"Changes"
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Listening to the lecture that the history teacher was giving, Davey was distracted from it as she kept rubbing at her back to try to ease the strange tingling sensation that had been bothering her since she had jumped out of the way of that speeding car.
Noticing the girl was rubbing at her back once again, TK turned his worried gaze on the child of Courage and Friendship, confused about what was bothering her.
"Hey, are you okay?" The blond whispered to her.
"Yeah, I'm fine." She whispered back.
Frowning at this, TK glanced over to see the teacher was more preoccupied with talking to the class and he wouldn't notice if two of his students from the back row were whispering to each other.
Turning his attention back over to Davey, he saw that the girl was squirming around in her seat to try to get more comfortable as a look of utter discomfort came across her face.
The tingling feeling had moved further down her spine and it was making it difficult for her to sit in her seat.
"Don't lie to me. I can see that something is bothering you." TK told her.
Keeping a hand over the area where her tailbone was located, Davey turned her gaze on TK who gained a surprised look on his face when he saw silvery blue flecks appear in her eyes for a brief moment.
Blinking his eyes, TK looked once again and saw that the flecks were no longer there and was staring into the usual large brown eyes that the girl was popular for.
"Nothing is wrong. I...I think I just slept wrong or something." Davey told the child of Hope.
It was a lie, but she didn't know how to explain it.
When she woke up this morning she felt amazing, but now it felt like she had spent the night sleeping on the ground and had to deal with a rock pressing against her back all night long.
TK didn't believe it and decided to drop the subject for now, but he would be watching over her for the rest of the day to make sure Davey's pain didn't get any worst.
The bell then rang, ending the lecture the teacher was giving and making some of the students sigh in relief.
"All right then class, don't forget to read chapter 13. We'll be having a quizz on it next class." The teacher said as he began to pack up his books.
Hand still placed on her back, Davey slowly stood up as she tested to see if the movement would irritate her.
Gathering up her books, the girl made her way out of the room as she tried not to bump into all of the students who were rushing through the halls to get to their next classes.
Making her way over to her locker, Davey pulled the metal door open to look for the books for her math class which she wasn't looking forward to.
Her nose then twitched as she caught the familiar kiwi scent of the child of Hope who was standing behind her with a worried look in his blue eyes.
"What now, TJ?" She sighed.
She really didn't want to continue the conversation from in the classroom.
Blinking at the fact that the girl knew he was there (and resisting the urge to frown at her messing up his name again) TK leaned against the locker beside the 12 year old as she was busy pulling out her math text book from the top shelf of her locker.
"First of all, it's TK. Secondly, how did you know I was behind you?" He questioned.
He hadn't done anything to announce himself to her and there was no way she could have heard his footsteps since the hall was a bit noisy with the chatter of other students.
Frowning at the question, Davey turned her large brown eyes on the boy as she showed off the confused expression she had on her face.
"I-I don't know. Guess you're just obvious." She shrugged since she didn't feel like telling him she had smelt him.
She wasn't exactly sure how he would react to that.
She was also unsure of why a pre-teen boy had a fruity scent on him.
It just didn't seem normal, but then again TK wasn't like most boys.
Arching an eyebrow at that, TK simply stared at the girl as she continued to stare off into space and noted that her eyes had those blue flecks once again which made him wonder if he was seeing things.
"Are you sure you're all right?" TK asked her snapping her out of her thoughts.
"I-I have no idea. I just-just feel weird. Don't know why though." Davey shook her head.
Satisfied with the progress of having her admit it there was something wrong instead of denying it, TK pushed off of the locker.
"Maybe you're coming down with something." He suggested.
"Maybe." The girl agreed as she nodded, though she seemed a bit distracted as her hand fled to her back to rub at the irritation rushing up her spine.
"Come on, we better get to class before Kari comes looking for us." TK said.
He then grinned as Davey groaned at having to go to math class which was completely normal for her.
"I hate math!" She whined as she closed her locker door.
"Let's go." TK chuckled lightly as he grabbed her hand to pull her along with him while she continued to whine.
(Three hours later...)
Grunting in discomfort, Davey held her hand against the wall to help support herself as she made her way down the hall to the gym and hoped to make it to class soon or else she would get detention for being late.
Her body felt weak and sore, but she tried hard for the last few hours to ignore it as she went about her day.
As for her head, it was pounding painfully as the voices of the students in the hall echoed loudly around her and caused her eardrums to throb.
Unknown to the girl, her brown eyes were glowing blue once again as she was stumbling down the hall and made her way towards the stairs.
Students rushed passed her while a few others stared at the girl, wondering why she was hunched over as she used the wall to support her.
Walking towards the stairs, Davey clutched tightly at the railing as she slowly made her way down as her vision began to fade.
"Okay, come on. You just need to make it down the stairs. You can do this." Davey muttered to herself.
Shaking off her discomfort, Davey forced herself to stand up straight and focused her glowing blue eyes on the steps below her as she continued down the stairs.
Breathing deeply to try and calm her racing pulse, Davey shook off her pain as she tried to walk down the stairs confidently and like she wasn't in any form of discomfort.
Just as she was half way down the stairs, a sudden jolt of pain raced down her spine and hit her tailbone which caused her to gasp in shock as she cluched at the railing tightly.
"Ow! I give up! I can't do this! I need help." She whimpered.
Sitting down on the steps, Davey pulled out her D-Terminal and sent an e-mail to TK, asking him to come help her walk off to the nurse's office since she couldn't make the trip on her own.
Once the message was sent, Davey adjusted herself as she moved to sit on her knees since sitting on her rear caused great discomfort to her tailbone.
"What is going on with me?" She whispered to herself with a slightly fearful expression.
A few minutes later, the familiar fruity scent of the child of Hope began to draw nearer to the girl as she lifted her head up to see TK rushing over to the staircase.
Spotting the girl kneeling on the steps, TK gave her a worried look as he made his way over to Davey and noted that her eyes were once again blue while her face was pale.
"Come on, let's get you to the nurse." TK said just as the bell rang.
Her blue tinted eyes met his colbolt colored ones as she gave him a weak smile which he returned.
"Sorry I'm making you late for class." Davey said softly as the blond helped her stand up properly.
Wrapping an arm around her waist, TK helped Davey to lean against his side as one of her arms went around his neck.
"Don't worry about it. I heard we were supposed to run laps in gym today. I'm happy to be missing that." TK joked.
His lame attempt at a joke managed to get Davey to give him a small grin which made him smile as well, but it didn't do anything to change his worry for the girl.
She was usually so strong willed and confident, but now as he helped the girl stumble to her feet, he was upset to see her being so weak and defeated which frustrated the fiery tempered girl greatly.
Leaning heavily against TK's side, Davey tried to focus her gaze on the path ahead of her as the two DigiDestineds walked down the stairs and made their way off to the nurse's office.
Soon enough, the duo arrived at the nurse's office and the blond walked through the opened doorway with the redhead clinging to his side which caused the nurse to look up curiously.
"Mr. Takaishi, I didn't expect you to be skipping class." The brown haired woman commented as she adjusted her glasses.
Taking notice of the girl who had her eyes barely open, the nurse frowned as she walked over to help TK lead her over to the bed by the window.
"What happened?" The nurse asked.
"I don't know. She's been feeling strange all day long and then suddenly it got so bad that she couldn't move without some help." TK reported.
Davey whined as she was placed on her back, so the girl quickly rolled over onto her front to ease the pain on her tailbone.
"Ms. Motomiya, where is the pain located?" The nurse asked.
"M-My back. Right here." Davey rasped as she placed her hand over her tailbone.
Lifting the back of the girl's shirt up, the nurse looked over the area and frowned in displeasure when she found what looked to be a bump protruding from the redhead's tailbone.
"Oh dear, this isn't good at all." The nurse said as she gently proded the bump making Davey groan in discomfort.
"What's not good?" TK asked with narrowed eyes as he stepped closer.
Shaking her head at this, the nurse turned her green eyes over to the boy who looked to be very worried over his friend's health which made the woman feel all the more worst from what she may have discovered.
"I'm not at liberty to tell you at this moment. But I want you to stay with Ms. Motomiya while I go call her parents." The nurse said.
This made the two friends exchange worried glances as the woman then left the room, leaving the two pre-teens alone.
"That didn't sound good." The child of Hope stated.
"TK," Davey called making the boy look down at her.
"Yeah, what is it?" He asked.
"I want you to check my back." She told him.
That fire she always had returned to her eyes as she looked up at him.
"What? Davey, I don't think that's appro-" TK began, but he was quickly cut off by the angered female.
"TK... I don't care. I need to know what's going on. Just check." The girl almost snarled at him.
Stunned by the sound of anger the girl made, TK shook his head before he then stepped closer to her and hesitantly lifted the back of her shirt up to reveal what had made the nurse flee the room.
Cobalt eyes grew wide in horror at the sight of the large bump that was protruding from the flawless tanned skin and the boy's breathing became shaky as the worst case scenario began to run through his mind.
He could just be jumping to conclusions, but there were very few reasons as to why there would be a bump growing on the girl and why it was causing her pain.
"So, what is it?" Davey's voice broke TK out of his thoughts.
His silence was making her paranoid as she tried to quell her fear of what had caused the nurse to rush off to call her parents.
Stretching her neck to the side to look up at the blond, Davey met the scared gaze of her friend.
"D-Davey, I don't know how to tell you this, but... You have a bump. Right on your spine." He informed her, his voice pitching a little higher than usual.
Taking the words in, a feeling of great fear struck down on the girl as she realized what they could mean.
Swallowing down the tears she felt stinging her eyes, Davey moved to push herself up into a kneeling position which TK helped her with.
"Well, a-a bump could mean a lot of things. It-It doesn't just mean... It can't be possible." She denied.
"Yeah, you're probably right." TK forced a smile as he agreed with the girl.
He sincerely hoped it was something else.
"It can't be what we're thinking. I mean, I'm only 12. I'm too young to have cancer." Davey whispered.
Her head tilted down as her lower lip began to tremble as a few tears started to fall down her face.
Gulping down his own fears, TK sat down on the bed beside Davey as he wrapped an arm around her in comfort as he began to hope that there wasn't anything seriously wrong with her and that she didn't actually have cancer.
All he could do at the moment was hope for the best and be there to try to comfort the scared girl which frustrated him.
Silently crying in fear for her health, Davey stared down at her lap as she waited for her parents to come pick her up so that they could take her to the hospital.
To be continued...