Kat rolled over looked at her alarm clock and saw that it read 5:00. It was late afternoon and she realized that she had once again spent the day in bed. It had been almost a week since her date with Rocky and she couldn't remember the last time she had felt so sick and tired. At least she finally had a real excuse for not hanging out with her friends.
"Kat, sweetie, don't you think you should eat something," her mom said coming into her room and carrying a tray.
"Oh Mum, I don't think I could keep anything down," Kat told her.
"I'm getting really worried about you, maybe I should phone Dr. Peterson," her mother replied.
"No, I don't think it's that serious," Kat responded.
"You've been in bed for almost a week now," her mom retorted.
"My body's just probably reacting to all the extra time I've put into dancing lately and this is its way of telling me to slow down," Kat concluded.
"Even so, I'd feel better if you saw the doctor, you could have a really bad case of the flu" her mom replied.
"Alright, if I'm not feeling any better by tomorrow, I'll go to the doctor," Kat promised.
Tommy had been in the youth center for hours hitting the punching bag furiously. It was what he always did when he needed to clear his head or he was stressed out about something.
"You break it, you bought it," Rocky joked.
"I'm not in the mood for jokes right now," Tommy said as he continued to punch the bag.
"Man, what's got you in such a cheery mood," Rocky replied.
"Its nothing, I've just got a lot on my mind," Tommy told him.
"Well, I see someone who might be able to put you in a better one," Rocky said as Kim came running over.
"Hey Tommy, I've been calling you all day," Kim said once she reached them.
"Yeah well I've been here," he replied not stopping to acknowledge her.
"Is everything ok?" Kim said surprised by his actions.
"Since when was it a crime to spend the day working out, I gotta hit the showers," Tommy said walking away and heading for the locker room.
"What's with him?" Rocky asked as he and Kim sat down at a nearby table.
"I wish I knew, I mean even when we're out on a date I can tell that his mind is somewhere else," Kim told him.
"I'm sure whatever it is, he'll talk about it when he's ready," Rocky decided.
"I hope so," Kim said staring off in the direction where Tommy had walked off.
Katherine again spent another day sick in bed. She had managed to eat breakfast that morning but it came back up almost as soon as she got it down.
"Ok, that's it, this time no arguing your going to the doctor," her mom told her.
"Mum, I really think I'll be fine," Kat insisted.
"We had a deal remember, you promised if you weren't any better that you'd go to the doctor," her mom replied.
"Alright, I'll go but I'm not a little girl, I can take myself," Kat said.
"Well I do have a meeting to attend but promise you'll get dressed and go," her mom said.
"I will," Kat promised.
An hour later, Kat pulled up in front of the Angel Grove free clinic. Her mom had wanted her to go to Dr. Peterson's office but Kat was afraid he'd call her mom with her results instead of just telling her.
"Hello, how may I help you?" the receptionist asked.
"I need to see a doctor," Kat told her.
"Ok, well just fill out this form and we'll call you when we're ready."
"Katherine Hillard?" a voice called out a half hour later.
"Hello, Katherine, I'm Dr. Martin, what seems to be the problem," the doctor said.
"I've been feeling really sick and tired lately and I can't seem to keep anything down, my mom thinks it could be the flu but," Kat started telling her.
"You think it might be something else," Dr. Martin finished for her.
"I'm afraid so," Kat replied.
Tommy sat on the park bench and waited for Kimberly who was supposed to meet him.
"I'm glad you called," Kim said sitting down next to him.
"I wanted to apologize for the way I acted earlier," Tommy said.
"It's ok, I could tell something was bothering you," Kim replied.
"That's no excuse, I've just been acting so selfishly lately and I'm sorry," Tommy told her.
"Really, Tommy its fine," Kim said smiling.
"No, I haven't been fair to you, I thought that I was but I'm not, I can't go on like this," Tommy replied.
"Go on like what?" Kim asked.
"Kim, I do love you," Tommy told her.
"But?" Kim questioned.
"I'm not in love with you," Tommy answered.
"This is the last thing I expected you wanted to talk to me about," Kim said choking back tears.
"I wish I didn't have to hurt you like this but I can't keep lying to myself," Tommy told her.
"I guess I kinda knew this was coming, I mean I could sense that things were different between us," Kim responded.
"I thought your coming home would mean a new start for us but it was too late and my feelings had already changed," he explained.
"So there's someone else?" Kim asked.
"Yes, I did start spending time with someone while you were gone," Tommy admitted.
"Who's the lucky girl?" Kim questioned.
"It doesn't matter, she's already started moving on with someone else, I'm just sorry for hurting you," Tommy replied.
"I'm sorry for suggesting we take a break in the first place," Kim said trying to lighten up the mood.
"I just hope you'll be able to forgive me," Tommy told her.
"It'll just take some time, but I'll always be your friend," Kim said as Tommy gave her a hug.