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But apparently it wasn't the flu. Katie said she heard pneumonia; whatever it was kept him out for a week and a half. And Paul must have caught it too because he was out too after that day. Not that Kim minded, although she couldn't help but imagine, completely horrified, Paul and Jared sitting around with runny noses laughing about what Paul had seen in her notebook.
But then Thursday, almost exactly two weeks since Jared's first absence Kim overslept for the first time since Kindergarten. Larry, Kim's brother burst into her room fifteen minuets before they were supposed to leave, bleary eyed and looking frantic.
"Dang it Kim! Get out of bed. We have to leave soon and I haven't even had my shower!" He was using the high-pitched voice he only used when he was really mad or worried, in this case Kim was pretty sure it was both.
Normally Kim didn't get angry, ever, but he had no right to get mad at her. She woke that little jerk up for school since his second day of kindergarten and she slips up once and is a bad person? No, no way José! So as he was running to the bathroom Kim threw off her covers, not bothering to make her bed, and pushed him out of her way to the bathroom and slammed the door in his face before taking a quick shower. A really hot one, so hot when she got out her skin was flushed pink.
They managed to get out the door only one minute late somehow but Larry only had time to wash his hair and it was still damp. Needless to say he was pissed. He lost 45 minutes of preening time, honestly sometimes Kim though he was the girl.
"What the heck was that Kim? I always take the first shower, and it was you're fault we only had fifteen minutes as well!" Larry roared at her as Kim's father drove to the Junior High to drop off Larry. That made her even angrier so she turned around in the passengers seat, she couldn't get her license for another two weeks so she had to ride with my brother and father still even though she'd saved up enough cash to buy a used car, and just let him have it.
"You know what you little punk! Wake yourself up from now on if you don't like it. I haven't overslept in ten years so forgive me for doing so ONCE! And you always get the first shower. Why? Because I let you, I wake you up so you have enough time to shower and get ready since you need a full hour to do so like a girl. But I don't have to let you so you better have appreciated it because I wont let you anymore!" Kim had screamed this at her brother and as a result he and her father were staring at her.
"Kim that was a little…loud." Her father spit out lamely as we pulled into the junior high. Normally she was very quiet so it was extra unusual, but today was just a really off day. Kim couldn't put her finger on it.