We got Zach to a hospital, I didn't even know who 'we' was. Only to the fact that they cared enough to take care of Zach. That was all I needed. The moment I got a phone in my hands I called Abby. Her worried voice answered her phone a dial later.

"What in-" Abby started. I quickly interrupted her, and went on to explain about everything that had just happened. By the end of my long conversation, I was crying and I just wanted her to come here.

"Elise, Elise, is Zach ok?"

"He's going to be ok." I told her. She cried in relief and hurried in to see her son. I sat down in a nearby chair and rocked myself back and forth. I didn't even understand what was going on, I didn't even know how it had all happened so quickly.

"Ms. Willow, may we please speak to you?" An older man in a lab coat said. I stood up and shook my head up and down. He motioned for me to follow him and I fell under a slower pace behind his steps. He opened a door and held it open for me. "Please come in." He said. I walked through the door and sat in a nearby red, cushioned chair.

"If I may ask, why do you need to speak to me?" I asked him.

"I would like to discuss your condition." He said after a brief pause. A man in a lab coat I should've figured. I stood right back up, unwilling to hear another word.

"I'm not interested on being tested sir, to be quite frank I would like to live my life as normal as I can get it to be." I told him as I turned away from him and walked towards the door.

"And that's what we want to help you with, what if there was a cure?" He asked me. That got my attention. I turned around slowly.

"A cure?" I asked.

"If you sit down we can discuss all the details and everything about your condition." The man told me. My hand was already on the handle of the door. I could just turn the knob, run down the halls, back to Zach, go back home and everything could be as it was. Was it all worth it though? Was as things were before going to be enough? My hand slipped from the handle and I walked back towards the chair.

"A cure?" I asked him.

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Author's Note

What would you have done if you were in Elise's place?

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