Chapter Nine: Paige worried about Alex!
It’s now a half hour and five minutes into home room. Paige is uncomfortable, so she shifts to a different position in her seat till she is comfortable. Before she starts to read the novel again, she looks over at her girlfriend Alex. Paige notices that since class has started a half hour and eight minutes ago Alex has started to look pale again and has also starts to hold her lower abdominal again. She thinks back to when Dylan picks Alex up this morning to take Alex and her to school. She remembers that when she knocked on her moms’ apartment door to let Alex know her ride was there. Alex let her into the apartment and told Paige that she would be ready to leave for school after use the bathroom and as she set on the couch wait for Alex to finish using the bathroom, she could hear her girlfriend crying. Also no soon then Dylan has pulled his Mustang and put the car into park Alex open up the car door and close really fast. When she asks Alex’s what the rush was, Alex said that she had to use the bathroom again and was holding her abdominal in the area by both her bladder and kidney. Paige has just start to read the novel again, when she gets the feel she needs to use the restroom again she raises her hand and Mr. Simpson look up from his desk at her.

Mr. Simpson: What do you need Paige?
Paige: I have to use the restroom again, Can I take a restroom break Mr. Simpson?
Mr. Simpson: Yes you may, Paige.

Paige stands up and slower walks out of the classroom and down the hallway to the girls restroom. Meanwhile, back in the M.I. lab Alex has lay her head down on the desk and is trying not to cry in front of the whole class. But both her bladder and kidney are causing her a lot of pain. The pain is so bad that its making her nausea and she feel feverish again too. Plus she has to you’re the bathroom again. She raises her hand in the air and Mr. Simpson looks up from his desk again and sees that this time its Alex’s is raises her hand.

Mr. Simpson: What do you need Alex?
Alex: I need to use the restroom, can I go to the restroom Mr. Simpson?
Mr. Simpson: Sure, but do not take forever.
Alex: I won’t

Alex stands up then runs out of the classroom and down the hallway to the girl’s restroom. She runs into the first stall on the left-hand side. As Alex walks out of the bathroom stall, she sees Paige lean up against the restroom wall and that Paige is looking at her with a worried look. Paige walks over to her girlfriend and gives her a hug. Alex hugs Paige back and lays her head down on her right shoulder and starts to cry. Paige lets Alex cry and rub her girlfriends back to comfort her. As she is rubbing her girlfriend back, she can feel the heat come off her back. She also notices that Alex is shaken which, means she probably has the chills.

Paige: Lexi, baby what is wrong sweetie?
Alex: I think I have a kidney and Bladder infections, because I have all the symptoms. I Frequent have to use the bathroom and when I use the bathroom I have a burning sensation. Have pain in my kidney and bladder, fever. My urine is also cloudy and foul-smelling. And I am really nausea, if I would have eat breakfast this morning I would have been in the rest throw up all of first hour. I also have the chills, night sweats and I’m really tired of all the time.
Paige: Sweetie, you need to go see and doctor and find out for sure. You also need to drink a lot of water. Let go and get our book bags and then I will go to the doctor with you.
Alex: I can’t go and see the doctor, they will find out what Chad is doing to me!
Paige: Lexi, What is Chad doing to you?
Alex: Chad’s abuse me Paige!
Paige: In what way Lexi?
Alex: Sexual and physical
Paige: You can’t leave like that Lexi. You and your mom need to move out and finds some place else to live or kick Chad out.
Alex: I try to get my mom to break up with Chad, but she won’t, she says she loves him too much to break up with him.
Paige: Lexi, you need to see a doctor.
Alex: Fine, lets go get it over with then.

Paige and Alex head back to the M.I. lab and pick up they book bags and their English novel then walk back out of the room with the rest of the class, because the bell to head to second hour has just ring. But instead of head to English they leave Degrassi and head to the health center, by bus. When the bus pulls up in front of the health center Paige wakes Alex up and the two of them walk into the health center and up to the admitted desk. Alex walk picks up a pen and sing the list for patience who needs to see a doctor, but do not have an appointment. She also writes down her symptoms on the line next to her name. She hopes that the doctors are not behinds since there is twenty- patience before her on the list she sign and forty on the list with appointment. Paige leads Alex over to the wait area and to two seats by the window. The two girl’s set down and Alex rest her head on Paige shoulder and closes her eyes.