One full week later and the day Emma comes back to school. There is also a gymnastics meet that day at Degrassi starting at lunch time, that Emma has to go to cheer her team on. Emma and Sean are at Emma’s locker before school and she is getting her school books together when Alex Manny and Mia walk over to Emma and Sean.

Alex: How are you doing Em?
Emma: Good, Lexi is there something wrong, because you seem quiet then normal?
Alex: No, just tire and I had a bed practice this morning.
Mia: Lexi thanks for watch Isabella for me last night so I could go to the movie with JT.
Alex: No big deal, we had fun and you never get to go out and the one time you do your babysitter calls you and tell you she is sick. When you ask me after practice I could not turn you down.
Mia: Isabella Ask me to ask you if you want to be her babysit for now on. I say I would ask for her.
Alex: Sure, how was she feeling this morning?
Mia: Better
Emma: What was wrong
Mia: Just a little head cold.

The bell rings and they head to class. After the first three hours of school the gymnastic team goes to the locker room to get ready for the meet. Emma set on the sideline and cheer her team on, it was a close meet, Degrassi beat Lakehurst by .1 points.
After the meet. The gymnastic team head to the last hour, which for Alex Manny, Emma, Sean it
gym class.

Emma: Lexi, are you sure you ok, because you not look so good. You are also not take part in gym class and are set in the stand with me?
Alex: I am feeling a little run down is all.

Alex, rub her eyes and lays down on the stands with her head laying by Emma left knee. Emma feels Alex forehead.
Emma: You are running a fever, did Mrs. Hatzilakos know that you are sick, Lexi?
Alex: Yeah but I had to be in the meet, because we were short with Heather getting sick right before the meet, plus you been on the injury list. That left us with only five team members and five go up and the judges count the top four score.
Emma: Oh
Alex: Cough

The bell rings and they all head home, beside Alex who has to go into work and Sean who is taking Emma to her first physical therapy appointment. Sean and Emma talk as he Driver Emma to her appointment.Sean: Em, are you ok you been really quite since after first hour?
Emma: Yeah I am fine Sean. I am worried about Alex that all Sean.
Sean: Em, she says that she is fine.
Emma: She is running a fever Sean.
Sean: She been taking care of herself must of her life and she knows if she is sick or not Emma. And she told both of us she is fine.
Emma: And since when did she like watching children and way would she watch Isabella for Mia?
Sean: She always love watch children ever since her and Jay had they daughter, back in September 2003.
Emma: She has a daughter!
Sean: Oh she has not told anyone about it.
Emma: Is that way she misses some much school the first half of the 2003-2004 school year.
Sean: Yes
Emma: But the first week of school me and Manny were over at her house working on a history report and there was no one there.
Sean: Jay was watching they daughter that night. Lexi went and picked up Star from Jay after she take you and Manny off at your home from gymnastics practice or when she gets off of work.

Sean pulls into the parking lot and parks his car and goes around to the passenger side of the car and gets Emma crutch off the backseat and head then to Emma. The two of them walk into the physical therapy building. Sean is waiting in the seat area, while Emma is doing her physical therapy. At the mall movie theater Alex is trying to stay focus on her job at the snack counter, but her eye keep close on her. She is also worry about the fact that Chad is watching Star for her since Jay had to work Sean hours plus his close hours after school and also that Chad had Star all day since she has the some head cold as Isabella does so she could not go to daycare. Merri walks up behind her.

Merri: Alex wake up
Alex: I'm up
Merri: You eyes were just close then
Alex: Sorry, I'm awake now.
Merri: Good can you close up tonight, I need to go home my daughter is really sick.
Alex: Sure.

Merri head home leave Alex alone to finish the night off and close up. As soon as Merri leave the theater become pack and does not slow down the rest of the night. When she gets home, form work Star is setting on the couch cry.

Alex: What wrong?
Star: Cough, hurt
Alex: What hurt

Star points to her throat.

Alex: Chad did you give Star he medication?
Star: He not here, grandma not here either.
Alex: There just left you home by yourself.
Star: Ah-Choo, yes.

Alex gets Star ready for bed and then goes over to the couch and wait for Emily and Chad to get home. When Emily and Chad walk into the apartment, Alex gives them an evil look.

Alex: Chad you said that you would watch Star and then the two of you just leave her here by her self, she only two-year-old.
Chad: Sorry she was asleep and you were going to be home in two minute.
Alex: No, I called and I tell Emily I was close up for Merri because her child was really sick.
Emily: Sorry I forget.

Alex storms off to her and Star bedroom and goes to bed. The next morning at Nelson/ Simpson/ Santos house. Manny and Emma both over sleep and Alex is knocking on the front door. Spike walks over to the door and answer it.

Spike: Alex’s comes on inside, the girls haven't come out yet and why is Star with you?
Alex: No, Star is sick and can't go to day care today
Spike: I will watch Star for you, Jack stay home today because of an earache.
Alex: Thank you. I am going to go get Manny and Emma now.

Alex walks downstairs to Emma and Manny bedroom and finds that they are both still asleep. She wakens both of them up.

Alex: Emma, Manny wake up we are going to be late to school, Cough.

Manny jumps out of bed and runs over to Emma.

Manny: Wake up Alex is here we over sleep.

Emma set up and rolls her eye at Manny and Alex.

Emma: My knee really hurts, I do not think I can make it to school.
Alex: Emma, you have no days left coughs and Ah-Choo.

Emma slower get out of bed and her and Manny gets ready for school. Then the three girls head upstairs and Star comes run up to Alex.

Star: Momie see you tonight.Alex: You to Star. Oh Manny and Emma this is my daughter Star.
Star: Emma that Jack Sissie Momie
Alex: Yep that Jack big Sister.
Emma: How does she know Jack?
Spike: They both go to the same daycare.

The girls head to school once at school Manny, Alex and Emma go to their first hour class and Sean walks into the M.I. room with Jay.

Jay: Lexi I get the call you left on my voice mail. I am so mad at Chad and Emily for leave Star home by herself. Who has her today because Mia said she was not at daycare when she drops Isabella off?
Alex: Mrs. Nelson watching her for me, since Jack was stay home because of an earache she had to take the day off of work anyways.
Jay: At last I'll know she is safe today and not left alone all day.
Alex: Yeah cough.
Mr. Simpson walk into the room.
Mr. Simpson: Jay’s this is not you class, what are you doing in this class room.
Jay: Sorry I had to talk to Alex before class about Star, Chad and Emily left her alone yesterday.
Mr. Simpson: Oh. But you need to go to you class now.

Jay walks out of the M.I. lab and head to Mrs. Kawn English class.

Mr. Simpson: all right class, today we are gone to hear Alex Nunez power point project.

Alex walks up to the front of the room and put her disk into the main computer and start it up.

Alex: my power point project is on my daughter Star. She just turns three in September. The report take ten minutes when she finish give the report she set back down in her set.

Mr. Simpson: Very good Alex, The picture you use really shows how good of a Mom and dad you and Jay are to Star, and how much you love her.
Alex: thank.

Liberties raise her hand.

Mr. Simpson: Yes Liberty?
Liberty: Alex’s I did not know you had a daughter, why do you keep it hiding for so long.
Alex: Cough, I did not mean to it just happen that way, no one really hangs out with me the first five years I was here beside Jay, Amy, Sean and there all knew, I guess it happen because no one asks about why I miss so much school at the bringing of the year that I had Star.
Liberty: How do you lose the wight so fast after having Star?Alex: I did not gain a lot of wight, Star wight five lb. at birth and I only gain 15 pounds, cause I was work and going to school, so was always working off what I eat.
The bell rings for class to end and everyone stands up and head to their next class.Alex, Manny, Emma and Sean go to science class and takes a seat in the back of the room. Liberty walks to the back of the classroom and set down by them.

Liberty: Alex did you think about put Star up for adaption.
Alex: No, I could not do that.

Mrs. Hatzilakos walks into class and start class up right away. A half hour into to class Mrs. Hatzilakos walk up behind Alex.

Mrs. H: Alex wake up

Alex set up and rubs her eyes.
Alex: what
Mrs. H: You fall asleep.
Alex: Sorry long night I had to close up at work the come home for work to find out Emily and Chad left Star home along.
Mrs. H: Ok, just stay a waken.
Alex: Fine coughs, Ah-Choo.

Mrs. H then continues with the notes she was have the class take.

Alex: Em what has Mrs. H been talk about?
Emma: I let you copy my notes at lunch.
Alex: Thank, but can you just bring then to my place after school and pick Star up from you house and bring her to my place.
Emma: Sure, but why?
Alex: I need to go home.

Emma looks at Alex and sees that she does not look good. Emma also feels her forehead.

Emma: I think you should go to the nurse and get a pass to go home, so you are excuse for the rest of the day.
Alex: Yeah I am

Alex rises her head

Mrs. H: Yes Alex what do you want?
Alex: Can I have as pass to go to the nurse please I am not feeling good.
Mrs. H: No, because all the gymnasts must be at practice after school today. Which also means you have to be in all you class today Alex.
Alex: Fine, cough The bell for classes to end rings and the students leaves Mrs. Kawn classroom. The students head to their third hour class, which is English with Mrs. Kawn. Alex goes into the class and lays her head down on the desk. Mrs. Kawn walks into the room and over to Alex.

Mrs. Kawn: Do you need to go and see the nurse, because you do not look good?
Alex: No I'll be fine.

Mrs. Kawn walks to the front of the room and start class.

Mrs. Kawn: Today we are going to hear form everyone on what they have write in they creative write journals. We will start at the front of the room and work our way to the back of the room.


Sean: Lexi you should go to the nurse and went home.
Alex: I have to go to practice tonight. I am not take part in gym class or practice I copy my science notes down doing that time. Cough.
Emma: I think you are coming down with Isabella and Star cold!
Alex: Ah-Choo, no they just had a cough and a sore throat. I am all ache and my nose is also all
stuffed up.
Sean: I can't believe Mrs. H is making you stay for practice, can't she see how sick you are?
Alex: Cough, no but there must be an imported reason for it, if she makes everyone come to practice.
Emma: It just wrong.

That afternoon at Gymnastics practice.

Mrs. H: All right Girls, we have the high school region championship come up in four weeks from today. So there is going to be practice every morning and after school. There is no if and or but you have to be at each practice, even if you are sick as a dog. Now everyone but Emma needs to start practice now.

Alex slow get up and goes into the locker and change with the rest of the girls.

Mia: Alex you do not look good at all.
Alex: I have the flu and Mrs. H would not let me go to the nurse and go home.
Mrs. H: it does not take that long to change.
Kendra: Mrs. H has been so mood later.

The girls come run out of the locker room.

Mrs. H: Alex on vault, Mia on Floor, Manny, Kendra, Heather on Bars, Darcy on beam Now. I change my mind Emma gets change and you are also work on bars doing the whole time even when the other girls switch events.

Emma hops to the locker room on her crutch and changes, then come hop back out. Alex practice Bars last. She looks at Emma and sees that Emma has tears run down her face. Alex put her bar grips on and starts have a cough fit. When she stops coughs, she walks over and grabs her water bottle and gets a drink.

Alex: Emma’s are you ok?
Emma: Yeah my knee just really hurts, I been up on it too long. Are you ok Lexi, you sound awful?
Alex: Cough, Ah-Choo, no I feel like a truck hit me and I have no strong left to do bars.

Mr. Armstrong walks over to Emma and Alex.

Mr. Armstrong: I would start training before Mrs. H sees that the two of you are just talk, Alex since you have not been on Bars yet you start.

Alex mounts the bars but does not get an enough high going to the high bar and fall off.

Mr. Armstrong: Are you all right?

Alex starts to stand up and lose her Balance Mr. Armstrong catch her before she falls onto the low bar.

Mr. Armstrong: Alex and Emma I want t the two of you to go and changes and Emma will you take Alex home ok?
Emma: Sure

Sean walks over to them.

Sean: I'll give Manny a ride home when practice is over.

Alex and Emma goes and change, then Alex head Emma her car keys and they walk out to Alex’s car. Emma first stop at her mom house to pick up Star. Alex goes up to the front door and knock Spike answer the door and Star, see her mom as Mrs. Nelson open the front door.

Star: Momie, Momie.
Alex: Come on it time to go home.
Spike: I fellow you and Emma to you place Alex so I can give Emma a ride home after.
Alex: You do not need to Jay’s is meet us at my place to Pick Star up and take her for the Night he will bring Emma home.
Spike: Ok. Alex walks out to the car and puts Star into her car seat and then Emma takes them home and make sure Alex get into the house and walk back out to Jay’s car with Jay and Star after Emily pack Star an overnight bag.

At the Hogart house two hours later. Jay is staring at his math homework trying to understand it but, every time he starts to get the problem that he is working on Star interrupted.
Jay: Star what is it this time?
Star: ick feeling
Jay: (Picks her up) I know Baby
Star: Want Momie
Jay: Your Mom does not feel good, so you stay here tonight. That way she can get some sleep tonight and not have to worry about you.
Star: Cold dadie
Jay: That is because you fever has gone back up baby. Lets go into the bathroom and take you temperature and see how high its.
Jay his daughter into the bathroom and take her temperature, After the thermometer beeps. Star pulls it out from under her underarm.
Star: Here Dadie
Jay: You fever is way to high Star I am taking you to the ER and Have you seen by a doctor.
At Chad, Emily and Alex place an hour and half later, the phone ring and Emily pick it up.
Emily: Emily Nunez speak
Jay: Hi Emily it’s Jay I need to speak to Alex, it about Star.
Emily: She could not get off work Jay, so if you want to speck to her you have to call her cellphone or her work. Number
Jay: Ok Emily
They both hang up and Jay Look at Star in the hospital bed and the IV that is in Star tiny left hand.
Star: want Momie, Dadie.
Jay: I know baby, I will call her Cellphone.
Jay dial Alex Cellphone number, but get her voice mail, so he hangs up and Dail her work number.
Alex: Alex Speak you have reach the Sunset Mall Movie theater. How can I help you.
Jay: Lexi It me Jay
Alex: Jay’s this better be important, because I am at, coughs, Ah-Choo at work.
Jay: Its about Star Lexi, Her Fever get really high and I had to take her to the ER and the Doctor check her into the hospital to run some test and give her medicine through an IV and try to get her fever down. I call Mrs. Nelson when we get to the ER and she said that Star fever went up and down all day. Mrs. Nelson gives her children Tylenol to help keep her fever down, she was going to tell you, but since you were in a rush to get home after practice, she forgets to tell you.
Alex: That ok, How Star doing now?
Jay: She is scary and wants her mom. She also will not let go of my left hand, Is there anyway you could get off work and come to Toronto General Hospital.
Alex: I will try, but I will only be able to if I can find someone to come in for me, I call you and let you know if I was able to find someone to cover the rest of my shift.
Jay: Ok

They Hang up and Jay turns his attention back to Star.

Back at Sunset movie theater Alex’s is calling co-worker trying to find someone to come in and cover the rest of her shift. She now at the last number on the list, which is Dan Kit. Alex dials his phone number. He picks up after three rings.

Dan: Dan Kit speck.
Alex: Hi Dan’s I know it’s you first day off of work in a month and you have been work the day shift the last few months, but I really need you to come in and take the rest of my shift over and close up. Jay had to take Star to the ER because her fevers get really high and the doctor check her into the hospital. Star, really wants her mom, because she is scary.
Dan: Sure Alex, I know how what that feel like. My wife and I have a daughter ourselves.
Alex: thank Dan
Dan: I will be there in ten Minutes.

They hang up and Alex calls Jay to let him know she will be there in 45 minutes. Once Dan gets there, Alex grabs her purse and car keys. She then heads to the hospital. Alex’s walks into her daughter hospital room and sees her lay on the bed.

Star: Momie
Alex Set down on the bed next to her) I am here baby.

After ten minutes of Alex get to the hospital and set down by her daughter. Star has gone to sleep. Alex slower get of the bed and takes a set in the chair next to Jay.

Alex: coughing
Jay: Lexi you not sound too hot. Why don’t you go home for the night seen that Star asleep now!
Alex: Yeah you right Jay’s I am not help any of us if I do not take care of myself and end, cough, Ah-Choo, up sick then I already am. If she wakes up and wants to talk to me, call my cellphone Jay.
Jay: OK

Alex gets up and leaves her daughter hospital room and head out to her car, she then goes home. Once at home she goes into the bathroom and she takes some Tylenol cold and flu. Then she goes into her bedroom and lays her cellphone on her night stand. Alex then gets into bed and falls right to sleep.

The next morning Alex wakes up to Manny, Emma, Sean, Jay and Star stand by her bed. She sits up and Star get up onto her mom bed and set down next to her.

Alex: Jay did the doctor let Star out of the hospital?
Jay: Yeah, they get her fever to break, so the doctor gave Star a prescription and released her this morning.
Alex: Emma, Manny and Sean way are you here?
Manny: We have a gymnastics practice before school today. Mrs. H let the team know after you and Emma left yesterday.
Sean: I give Emma and Manny a ride over here.
Alex: Ah-choo
Emma: Lexi, you sound like you getting worse.
Alex: I am stay home sick today, I feel too weak and, cough, feverish to go to practice or to school today.
Jay: I Just bring Star over to see you, before take her to my house. My mom side she would stay home from work and watches Star for us today.
Alex: that good I’m not feeling up to take care of Star or even take care of myself. I am just going to sleep all day. Your three year old sister will, Ahhh-Choo, love Star being over there.
Jay: Yeah, She will. Feel better, Lexi.
Manny: I will let Mrs. H know you are Running a fever and are really sick.
Alex: Thanks

Jay picks Star up and follows Sean, Manny and Emma out of Alex and Star’s bedroom and then out of the apartment.