Chapter 2

When Mary got to the nurse's office, the nurse asked her what was wrong. She said that she did not feel well and that she hadn't the night before either. She also added that she had thrown up. The nurse then took her temperature and there was no indication that she had a fever.

"You don't have a fever, but I think that you should go home," the nurse told Mary.

"Okay," Mary said.

"Go call your parents to come pick you up," said the nurse.

"All right," Mary responded. With that, she went to call her mom.

"Mom?" Mary asked.

"Mary?" Mrs. Camden asked, "What's wrong?"

"I don't feel well again and I threw up," Mary said.

"Okay, I'll be there in ten minutes to pick you up," Mrs. Camden told Mary.

"Okay, bye Mom." Mary said as she hung up.

After Mary got off the phone with her mom, she took a seat and waited for her to come get her. While she was waiting, Mary saw Lucy pass the nurses office; little did she know that Lucy saw her too.

Lucy entered the nurse's office to see what was wrong with her sister.

"What's wrong, Mary?" Lucy asked in a concerned voice.

"I don't feel well again," Mary told Lucy,

"Mom is coming to pick me up in ten minutes."

"Do you want me to stay here with you?" asked Lucy.

"No, I'm fine," Mary reassured her sister, "can you get my homework for me though?" she asked.

"Sure," Lucy responded.

When Mrs. Camden arrived to the nurse's office to pick up Mary, she saw Lucy sitting next to Mary and she suddenly got very concerned.

"Luce, what's wrong?" Mrs. Camden asked her daughter.

"Nothing Mom, I'm fine," said Lucy, "I was just waiting with Mary until you got here," Lucy told her mother.

"Okay," Mrs. Camden replied.

"Mary, you ready to go?" Mrs. Camden asked her.

"Yeah, I just have to let the office know that I am going home," said Mary.

"Okay," said Mrs. Camden. With that, Mary and Mrs. Camden went to the office to let them know that Mary was going home. After that, they headed home.

Once they had gotten home, Mary went straight up to her room to take a nap. While Mary was doing that, Mrs. Camden decided to call Reverend Camden at the church.

"Hello?" asked the reverend.

"Hi," replied Mrs. Camden.

"Mary got sick again and I went and got her at school" said Mrs. Camden, "she is upstairs sleeping right now."

"Do you want me to come home?" Reverend Camden asked his wife.

"No, that's okay," replied Mrs. Camden.

"Okay, bye," said Reverend Camden. "Bye," said Mrs. Camden as she hung up the phone.

Once off the phone, Mrs. Camden decided that she would clean the house for a while and then start dinner. After she had cleaned the house for about an hour, she decided that she better go check on Mary. She headed upstairs towards Mary and Lucy's bedroom. When she entered the room, she heard Mary lying on her bed crying. Mrs. Camden walked over and sat on the edge of Mary's bed.

"Mary, what's wrong?" Mrs. Camden asked.

"I can't sleep," Mary sobbed. Concerned now, Mrs. Camden put her hand on Mary's forehead and noticed that she felt hot. She then went to get some medicine.

A few minutes later, she returned to Mary's room with the medicine. Mary took it and Mrs. Camden told her to try and get some rest and that she would wake her when dinner was ready.