Chapter Twenty-five
It has been four days since the cheerleading meet. It is now Wednesday Afternoon and it is lunch hour and Alex is sitting in the lunchroom working on her homework, when Hazel comes into the lunchroom and walks over to the table Alex that is sit at. Hazel takes a set in the chair next to Alex and taps her on the shoulder to get Alex attention. Alex stops working on her homework and looks up at Hazel.

Alex: What Hazel?
Hazel: Have you heard for Paige since Friday, because I can’t get a hold of her?
Alex: No, I call her Saturday morning to see how she was feeling, but her mom says Paige was asleep and she would let Paige know that I call and have her call me back. But Paige never called me back and it now been three days.
Hazel: I am worry about her!
Alex: Me too!
Hazel: Alex do you want to come with me to Paige’s house after school to check on Paige?
Alex: Yeah
Hazel: Ok

Meanwhile, at the Michalchuk household Mrs. Michalchuk has just pulled her van back into the diver way from taking her daughters to her orthopedic appointment with Dr. Bangs. Mrs. Michalchuk looks over at Paige after turns her car off and sees that her daughter is crying. Paige open up the passengers sides door and slide out of the seat onto her good left leg. She hops to the slide door and open it up, she grabs her crutch and closes the van door. She then puts her crutch under her underarms and hops towards the front porch and then up the steps. Mrs. Michalchuk walks to the porch and up the steps. She then unlocks the front door and Paige hops insides and up the stairs to the second floor. When she gets upstairs, she walks down the hallway past the first bedroom on the right and the bathroom. She then turns and hops into the second bedroom. She closes her bedroom door and hops over to her bed. She sits down on her bed and drops her crutch onto the floor. She slides far onto her bed and put her right leg up onto the bean bag set on her bed. She then lays back and closes her eyes. Back at Degrassi the bell to head to sixth hour has now ringing and Alex has gather her history textbook and notebook up and is now walk to class. When Alex walks into the classroom she takes a set by Hazel, Ellie, Macro, Jimmy and Craig. She has just set down when the history teacher Mr. Brookheart comes over to her.

Mr. Brookheart: Alex can you take Paige her homework, she not going to be in school the rest of this week?
Alex: Sure, Mr. Brookheart.

Mr. Brookheart hands Alex a large pile of homework that including Paige’s Chemistry, Math, Media Immersion, History and French homework. Mr. Brookheart then walks up to the front of the classroom.

Mr. Brookheart: Ok, class we are going to have a pop quiz over the reading from last night. So put you textbooks and notebooks away.

The students putting their things away and the teacher passes the quiz out. When the quizzes are all past out, Alex start taking the quiz and Alex is glad she read the four through five and the first half of chapter six at the lunch. The quiz takes the whole hour. When the bell rings Alex, Jimmy, Craig, Hazel, Macro and Ellie head they quizzes into the Teacher and then heads to the last class of the day, which is chemistry. A hour and twenty minutes later Mrs. Michalchuk hears someone knocking on the front door, she stands up for the chairs she is setting in and walks out of the office, which is the room on the right-hand side as you come through the front door. Mrs. Michalchuk then walks to the front door and looks out the window to see Hazel and Alex standing on the porch. She opens the door and smiles at Paige friends and then steps back to let them come into the house.

Mrs. Michalchuk : I guess that you want to see Paige?
Hazel: Yeah
Alex: And I have her homework for the week.
Mrs. Michalchuk: She upstairs in her bedroom, go on up.

Alex and Hazel walk up the stairs and to Paige’s bedroom to find the door close, so Hazel knocks on the door.

Paige: ( Hoarse) Who is it and what do you want?
Alex: Paige it me and Hazel is here with me, we also bring your homework.
Paige: Come in

Hazel opens Paige’s bedroom door then she and Alex walk into Paige’ bedroom. Paige set up and Hazel takes a set on the end of Paige bed. Alex walks around to the left side of Paige bed and set down and she set Paige homework next to her. Paige leans towards Alex and hugs her and Alex hug Paige back. Hazel is looking at Paige and is shock at what she is seeing. She has never saw Paige so down in the dump before.

Hazel: Paige, I have been so worry about you, why have you not return my calls?
Paige: When I get home Friday my mom made me so soup and then I went to bed and took a nap. When I wake up for my nap, I had lost my voice and I have just starts to get my voice back yesterday evening.
Hazel: Oh, So what did you do to your right leg Paige?
Paige: I have completely torn my ACL, PCL, MCL and LCL and my Meniscus in my knee. I also bruised my shin. That I also have a torn my Achilles tendon and have a stress fracture in my right ankle.
Alex: How did the appointment with the specialist Dr. Bangs, go today?
Paige: He says I have to have surgeries my knee and my Achilles tendon on Monday at seven o’clock in the morning, can you cover my shifts at the theater the rest of this week and next week Lexi?
Alex: Sure Paige.
Paige: And Hazel will you bring me next weeks homework?
Hazel: Did Dr. Bangs say how long you have to set out of sprit squads?
Paige: I will be side line for the rest of the season. I have to be on crutch for six weeks and then have physical therapy.
Hazel: I am so sorry, will you be able to take part in spirit squads next year in college?
Paige: Yeah, If any of the coach chose me for they team now.
Hazel: I have to go home now, Paige.
Paige: Ok, Thanks for stop by and see me.
Hazel: I stop by again on Friday.
Paige: Ok

Alex and Paige watch Hazel walking out Paige room and close the door behind her. Paige then picks up the pile of homework and starts going through it.