Parallel Worlds

Christina jumped, knocking her energy drink over, sending it spilling across the table as she heard a loud scream come from upstairs. She sat bolt up right, eyes wide; there was silence. Throwing herself back on the chair, she got up and ran full sprint up the stairs with Becca calling from the kitchen after her
“Oi Emery! You better come back and clean this mess up right now or I’ll get my claws out on you” Christina had too many thoughts running through her head to even consider cleaning up. Christina followed the sound of sobbing and stopped at a door. Duckie’s room.
She took a deep breath before opening the door to the room and gasping at the sight before her.
The sobbing was coming from a very shocked Emily who was slumped on the floor holding the hand of a very pale looking girl who was lying unconscious on the floor.
“Oh my god Duckie!” Christina murmured as she threw herself down to Duckie’s side, she moved Duckie’s head gently to find a fresh blood patch on the back of her head and now on the carpet. Christina gasped and looked up at Emily, her eyes wide “what happened Emily?” Emily looked up from Duckie, her eyes red from crying so much
“I-I- d-d-on’t know” She stuttered between helpless sobs before breaking into a fresh batch of tears and hiding her head in her hands. Christina sighed sympathetically and hugged Emily as Emily cried into her shoulder
“It’s ok Emily, you go get yourself a drink and have a sit down, I’ll sort this out and I’ll tell you when she’s ok. Just don’t tell anyone yet please, Duckie wouldn’t want everyone fussing over her” Emily nodded wiping her tears away before dashing out the room. Christina sighed and looked at Duckie, she knew fine well how this could have happened, she cursed to herself holding back her own tears
“ED?” she shouted loud enough so hopefully Ed could hear her from downstairs. After a short pause she heard a kitchen chair move and footsteps padding up the stairs and towards Duckie’s room.
“Ye-… fucking hell…” Ed paused at the door staring at the collapsed girl on the floor; he then looked at Christina and rushed down next to her and pulled her into a hug just as her tears finally managed to spill over her cheeks
“It was Teddy” Christina said into Ed’s chest through coughs of tears
“What? Teddy? He did this?” Ed pulled Christina away from him and looked her in the eye, she nodded and cuddled herself back into him
“…Why would he do that?” Christina shook her head and wiped her tears away
“I’ll explain later” Christina sniffed and tried to pull herself together and be strong “Right, go get me some ice wrapped in a towel and a glass of water please, I’ll lift her onto the bed” she said quickly to Ed. He nodded before kissing the top of her head and getting up
“Oh and Ed?” Christina said before Ed had the chance to head out the room
“Yep?” He said turning back
“Don’t let anyone know about this yet please, it's not want Duckie would want” Ed nodded then continued out of the room. Christina mentally scolded herself for crying and got up herself before gently lifting Duckie’s limp body up and onto the bed, putting her onto her side. Minutes later she heard footsteps running up the stairs and Ed came into the room followed by Becca, Sarah and Jessica. Ed rushed round to the side of the bed Christina was on and handed her the glass of water and the towel full of ice
“So much for not telling anyone” Christina murmured to Ed as he hugged her from behind watching her sort Duckie out. Christina gently moved Duckie’s long brown hair out of the way and gently pressed the towel of ice to the back of her head.
“What happened?” Jessica asked as she watched Duckie
“Duckie fell unconscious… I don’t think it happened by herself though,” Christina said looking up to Jessica. Jessica’s eyes widened
“What? So someone knocked her out? If I find out who bloody did that they’re gonna be fucking knocked out themselves!” Jessica said raising her voice slightly
“Look it doesn’t matter, I’m going to sort that out once I know Duckie’s ok. Just go and check on everyone else, if anyone asks just say Duckie’s fainted” Jessica sighed and nodded before leaving the room
“Maybe we should take her to the hospital, what we’re doing might not be right” Sarah said as she sat on the bed by Duckie, gently stroking Duckie’s hair out of her face
“Duckie hates hospitals. Could you imagine her waking up to see she’s in hospital? There’d be no hospital left once she’d finished, she’d run riot!” Sarah smirked slightly at Christina’s reply; it was true, she probably would
“The main problem is hurting her head, as long as she hasn’t got concussion she’ll be fine” Ed said, still hugging Christina from behind, Christina nodded. Christina looked up at Becca
“Can you hold this to her head while I go do something?” Becca nodded and quickly dived across the bed and held the ice pack where Christina had held it
“Can you watch her and tell me when she wakes up?” Christina asked Becca and Sarah to which they both nodded
“Thanks” Christina said getting up. She then turned to Ed
“Can you go and check on Emily please? She found Duckie and she’s really upset” Ed nodded and followed Christina out the room into the silent upstairs landing.
“Right I need to speak to Teddy, he’s gone too far” Christina said angrily before sighing heavily. Ed stared into Christina’s worried eyes before kissing her quickly but forcefully
“Duckie will be fine, I promise,” He said to her; Christina nodded and smiled slightly before snuggling into Ed’s chest once again. She pulled away and smiled at him one last time before he headed downstairs. She sighed and looked around just in time to catch Teddy’s gaze who was just about to head into a room and lock himself in. Christina ran at him full pelt and grabbed his arm and pushed him forcefully against the wall
“WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO TO HER!?” Christina screamed at him holding onto his shirt
“I DIDN’T DO ANYTHING!” He spat back
“OH SO SHE JUST MANAGED TO TAKE A BRUISING TO HER CHEEK, BLOW TO THE BACK OF HER HEAD AND COLLAPSE FOR NO APPARENT REASON THEN!?” Christina glared at him
“Ok so she collapsed and hit her head, that’s what happened! Are you happy you’ve gotten to the bottom of this crime scene now Sherlock!?” Teddy said as he tried to storm off, only to be shoved forcefully against the wall by Christina again
“And so you left her!? Oh come on are you that pathetic Teddy? Hitting girls now are we!?” She screamed back at him. Teddy glared at her sourly before shoving her forcefully out of the way, spitefully aiming for her stomach wound causing her to scream in pain and collapse to the floor clutching her middle; he headed down the stairs and towards the front door. Christina breathed unevenly as she tried to summon up as much voice as she could
“You just wait till Duckie wakes up Teddy! She’ll tell me everything and your life wont be worth living, twat!” Christina finally shouted at him before he slammed the front door shut.
The whole house had gone silent like never before; everyone stood staring. Sarah ran over to Christina and hugged her, Ed bolted up the stairs after hearing Christina scream and was soon at her side comforting her. As this was happening Becca poked her head out of Duckie's bedroom door "guys? Duckie seems to be stirring, I think she's waking up"