Chapter 16

"Hey, are you okay?" I glanced up to see Noah giving me a confused look. I nodded slowly. "Yeah." "Are you sure?" he frowned. He put down the sodium hydroxide solution he was mixing and sat down beside me. "Did something happen?" "Well, kinda... But it's really not that big of a deal." "I'll be the judge of that," he said, taking the lab manual I was holding. "You've been reading the same page for ten minutes. What's wrong?" "I have?" I sighed. "The pool party didn't end so good." "I meant to ask about that. What happened?" "I almost drowned." He stared at me and I shrugged. "What? And you came here today? You should have taken the day off." "I didn't want to stay at home." He narrowed his eyes. "Did you go to the hospital at least?" "Yep," I said, popping the p. "I really am fine now." "You should have called me," he f