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Only The Good Die Young
Chapter Seven: When You Wish For The Flu
Friday morning, when Brooke popped into Haley's room to see if she was still sleeping, she was surprised to see her sister was already up, pulling on clothes half-heartedly.
"Good morning, Sis." Brooke said cheerfully.
"Morning." Haley yawned and faced Brooke.
For the first time in her life, seeing her sister's appearance caused Brooke to wince. With no makeup, dark circles lined Haley's eyes, and she looked nothing like her usual stuff.
Sighing, Brooke took a seat on Haley's bed. She had honestly hoped that Haley would be okay, and all her doctor problems would go away. But there was obviously something wrong with Haley, and seeing as how there were no parents to watch over the two girls, it was Brooke who would be forced to make the parental move.
She forced herself to look up at Haley's tired eyes, and she managed a small smile. "Haley, I have to take you to the doctor."
"No." Haley shook her head.
"Yes. Haley, I'm taking you."
"I'm not going, Brooke. I feel fine!"
"You feel fine?" Brooke stood angrily, "Haley! Look at yourself in the mirror! You look like you got hit by a semi! You don't even act like yourself anymore! You're tired constantly, and you have huge dark circles underneath your eyes- I mean, something's wrong!"
Taken aback by her sister's outburst, Haley slowly made her way towards her mirror, gasping quietly as she looked at her eyes. Running her fingers slowly underneath them, she felt hot tears form.
"I don't feel like myself." She told Brooke honestly, allowing her brown eyes to lock with her sister's own hazel ones.
"Then let me take you to a doctor."
Haley nodded. "Now?"
"Now," Brooke agreed, standing up, "I'll make an emergency appointment. Everything will be okay. Don't worry, Hales."
"I know."
"Okay,
I'll uh, go call now." Nervously, Brooke left the room to call the
doctor, and Haley fell back on her bed, grabbing her favorite stuffed
animal, a small pink elephant, and looking up at the ceiling, allowing
tears to slip from her eyes.
"Something's wrong."
The drive to Tree Hill Medical Center was quiet. Brooke drove silently, and Haley chose the music, but neither chose to sing along, no longer feeling like their usual cheery selves.
Something wasn't right, and the both of them knew it. Haley wore large dark sunglasses over her face, so that her eyes would stay hidden, and Brooke could swear that out of the corner of her own eyes, she could see teardrops falling.
They reached the building, and went up to the sixth floor together, holding hands. No words needed to be spoken, but it was important that the two of them stayed together. Especially during tough times, like they always had.
After signing in, the two girls sat hesitantly in a corner of the room, heads bent together.
"No matter what," Brooke whispered weakly towards her sister, "I'll always be here for you."
"I know."
A door swung open, and a nurse looked out towards the group of people before her. "Ms. Haley Davis!" She called.
Both Haley and Brooke stood, and together, the two followed the nurse towards a room.
"Honey," The nurse gestured towards Haley, "Do you know your weight and height?"
Haley shrugged. "I'm five four, and I'm not exactly sure how much I weigh."
"Okay, well, do you mind if we weigh you here?"
"No."
Brooke watched painfully as Haley stepped onto the scale, and the woman measured it out.
A tight lipped smile passed over the nurse's lips. "Ninety nine pounds."
"There's no way," Haley shook her head, "I was one hundred ten last week."
"The doctor will be in to see you soon." The nurse left them in the room, and Haley turned to Brooke, a look of shock on her face.
"Brooke, there's been a mistake. I'm not ninety nine pounds. That's like, anorexic skinny!"
"It's okay, Haley. It's just because you haven't eaten much in the past week. You'll gain all your weight back, don't worry."
"I didn't eat at all until you fed me." Haley admitted, keeping her head down.
"Why not?" Brooke cried, and then immediately afterward shut herself up, in fear of being too loud.
"Because- I was just too tired to get out of bed. I couldn't get out of bed, no matter how hard I tried."
"But you had water."
"From Sunday."
"Oh. Hales, I'm so sorry. I should have known." Brooke shook her head guiltily, and Haley frowned.
"It's not your fault, okay? I was just being stupid, and I didn't bother to tell you."
"But I-"
"Hello Ladies." Both heads turned towards the door, where Haley's doctor for years, Dr. Beldam stood.
"Hey Doc." Haley smiled.
"So Haley, your sister here called me and said there was an emergency with you. What's up?"
"I've been sleeping all of this past week."
"Yes, most people do sleep." Dr. Beldam frowned.
"No, I mean, all night and all day."
"And she was so tired, she couldn't even get up to eat! That's why she's so thin!" Brooke blurted out, and both Haley and Dr. Beldam looked towards her.
"That too," Haley mumbled quietly, "And look at the bags underneath my eyes. I'm still tired!"
"Okay, let's run some tests. I'm not sure what this could be, other then maybe the flu."
Brooke nodded hopefully. She hoped it was the flu, because then it wouldn't be-
"So, there's nothing else you think it might be?"
"I honestly hope not." Suddenly, Dr. Beldam wore a grim expression on her pretty features.
So there was that possibility. Brooke bit her lip to keep from crying, and looked down. "So, what do we have to do? As in tests?"
"We're going to do a blood test, and then you're going to have to do the standard pee-in-the cup test…" Haley smiled, and nodded. "Not too bad."
"Okay then, I'll be right back."
Haley looked towards Brooke, and swallowed.
And then, at the same time, the two girls, both attempting to think rationally, spoke at the same time.
"It's probably just the flu."