"None of this is my fault. Maximus told me it was the room with the door open!" The stranger with the Korean accent declared, sounding pissed off.
"You’re the idiot that didn't read your damn paper! Ms. Landsford totally wrote the room down for you!" Maximus argued.
"Not to mention that she even drew you a little diagram with a damn arrow. I question how you get perfect scores in everything but can't read simple directions," Zane mocked.
"Fuck off brother! You're lucky I'm here."
"We don't want you here," Zane replied back.
"No one asked you to enter this year," Kage mumbled.
"Can you guys argue later? It’s giving me a headache. I wanna nap," Nixon sighed.
"Nap later!" Kage, Zane, and the new person snarled in unison.
"Ah! So loud. You guys are the reason Jewel's gonna wake up cranky," Nixon emphasized.
"Wait, we woke her up?" Kage asked.
"Anyone would wake up with how loud all of you are. Go to the other fucking room!" Logan ordered. "NOW!"
"Ugh, Logan’s such a pain when he's angry," Kage whined.
"Right," Zane agreed.
"I think someone needs anger management," Maximus whispered.
"I agree with you," the new voice replied.
"Let's not forgot, Jewel hit her head thanks to Braxton Park who can't read directions or see through steam," Nixon hummed.
"Fuck off!"
I felt my body being lifted up from what must have been a couch of some sort.
The swaying motion was rather relaxing, helping me drift back to sleep for hopefully a few more minutes.
***
“Jewel? Can you hear me?” Logan’s voice woke me up again a while later.
This time I opened my eyes. The lights were dim and it took a moment for my vision to adjust.
When I turned my head, I saw Logan's relieved expression.
"Hey Precious," he whispered.
"Hey. What's wrong?" I asked, unsure why he still looked uneasy now that I was awake.
"Do you remember what happened before you hit your head?"
"I hit my head?" I replied, coming up with a big blank otherwise.
Logan frowned.
"I'm so killing Braxton,” he mumbled.
"Who's Braxton? The name sounds familiar... hold on." I thought for a moment, knowing I had heard it before, but my brain was still very sluggishly playing catch up.