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Luke's POV

I woke up how always did on school days. But today was different.

I didn't turn on music while I got dressed in my school uniform.

I wasn't able to even start getting dressed for school.

Once I got out of bed, I was hit with this dizziness that made the room spin. I slowly sat back down at the edge of my bed as my head starting to pound. My eyes were now feeling really heavy and I just wanted to close them; I am so tired.

Maybe just five more minutes? Yeah, I'll rest them for five minutes and then I'll get ready for school.

Sarah Jane's POV

I made Luke his toast and sat in the kitchen reading today's paper. I glanced at the clock as flipped the page and noticed it was already half passed seven. I didn't see Luke and I didn't hear the radio blasting from his room like I usually do in the morning. I put down the paper and went upstairs to check on him. I found Luke asleep on top of his covers.

"Luke." I say as I gently shake him awake. "Luke, wake up."

"No, mum." Luke groans. "I'm tired."

"Luke, it's half past seven. You're going to be late if you don't get up." I say and Luke opens his eyes and slowly sits up.

"I was only resting for five minutes." Luke says and I frowned looking at him. He looked pale, his voice sounded hoarse, and then when he tried to stand up, he looked ready to fall over. I quickly grabbed him and helped him sit back down. "Mum, I don't feel well."

"Why don't you lie back down for a minute?" I say and he nodded slowly. I pulled the covers back so he could get back into bed and then put them over him. I then went up to the attic. I knew something was wrong as Luke was given perfect health. He shouldn't be ill. The only other time this happened was because of that Rackweed plant got into his system; I wonder if we have an alien on our hands.

"Mr. Smith, I need you."

"I assume this is about Luke." Mr. Smith states and I nod.

"Yes, he's ill, but he shouldn't be. The Bane gave him perfect health. There must be something wrong." I say.

"I have detected an alien parasite." Mr. Smith says and brings up images onto the screen. "It isn't fatal, but if it has gotten into Luke, which would explain him becoming ill, it will take time for it to pass through his system."

"How long will that take?"

"At least a week, maybe more considering Luke isn't like most people." Mr. Smith says and I sighed. At least a week.

"But you're saying it's nothing dangerous?" I ask. This was my son and if there was even the chance of this harming him, I wasn't just going to sit here and wait it out.

"No. But as it passes through his system, it will appear in symptoms such as Fever, Chills, Sore Throat, Nausea, Stomach Cramps, and ect." Mr. Smith explains. Though it wasn't dangerous, this meant Luke was going to have to get through a week of being sick; oh this should be fun.

"Any advice?" I ask.

"I'm sorry, but I do not understand the question." Mr. Smith says and I try to think of a better way to put this.

"Do you know how I can handle this? What should I do? Is there anything I can do?"

"I believe you should treat this how anyone would tend to a sick child." Mr. Smith says and I nod. This would definitely be an interesting week.

"Thank you, Mr. Smith." I say and then go back downstairs and try to think of what to do. I knew it was nothing serious and eventually Luke would be back to his normal self; but this was so different. Aliens I could deal with. I've never had to take care of anyone that was sick before, so this was all new to me; and to Luke as well. Mr. Smith said I should I treat this how any mother would if their son was sick, but I don't really know the first thing about that. I didn't even get sick when I was child. Well I did, but it wasn't very often. The only thing my Aunt Lavinia would do, besides tell me to rest, is phone a doctor, and I couldn't really do that for Luke.

I guess I'll have to figure this out on my own.

I grabbed a thermometer from the bathroom closet and went back into Luke's room. I'm sure this is what most parents do first. I sat on the edge of his bed and stroked his hair. He was asleep. I knew he was tired and I didn't want to wake him, but I knew it's better if I do. I had to know what his symptoms were and maybe I had something here that could help treat them; maybe that could help until he gets over this.

"Luke." I said gently rubbing his back to wake him. "Luke, I need you to wake up for me." I hear Luke groan and then move slightly. "How are you feeling now?"

"Not great." Luke says as he turns over so he's now laying back against his pillow looking up at me; he did not look great either.

"Can you tell me what's wrong exactly?" I ask. I needed to know what I was dealing with.

"I'm tired."

"Besides that." I laugh a bit.

"When I stood up, I got really dizzy and everything went blurry." Luke says and I nodded. I guess I won't have him get up then. "My head hurts and I'm really cold."

I wonder if he had a fever; Mr. Smith said that was a possible symptom.

"I think we should take your temperature." I say and Luke takes the thermometer from me and puts it in his mouth. "There's nothing else?" I ask him and Luke shakes his head. I guess that was good, but I had feeling that could change later. A few moments later I took the thermometer from Luke to see the reading. "101.2"

"Is that bad?" Luke asks, looking scared. "Mum, what's going on?"

"Mr. Smith says you been infected by an alien parasite. He says eventually it will pass and you'll be back to normal, but until then you'll be like this. These symptoms you are feeling now and ones you may feel later are the parasite." I explained. "It'll be alright, I promise. I'll take care of you."

"Can I go back to sleep now?" Luke asks with his eyes barely open. He was so tired, but I didn't want him to go to sleep just yet.

"In a minute. I want to get some medicine into you first." I say, getting up to go check if we actually had anything. I hope we did because I didn't really want to leave Luke alone while he's like this. I went into the medicine cabinets and I couldn't really find anything. I had painkillers and vitamins, which would be no use to Luke.

I didn't want to leave Luke to go get medicine, but I didn't want to just do nothing either. At least if I gave him something, it might help him feel a little better.

Maybe Gita will have something that could help.

I went over the road and knocked on the door. Rani answered the door and she seemed surprised to see me instead of Luke. "Hey Sarah Jane, where's Luke?" She asks me.

"He's not feeling well today, so he's in bed." I said and watched as a look of concern appeared on Rani's face. "It isn't anything to worry about. I'll explain it to you and Clyde later. Anyways, I was actually hoping to talk to your mum." Rani nodded and then called for her and then Gita came out.

"Hello Sarah. What can I do for you?" Gita asks.

"I was wondering if you had any medicine you could spare." I asked. "Luke's ill and I don't have anything in the house to give him."

"Oh of course. Just be a moment." Gita says and goes back inside.

"You sure, it's nothing..." Rani tries to ask, but is cut off at hearing Gita coming back.

"Here you are. I'm sure he won't like the taste, but it works wonders." Gita says and I grin. I was just happy I had something to give him; and it probably wasn't that bad.

"Thank you so much. Normally, I wouldn't ask, but I don't want to leave Luke with him being ill." I say.

"Oh it's no trouble at all, Sarah. We have plenty of medicine and I'm sure Rani is happy with giving that away." Gita says and I grin a bit at that as I see Rani roll her eyes. "If you need anything else, just ask." I nod as she goes inside and Rani walks slowly beside me.

"I hope he's alright." Rani says. "Clyde and I can come over after school. If that's alright."

"It's fine. Now you better be off." I say and then go back inside and upstairs to Luke. "Sorry, I had to get some medicine from Gita."

"Mum, why do I need to take medicine? Will it even work on me?" Luke asks me.

"Mr. Smith says I should treat you as if you were like anybody else when they're sick." I tell him. I thought the same thing too, but even if this doesn't work, it doesn't hurt to try it. I read the dose and poured it into the cup. It said it would work for about 4-6 hours; I just hope it works at all. "Here." I hand the cup to Luke and he drinks it. He coughs as he hands it back to me.

"Mum that tastes awful." Luke says. I guess Gita was right about one thing.

"I know, but let's hope it helps." I say. "Now why don't you rest for now? Clyde and Rani will be over later to see you." Luke nods and after laying back down, he closes his eyes. I rub his head for a little while until I know he was asleep.

Maybe it wouldn't be that bad taking care of him.

Now I've got this one posted. I'll do my best at updating both this and my other one, but I can't promise my updates will be frequent. Anyways, Sarah Jane's going to have her hands full taking care of Luke, though she won't mind taking care of him ;) Let me know how you like this one in the reviews.