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Chapter Two: This Can't Happen

The school bell rang, signaling the five-minute buffer before the start of first period. Freddie opted to head over to a restroom before going to his class. Throwing the nearest stall door open, he dropped quickly over the porcelain bowl. With a few dry heaves, he knew his body wanted to get whatever toxins he had inside him that caused him to feel awful out of his system. Then, finally he released.

He coughed several times and pulled back his head. He took a glance in the toilet. There were traces of blood in the vomit.

No... Not again...

The squeaking hinges of the bathroom door echoed against the walls.

"Hello?" Freddie heard a voice call as the unidentified person's sneakers slapped against the tiled floor, approaching the rows of stalls. "Are you okay?" The voice sounded familiar.

"Yeah," he replied, leaning back against the stall's divider. He breathed deeply, and shut his eyes to help him relax and regain composure.

"Freddie, right?" the voice said, coming closer to the boy crumpled on the ground. "You've changed a lot." The brown-eyed boy squinted up towards the florescent lights, and saw shaggy blonde hair come into view. Funny... He thought that Jake Krandle moved out of town.

"Yeah," the younger boy responded, sitting up. Jake kneeled down to his level. There was a moment of silence between the two, giving Freddie the time to question, "I thought you and your family left the state a couple years ago..."

"Well, yeah, we did," the senior confirmed. "But we just moved back. Our cousin is living with us now. She's in your class, I think. You're a Sophomore this year, right?" The tech-savvy teen nodded. Jake smiled in response. "Cool! I should have you and your girlfriend meet her."

Freddie gave the popular kid a bemused expression. "Girlfriend?"

"Yeah! Carly."

Freddie's face fell. "Carly's not my girlfriend."

Jake's smiled disappeared. "Oh, man, I'm sorry! That's rough!" Jake paused to moisten his dry lips. "Look, I know how hard breakups are, so I'm here for you, man."

"She was never my girlfriend," Freddie clarified.

"Oh," Jake said in a small voice as his eyes widened. "But, um... I was so sure that- I mean, I saw the two of you kissed during the time that I-"

"Just a simple misunderstanding," Freddie intervened. "Don't worry about it."

A light cough began to emerge, gradually becoming more violent. He shifted himself so he was bent over the toilet again. The coughing attack continued another next minute, ending with him spitting some red-tinted saliva into the bowl. Some of the bloodied spit lingered on his bottom lip as he once again leaned back against on the stall's wall. He resumed to closing his eyes as he lift the back of his hand to smear away the mess from his face.

He exhaled gently, then breathed in deeply. The pattern continued as a shocked Jake stared at him. "Dude, I think you have an ulcer!"

Freddie groaned in protest.

"Seriously, man. We've got to get you to the nurse fast."

"I'm fine," Freddie snapped. "I'm..." His expression softened. "I'll just go to the office and call home sick. I'll be fine."

"Well, if you're sure..." Jake started hesitantly.

"Yeah, I'm sure," Freddie tried to convince, getting himself to stand up. "Thanks for your help."

"N-no problem," the senior answered. The stutter obviously meant he was not fully assured with the other boy's claim of well-being, but he seem to let it pass.

Freddie jerked the flush handle, and made his way to the sinks to vigorously scrub his hands clean of blood and spit before exiting out of the bathroom, leaving a befuddled Jake standing alone.

End of Chapter Two

Author's Note: Call me a huge dork, but I complete forgotten that I had posted the first chapter. I had the majority of the story written (which was originally written back in September 2009), but I had wanted to complete more of it before posting. Looks like that ship has sailed. And since I'm updating and publishing the rest of my stories, I thought that it is time to unleash this chapter.

28 August 2011