Ch.5

"Fox, please, you need to sit and calm down."

"Dr. Russell, just tell me what's wrong. Please" Fox begged. The urgency of his voice was heartbreaking.

"Fox…Teresa is very sick."

"What do you mean sick? Like what, a flu? Some kind of disease? What is it?"

"That's the thing," Eve said,"We don't know what is wrong with her."

Fox just stood there.

"I don't understand. I mean how can you not know? You're a doctor; this is what you do for a living. People come in here, you tell them what's wrong, give the medicine, and they are as good as knew."

"Yes that's usually the case…but not with Teresa. Not one doctor here can seem to classify what is happening to her. It could be anything! It could be some type of infection we have never heard of, some type of disease, cancer…we just don't know."

~Cancer~

The word rang through Fox's ears.

"I'm sorry, I wish I knew more, but the truth is I don't. We have run numerous tests on her, and none of the results are helping us find what the problem is. It's almost like her body is simply shutting down."

A single tear rolled down fox's cheek.

"Is she going to be ok Eve?"

Eve didn't move.

"I don't know Fox."

"You don't know" fox smirked. He closed his eyes, unmoving.

Whitney and Chad stared at their friend.

"Fox? Whitney stammered. Are you ok?"

Suddenly fox's eyes flew open. He ran over to the wall and started punching it.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" he screamed, as he kept punching.

"Fox stop it!" Chad ran over and grabbed a hold of him.

"Get off me Chad!" Fox kept yelling.

"No, not until you calm down," Chad tightened his grip on fox. He had never seen his friend act so crazy before.

Finally, defeated, Fox fell to the floor sobbing.

"Oh fox." Whitney ran over and wrapped her arms around him. He grabbed on, and cried. You could feel his pain with every cry that escaped, every tear that fell.

"Why her Whitney? Why Teresa?"

"Shhh it'll all be ok." Whitney said, stroking his hair.

Eve walked over to them.

"Fox, do you want to go see her?"

Fox looked up.

"More than anything."

Eve smiled.

"Come with me. I'll take you to her room."

Fox stood up, and started walking. Suddenly, he stopped.

"Oh wait, I need to call Pilar and the others."

"Don't worry about that," Chad said. "Whitney and I will call everyone. You go see her…she needs you."

"Thanks Chad."

Fox followed Eve to the end of a long hallway. She stopped in front of a room, room 321, and grabbed the door handle.

"Are you ready?"

Fox took a deep breath. She opened the door, and he slowly walked in.