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Chapter Five:

Achoo?

A week had gone by since Tilly had seen 'Rea kissing Shuiichi and Josh was marked absent in homeroom. Tilly started to panic,

"Where could he be? Is he skipping? Did he get run over by the school bus? Is he sick? Oh no! He must be sick! Is it the flu? Chicken Pox? Botulism? Intestinal Schistosomiasis? What-what-what-what-what?"

"Whoa, calm down! Breathe! Phone his house, ask his mom where he is." 'Rea suggested helpfully.

"HE DOESN'T LIVE WITH HIS PARENTS!" Tilly wailed in despair. Lorea grabbed her by the shoulders and shook her,

"KNOCK IT OFF!" Rea yelled even louder than her sobbing friend.

"But, what should I do?" Tilly wailed softer than before.

Rea half-sighed-half-growled in frustration.

" Listen! Call his cell phone. Find out what's going on. Then leave me THE HELL out of it!"

"Okay." Tilly sniffled.

Four rings later,

"Hello?" said a small, groggy, but familiar voice.

"Josh?"

"Uh-Huh."

"It's Tilly! Are you okay?"

"Oh Hey," he coughed loudly, "I'b okay, da docdur says thad I jusd cawd a code virus thad's goig around."

"Are you sure? You sound terrible! Do you want me to drop off..." she was interrupted by a loud sneeze,

"AH-ACHOOO!(sniffle) 'Scuse be."

"Bless you- Some soup or your homework or something?"

"NO!" Josh said quite loudly for someone so ill.

"I...I mean Doe, eved if id's jusd a code,(koff-koff.)I dode wad you to cajid. The docdur says I'b contagious still." He replied hastily.

"What about Phoebe?"she quickly asked.

She distinctly heard the hiss of an intake of breath, and a small cough that sounded strangely like "Dammit."

"Um... Phoebe's...stayig with sobe...friends of bine" he stammered.

"Well, okay,' said Tilly suspiciously,"I guess I'll see you when you're back in school."

"I guess so." said josh stuffly,

"Bye." Tilly heard a tremendous sneeze in the background as she hung up.

'Click'

"Hmmph, he seemed to trying awfully hard to convince me not to come over."

Tilly immediately began to make some soup.

'I don't care what he said something isn't quite normal over there.'

When it was ready, she packed it up in a Gladware container and rode her bike to Josh's house.

When, she arrived she knocked on the door, she heard a voice say,

"No, it's fine. Just go in the other room, I'll handle it."

Josh opened the door, he was dressed in a t-shirt and jeans and looked completely shocked.

"Tilly?", he said in a normal voice "Uh... Wad are you doig.." he started.

"Save it!" she snapped, 'You weren't sick."

"Not true," he retorted shakily," I just got over it."

"But phoebe's still away for her safety right." she snapped sarcastically. A baby's crying was heard coming from upstairs.

"Why did you lie to me? What's wrong with you?" asked Tilly, near tears.

"Okay,"said Josh seriously, "I lied."

"No SHIT!", Tilly scoffed.

"But, I didn't do it without good reason."

"And how exactly am I supposed to believe you now, use "psychic powers"."

"I guess I'll have to tell you now, it won't be easy." aside he said,"And Jaganshi and the minstry won't like it either."

"Who and Who? What won't be easy?" Tilly demanded, I don't understand."

Her answer came in the form of a voice,

"You might not understand it all now, Tilliana Jaganshi, but you will. Soon!"

Ooooooh, Creepy Cliffie! I am EVIL! It will probably take me a month to type the next chapter. Even more evil! Mwah-ha-ha-ha! hee-hee! Just kidding. I start typing tomorrow.