Thanks to all you have been reading this story so far.
Two days have pass and Diego returned home from the hospital. Diego's parents weren't home as they were on their anniversary. Gigi had call to let them of Diego. Emma, Jax, Luke, and the Panthers were at Diego's house.
"Guys, seriously, I'm okay," Diego told them.
"Okay," Maddie said, "but after you are sick-free, we are going to all of your favorite places."
"Can we go right now?!" Diego rushed.
Maddie smiled, "No." Her smiled faded. "I'll see you then. I have a family meeting about that annual Van Pelt reunion."
"Okay, see ya," Diego said.
"So are you feeling alright?" Emma asked.
"I'm a little cold, but yeah, I'll be fine," Diego said.
"You sure?" Jax asked. Diego nodded.
"Where's Andi?" Diego asked.
"Oh, she's at swim practice," Jax answered, "You know how much Andi loves swimming. We could stay here and nurse you."
"You guys should go," Luke said, "I can take care of him."
"Okay," Emma said. "Hope you get better."
"Thanks," Diego said.
After swim practice, Andi had come to Emma's house. She looked in the refridgerator and got out her soda. She twist the lid off and took a sip.
"Where were you?" Emma asked as she came into the living room. She hard startle Andi.
"I was at swim practice," Andi answered.
"It ended half an hour ago," Emma said.
"I was at the store," Andi said.
"You knew that Diego was coming home today and you didn't come with us," Emma said.
"What's the big deal?" Andi asked. She walked to the couch and sat down. "You and Jax handled it. I bet the Panthers did too."
"Oh, I get it," Emma said, "You didn't want to see him because Maddie was there."
"No," Andi said, "that's half the reason."
"What's the other half?" Emma asked.
"Because, I don't want to see Diego," Andi said.
"You know, you can't blame Maddie for everything," Emma said as she crossed her arms.
"Why not?" Andi asked. "It would be much easier."
"Listen, I know you don't want to talk to Diego because of Maddie, but Diego has a flu," Emma said. "He's not going to feel better if you didn't come and visit him."
"But-" Andi said.
"Andi, please take this seriously," Emma said.
"I will," Andi said genuinely. Emma walks out of the living room. Andi leaned on the couch and cover her face with her hands.
Later that night, Diego was tucked into his bed. He was freezing. Diego was sleeping on his side. Luke brought him three heavy blankets to keep him warm. "Th-Than-ks."
"You're welcome," Luke said. He place them on Diego. Once he was done, he shut off the lights and closed the door. Diego was rubbing himself.
Diego heard someone coming through the window, but he was too cold to turn. He felt someone touching him. It had startled him. Diego looked up and saw Andi.
"Andi?" Diego weakly asked. "What are you doing here?"
"You didn't answer your phone," Andi said as she sat down on his bed.
"Why didn't you go through the door?" Diego asked.
"I've figured you would be in your own bed by now and I didn't want Luke or Gigi to answer," Andi explained, "For one, Gigi would put this on her blog and Maddie would go crazy and two, I didn't want Luke to know." Diego tried to nod. "How are you feeling?"
"Y-You kno-ow," Diego tried to explain, "C-cold."
"Do you think you can heat yourself up?" Andi suggested.
"Did not w-work," Diego answered.
"Oh, I'm so sorry," Andi apologized.
"F-For what?" Diego asked.
"For not visiting you earlier," Andi said.
"A-at least y-you visit-ted," Diego smiled.
Andi smiled back. She touched his forehead and it was hot and sweaty. "You're burning up. I think I should stay for the night."
"D-don't" Diego said.
"No, it's okay," Andi said. She pulled up a chair and sat in front of him. "I'll just sit right here and watch you go to sleep." Diego nodded. Soon enough, they both were asleep.
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