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Chapter 1

Kendall Knight resisted the urge to kick something out of frustration. He fiddled with his hair for what felt the like hundredth time, yet it still refused to sit in any decent position. Combing it didn't work, placing individual pieces in there designated spots was too irritating and making it lay down with his hand did little. Finally he just gave up grabbing his back pack and pounded downstairs, his already bad mood proceeding to get worse by the moment.

Have you ever woken up and just knew that today was going to be a bad day? Like there was something in the air giving you signs that maybe you should just stay in bed because people weren't worth dealing with? The universe was telling you to just not face the world today? Seriously, just don't.

Kendall knew the instant he woke up that today was going to blow. He knew before his head had even let the pillow. Upon getting up everything was slowly just confirming that. His shower was ice cold, his favorite plaid shirt was ruined with peanut butter, his black vans were nowhere to be seen and now his hair just wouldn't lay any particular way. That doesn't even begin to include the ridiculous scratchy feeling he was feeling at the back of his throat or the nausea in the pit of his stomach.

However he just shrugged the feeling off, assuming that his bad morning was just trying to send him over the edge. Kendall refused to let it win so he hurried downstairs ready to tackle whatever else the day had in store for him. He probably should have known it was nothing good.

"Good morning sweetie," Mrs. Knight greeted her son with a kiss on the head and set a bowl of cereal in front of him.

Kendall grinned, his mothers smile made everything the slightest bit better, "Morning," he said however his voice denied him and cracked slightly. He tried to clear it but the action proved to be quiet painful.

"You okay honey?" Mrs. Knight asked, worry clear in her voice. He studied her son closely and frowned when she noticed the look of pure exhaustion of his face. She instantly felt the urge to check his temperature and pull him into a warm, motherly embrace. She resisted the urge though. Clearly Kendall wouldn't like the idea of her mothering him. Not only was Kendall a 15 year old boy who was mortified by the fact of her kissing him in public, he had always been very proud and independent. He never really needed her as much as she would have liked, his dad picking up and leaving one day highly contributed with it. His added leadership and confident traits simply contributed to that. Having his mother fuss over him wasn't something that would be welcomed easily.

Kendall nodded, "Yea mom, fine. Just tired," he shrugged off avoiding eye contact with her.

Mrs. Knight frowned disappointedly, but did she honestly expect the answer to be any different? Kendall hadn't openly admitted he wasn't feeling well since he was five. She didn't expect him now to be thrilled with the concept. She wasn't completely convinced by his flimsy statement but decided to let it go, for now at least. He didn't look that bad off and she was probably just over reacting.

"Oh my god, I'm so, so hungry," Katie Knight complained interrupting her mother's thoughts as she took a seat next to her brother and instantly reaching for the food.

"Good morning to you to baby sis," Kendall laughed.

She just grinned up at him, "Ready for the game tomorrow big bro?"

Kendall grinned and ruffled her hair to which he just earned a glare, "You know I'm always ready. The guys are looking good this year,"

"They better," Katie smiled.

Tomorrow night was the first game of the new hockey season. Kendall was reprising his role of captain for a third time this year, and aiming for yet another first place trophy. Hockey was his only and favorite past time and there wasn't a moment he didn't love the freedom of the ice. Hockey coursed through his veins and it had been months since they'd played a proper game of it. He couldn't wait to get back get the feeling of gliding on the ice, all other worries except that puck forgotten.

"We'll be there, front row sweetie," Mama Knight smiled.

"I wouldn't expect it any other way," Kendall said in a matter-of-fact tone, "If you guys aren't there it'd put us completely off our game, I don't think Logan and James would cope," He joked.

Katie laughed, "I don't think James would,"

Kendall just grinned, "Alright come on baby sis, school time."

Katie groaned and finished off her lucky charms, "I hate school. It's so stupid, half the kids in my class are stupid and the other half don't want to be there, how am I supposed to learn anything?"

"Katie," Mrs. Knight reprimanded and she grinned sheepishly.

Kendall laughed and went to get up from the table, but it took a lot more effort than usual. His whole body was slowly aching and a simple task like moving was sort of painful. He let a small groan of pain escape his lips and Katie frowned, "You kay?" She asked.

Kendall nodded, stretching his muscles trying to loosen them up, "Yea, just stiff. I didn't sleep well last night." He said easily. He hadn't sleep well last night, he'd been up late going through game plans in his head. That was why he was so sore, he concluded. He just needed more rest and not to stress so much. They had the game in the bag, he needed to loosen up.

On the way too school Kendall didn't feel any better. The entire time his body continued to ache and a slow, throbbing headache was forming in the back of his mind. Quickly Kendall tried to shake it off, deciding this bad day was just trying to get the better of him. He wouldn't let it win.

"K-dog!"

Kendall felt a weight jump on his back and he almost buckled from the pressure, "Carlos!" Kendall cried struggling to get the hyper Latino off his back. Having Carlos jump on him was a usual thing in the mornings, but today it was particularly unwelcomed.

"Less than 48 hours until the big game bro!" Carlos jumped up and down in excitement dismissing any annoyance he saw in his leader. His face wore a look of pure anticipation and a smile like he'd just been given a puppy.

Kendall smiled with him, unable to continue being annoyed at one of his best friends, "Yes Carlos, it's very exciting," He agreed.

Before Carlos could reply with something about hockey Logan and James approached the boys, "Yo Kendall, I set us up a date Saturday night. Mindy and Jess? Best friends, gonna be awesome," James said slinging his arm around the boy and flashing his winning Diamond smile that could leave nobody denying him of what he wanted.

Kendall resisted the urge to roll his eyes yet saw Logan do just that, "Why does she want me to go? I don't even know Jess," He asked incredulous, the last thing he really wanted to do was go on a double date with James.

"Because," James replied as the boys walked to class, "You know Jess, she's that brunette in your Math class. She's pretty and you'll like her."

Kendall looked skeptic, "Mindy wouldn't go out with you unless you got Jess a date would she?" he concluded.

James smiled sheepishly, "Logan refuses to come and Carlos has a family thing. Come on Kendall I'll owe you one."

"You already owe me like three," Kendall stated.

"Please man," James pleaded.

Kendall rolled his eyes, but smiled anyway knowing he would go to the date James had set up. He was always roped into these things anyway, now it was just easier to say yes straight away then deal with the pleading and puppy dog eyes that were bound to come if he resented.

However before he could even say he'd go, his chest became tight and he started to cough. It wasn't an extremely loud or harsh cough, yet enough to be uncomfortable. And enough to get his friends to stop in their tracks and give the boy a very concerned look.

"You good?" Carlos asked after Kendall had finished.

Kendall flushed slightly and composed himself, "Of course, I just had something in my throat." He lied easily.

Logan looked at him with his eyebrows frowned, his doctor senses blaring, "That cough doesn't sound like something suck in your throat, are you alright?"

Kendall laughed, easily hiding the discomfort he felt in his chest from years of practice, "Yea I'm fine,"

Kendall rolled his eyes when Logan still looked unconvinced, he pulled the boy by his shoulders into a one armed hug, "Chill-axe little Logie, you worry too much,"

Logan shook his head and struggled from the blondes grip, "Alright, alright, kill a guy for being concerned why don't you?"

Kendall and James smirked, "That would be a lot easier if you didn't worry about every little thing," James teased.

"I wouldn't have to worry if you three weren't so stupid," Logan said.

"I resent that!" Carlos cried and jumped on Logan's back taking them both to the ground.

"Carlos!" Logan yelled annoyed.

James and Kendall laughed at the two boys who were now causing a scene in the corridor. Some students were watching them as they walked by, but most were used to the four boys craziness and just continued walking without looking back.

"Come on, we're going to be late for class," Kendall smirked as he helped Logan up while James pulled Carlos into his upright position.

"WHOO! ENGLISH!" Carlos yelled excitedly and raced off to class.

"What's he so excited for?" Logan asked annoyed, while brushing himself off clearly annoyed at the Latinos antics.

James shrugged, "I donno,"

Logan rolled his eyes as they walked to class, Kendall trailing slowly behind. He breathed a sigh of relief as he dodged another bullet with his unsteady health. Honestly Kendall had no idea what was going on. He couldn't ever remember feeling like this. The more time that pasted the more his body continued to ache. Now not only was the throbbing in his head becoming more apparent, and the scratchy feeling in his throat was worsening, his chest was beginning to tighten and his who body was becoming painful. The more steps he took the more his body just wanted to collapse.

He however did his best to ignore the pain that threatened to expose his rocky cover. Now was not the time for an illness. He had the biggest hockey game ever on Friday, a date that James was counting on him for on Saturday and a major math test on Monday. That didn't even include all the little things in between that he would miss just because his body didn't want to cooperate with him. Kendall didn't get sick. He was Kendall Knight, hockey captain, leader and mentor. People looked up to him, he couldn't get sick. He just couldn't.

He barely made it through the first two sessions of school, which seemed to be even more dull and lifeless then usual. He had no idea what went on during English, something about a book… and the themes going on in that book… maybe it had something to do with friendship… Kendall honestly wasn't sure. He only barely remembered something about the Russian revolution in history. He vaguely remembered someone called Lenin leading the Bolsheviks, or was that Trotsky? Kendall's attention span was becoming distant and his head was still throbbing.

Logan was continually giving him concerned looks which he just ignored while trying to stare at the teacher and now even James was catching on to his low mood. Kendall knew James was extremely observant of people, especially of his best friends. So he should have known James would have caught on as quickly as Logan.

Kendall chose just to ignore them and hope they'd drop it. It was probably just a headache or some 24 hour thing, he wasn't worried so there was no need to worry his friends.

Besides, he was Kendall bloody Knight, he didn't get sick.

Warning: Super long A/N read at own risk

Long time no see right? ;)

So, I know I haven't finished BTS II. But today I was just in the mood to post something, and I started this story ages ago so I figured, why not? I know it's not the best start to a story and I need to finish BTS II before I can post the second chapter but I wanted to get the ball rolling for motivation. This is going to be a bit different to the other two, I just want to go into a little more depth. Bit more of leading up to the sickness, because Kendall deserves that.

I've been super, super busy these last few weeks. I just finished my year 11 exams, I start year 12 on Monday and I have possibly the most important exam of my life coming up soon which I have literally been studying for non stop! It's insane, but I'm trying to get into some more of a routine, once school starts back up again that should be easy (hopefully).

When I'm not studying my ass off I've been working or been reading. I started the Hunger Games last week….and finished the whole series in less than a week. I fell in love *blushes shamefully* seriously every spare minute of my life was dedicated to that book. It would have finished it earlier if I didn't have things to do, like sleep. I can't wait for the movie. I think Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth will be perfect. If you haven't read the Hunger Games, seriously go do it. I couldn't recommend a book more. If you know any awesome Hunger Games FF, send me the link. For real.

Because of that book however my inbox is clogged up with author alerts and story updates that I haven't gotten around to. If I haven't reviewed something I usually do, its probably because I haven't gotten around to it. Believe me I will soon. That book seriously took over my life lol

On a different note, Big Time Superheros was awesome. I love Bandanna man and Kendall was exceptionally cute in that episode :D Music sounds better with you and Intermission = love. If you haven't checked out my other stories "Big Time Sickness" or "Big Time Sickness Part II" you should also do that too. I'm super excited for this story guys, I have massive plans for poor Kendall. I can't wait to get into it and for you to read it!

May the odds be ever in your favor ;)

Tyler.