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It was the third night since Vee arrived, and Camila couldn’t sleep.
She couldn’t shake the feeling something was wrong.
Suddenly, she heard someone fall.
She got up.
She walked out into the hall.
“Hello? Who’s there?” Camila asked, and then she heard a whimper to her right.
She turned to look at the source of the noise, and…
It was Vee.
Vee seemed to try to swallow something up and said:
“I’- i’m sorry for disturbing you, Camila, I just-“
Camila got down to Vee’s level, and said: “What’s wrong, baby?”
Vee tried to keep swallowing something, and said: “N-nothing, ma’am.”
“This doesn’t look like nothing.” Camila said.
She thought of what could be going on.
And then Vee gagged.
“…Are you nauseous?” Camila asked.
“y… yes…” Vee said.
“…Follow me.” Camila said. Vee tried to get up, but couldn’t. Camila pulled her up and dragged her to the bathroom.
She had Vee sit down in front of the toilet.
“do you want me… to throw up here?” Vee asked.
“Yes, baby.”
Vee gagged again, but tried to hold everything in still.
“No, no, don’t try to hold it all in. It’s better if you let it out.” Camila said.
“I… I’ll get everything dirty, and…”
“I won’t mind.” Camila responded.
Vee gagged again and spit, but still kept it in.
“No, no, let it out.” Camila said.
Then she realized something.
“Are you… scared of throwing up?”
Vee nodded.
“Oh. Is there… anything I can do to help?”
“…can you… hold my shoulder? It helps a lot with this.” Hunter used to do that a lot for her.
“Of course, baby.” Camila said, and placed her hand on her shoulder.
Vee gagged a third time.
“It’s OK, baby, you can do this.” Camila responded.
Then, Vee aggressively vomited into the toilet.
Vee coughed a little afterwards.
“Is that everything?” Camila asked, and then Vee gagged again.
Camila squeezed Vee’s shoulder as she vomited again.
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This pattern was repeated for a few minutes, until finally, Vee’s stomach was somewhat settled.
“s-sorry about your floor…” Vee whispered.
“It doesn’t matter. I can clean it up.” Camila responded. “For now, let’s get you back to bed, OK?”
Vee nodded. Camila soon pulled her up again, and brought her back to her room.
Vee climbed on the ladder and onto the top bunk.
“And, Vee?” Camila said.
“Hm?” Vee responded.
“Any time you need help with something, all you have to do is come to me, OK?”
Vee gave a hesitant nod.
Camila tucked Vee in, and left.