AN: Thanks so much for the reviews…it's interesting everyone should suspect pregnancy. I wonder if this chapter will help answer any questions about that. This story is really kicking itself off, the next few chapters should get more exciting, if not angsty, hopefully. It might take me a while to get the next chapter up – well up to ¾ days depending on what happens. I fly home from New York on Wednesday, get home Thursday afternoon. Enjoy…

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Time stood still for what felt like forever. Emily wanted to move, to see if Katie was okay, but she was scared; petrified that Katie wasn't okay. She felt a shoulder brush past hers and blond hair appeared in front of her. Naomi was doing what she should have, she knelt to the floor and tried to rouse Katie. Emily just stood, silently watching the scene unfold like a statue in a park.

"Go get some help," Naomi told her, the words entered her brain but she wasn't sure if it processed effectively.

"I," she mumbled, words escaping her conscious.

"GO!" Naomi snapped, concern and worry in her voice.

Emily didn't know how it happened, but her feet were moving and the corridor walls were blurring as she sprinted down towards the nurse's office. Her heart was pumping faster than it had ever beat before and she wondered if she too would keel over. But the nurses office was right in front of her and the door was open and the nurse was stood staring at her, asking her questions. But all she could do was cry.

"Do you want to come inside and talk?" the woman asked.

The stranger that Emily had never actually encountered before was leading her into the office, when she should have been going out of it. It was a surreal moment; it felt fake, like a dream, but real at the same time.

"No, my sister," she managed to cry out, her hand pointing towards the door. The nurse nodded and was pushing her back out of the door with a bag in her hand.

The walk back down the corridor towards Katie and Naomi wasn't easy, when they turned the corner to where Katie had been, Emily thought her heart was going to explode with the pain of seeing her sisters still unconscious. But when they reached the two girls, Katie was sat up against the wall and Emily's heart began beating slower, relief setting in.

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Naomi sat on the floor, her knees curled underneath her body as she rubbed Katie's back. The moment Emily had gone to get someone, Katie began to rouse from whatever it was she'd been under. When Naomi saw Emily's face appear round the corner, her lips curled into a smile; relieved for Emily that her sister was going to be okay. The nurse insisted that they take Katie to the office, where she could examine her, much to Katie's protests they made their way to the office.

"What's wrong with her?" Emily snapped, after only a couple of minutes in the nurse's office.

"I don't know," the nurse, who's name was Kira, informed her.

"But people don't just faint, you must know," Emily continued, her voice getting more and more strained.

Kira stayed patient and explained the situation, "Sometimes it takes more than looking someone over to know."

"Come on," Naomi whispered, pulling on Emily's shoulder in an attempt to take her outside, "Let's give them some room."

"I don't want to give them some room," Emily cried out, tears welling up in her eyes.

"We're going to be another fifteen minutes at least, go take a break," Kira told Emily, resting a hand on her shoulder in a comforting way.

The second they were outside of the room, Emily marched away from Naomi as fast as her feet could carry her. Naomi took a deep breath and followed her girlfriend towards the exit of the college.

"Ems, wait up."

"Why? I wanted to stay, I wanted to know that she's going to be okay," Emily sobbed, getting worked up.

Taking a few steps forward, Naomi rested her hands on Emily's shoulders and held her still, "It's okay to be worried, but the nurse can't check Katie over without space."

"But I wanted to be there," Emily cried, letting Naomi pull her into her arms as she sobbed onto her shoulder.

"I know."

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They returned to the nurse's office after half an hour. When they reached the door they found two paramedics in green overalls wheeling Katie out of the room in a wheelchair. Emily's heart began to race again, her voice growing strained as she spoke.

"What's going on?"

"It's okay Emily," Kira informed her, "They're just taking her to hospital for a few tests, that's all."

"Oh, can I go?"

Kira nodded, "Yes, I've called your mum, she'll meet you at the hospital."

Emily's voice grew stronger as she asked the one question she feared the answer to, "What's wrong with her?"

"It's probably just a virus, but I'm worried about your sister's temperature and the pain she's suffering,"

"Pain? What pain?" Emily asked, looking to Katie for an answer.

"I'm just sore all over," Katie mumbled, her face paler than before.

"Let's just get you to the hospital and find out, alright?" the nurse suggested, looking at Emily in such a way that made her step aside and let the paramedics past.

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The hospital corridor was empty, except for the few small chairs dotted around. Emily sat beside her mother, waiting patiently for Katie to be done with whatever number of tests the doctors had requested. She looked down at her hands as she twiddled her thumbs, impatiently focusing on something that gave little relief. She wished Naomi could be by her side, but the nurse had requested she go back to class. After nearly two hours of waiting, Emily's phone began ringing, she quickly snapped it open and answered the call.

"Naomi?"

"How is she?"

Emily's heart beat faster, a different kind of fast than earlier, a nice speed that made her thankful to have Naomi in her life. She had longed to hear her girlfriends voice.

"She's getting tests, they think it's a virus or maybe meningitis."

"Meningitis? God, I hope it's not that," Naomi muttered, her voice laced with worry.

"I know," Emily whispered, before remembering the conversation they were about to have earlier in the day, "Was there something you wanted to tell me about earlier?"

"Oh, no," Naomi sighed, "It doesn't matter, just focus on Katie."

"Are you sure?"

Naomi replied, "Yes, I'm sure."

Jenna Fitch stood up, making Emily spin around and quickly say goodbye before slipping her mobile phone into her pocket. She glanced at the doctor stood in front of them. He was tall and wore glasses, he looked professional and very clever, which made Emily feel a little more comfortable.

"What is it? Do you know what's wrong?" Emily's mum asked, her voice shaky.

"We're still not entirely sure, we've ruled out meningitis," the doctor began, "But we are concerned about the swelling of your daughter's lymph nodes and the complaint that she has pain throughout her body."

"What does that mean? What do you think it is?" Jenna requested.

"I don't want to say too much until we know for sure, we're doing some more tests," the doctor's eyes were deep and filled with something that worried Emily, "I suggest that you go home for a few hours, get together a few things for Katie for when the tests are over, we'll probably keep her in overnight."

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AN: So…did you like it? I can pretty much tell you 100% that Katie is NOT pregnant, if you didn't already figure it out. The next chapter might not reveal the truth, maybe the one after it, we'll see. I want some fluff in there. To sum up this story – angsty-fluff. Did you enjoy? THEN REVIEW!!!