off course she would, she was the one who most likely brought me here.

But what about Dad and Rachel? Wha