The some day forty minutes later and Emma is setting in English class. She looks up at the wall clock for the fifth time. Jay and Sean’s keeps look over at Emma and give her a worry look, because for the whole class she has been holding her stomach and keeps looking up at the wall clock. Plus the fact she spent the last half hour of first hour in the restroom and has made two trips to the restroom doing this class.

Jay: Sweetie, Is everything ok because you are looking a little flush and keep holding your stomach.
Emma: I am fine.
Jay: You do not seem ok.

Emma writes down on a piece of paper, I have morning sickness is all. It is normal, when you are pregnant. Don’t let anyone else see this note. Jay looks at the note and then puts the note in his pocket, before anyone else was able to see what the note said. Sean is still looking at Emma and he knows that something is not right with her, because she never looks at the wall clock ever other minute before. She also never sets in class holding her stomach or ask to go to use the restroom in back to back classes or twice in one hour before. Just then the bell for second hour to end rings and the class start gathering up their English things up and heads to their three hour classes. For Jay, Sean, Manny, Emma along with Alex’s they next class is gym. Alex meets Sean outside Mrs. Kawn classroom door and Jay, Sean, Emma, Alex and Manny head to gym class together. When they got to the gym both of Jay and Sean’s go into the boys locker room. Manny walks into the girls locker room, but both Alex and Emma heads into the gym. The two girls walk over to the stands and takes a set in the fourth rows of the stands. Emma looks over at Alex and sees that she has put her right legs up on the bench in front of them. She also notices that Alex right pant leg is really tight because her knee is very swell.

Emma: Lexi, If you lay down on the bench and rest your right leg on the next bench up, it might help the swollen go down!
Alex: Thanks, I will try that.

Alex lays down and put her right leg onto fifth bench and closes her eyes to try to block out how much pain she is in. Emma puts her hands back on her stomach. I hope the feeling of having butterflies in my stomachs goes away before lunch or I will not be able to eat anything and everyone will start asking me why I am not eating lunch. Alex lifts her hands up to her face and she wipes tears off, of her face.

Emma: Lexi, do you need anything?
Alex: Could you get me an ice pack out of Mr. Armstrong office?
Emma: Sure

Emma stands up and walks out of the gym and to the door next to the gym and knocks. Mr. Armstrong walks up to the door and open it up.

Mr. Armstrong: What do you need ?
Emma: Can I have an ice pack?
Mr. Armstrong: What for?
Emma: Alex’s asks me to get her one, she hurt her knee and it very swollen and sore.
Mr. Armstrong: Sure you know where they are, I need to go to the gym now.

Emma walks into the office and grabs one of the reusable ice pack out of the min-freezer. She then walks back into the gym and up the stands to the four row and hand Alex’s the ice pack. Alex place the ice pack onto her right knee and lay back down and is trying to keep the tough girl image up and not let anyone see her crying. She then looks at everyone take part in gym class and see Jay is not in the gym. Emma also notices that Jay not in the gym. Sean sees both Alex and Emma looking around the gym. He drops the hockey sticks and runs over to Emma and Alex.

Emma: Sean, where is Jay at?
Sean: Mr. Armstrong sent him to the school nurse?
Alex: Why?
Sean: You been in the gym the whole time Lexi, you do not see him throwing up in the trash can by the boys locker room door?
Alex: No, I had my eyes closes.
Emma: You mean he was lying to me this morning when I ask him if his stomach was bothering him?
Sean: Yeah
Emma: I let him kiss me when he is contagious. Great I can’t afford to get sick!
Mr. Armstrong: Sean you need to come back out here and play floor hockey with the rest of the class.
Sean: Alex and Emma are not playing?
Mr. Armstrong: Alex has a hurt knee and Emma setting out for female reason. Now get back into the game.
Sean: Ok, Mr. Armstrong.

Sean runs back out onto the gym floor and picks up the hockey stick that he drops on the floor and starts playing floor hockey again. Emma puts her hands back onto her stomach and looks down at it. God I hope I do not end up catch the flu from Jay. Alex set up and holds the ice pack on her knee as she moves her right leg back down to the bench that in front of her.

Alex: Em, is everything ok, because you are looking worried about something?
Emma: Just tired and I’m still nausea is all.
Alex: Maybe you should go see the nurse and see if you have a fever Emma?
Emma: No, I’m fine. Lexi, what did you do to your right knee?
Alex: Chad that what.
Emma: What set him off this time?
Alex: I was sleep on the couch because Jamie (Jay Sister) was a sleep in my bedroom. I was babysitting her since Jay, Mrs. Hogart and your were all working last night. Chad came home drunk and wake me up and tell me to get off the couch. When I did not get up, he grabs a crow bar and start hit my right low leg with it. When I still did not get up after I tell him that Jamie was use my room. He starts hit my knee till it was swollen to the size of a watermelon and I had black and blue mark for the crow bar up and down my whole leg. I did not know the injury was this bad last night because I had lost the feeling in my lag a half hour into Chad hit it. But today my right knee keeps pop out of place and making a loud snap and creaking sounds when I put weight on it or when I am walking.
Emma: That not good Lexi, Have you went to the doctor or at lest had the school nurse look at your knee?
Alex: No.
Emma: You should go to the health center after school and have your knee look at.
Alex: I have to go to work as soon as school gets out.
Emma: Ask Paige to cover your shift.
Alex: She had major surgery on her blown out left knee yesterdays.
Emma: Sorry, I forget. I should have remembered seeing that I cover her shift last night. I work after school too, but I will cover for you and tell Merri you were not feeling good so you went to the doctor.
Alex: No, If it still bothering me tomorrow morning I will go have it look at.
Emma: Ok, Lexi

Just then the bell for three hour to end rings and Alex and Emma heads into the hallway to wait for Manny and Sean to come out of the locker room. As they are waiting for their friends, Emma sees Jay walk towards the main doors of the school and runs over to him. When she gets up to him, she feels his forehead.

Jay: Emma, do not even say it, I know that I am running a high fever.
Emma: How high is your fever because you feel like you are on fire?
Jay: I have a fever of 40.5 C (104.9 F) and can’t keep anything down so the school nurse is sending me home sick. Can you get a ride home from Sean?
Emma: Yeah, Jay’s no problem I can get a ride home from Sean. I hope you feel better soon!
Jay: Me too, I will call you tomorrow to see how you are doing.
Emma: Ok, now go home and get lots of rest and call into work sick!
Jay: I will Em, Bye.
Emma: Bye.

Emma walks Jay out to his car in the parking lot and waves bye to Jay as he drives away from the school. She then heads inside the school and met Alex, Sean, Spinner and Manny in the lunch room for their lunch hour.