Chapter 4: Nausea

Suddenly Jake shot up from his bed, looking at the time. 7:45am, right on time to get up for school. Lost from his sleep, he totally forgot what day it was. Jake slid his feet to the edge of the bed. He tried recalling the events that happened yesterday, trying to figure out the date.

"Wait, its Tuesday!!" He yelled, wishing it was Friday. But then, someone else came to his mind. Something that dealt with this very day of Tuesday. "Awww man, Rotwood's test!!! And I didn't study!!" He cried out, it totally slipped out of his mind yesterday. But there would be no use trying to get a whole chapter worth of studying now, because he had to get ready for school.

It was 8:30, already a half an hour into his first period. Luckily, he had home-economics first, and not mythology. But he still had it next period, so that didn't even him that full feeling of reassurance.

Jakey sat that in his desk, just thinking about next period. And how he was going to fail another test that could even cause him to fail the semester. He was making himself sick, by worrying too much.

"What am I going to do guys!!? I didn't study!" Jake pressed his head into his hands.

Trixie and Spud felt sorry for their friend. But it was his own doing; he had all day to study yesterday but that was his fault he wasn't prepared.

Suddenly Ms. Park handed Jake and his friends a piece of paper. Each one grabbed it, and looked over the assignment.

Through the corner of her eye, Trixie kept staring at Jake as she worked on her paper. Somehow, Jake's face seemed pale. "Ahh Jakey, are you feeling okay?"

Jake turned around, and gave a dazed look to her. "No I'm not okay! I can't fail another semester of mythology!" You could hear his muffled moan through his hands.

Jake got to work on his recipe assignment his teacher handed out. As he wrote down the answers with his number 2 pencil, he mind couldn't help but stay on the topic of next period. What if I get held back a year! Mom and dad are gonna kill me if they find out!!? He repeated to himself. Jake put down his pencil, and put his hands to up his head. His head was starting to hurt with worry, and he could no longer concentrate. Come on Jake Long, you have to think of something. "Uhh…" He started to moan again. This headache was really killing him. I think I'm gonna be sick!! Suddenly, that nauseous feeling came into his stomach. Sun Park looked out from her desk, and stared at her student. Somehow, she knew something was right.

Looking back at Sun, Jake knew he was going to be sick. Jake pushed out from his desk, and put his assignment on Sun's desk. Ms. Park grabbed it, and then looked back at the door that Jake was rushing out of.

Pressing his hands to his mouth to keep him from throwing up all over the hallway, Jake rushed over to the nearest bathroom. He quickly ran into a stall, and released his hands. He shut his eyes tight, to avoid seeming his own puke. He stuck his head into the toilet, and prepared to upchuck.

After all the gagging from his mouth stopped, Jake figured he was all done. But he looked down to the toilet, to see nothing. Not a single drop of throw up was in the potty? Jake could have sworn that he just threw up something.

Suddenly, that sick feeling came to him again. He bent back into the toilet, to prepare once more; but this time he kept his eyes open. As he bent down into the toilet more, he realized throw up was not coming out. Instead, a blast a fire came out, sizzling from the water from the toilet.

"Say what!?" Jake's eyes started to drupe. Suddenly, he looked to his arms, which were now in dragon form. "Awww man!" He spoke out, realizing this was no normal case of nervousness before a test. Jake rushed out of the bathroom, and went into dragon form. But even when he called out 'dragon up' only his wings were able to pop out. But it would have to do, for now. "I gotta get to grandpas!" He yelled. He rushed out of the building quickly, before anyone could notice a kid flying out of the school.