Eventually, the food was cooking and Frankie's stress levels were lowering.

She had Axl under control asleep in his room.

The door bell rang.

Everyone lined up at the door to greet the neighbors.

Frankie opened the door.

Heather, this is my family. She pointed to everyone and said their names.

"This is my daughter Sue, my son Brick, and my husband Mike. Axl's not joining us, he doesn't feel too good. But, please come in!" Frankie said.

Heather introduced her family . She had a husband, a daughter just about Sue's age and a son Brick's age.

They all sat down to eat and talked about their mornings and different things. They told them about the neighborhood and such.

"Excuse me, I'm just going to go check on Axl" Frankie said.

"Whatever you have to do! That's fine with us" Heather said.

Ironically, Heather was a nurse.

Frankie stepped into Axl's room. He was just waking up.

"Hey, how are you feeling?" she asked him.

In a hoarse tone he answered with "Terrible".

She felt his forehead. His fever was going down.

"Well, it feels like your fever's going down. How's your throat?" she asked.

"My throat hurts a lot" Axl said.

"Do you want anything to eat or drink? You have to stay hydrated" she said.

"Water" Axl said.

"Okay, I'll be right back" Frankie said and left the room.

She went to the kitchen and got a bottle of water out of the refrigerator.

"Is he okay?" Heather asked.

"Yeah, his fever seems to have gone down" Frankie said.

"That's good. I don't like to get into anyone's business, but since I'm a nurse I tend to have that affect. What are his symptoms?" Heather asked.

"Oh that's fine, you probably know more than me. I'm just guessing here" Frankie said and laughed.

"He had a fever of a hundred and one this morning then it rose to one oh two, he said this throat really hurts when he talks, he has a headache and he's just exhausted" Frankie explained to Heather.

"Sounds like the flu. Make sure he rests a lot because if he doesn't it can turn into something else" Heather said.

"Well, thanks. It's good to know someone like you. I'll be right back. I have to get this to him"

Frankie said.

Frankie went to Axl's room and delivered water. She told him about what Heather had said, he was half listening he just wanted to sleep some more.