“You’re not going to die,” she shook her head. “I was kidding. It was a joke.”Camila pursed her lips against Dinah’s hand out of confusion. “Oh,” she mumbled when the other girl drew her hand away. She thought about it for a few moments before giggling at the 'joke.’Dinah just shook her head and slipped out of the hallway, searching through the medicine cabinet until she found what she needed. Camila was still sitting in the exact same place when Dinah came back, which she was thankful for. “This is gonna hurt a bit, but I have to do it, otherwise it’ll only hurt more in the long run,” Dinah explained, sitting back down on the floor and laying a paper towel down next to her. “I don’t want to run,” Camila shook her head. “You don’t have to,” Dinah rolled her eyes, deciding she was speaking to a child instead of Camila. “It may hurt, but when it’s over, you can play a game on my phone, okay?”“Game?”“Yeah,” Dinah nodded. Camila clapped her hands excitedly and Dinah took that as her cue to keep going. Slowly, she rolled Camila’s socks off of each foot. The girl on the bed winced each time, but surprisingly kept quiet.“Why did you come here?” Dinah asked, trying again to get some sort of information out of the girl. Using a pair of tweezers, she lifted Camila’s foot and slowly removed a piece of glass from her heel.“I—ouch—needed a bed,” Camila mumbled, crinkling her nose and trying to lean over and look down at her foot.“I know that,” Dinah said, continuing to remove the glass from the bottom of her foot, setting the pieces on the paper towel next to her. “But didn’t you already have a bed?”Camila shook her head. “Ouch,” she muttered once more. Dinah sighed, giving up on getting any answers. Once she removed every piece of glass she could find, she poured a few drops of hydrogen peroxide onto a cotton ball and glanced up at Camila.“This is gonna sting a bit,” she warned, pressing the cotton ball on the open wounds and beginning to clean the dried blood on the bottom of her foot. Camila whimpered from above her but remained silent. “See? All done,” Dinah nodded, satisfied with her attempt at cleaning the wounds.“Game?” Camila asked, remembering what Dinah had told her earlier. “Not yet,” Dinah shook her head. “I have to finish bandaging these,” she grabbed the gauze she’d brought from the bathroom and went to work on covering the cuts on Camila’s feet, making sure to use antibiotic ointment to keep them from getting infected.Once she was finished bandaging, she stood up and retrieved a pair of large socks from her dresser, hoping they would fit loosely over the gauze. Camila frowned as Dinah slipped the socks over the bandages. “Ouch,” she shook her head. “It’s gonna hurt for a while, that’s just how it’s gonna be,” Dinah took a deep breath, trying her best to remain patient. She regretted not passing the girl off to Normani or Ally. “Game?”Dinah pointed to the change of clothes next to Camila. “Once you change,” she nodded once and Camila quickly grabbed the clothes. She stood up slowly, testing the bandages on her feet. She clapped her hands when she realized her wounds didn’t hurt as badly as they did before. Camila struggled for a few minutes, but finally managed to get her pants and t-shirt on. Dinah had to stop herself from laughing when she realized the pants were on backwards, but decided against saying anything. “Here,” she handed Camila her phone and crawled into her bed. Moments later, Camila bounced up on the bed and was curled up smack dab next to Dinah. She held the phone close to her face, tapping at the screen aimlessly. Dinah groaned and pushed the girl off of her. “This is my side of the bed,” she mumbled, placing a pillow in between them. Camila opened her mouth to protest, but Dinah glared at her, causing the smaller girl to set the phone back down and burrow under the covers. Ignoring the humming noises from Camila, Dinah turned so her back was facing the other girl and closed her eyes. All four roommates fell asleep with a million questions circulating their heads that night.
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