The Notebook
Chapter 18
The nurse took Zoey's temperature. "101.3, yes, this girl most defiantly has a fever. I'm afraid she's going to have to come with me to the infirmary."
"What do you think it is?" Hannah asked the nurse.
"It's most likely just the stomach flu. But if it lasts longer than 24 hours or more symptoms appear I'll have to take her to the hospital," Nurse Wanda said.
Chase broke his stare off of Zoey and looked at the nurse with wide eyes, "Hospital? What?"
"It most likely won't come to that just relax, son."
"I'm not your son," Chase muttered under his breath.
"Zoey," the nurse shook the ill patient, "Zoey, come on honey, let's go to the infirmary."
Ten minutes later Chase was in his first class and started to write in the notebook.
Thursday, November 30, 2006
7:50 a.m.
Zoe,
Gosh, I hope you're ok. I know it's probably nothing but I'm really worried. I've never even heard you sneeze before let alone throw up. I'll come visit you after all my classes, ok? Ha, like you can answer me. In fact, I bet that when I go to visit you you'll be starting on your homework from today. I'll go to your classes and make your teachers know what happened.
I miss you Zoey. I realize I haven't been around much since Hannah and I started dating and I... I just didn't really realize how much I missed you until now.
Chase.
Later after school let out Chase went to the Infirmary and Zoey wasn't there. A bit of relief soothed his worries. She was probably back in her room, he thought, as he went there to meet Hannah. When Chase got there Zoey was nowhere to be seen. Good, Chase thought to himself, she must be back in her dorm. Chase turned around and started to walk out.
"Hey you!"
"Yeah?" Chase saw the nurse at her desk.
"Are you looking for your friend Zoey?"
"Yeah..."
"Chase right?"
"That would be correct."
"Zoey asked me to tell you that she's in the hospital."
"What? Why?"
"Later in the day her symptoms got worse and I had to call an ambulence. All I know is that she's in the Pacific Coast Community Hospital."
"Oh my gosh," Chase sat down on a hospital bed, "Is it really bad?"
"I really don't know, young man. I have to go down there in an hour if you wanna come with."
"Of course...," Chase stumbled toward the door, his head spinning in a million different directions, "Just let me tell my girlfriend real quick."
"Sure."
"Hannah!"
"Chase? What's wrong?"
"Zoey's in the hospital," Chase managed to spit out. He was out of breath from running over there.
"What?"
"I'm going to go with the Nurse to visit her. I'll have to cancel our date."
"That's not a problem, honey." Hannah raised her eyebrows in shock, "In fact, I'll come with you."
"Um, okay."
A/N: Very short. Sorry. I had little inspiration.
Oh by the way, would any of you care if I deleted A New Beginning?