Angelica's first day of Middle School doesn't go so well. Please let me know what you think. Sorry this has taken so long to up.
Angelica's Worst First Day of School Ever
It was a sunny day as Angelica Pickles awoke to the sound of her alarm clock and as she looked outside she saw that it was still dark outside. It was her first day of school but not just any first day of school but her first day of middle school.
"Angelica" Drew said as he entered her bedroom. "Time to get up" he said
"I don't feel well" Angelica coughed as she pulled the covers over her head. She wasn't lying either which she knew her dad probably thought she was.
The night before Angelica noticed her throat was sore as she was getting ready for bed. Darcy and Annie both had strep throat a few days ago while they were at Angelica's house with their mother who is also Drew's new girlfriend.
Drew knew Angelica was just nervous about her first day of middle school. He smiled at her as she looked up at him. He knew that his little girl wasn't so little anymore.
"If you don't feel any better in school" he told Angelica "I will pick you up"
"Okay" Angelica said with a smile
Angelica got out of bed and grabbed for her crutches which were right near her nightstand. She hopped to her dresser and got her clothes and went into the bathroom to get ready. It took Angelica more time than she usually spent getting ready for school which was normally 15-20 minutes.
It was around 7am when Drew knocked on the bathroom door to tell Angelica that her breakfast was ready.
"a few more minutes" Angelica said
In the bathroom, Angelica looked at herself in the mirror. She was wearing her new clothes that she had picked out at the mall with Christine a few days before. It wasn't anything Angelica's mother Charlotte would've picked out. It was simple, but Angelica liked it.
"You look nice today" Drew told Angelica as she entered the kitchen. The smell of pancakes that Angelica could smell from the bathroom smelled even better in the kitchen.
Drew placed the pancakes in front of Angelica, but Angelica didn't feel much like eating. Her throat was sore, but she was trying to ignore. Before Angelica ate, she took her blood sugar and then gave herself insulin.
"Are you looking forward to starting school?" Drew asked
"I guess" said Angelica "At least I'm not at the same school as those babies"
Angelica had started referring Tommy, Chuckie, Kimmy, Phil and Lil and Dill as babies the past couple of weeks. Drew had a secret that he was keeping from Angelica that he knew that she would find out about when she got to school that day.
"Tommy will be joining you today" Drew finally said
"Tommy" Angelica said "is still with those babies in elementary school"
"Not anymore" Drew said
The news that Angelica had just gotten didn't make her feel any better than she already felt. She knew that she wasn't going to have a very good first day and it was only getting started.
Angelica grabbed for her crutches and hopped to the front door where her sneakers were and her backpack.
"You are going to have a great first day" Drew told her '
"I hope" Angelica said once her sneaker was on and her backpack. She hopped out the front door with Drew following behind her.
Her stomach was starting to hurt as Drew walked her out the front door.
"You are going to have a great first day" Drew said as he gave Angelica a hug and just as he did that the bus showed up.
When Angelica got on the bus she could see that she was the last one that was picked up since all the seats wee taken but two. She could either sit by Tommy or Susie.
Angelica finally sat next to Tommy. Susie and Angelica hadn't talked much since the fight they had a few weeks before.
"Aren't you excited for school today, Angelica" Tommy asked
"Not really" Angelica said
"How is the leg" Tommy asked
"Better" Angelica said, "but still sore" Angelica looked down at the cast on her leg.
Angelica wasn't very talkative, but Tommy kept on talking. The bus soon arrived at the school.
Tommy helped Angelica out of the bus which Angelica thought was weird.
"Just being a good cousin" he said as he smiled
"Thanks" Angelica said just before she sneezed
As Angelica entered the school, the school that she had visited a few weeks before for orientation. She looks around and it felt different than it felt when she was there before.
Angelica walked down the hallway that lead to her homeroom and opened her locker on the first try but Angelica saw that Tommy was having trouble with his. He looked different than it did on the bus.
"Angelica" Tommy said
"Yeah" Angelica replied
"Mom may be having her twins today" he smiled "Dill isn't looking forward to her having them, but I am" Tommy smiled as he closed his locker door.
"That's so cool" Angelica said just before she sneezed again.
That morning wasn't going so well for Angelica. She got lost trying to find her first class of the day which was gym. The gym was located on the opposite side of the school and Angelica ended up missing the first 2 mins of it.
"Angelica" Susie smiled when Angelica entered the gym
Angelica rolled her eyes at Susie as she entered the gym and took a seat next to a girl who Angelica saw in her homeroom.
"Hi" Angelica said
"Hi" replied the girl
"I'm Angelica" said Angelica
"I'm Emily" the girl sitting next to Angelica said
The teacher of the class discussed what was going to happen that year. Angelica knew that she wasn't going to like this class because she had it with Susie.
The teacher leaded the girls to the girl's locker room and gave them each a lock and their gym uniform. Angelica wasn't going to be able to do anything in gym for a couple more weeks because of her broken right leg.
The gym teacher was an older looking lady and she looked scary to Angelica. The gym teacher name was Ms. Davidson who that day had her hair in a braided ponytail.
"You will be required to change into your gym uniform next class" the gym teacher said
Angelica knew that she wasn't going to like gym at all and was dreading the next class even more now.
After class Ms. Davidson had talked to Angelica regarding having a medical excuse for the gym the next few weeks. Angelica found out that Ms. Davidson was going to have her do a few worksheets to makeup for the missed classes that she was going to be missing because of her leg.
The first assignment was given to Angelica that morning and she wasn't looking forward to working on it. Homework wasn't her strong point and she always had trouble getting it done especially toward the end of 5th grade.
During Science where Angelica ended putting her head down on her desk. She was not feeling well and knew that she wasn't going to make it through the day. She was starting to get dizzy and sick to her stomach.
"Angelica" Susie said as she walked out of the classroom after class.
Susie smiled "I'm loving Middle School" she said
"Yeah" Angelica said "I'm" but just before Angelica could say anything more she vomited. The hallway was spinning as Angelica fell to the ground.
It was the most embarrassing thing that had ever happen and as Angelica looked around she knew that everyone was staring at her.
Angelica got up ran into the bathroom that was closest to her and closed and locked herself in and sat down and just cried
It was a few minutes later that Angelica was taken down to the nurse's office. She had all eyes on her as she was wheeled down in a wheelchair.
"I'm sorry" Angelica cried "I really am"
"It happens" said the nurse
Angelica was wheeled into the nurse's office where the nurse called Drew to come and pick her up.
"You have a fever" the nurse said when she took the thermometer out of Angelica's mouth. Angelica was still in the same clothes that she wore to school that day but were now covered in vomit.
"I don't feel well" Angelica said "I really don't" she coughed
Angelica looked up, she felt dizzy still as she sat in the wheelchair as the nurse picked up the phone to call Drew to pick her up.
"This had to happen on my first day of Middle School" Angelica said but then she vomited again.
The nurse lead Angelica into the bathroom and helped Angelica change out of her clothes and into the ones that the nurse had in case anyone had any accidents throughout the day which sometimes happen.
After Angelica was cleaned up with cleaner clothes on, the nurse put Angelica's clothes into a bag.
"She has a fever of 103 degrees and has vomited 3 times" the nurse told Drew when he arrived. Angelica was on a cot and had a blanket covering her.
"She really tried to make it through the day" the nurse said
Drew kneeled beside Angelica as Angelica opened her eyes and saw her Dad.
"I'm sorry" Angelica said "I'm so sorry" more tears came out of Angelica's eyes than before.
With Angelica's backpack on his back, Drew carried Angelica out of the school and placed her in the back of his car. He had already called and made an appointment with Angelica's doctor and was told to bring her right in.
"I want to go home" Angelica said "I want to see Mommy"
"I'm taking you to the doctors" Drew said
"Okay" Angelica said as she closed her eyes
When Drew arrived at the doctors he carried Angelica in. Angelica was taken back to an examining room right away.
"She is very weak" Drew said
"Angelica" the nurse said
But Angelica wasn't responding now.
"Angelica" Drew said but still no respond.
The nurse took Angelica's blood pressure and temperature.
"Her temperature is 104 degrees now" the nurse said
"Angelica" the doctor said when she came into the room. Angelica still wasn't opening her eyes or responding.
The news that Angelica had to go to the hospital wasn't the news that Drew wanted to hear at the appointment. He knew that Angelica wasn't feeling well that morning and didn't want to go to school but he made her go anyway and Drew felt that all this was his fault. If he didn't send her to school this wouldn't have happened.
The ambulance showed up and the paramedics came in with Angelica in his arms he carried her out through the ambulance entrance door. A paramedic had a stretcher out for Angelica which is where Drew placed her.
"She is 12 years old" Drew said "90 pounds" he told the paramedics..
In the ambulance Drew sat beside Angelica and held onto her hand. A paramedic had started an IV in her with fluids and her taken her blood pressure and pulse.
When the ambulance got to the hospital, Angelica was wheeled in to an examining room where a doctor and nurse were already waiting. Drew knew it was because the doctor's office had called ahead of time which he was glad about.
A nurse changed Angelica out of her clothes and into a hospital gown before the doctor examined her.
"She wasn't feeling well last night" Drew said "She was saying her throat was hurting"
With fluids in her system and after 30 mins, Angelica finally opened her eyes.
"Where am I" said Angelica as she looked around the room.
Drew just gave Angelica a hug "I'm so glad your okay" he said "I was so scared"
"I don't feel well" Angelica said "I really don't"
"We are going to find out what is wrong" he kissed Angelica's forehead which was warm.
The next few hours went by and Drew and Angelica waited for the blood work results. The blood that was taken from Angelica's arm didn't even make Angelica cry which Drew though was strange because it normally did.
"I don't feel well" Angelica said again as she looked at her dad.
Seeing Angelica in pain, hurt Drew. He couldn't do anything to make her feel better. "We are in the right place to get you better" Drew said
A few minutes later a nurse came into the hospital room carrying in a tray. "Doctor ordered a strep test" she said "and some more blood work"
Drew knew after Angelica really must be sick if she didn't even cry when the nurse swabbed the back of her throat and when she took blood earlier and then again when she did the strep test.
When the nurse left, Drew got a call from Stu who was at the hospital as well. Didi had delivered 2 healthy baby girls that afternoon, Olivia and Sophia.
"You have 2 new cousins" Drew told Angelica as they sat waiting for results of the strep and blood test.
"Okay" Angelica said
Angelica was in pain and Drew could see it in her eyes. What seemed like a great day for him has turned out to be a bad day.
Within the next hour Angelica and Drew finally got the results. The results that they had been waiting for since they arrived at the hospital.
"Angelica needs her tonsils out" the doctor said
It was no surprise to Drew that Angelica needed her tonsils out. It was something that had been told to him before when Angelica had a sore throat and had been to the doctors because of it which always turns out to be strep throat.
"I will keep her in overnight and start her on antibiotics" said the doctor "and schedule you for an appointment with an ENT"
The doctor examined Angelica again while he was there. Looked into her ears, eyes, nose and throat. Then felt the glands in her neck which were swollen.
Angelica was taken up to a hospital room after the doctor left. It was almost dinner time but Angelica wasn't hungry. When a tray was brought into her hospital room with grilled cheese and tomato soup, Angelica didn't feel much like eating it.
It was the worst first day of school that Angelica had ever had and now she was in the hospital again and was going to have to have surgery at some point.
