Chapter Eight: Bethany earache and Marco head cold!
Alex and Paige are setting in their three-hour class, which is English with Mrs. Kawn. Alex notice Paige is looking at her cellphone again, because Dylan just sent her another text message. Alex’s open up her notebook and writes on the first free page. This Bethany’s earache got worse? She pushes the notebook over so Page can see it and Paige reads it then write down. The daycare on the campus of Toronto universities had Dylan’s pick Bethany up because she has a low grade fever of 37.6 degrees Celsius (99.6 degrees Fahrenheit), Dylan has her in class with him right now. He said he will text massage if Bethany fever gets higher and I need to come get Bethany and take her home. Paige pushes the notebook back to Alex she reads what paige wrote then wrote back to her. She already had four ear infections this year, I hope this one clear up on it own and her fever stay down. I hope Bethany feels better soon Paige. Did you or Dylan have a lot of ear infections when you were kids? Alex pushes the notebook back to Paige who reads what Alex wrote her and at the sometime listen to Ellie readers out loud from Hamlet by William Shakespear, which is the novel they read in English class. Paige smells at Alex after read the part of I hope Bethany feels better soon. She finishes read then write back. No, neither Dylan nor I had a lot of ear infections. I had one at the 4 months and Dylan never had one. Neither of our parents got them growing up. Bethany gets it from Dean sides ( Bethany’s biological father). And thanks for saying I hope Bethany feels better soon. Paige pushes the notebook back to Alex who just finishes read what Paige wrote when the bell for class to ended rings. Alex close the notebook and puts the notebook back in her book bag along with the rest of her English books then her and Paige leave the classroom and head to fourth hour which is gym class. Alex and Paige head to the gym. Once at the gym Paige heads into the locker room and changes into her gym clothing. Alex works into the gym and Heads Mr. Armstrong the doctor note she picks up on the way home from school yesterday that let her out of gym for the rest of the year. Mr. Armstrong takes the note from Alex and reads it.

Mr. Armstrong: Go take a set in the stands and watch or if you have any homework that needs to be done you can work on it.
Alex: Ok.

Paige walks out of the locker room and runs over to Alex. She hands Alex her cellphone to keep an eye on.

Alex: Did you want me to let you know if Dylan’s text message you?
Paige: Yes, please.

A half hour into gym class Paige phone start ringing really loud. In the calling ring tone, not the text message tone. Alex knows that Paige can’t get to her phone seeing the class outside run laps so she flips the cellphone open and takes the call.

Alex: Dylan what wrong, did Bethany fever go up?
Dylan: Yeah, Alex, it now at 38.9 degrees Celsius (102.2 degrees Fahrenheit). I need Paige to come and pick Bethany up and take her to the health center to have the doctor take a look at her right ear, because its cause her a lot of pain.
Alex: Ok, I go let Paige, know Dylan.
Dylan: Thanks.

Alex flips the cellphone close and runs outside and up to Paige who know something is wrong when she sees Alex running up carrying her cellphone.


Paige: What wrong?
Alex: Dylan needs you to pick Bethany up and take her to the health center she has a fever 38.9 degrees Celsius and her right ear is cause Bethany a lot of pain.
Paige: Ok

Paige takes her cellphone from Alex and runs inside the school and grabs her book bag out of her gym locker then takes off to get Bethany after asks Alex to bring her homework home for the class she misses. The rest of the school day goes by really slower for Alex and her morning sickness start to act up after eat lunch. When the bell ring at the end of seventh hour Alex goes to her locker and throws the textbooks and notebooks she does not need into her locker then goes to Marco Locker and get all his textbooks and notebooks so he can keep up on his school work. She then gets the textbook and notebook out of Paige Locker she will need for the class she misses. Alex then takes the bus to Marco houses. When she gets off the bus, she goes up to the front door of Del Rossi houses and rings the bell. After a few minutes she sees Marco walking up and he is coughing. Macro open the door with his left hand because he is cover his mouth with his right hand. He let Alex into the house when he sees that she has her full of not only his textbooks and notebooks but Paige sixth and seventh hour science and math textbooks and notebooks. Marco leads Alex into the living room and she sets all the textbooks and notebooks onto the coffee table. She then sits down on the big comfort chair by the couch since Macro lay back down on the couch and she removes the two top notebooks and two top textbooks from the pile.

Marco: (Sound hoarse )Lexi, did paige have, coughs, to going home sick during four or fifth- hour?
Alex: She had to leaves school to take Bethany to the doctor she had a fever of 38.9 degrees Celsius and her right ear causes her a lot of pain.
Marco: Ah-Choo, Poor Bethany, let Bethany know I hope she feels better soon.
Alex: I will Marco, but how are you feeling today?
Marco: (Sniffling) I have a fever of 39.7 degrees Celsius (103.5 degrees Fahrenheit). As you can tell I’m all stuffed up and keep coughing. I also have a sore throat.
Alex: Any swell lymph nodes or inflamed tonsils?
Marco: Coughs, no thank God.
Alex: I should go I have to get home and drop Paige homework off to her and see if she needs me to take her shift tonight?
Marco: Ok., Thanks for stops by and drop all my homework off for yesterday and the rest of the week.
Alex: No big deal, just get well soon because Dylan misses you and he sent his love.
Macro: Tell, Dylan I miss him too and also that I sent my love too.
Alex: I will, and you do not need to get up to show me out and can find my own way out.
Macro: Thanks, I think I’m going to go back to sleep I have get really tire all of a sudden and I think my fever has went up too.
Alex: You do look really feverish, where did you keep the thermometer at?
Marco: It’s setting on the nightstand by my bed in my bedroom.
Alex: Ok, I will go get it for you.

Alex set down Paige textbooks and notebooks and goes and get the thermometer out of Marco bedroom then comes back and has Macro put the thermometer into his mouth. When it beeps thirty second later Alex, take the thermometers out of Macro mouth. Then the two of them both look at the thermometer together and sees he now has a fever off 40.1 degrees Celsius.

Marco: Can you head me that bottle of Tylenol cold and flu and my bottle of water?
Alex: Sure
Marco: (Alex hands him the Tylenol and the water) Thanks.
Alex: I think you have the Flu Marco, not a head cold, because you fever is too high for a cold.
Marco: Coughing, Yeah I know I hate having the flu.
Alex: I really have to go But feel better soon.
Macro: Bye.

Alex picks Paige homework up then heads out the front door and back to Paige parents house, which is where she is staying at.