I'm on a roll! Yays for the readers! This one is sort of a filler so bare with me here. I've written something for you donna nnov at the end of this chapter so don't forget to read that too.

The big clock on the school struck 3:15 and children ran out of the school, eager to be free of what they considered to be a prison for kids. Five of them however walked. Before school started Spinelli told them about what happened to TJ and how he had to be taken to the hospital last night. After that for the rest of the day they were all quiet. Even during recess they all just sat on the stairs waiting for the bell to ring.

Now school was over and they didn't know what to do. But they looked up when a car horn honked, finding TJ's sister Becky waiting for them in a car.

"Hey!" She shouted. "You guys wanna go see TJ?" They all looked at each other. "Our parents called your parents and they said it was okay."

"Okay." Said Spinelli. She led the way to the car, followed by the others.

The car ride was long and awkward, most due to no one knowing what exactly to say. Becky figured that it was because they never had a friend in the hospital before.

"He's okay, you know," She told them. "He woke up this morning….." Still they sat in silence the whole ride there. Once they arrived they found only his mother and father sitting in the room with TJ nowhere in sight.

"I'm here mom and dad," Becky said coming into the room. "Where's TJ?"

"The doctor took him back for a brain scan 15 minutes ago," Their father said. "He should be back any minute."

"Oh. Well I brought his friends like you asked," Becky said.

"Is TJ gonna be okay?" Gus asked, wary of the answer.

"He's going to be just fine, Gus," Said his mother. "He should be back to normal in two days."

They rest of the gang stood there, leaning against the wall waiting for TJ to come back. Mostly they wondered what they were going to say when he came in. They couldn't talk about the real problem because his parents are there. But they did want to talk about it; he's in the hospital because of it after it all.

Gus personally thought that this would finally be the thing that made him realize how important it is to tell someone. And if it wasn't, he'd lost all of his sanity. A knock snapped everyone out of their own thoughts and they looked up to see the doctor standing in the door.

"He's all done," He said. He stepped out of the way and a bed that TJ rolled in with him in it. At first he wondering why he couldn't just walk to where he had to go, but he was really cool to roll around with a bed that had wheels. The doctor asked his parents to come talk with him in his office, leaving the room with only him, his friends, and Becky who was reading a magazine, almost not wanting to be there. Almost.

"Hey guys," He said. "I almost didn't think you were gonna come visit me."

"Well of course we'd come visit," Said Spinelli. "What'd you think, we wouldn't come?"

"Yeah, but I thought you might've you know, told someone about what's happening." He said, being careful not to let out too much information due to his sister being there.

"We thought that after this you would finally tell someone," Said Vince.

"Did the doctor say why you passed out?" Asked Gretchen.

"He said I gotta bruise on my brain right here," He said tapping the left side of his head above his ear. "But I'll be better in two days though."

"TJ," Gus started. "Don't you think this is a sign you should put a stop to what's happening? "

"Not now, Gus. I've been thinking about this all day and I really need a break. So, did I miss anything at school?" The all spent the most of their time talking about how today at school the sixth graders decided that they should go around taking things from the lower grades, how the kindergarteners declared war on them, and basically how the playground descended to the seventh layer of hell. That was mostly due to King Bob having the flu and having to stay home. But they did have a good laugh after they retold the story of how they were able to steal candy from the Ashley's candy pool. They all laughed, until TJ had to stop after being struck with dizziness and confusion. They asked if he was okay and he insisted that he was, even though he couldn't bring himself to sit up.

It was around 6 o'clock when their parents came and picked them up. Each of them said good-bye, giving him a look that made sure that he knew that they were still worried about what was happening. Once they all left he laid back down, staring at the wall; it was more entertaining than the TV. But even that was boring and he found himself falling asleep.

He didn't know how long he'd been sleeping, but he figured it was a while because the sun wasn't up anymore, the TV was off and his parents were asleep.

"Psst!" He looked towards the door to see Sam and Chauncey standing there. "We found somethin' really cool. Wanna go see?"

"Sure," TJ said. "But I can't walk again yet."

"Did you try?" Chauncey asked, walking next to his bed with Sam right behind.

"Once earlier, but I fell."

"But that was earlier. Come on, I bet you can now." Chauncey grabbed his hands and started to pull him out of bed. Once he was on his feet, he TJ took a few careful steps with Chauncey guiding him. It was much easier than before; his legs felt numb then. "See you can walk."

"Great, now let's go before I forget where it was…" Sam said, leading the way to what they had found.

To donna nnov: yeah I actually noticed that too. So I sorta came up with a new reason for why he won't tell. This is gonna be one of those things where you have to just roll with it. Part of it's fear, the other part's a secret and you'll have to wait to see what it is. But I think you just gave me an idea for this story so thanks!

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