"Yes Coach, this is Campbell's mother he's staying with. He came home early from school and he's been sick all day."

"We can't have a sick player on our bench tonight. Too much chaos. Tell Cam I made the decision he can't play tonight. Tell him to get better and I'll tell the team" his coach said.

Cam watched her talking and lied down on the coach.

Maya leaned over and stroked his hair. "I know you wanted to play"

"I never get sick. The team is going to be so angry" Cam said.

"No they won't. They'll understand" May said.

"No Maya you don't understand. They're going to think I'm faking" Cam said.

"Sssh. Don't get yourself worked up" Maya said calmly.

"Coach said get better and don't worry about missing the game" Cam's house mom addressed to him.

Cam started coughing and said "I'm letting them all down".

Maya and his house mom both told him "You're not letting anybody down. Everybody gets sick. Don't get yourself worked up, it'll make you worse"

Cam was disappointed.

"Is there anything I can do?" Maya asked.

"Make me better" Cam said in a sad voice.

Maya and his house mom frowned.

His phone lit up.

Dallas: "You really sick? Coach texted us see you in a few minutes"

"It's Dallas. He thinks I'm faking" Cam said to both of them.

"You can prove to him you're not when he shows up" his house mom said.

"Let me check your temperature first though because I haven't" she said.

"He felt warm when I felt him earlier" Maya said.

"It was up to 102 earlier. I really hope it's down" his house mom said to her.

Cam just lied there.

"I'll be right back. Going to the bathroom" Maya said.

"Okay" Cam said in a hoarse tone as his temperature was being taken.

"Thank God. It's down to 101.5" she said.

There was a knock at the door.

Maya stayed upstairs because she didn't know how to react.

It was Dallas.

Cam lied down so he could see he was actually sick.

He started coughing, by accident.

His house mom opened the door.

"Hello Dallas. Cam's over there. Don't get too close, he's got a high fever still" she said.

"Hey buddy" Dallas said.

"Shouldn't you be at the rink?" Cam said in his hoarse voice.

"I was just checking on you, making sure you weren't you know, faking. You look pretty bad" Dallas said.

"Yeah, my fever's pretty high" Cam added.

"Damn, get some rest. We won't let you down" Dallas said.