"Ow!" Mike complains as a nurse pokes an IV into his arm. "That HURT!"
"Mike…" I said not looking up from my phone. "You're fine. It's just a needle."
"Yeah, but I HATE needles. Specially ones that stay taped to my skin!" He wines.
"Mike, get used to it. You're gonna have a lot of tests done in your life."
"Wow, Aria. I'm in, like, agony here." He puts on his drama act. "No computer, no phone, no TV, no reading, no music, no nothing besides talking to YOU. It'd be nice to have a little sympathy."
I put my phone down. "I'm sorry Mike. It's just hard for me to sympathies with needles. After…." I slightly rolled up my sleeve showing the burses and scares from the last hospital visit.
"Still." He growls. "Anyways, when can I eat?"
"When the nurse says you can. On the other hand, I can eat right now!" I said smiling.
"Aria!"
"Hey it's not my fault if I'm hungry. I can't help it. Be mad at your niece or nephew." I told him.
"Nephew." he says. "It will be a boy."
I smiled at this and opened my backpack where I keep a pack a crackers just in case.
"When are you gonna find out?" he asked.
"Two weeks!" I told him, shoving a cracker in my mouth. I check my phone. I had gotten a text a bit ago, but had ignored it.
I read over it, set my phone down and sigh.
"What's wrong?" Mike asks, but he doesn't really care.
"Ezra's sick. He's home from work already. Usually he toughs it out if he's sick, but he left after one class…"
Mike didn't look the least bit interested. Instead he was making flirty eyes at the nurse that just walked in to attend to the crying baby that Mike was currently sharing a room with.
"Dang it" I mutter to myself, realizing I'll have to call Ezra.
"I'll be right in the hall, okay Mike?" I dial Ezra's number and stand up.
"Uh, okay but if you don't leave me those crackers you may come back and find me eating that plant…" he said inching his fingers towards the box I had left on his bed.
"One, Mike and that's all." I said. I leaned over on my way out to see the baby. I smiled seeing how precious she was. Soon, a baby just like that would be in my arms. Ezra doesn't answer, but it goes to voice mail. I hang up.
The nurse Mike had been eyeing, stops writing something and looks up at me. "Adorable, isn't she?"
"How old is she?" I ask.
"Three months" the nurse says.
"Days?" I asked confused, no WAY this baby was three months. She looked to be about six or seven pounds.
"She's a preemie." Amy said looking down at her. She lowers her clip board and I see her name tag. Amy.
"But she's going home next week!" Amy smiles real big at the baby. Then she looks up to me. "When are you due?"
"Wow, is it that noticeable?" I asked her in amazement she could tell.
"Naw. Being my nurse is my day job. I'm a physic." she said.
I raise my eye brow. "Oh?"
"Okay, that and the fact that I heard you and your brother talking,"
I nodded. "I'm due in June." I answered her.
"Wow, you look so small for four months." she points out.
'Really? I think I'm getting quite big.' I think to myself.
"Well I was really sick a bit ago and I lost some weight during the pregnancy." I answered instead. My cell phone rang, it was Ezra. "Hey I'm sorry I have to answer this. It was nice talking to you!" I smile. "Oh.. And don't let that boy over there flirt with you okay?" I joke.
"I won't." She giggles.
"Hello?" I speak quietly, walking into the hall.
"Hey..." Ezra answered in a tired voice. "Aren't you in school?"
"No did I wake you?" I ask.
"Yeah but it's okay. Why aren't you in school?" Ezra asks, worried.
"Mike fell and hit his head pretty hard. He fainted in the hall so we're at the hospital. He just had a CT scan and now we're just waiting. But my mom is on her way and Mike doesn't seem anymore messed up than before. So I can come home soon."
"Wow. That's eventful."
"Yeah." I laugh.
"Why don't you go back to school afterwards?"
"Eh..." I sigh. "I don't want to. I don't really feel good myself today. Plus, A's back. Real bad. I think A did SOMETHING to make Mike fall. I'm not sure why or what or how but I just know it's behind this."
"Whoa…" Ezra says.
"Yeah, I know." I roll my eyes. I don't hear anything as a reply. "Ezra, are you okay?" I ask.
"Yeah, I'm alright. I just stood up too fast and got kinda dizzy." He replies.
"Be careful, okay Ezra?" I say, sternly getting worried.
"Honey I'm fine." Ezra brushes me off.
"Ezra I'm not kidding you. Go get some water and sit down." I command him.
"Aria it's only the flu. I'm fine." Ezra assures me, but I don't buy it.
"Ms. Montgomery?" I hear. I turn around, seeing a nurse looking at me.
"I have to go, take care of yourself and I'll be home soon." I tell Ezra into the phone.
"Alright. Love you."
I hang up with Ezra and looked at the nurse.
"Mike's test results came back. It was a concussion. A good sized one, but nothing too bad. He should be fine. But once the pain meds wear off he's gonna be in a lot of pain. But besides that, in a few days he can go home."
"Great, thanks." I answer her.
"You'll tell Mike for me, correct?"
"Of course." I say opening the door. She walks off and I go into the room.
"Hey," Mike greets me. "How's Ezra?"
"Fine." I answer. Then I look at Mike. He looks like a deer caught in headlights. "What's wrong, Mike?" I ask.
"Aria?" I turn slightly to see Amy next to me.
"What's going on?"
Mike and Amy exchange a look, then Amy hands me a sticky note.
"What's this?" I ask before looking at it.
Mike points to a poster on the wall. The poster says "No gossping!" With a little smiley face with his finger over his lips. "It was on the poster... I just spotted it."
I look at the note.
"But lying is your thing anyway, right, Aria? - A"

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