"Ow... Head spinning... stars...?" whimpered Matt, attempting to get up. He looked up and tried to see who he collided into, but his head was spinning so much that all he saw was a mass of blurry fluff and stars before he fell back on the floor and blacked out.

"OW! Hey... it's Mad! Why'd you... Mad? Matt! Wake up!" Erica picked herself up and saw Matt lying unconscious on the stone path. "I'd better get him to the doctor..." She half-dragged, half carried him over to the hospital.

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"People these days... fainting everywhere," commented Doctor as he scribbled something on his clipboard (little did the others know that he was doing a crossword puzzle). "I think he'll be all right once he wakes up... I mean, we gave him a brain scan," he sulked. He had never liked using any equipment.

"Now, now, Doctor. It could've been a matter of life and death," said Elli, placing a tray of Bodigizer and Turbojolt on Matt's bedside table. "Let me see that clipboard..." she added, snatching the clipboard away before Doctor could fill in '4 Down'.

"DOCTOR!"

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"Oh puh-lease! Crashing into a girl... and FAINTING!" mused Erica as she skipped to the supermarket. Throwing open the door, she saw a girl with long blonde hair standing right in front of her. She had emerald green eyes and seemed to be arranging some seeds on a table in the middle of the room. She was wearing a white tank top with a purple sleeveless jacket over it.

"Welcome to the supermarket! I'm Karen," she introduced herself cheerily. "You must be the new girl on the farm,"

"Er... I'm Erica,"

"Farming must be harsh... I know! Daaaad!" Karen ran to the counter where a man with jet black hair and a mustache was standing. "Can we give her a free packet of seeds? Pretty please?"

"B-b-b-but Duke already owes us so much, we can't afford to make anymore losses, plus," He added with a whisper. "You don't even know her,"

Just then, a woman with the same golden blonde hair (in a bun) as Karen entered from the back door of the supermarket. Erica recognised her as one of the women gossiping about her in Rose Square.

"What happened to all your hospitality, Jeff?" she snapped. "Our motto has always been 'Kindness to strangers'!"

"But Sasha," Jeff argued.

"Um, it's okay, you don't have to..." stammered Erica, who hastily headed for the door.

"Nonsense, here you go!" Karen grinned and threw her a bag of grass seeds.

"Err, thanks," Erica mumbled.

"Since you're here, why don't you sample Karen's cooking?" Sasha exclaimed, pushing Erica into the back room of the supermarket.

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"Here ya go!" Sasha laid a plate of rubbery noodles (which she and Jeff had been shoving at each other for the past hour) in front of Erica, who smiled nervously.

"Um, it probably tastes great, but I have to go -" Erica started, but Karen took the liberty of stuffing a forkful of noodles into her open mouth.

"Is it good?" she asked.

Erica tried to swallow the vile noodles but no avail. It's rubbery taste took all the air She keeled over, taking the chair with her.

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"What? Two patients in a day? But we only have ONE BED!" Doctor yelled, slamming his clipboard (which's crossword puzzle was taken away by Elli) down on his desk. Crowded around his table were Karen, Sasha and Jeff.

"We're really sorry, Doctor, but..." started Sasha, who had helped move the unconscious Erica on the sofa.

"BUT? But WHAT? Sheesh, everyone's fainting these days, why can't they just leave off the alchohol?"

"It was Karen's cooking!" exclaimed Jeff, pointing at Karen. "It's always terrible!"

"Jeff!" Sasha pulled Jeff's hand down and turned to karen. "Karen? He doesn't mean it, he's just jealous that he can't cook," she comforted, putting a hand on Karen's shoulder.

"Is my cooking r-really that bad?" sniffed Karen.

"YES!" agreed Jeff readily. Sasha gave him a kick as Karen burst into tears and ran out of the room. Sasha sighed, kicked Jeff again and ran out of the room, calling out to Karen. "Ah well," he said, sticking his hands in his pockets and walking out of the hospital. "She's in your hands now, Doctor!"

"ARGH!"

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"Doctor! What are you doing on the floor?" Elli asked, peering down at the poor man, who was foaming at the mouth.

"Med- medicine! J-Jeff! GAH!" stuttered Doctor, contorting his face in anger. Elli guffawed at the hillarious sight, but gave him his medicine anyway, and helped him to his chair.

"That Jeff! He makes me so mad! He has never, not ever, never, paid his bills! And he complains about Duke! Peh!" spat Doctor, after swallowing a pill. "He just left Erica here when he knew that the bed was already occupied!"

"No it's not!" Matt sat up and replied. "I think I'm just fine,"

"Well, his face isn't blue anymore," Doctor pointed out to Elli, who was busy checking Matt's temperature. "He can help bring Erica to the bed,"

"Erica? Her? No way, I am not carrying her," Matt spat out the thermometer (which Elli caught deftly) and folded his arms.

"98 degrees!"

"Not even for a..." Doctor scanned the contents of his desk and found the perfect thing. "Not even for a lollipop?" he asked, pulling one out from a drawer.

"Uh... okay... But only if it's strawberry!" Matt drooled.

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Ahhh! Finally finished!