Thumb Sucker
Characters:
Jade West
Beck Oliver
Tori Vega
Andre Harris
Cat Valentine
Jade is acting different one day at school. Beck notices and confronts her about it. When he finds out what is wrong, he tries to help her. Bade Fluff.
Jade walked into school one day with a cup of coffee in hand. She had the normal look on her face. She walked over to her locker and opened it. Beck, her boyfriend walked over to her. "Hey, babe," he said. She just waved at him. He thought it was weird, but he didn't say anything. He grabbed her hand, and they walked to their first class with Sikowitz. They went inside just as the bell rang. Sikowitz spent the rest of class talking about his weird life including a girl he dated who stole his bagels. Everyone sat there and listened. The bell ran an hour later. Everyone left and went to their next class. Jade and Beck's next class was theater history. They had a test in that class so they walked in, sat down, and started their test after the bell rang. The test took the whole hour. Their next class, they didn't have together. After that they had lunch. Jade sat down at their usual table with a bowl of soup. Tori and Cat walked up arguing about weather you could put make-up on underwater. "But its water proof," Cat said. "But if you put it on underwater it won't work," Tori said. She realized that Jade was sitting there staring at them. Tori thought it was weird, but just then her amazing boyfriend Andre walked up and kissed her. She forgot all about Jade's weird behavior.
Beck walked over and sat down next to Jade. "Hey babe," Beck said as he sat down. Jade just waved at him and didn't say anything. "Ok," he said, "come with me. We need to talk." He stood up and she followed, grabbing his had as they walked. He took her into the janitor's closet and sat down, dragging her into his lap. She leaned her head on to his chest, and he felt head radiating off her head. He put his hand on her forehead and realized she was running a fever. "Jade, you need to tell me what's wrong? Why haven't you spoken to me today? Did I do something wrong? And why did you come to school with a fever?" he asked quickly. She put her hands on her head and motioned for him to be quiet. "One question at a time," she said hoarsely, wincing in pain as she spoke. "Whoa, babe," he said concern in his voice, "What happened to your voice?" "This is an improvement from this morning when I had no voice," she said, "I think its laryngitis, but my dad wouldn't let me stay home today so I can to school. I didn't know I had a fever this morning, but I did have a headache. I think I might also have tonsillitis. Some kids in my vocal class were out yesterday with laryngitis. And some kids were out of my movie editing class because of strep, so I think I caught both because laryngitis isn't painful and strep doesn't mess with your vocal cords." She winced after she was done talking. "I am taking you back to my RV and calling the doctor," he said. She nodded as he stood up. Then she did something she had only done one other time. She put her arms up for him to carry her. He felt so bad for her. Last time she had asked him to carry her she had the stomach flu and could barely move off the bathroom floor. Now she was in too much pain and too tired to walk.
He walked back out through the Asphalt Café. His friends called to Him asking what was wrong. He decided to carry Jade out to his truck, then go back and let them know. Once she was in the car with a blanket wrapped around her, he kissed her head and told her he'd be back in a minute. He ran back into the school, grabbed their stuff, and went to tell the gang what was going on. As he walked over to them, he could see concern in their eyes. "Hey," Tori asked, "what's wrong with Jade?" "Yeah," Andre said, "and why were you carrying her?" "Where are you going?" Cat asked. "Guys listen," Beck said impatiently, " Jade is sick, she has almost no voice and a fever that I'm pretty sure is pretty high. I was carrying her because she is exhausted. We are going to my RV so a doctor can look at her and she can sleep. We will be back on Monday (A/N: it's Thursday). Any more questions?" "Yeah," Tori said, "Do you need us to bring you anything after school?" "Sure," he said, "can you bring some popsicles and some other soft foods that Jade can eat while she's sick? Remember, she's a vegan." "Alright," Andre said, "Tori and I will bring the stuff over after school." "Thanks," Beck said, "Now I have to go take care of Jade." With that he left.
When he got back to his car he found Jade asleep, sucking her thumb, a secret only he knew about. She usually only sucked her thumb when she had had a bad day or when she was sick. That was one of her give aways that she was sick. She looked so helpless laying there asleep. He drove home and when they got there, he carried her inside. H didn't want to wake her up, but she needed to but on some pajamas. She kept some in hi RV for the nights when she fought with her dad and needed to get away. He woke her up and sent her into the bathroom to change. While she did that, he called the doctor and asked if she could stop by. The doctor said she would be there in ten minutes. As soon as he was off the phone, Jade came out of the bathroom in her pajamas and fell onto the bed. She moaned and held her throat, looking at Beck with pitiful eyes. He went over to her and sat down on his bed, dragging her onto his lap. He wrapped a blanket around her . "The doctor will be here in ten minutes, so can you try to stay awake please?" he asked. "Ok," she whispered. They sat there until the doctor got there, beck running his hands through Jade's soft hair. He heard a knock on the door and got up to answer it.
"Hello Doctor Jones, come on in," he said. "Nice to see you Beck," she said, "Now where's your special girl." "She's right there on the bed," he said. "Oh, hello Jade," she said, "What seems to be the problem today." Jade gave Beck a desperate look. He stepped in. "Her throat is killing her, she has no voice, she's exhausted, and I am pretty sure she has a fever," he said. Jade gave him a grateful look. "Well, you sound pretty sick, Jade," Dr. Jones said, "let me take a look at you." The doctor looked in Jade's eyes, her ears, in her mouth and down her throat, Then she took Jade's temperature. She also asked Jade to speak. She also listened to her heart and lungs. When she was done she turned to Beck and Jade. "When Miss Jadylen West, it looks like you definitely have laryngitis. I am also pretty sure you have tonsillitis because of the appearance your throat and your fever, which is 103 by the way. You also have an ear infection. I am going to prescribe an antibiotic for your strep, and some ear drops for your ear. I would really like it if your fever went down a few degrees. I will come back on Saturday to check on you. You will probably feel pretty lousy for about three days. You should be able to go back to school on Monday if your fever is gone. If not stay home until it is under 100. If her throat isn't better by Tuesday, bring her into my office. She may have to have her tonsils removed. If you have any questions, just call me." "Thanks, Doctor Jones," Beck said as he let the doctor out.
