"Do you think she's gonna be okay?" my friend Ally asked to no one in particular.
Even though it came out of nowhere, we all knew exactly who she was talking about. Our friend Meagan was in the hospital with the so-called "green flu," a new, highly infectious strain of the flu virus. It was apparently a pandemic throughout the country, even though Meagan was the only person I knew with it.
I flopped back on Ally's bed and shut my eyes. "I'm sure she will; I mean it's only the flu after all," I said, trying to be reassuring. Ally's twin, Lena, bit her nails nervously. "I know, but they said they've never seen anything like this before. It makes me nervous." "Well, do you remember the swine flu? Everyone was fine…the vaccine made my face twitch though." Everyone laughed as they remembered how my face twitched for a week after I got the swine flu shot. "I guess," Sam said, picking at her split ends. "It's just…nothing would be the same if…you know…" she let her voice trail off, leaving what she said hanging in the air. We all nodded in solemn agreement.
Ally, Lena, Sam, Meagan and I had been friends since 9th grade, which means we were going on 3 years of friendship. We were practically sisters, and we would be devastated if Meagan passed away. I didn't wanna think about it, so I shook the thoughts out my head.
After all, it was only the flu…right?