The YARN Effect

Alicia woke up in hospital, in the bed next to Tessa�s.
As she rubbed her eyes, she realised what had happened. She�d been in a car crash. She�d driven through a patch of oil and lost control of her vehicle. She�d fallen unconscious and the villain had gotten away.
With a deep feeling of having let her friends down, she started to look around the room. To her right was the door out to the hall, in front of her was a sink and a television, and to her left was Tessa�casts on both knees, and furiously knitting.
�Um�what are you doing?� Alicia asked. Tessa looked up.
�Knitting a corn stalk cover for my object of worship, Shawn Johnson. When you were put in the same room as me, I was sure I�d get my chance at some point! I�m so excited!� she said with an ear to ear smile, and resumed knitting.
After two hours of non-stop knitting, Tessa finally took a break.
�Look, how much yarn have you got anyway?!� Alicia asked and pointed to the floor next to Tessa.
�Well, people keep sending it to me, I might as well use it for something cool. Do you think Shawn will like this design? Or should I start over? God, I�m nervous�will they be back here soon?�
�I don�t know�I�m sure if it has to do with corn, it�ll go down a treat. At the moment I�m not really sure what the hell is going on anymore. We�ll just have to wait and see, girlie girlie.�

And with that, Shawn, Carly and Gael Mackie entered the room. While Gael Mackie went over to Tessa to see how she was doing, Shawn and Carly sat down next to Alicia�s bed.
�Wow, we were really worried for a while there. The doctors said you were extremely lucky�you could have died�� Shawn said. Carly took something out of her bag.
�Look what we found in Tessa�s room. We almost missed it while we were searching for clues, cos of all that yarn she�s got thrown everywhere�oh, and I see it�s here as well.� Carly said and looked over at Tessa�s yarn supply.
�So what�s that? A stick?� Alicia said and reached her hands out. Carly gave it to her.
�Yes, a chopstick�with something engraved.�

Alicia held the chopstick up in front of her.
�AVL? In pink glitter? What the hell does that mean?� she said and frowned, before giving it back to Carly.
�We don�t know�but since there�s only one, and Tessa�s parents assured us it does not belong to her or them, it must be the property of the attacker. But AVL?�
�And pink glitter?� Alicia added.
Meanwhile, Tessa had started fidgeting and pressuring Gael Mackie to retrieve Shawn for her.
Gael Mackie tapped Shawn�s shoulder.
�Hey kid, I think Tessa really wants to talk to you.� she said, and went off to locate sandwiches for all of them in the hospital�s cantina.
Shawn patted Alicia�s forehead goodbye and went over to Tessa�s bed. Tessa had forgotten all about knitting at the sight of THE SHAWN and she was fumbling with her casts in order to make them look their best for her idol.
As Shawn came closer, Tessa�s jaw dropped.
�Wait! You�re a girl? What the hell?!� she exclaimed.
�Yeah, last time I checked�what�s that you�ve got there?� Shawn said, and pryed the corn stalk cover from Tessa�s hands.
�Um, no, wait, give that back�� Tessa said, but to no avail.
Shawn gave her a funny look when she saw the cover. It had a big corn cob in front, with the text Tessa <3�s Shawn 4ever written over it.
�Ummmm�you thought I was a dude?� Shawn said and had Carly reach over and scratch her noggin.
�Well�you tumble like one. And you are called Shawn!� Tessa said, with a grave look of disappointment on her face.
�Wow�I don�t know what to say now. Ummm�let�s play barbies?� Shawn said and looked down.
�Yayyyyyy!� Tessa shouted, and her face lit up again.

Gael Mackie returned with many sandwiches, all of which were left untouched. Well, Carly had a few, but you know.
�I�m going back to Canada. See youse later!� Gael Mackie said, and waved goodbye before she left the hospital room.
Alicia and Carly were still discussing the possible meaning of AVL, when Shawn rolled Tessa up to Alicia�s bed in a wheelchair.
�Hey, we�re going out for a walk�err, roll. Tessa is going to teach me about dancing!� Shawn said.
��hold on, how can you dance if your knees are broken?� Carly asked.
�Well, I�m just going to instruct for now, but then maybe later I can send Shawn some videos on MSN or something.� Tessa said.
�Um, yeah, okay, so while you and the lord of the dance over here go and play in the rainbow, Carly and I will sort out this�stick thing.� Alicia said to Shawn, and twirled the chopstick between her fingers.
�Alicia, be careful with that�it�s evidence!� Carly said and grabbed it from her.
�Evidence? Did you find it at my house?� Tessa asked.
�Yeah, in your room�does it bring any memories back to you?� Carly asked, and handed Tessa the chopstick.
�Not really�� Tessa said, as she felt it in her hands.
�Oh�well, worth a try. You two have fun then, Alicia and I will try to find out who this belongs to.� Carly said, shrugging her shoulders.
�Wait, isn�t this�I saw this in IG. They were interviewing Nastia and she had something like that in her hand in the photo�at some sushi restaurant�umm�what was it called?� Tessa said.
�Cod�n�Sushi�s?� Carly suggested.
�Yes! Yes, that was it. They had her there going all on about sushi, beginner grips, and the religious nature with which she treats her chopsticks. Between the ones of us, I think she�s gone a bit off her rocker.�
�Nastia? Has she been to your house lately, Tessa?� Alicia asked.
�No�I wish!� Tessa said, and laughed.
�Oh my God�AVL�those are her initials! Do you know what that means?!� Alicia said, shocked with this new revelation.
�Yeah! Someone�s nicked her chopsticks! We have to return them!� Carly shouted.
�No, Carly. Nastia�s the bad guy�� Alicia said quietly.

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