Allison heard the name and the knock but she couldn't answer, scrambling to her knees to be sick again before lying back down. She felt exhausted and shaky and no matter how much she didn't want James to see her looking so disgusting or weak, she couldn't do anything about it. She didn't have the energy to look and see if there was sick in her hair.
"Hi," she croaked, wincing when he moved her but curling into him instinctively. "No, no point until I stop being sick. It's this curse, I think. Vomiting and I can't breathe sometimes. It's really shit."
She decided not to mention the swelling or the racing heartbeat. If James and the others did get these symptoms she didn't want them to be really worried about what to expect. "How was Halloween?"