Split Lives

Chapter 33

~Marcus~

I've looked round for Azura and can't find her, but I know Azura and I also know that if she gets lost in a building she'll either go to the reception or just leave the building all together and go hide somewhere, so I make my way to the reception and look around only to hit a dead end as she's no where to be seen, so I make my way to the receptionist's desk in hopes that the receptionist could tell me whether Azura is still at least in the building "hi sorry to be of bother" I begin "but the new chick we came in with today, have you seen her since?" I ask hoping she can help me, but yet it's still a dead end "urm...no sorry Marcus" the receptionist begins, then carries on to say "go check security, maybe she's been seen on the cameras" that isn't actually a bad suggestion "ok thanks" I say to be met with the reply "no problem" then I make my way to the security room hoping I can get some kind of indication as to where Azura's whereabouts could be.

~Oliver~

I decide to start looking at Eden's office, he's our producer but is a nice guy, hopefully if Azura did get lost she'd come her to ask for directions or until she's found, maybe she wanted to know more about him and what he does, you just never know with Azura, she can be unpredictable...but hey, at least she's not a criminal.

I reach Eden's office with the door shut so I knock, thankfully Eden is in his office and not too busy as he opens the door to greet me "hello Oliver" he says, obviously I don't call him by his first name out of respect "hey Mr. Cole, I'm sorry to be of bother, but have you seen Crystal? The new girl we came with" he also doesn't know her true identity, me and Marcus want to keep it as secret as possible "no I'm sorry, I haven't" Eden replies "it's ok sir, I'm sorry to have been of bother" "you've not been of bother Oliver" I carry on to explain "she went the bathroom and hasn't returned, we think she may have gotten herself lost" then Eden speaks up again "I'll ask my assistants and the security to keep on look out for her, I'll message you if she gets found at all" then Eden comes up with a suggestion "maybe check the bathroom she went" I'm a bit confused "but she went there ages ago" "yes, but if she did indeed get lost, she may have returned there, you never know" ok now that makes sense I know I'd go back to the last place I knew if I got lost "ok, thanks Mr. Cole" I say with a smile, Eden returns the smile and says "it's ok Oliver, I hope you find her" I nod acknowledging Eden's words then walk away as Eden closes his door.

I make my way to outside the bathroom that Azura went to when my phone rings, I take it out of my pocket and look at the caller ID, it's Marcus so I answer "hey Marcus....no, I've not found her yet, have you?.....Ok, while you wait for security to return I'm going to check the bathroom.....ok...bye" and with that I end the call, after I put my phone back in my pocket I star thinking 'where the hell could Azura be?' I think to myself, then I hear coughing and vomiting coming from inside the bathroom "they don't sound so good, I'll check on them" I say to myself, I then open the bathroom door and walk in. When I walked in the bathroom I start thinking to myself 'which stall is that coming from?" I then look to see which stall the sound of vomiting and coughing is coming from.

~Azura~

I'm in the toilet stall with my head over the toilet as I am violently coughing and vomiting 'I hope Marcus doesn't see me like this, I really feel like crap. I hate medical sh*t, and I know for a fact he'll make me get checked out. I've gotta come up with some excuse, think Azura, think' I'm broken from my thoughts when I hear someone knock on the stall door "hello? Are you ok in there?" I hear Oliver call out, I can hear a bit coz before I went the bathroom Marcus sneakily gave me hearing aids which I hide with my long, tatty, black hair 's**t it's Oliver' I think to myself as I then hear him ask "are you ok in there? Do you need any help at all?" I flush the toilet and open the stall door "hey Oli, how are ya? What ta doin 'ere?" I ask as I wipe my mouth with tissue. Oliver looks at me with much concern his tone of voice matches the look on his face "I came looking for you, you've been a while" don't I feel awkward now or what? I sound just as awkward as I feel "well you've found me, I urm....urm...I urm..." 'quick think of a lie, quick Azura, think' "I urm...I got lost, it's embarrassing that I was lost, so I came here" 'nice. Clever.' I thought to myself hoping Oliver bought it "ok then, I'm not sure if I believe you" I just smile when I get a sudden urge to vomit again 'CRAP! I need to vomit and cough again, he's gunna want answers' I think to myself as I cave in to the urge and turn around to the toilet again, with my head over the toilet bowl, puking my guts up while coughing my lungs out violently. 

As I'm coughing I see blood come out 'CRAP! Quick think of an excuse' I think to myself as I can tell Oliver is probably looking over me, my suspicions were confirm as a very concerned Oliver asks "AJ, are you alright? Do you need to be checked out?" I quickly answer between coughs "no! No, I'm fine. I'm just" I pause to cough really violently, this coughing is so annoying "I'm jus a bit under the weather" but I don't think he buys it as there's still concern in his voice "there's blood coming out as you're coughing AJ, that's more than 'just a bit under the weather' What are you hiding?" Oliver asks putting air quotes over the just a bit under the weather part, I've got to convince him I'm fine "I've been coughing pretty violently these past few days, I've probably just burst a vessel or somthin stupid like that, jus chill Oli" then I finish with coughing badly "I'm going to tell Marcus, you need to sing for the guys, but you can't, at least not like this" like hell he is if I can help it, so I grab Oliver by his shirt and push his against the stall side "tell Benson an I'll rip you limb from limb" I say warning Oliver to not tell Marcus, don't get me wrong....Marcus is a great friend...but he will manage to force me to the hospital and I REALLY hate hospitals.