No, I did not forget about this story! It's been hard to find words to write it though. I hope you like this chapter. Again, sorry about the english, feel free to correct me! xx

Nicky woke up in the morning and her head ached as if was about to explode. "Nicky, we need to talk! See you at school xx" Lorna's message said. We sure do, Nicky thought.

Nicky couldn't forget the kiss she'd won from Lorna during the party. Something about that kiss made her feel extremely hopeful. Maybe there is a chance Lorna and Nicky to end up together.

The warmth of her body began to become uncomfortable for Nicky, and then she noticed how much she was sweating. Her head ached and Nicky felt as if she had been hit by a truck.

"Time to get up sleepyhead," Red said as she entered her daughter's bedroom and opened the windows. Nicky was quiet as she looked at her cell phone.

"Let's go! Get ready for school," Red said, slapping her daughter's butt and leaving the room.

If mom realizes I'm getting sick she'll never let me go to school. Nicky thought. Getting up from the bed Nicky realized that it would be difficult to hide something from her mother. Her stomach began to wrap.

Nicky got ready, put on her clothes, and headed for the kitchen where Red was preparing pancakes for Tricia, who had her head on the counter.

"You want pancakes too?" Red asked.

"I'm not hungry." Nicky sat down next to her sister, making Tricia lift her head and look at her.

"Good morning," Tricia said, rubbing her eyes sleepily.

"Good morning," Nicky said hoarsely and a cough next.

"Hasn't your throat got any better, baby?" Red asked placing a bowl of cereal in front of Nicky.

"It's getting better," Nicky lied. She could feel the inflammation screaming in her throat. "I'm not hungry Ma." She whined.

"You're not going to school with an empty stomach, eat at least a little."

"If I don't eat anything, can I stay home today?" Tricia asked with a sarcastic smile on her face.

"Funny." Red tapped Tricia's belly lightly. "Eat it all."

Nicky knew her mother. If she didn't eat, it would seem odd, so she forced herself to eat some of the cereal, but stopped as soon as she felt her stomach wrap again.

"Mommy I really don't want to go to school." Tricia whimpered and leaned her head back on the counter.

"Why not?" Red asked stiffly. "Tricia going to school is your only obligation, you're not getting out of it."

"It feels like hell in there, but no one ever understands me," Tricia said angrily and hurried to her room.

Red took a deep breath not to lose her temper. "Nicky go brush your teeth and be ready, we're almost leaving." Nicky went straight to the bathroom as ordered. Thank goodness Tricia was being a brat, that way Red wouldn't realize how sick Nicky was. The focus would be all on Tricia.

"Patricia, what was that?" Red said as she entered the bedroom of her youngest daughter lying on the bed, her face sulky and her eyes filled with tears.

"Don't call me Patricia. You know I hate it." Tricia complained, pouting and turning away from the look her mother was giving her.

"Okay Tricia, why don't you want to go to school? Has anyone done anything to you? What happened?"

"There are stupid girls chasing after me, Mommy," Tricia whimpered. "They make jokes with my braids, I just don't want to go."

Red sat next to her daughter in bed bringing one hand to the girl's cheeks. "Baby you can't care about that kind of thing. Don't you realize that letting you down is exactly what they want?"

Red could see how hurt her little girl was. Bullying among children is normal these days, but that doesn't change the fact that it is something that can't happen without punishment. Kids made jokes with Nicky's big hair when she was younger, and now the same was happening with Tricia. It hurt her heart to see this kind of thing happen to her babies and not be able to do anything.

"Come on... Let's go to school, if that happens you ask your principal to call me and I'll pick you up, okay?" Red kissed Tricia's forehead as a form of encouragement.

Tricia nodded and got out of bed getting her things to school. She still wasn't comfortable with going to school, but she wanted to show that she could be strong, too.

XOXOXOXO

Red left Tricia at school and waited for her daughter to enter before driving to Nicky's school. On the way Red noticed that Nicky was almost asleep. Nicky was acting very strangely, but it wasn't always that her daughter showed interest in going to school so she decided to ignore it.

"You better don't fall asleep during class again." Red said looking at Nicky with the corner of her eye as she drove.

"I will not," Nicky replied huskily, almost disappearing.

"And if you don't feel well, call me and I'll pick you up. I think you might be getting a cold." Worry racing in Red's voice.

"Ma, I'm fine," Nicky lied. The heat in her body was still killing her. "What happened to Tricia today?"

"There are girls doing bullying with her at school," Red sighed. She couldn't help but worry. One daughter was being bullied and the other was getting sick. She knew that difficult days were coming.

"Those stupid kids," Nicky said rolling her eyes. "Why do they have to be so mean? I know Tricia haven't done anything to them. "

Nicky was somewhat protective of her younger sister, and if necessary, she herself would go to her sister's school to sort this out with those stupid girls who were making Tricia suffer.

"Don't worry about it, if they keep doing it, I'll sort this out," Red said as she arrived at Nicky's school.

Red approached her daughter and laid a kiss on her cheek. She didn't ignored how hot Nicky felt. How did she not realize that before?

"Nicky you're burning up!"

"Uh... Ok Ma I have to go," Nicky said as she got out of the car and ran to her school gate.

Red had to control the urge to run after her daughter and take her home. But she thought that if Nicky felt good to go to school, then it wasn't such a serious thing. Trying to hide her worry Red headed to the market to start her work day.