A/N: If you don't like the characters or plot, then don't read. This is slightly AU as fair as Lana and their ancestry and stuff like that. But the main premise will not change.

DISCLAIMER: I only own my OC, nothing else.

WORD COUNT: 1, 585

Chapter 8

I Got The Fever.

Lana sneezed hard, waking herself up.

She groaned, unable to breathe out of her clogged nose and she couldn't stop her shivering body. She could feel the toasty warmth of her skin from being under warm covers, but she felt so cold.

Lana stood shakily, her brain pounding against her skull as she dragged the covers off the bed, letting them fall to the floor unceremoniously, shaking hard as she realized she was in Jacob's room, but she didn't have the energy to be bashful or embarrassed, she was in too much pain to care. Lana slowly made her way out of Jacob's bedroom and into the small hall that it was connected to. "Hello?" She asked in a croaky, broken tone, her voice started to fade as she probably had the comings on of Laryngitis.

"Lana!" Bella's voice sounded and her worried big sister came into her foggy view.

"B-Bella?" Lana sneezed again, teetering off balance and she started to fall forwards, but Billy was quicker and rolled toward her, catching her in his lap as Lana shivered and her teeth chattered.

Billy pressed his palm to her sweaty forehead, his eyes wide as he took in her dangerously pale face and her quivering body. "She's burning up bad," he mused, holding her closer to his chest like a toddler and he rolled to the couch, ripping the blanket from the couch and wrapped her in it to keep her body warm. "Bella, the thermometer is in the medicine cabinet above the mirror in the bathroom, can you go fetch it, please?" Bella nodded and sprinted down the hall, finally finding the bathroom and she did as Billy asked and grabbed the thermometer, hearing Lana cough terribly. She ran back inside and handed it to Billy and Lana opened her mouth, and he set the thermometer under her tongue and she closed her mouth and stayed as still as she could so the small device could pick up an accurate reading.

It started to beep and Billy took the thermometer, "41.4, it's climbing, she needs to go to a hospital right now." He fretted as Lana's breathing picked up in anxiousness. "It's okay, Lana. You're going to be okay. It's just a check up." Billy steered to the couch and gently laid her down, resting the blanket over her, in which she curled up into a ball, trying to generate warmth throughout her body. "Bella, call your father, he's going to have to come get her. I'm afraid she won't be coming home, today."

"Alright." Bella sat by Lana, holding her hand gently as she called their father and told him of Lana's situation. He hung up at the word of Lana's illness and high fever. He loved his daughters too much to leave them if they were ever sick. He dropped everything and ran.

Bella stayed with her little sister, pressing soft kisses to her cheek every so often, until their Dad showed up.

Charlie took one look at his youngest and nodded. She needed hospital treatment, neither he nor Bella could handle this. They needed to take her to the hospital where she'd get the correct treatment. Charlie thanked Billy before lifting his shivering baby girl in his arms and kept her blanketed as Bella ran into Jacob's room, grabbing Lana's things and they walked to the squad car.

Charlie set her in the backseat and Bella put Lana's things in the back, before kneeling in to hug her tightly. "You'll be okay, Lalana." Bella whispered the name she forever called her baby sister when they were younger, considering Bella couldn't say Alana, nor Lana and came up with Lalana instead when she was still a toddler.

Lana nodded, hugging her sister back, "you get the truth out of him, okay?" Lana whispered, her voice fading and Bella quickly nodded.

Bella shut the door to the car as Charlie thanked Billy once again, before entering the squad car and raced from the Rez, speeding along the road toward the hospital.

(..)

"You're lucky you brought her in time, her fever had reached 42.3, it was climbing and she was starting to become dehydrated. We were lucky we caught it in time." Dr. Cullen surmised, standing next to Charlie who was watching over a sleeping Lana.

"Do you know what caused her illness?" Charlie asked, "a fever that high. . . it's got to be something bad. ."

"What she has, clinically, is Laryngitis. Her fever is attributed to that. It's a severe case, we'll keep her under observation and keep her on the IV, to keep her fluids up and we'll wake her up soon so she can take her antibiotics, better to treat this now than later. Her glands were incredibly swollen so, it was pretty far advanced."

"How did she even get it? She was fine yesterday!"

"Prolonged exposure to the rain? Edward told me she rode her motorbike back from Port Angeles, and from what you're telling me, she stopped at the Reservation to visit her friend. That was probably what did it." Carlisle excused himself and walked out of the hospital room and Charlie pressed a gentle kiss to Lana's forehead, unable to stay with her, even though he desperately wanted to, so he called Billy who organised for Jacob to visit her, since he couldn't go anywhere.

(..)

Lana was woken up by Dr. Cullen, still shivering as she looked up, groggy.

"Ah, Miss. Swan, you're awake. It's time for you to take your antibiotics."

"Anti-" her voice was soft, almost a very soft whisper as she tried to speak, but winced at the pain it caused.

"You have a severe case of Laryngitis, I'm afraid. We managed to get your fever down but I don't recommend that you move a lot, so bed rest is a must in your condition and you won't be talking for a while. It's best if you conserve your strength and energy. It wasn't a smart move to be riding your motorbike in the pouring rain last night. That must be some friend." Dr. Cullen made small, one sided conversation with her as she took the antibiotic and washed it down slowly and painfully with some tepid water.

He left shortly after that as Lana looked to the left, seeing her bag and her shoes, her socks and cardigan. Remembering that she had bought the books from the bookshop. She must have left the one she was reading in there, so, leaning over the bed and reaching over to the chair, fishing her book out of the bag and started to read from the page she bookmarked.

An hour later, Lana was halfway through the book when Jacob entered the room. Her eyes shifted from the book to him and she smiled brightly, waving her hand in greeting. "Hey, Lana." Jacob smiled, moving her things from the chair and he scooted closer to her, "how are you feeling?"

Lana did a series of hand signs, pointing to her throat and she made an exasperated expression, mouthing, "can't speak." She tried to use her voice, but nothing came out. It was a futile attempt.

Jacob nodded, smiled to her and he just spoke to her for ages while Lana sat there, listening to his voice contently. He spoke to her about his day, about how thankful he was about the stories she brought for him and his father and how thoughtful she was to do something like that. But then he started to scold her, calling her an idiot for riding her bike back from Port Angeles all the way back to the Rez and how worried he was when his father told him the news.

It made her feel special, that he had worried as much as he had, that he came all the way from his school on the Reservation, to the hospital in the middle of Forks. She was so happy, that she lunged from her place on the bed and wrapped her arms around his shoulders as he gripped at her waist, "whoa!" He exclaimed, not having expected it so quickly, but he started to smile and he rocked her from side to side. "You alright, Lana?"

Lana nodded gently, whispering in his ear, "thank you." Jacob's smile became larger as he pat her back, enjoying her warmth.

"What's going on, here?" A soft, familiar feminine voice spoke up from the doorway and both Jacob and Lana turned to see Bella standing in the doorway.

"Bella!" Jacob's face turned bright red as he stood up quickly, but he forgot that he had Lana's arms around his shoulders, so she was jostled as he shot up and she lost her balance and fell from the bed.

Ouch.

Just a little fluffy chapter before getting back to the main plot.

Well, now we know how Jacob is with Bella despite Lana being hospitalized.

Poor Lana.