A/N: Finally I'm getting over whatever it was I had. Thanks for the review! I really appreciate it, and don't forget to share the BARE love with everyone that you know!:)

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Peter stood by his locker for a solid five minutes before deciding to move again. When he finally did, Peter began to slowly meander down the hall with his head looking down at the ground. He scuffed his feet along the tile, and it wasn't until he ran into someone that he actually looked up.

"Sorry" he said as he looked at the unfortunate person that he had collided with. The other person smiled and chuckled.

"No worries Peter. Have you scene Jason?" The voice belonged to Nadia, his boyfriend's twin sister. Peter shook his head to answer her question. An action that just seemed to multiply the headache that he had recently developed.

"You feeling alright?" she asked as she worriedly glanced at the boy who seemed to be very flushed and feverish. She stuck out her hand to feel his head, but before she could see how hot he was, he swatted her hand away. After listening to Nadia rambling on for another couple of minutes Peter apologized and excused himself saying he had to get to class.

Peter stumbled out of the boy's locker room wearing the physical education uniform. As other boys slowly started to follow Peter looked around for Jason and after a second of searching he found him. When Peter got closer he could see Jason was not alone but instead he was in a deep conversation with someone.

"Hey Peter" Zack said as his natural athletic body seemed to amplify in the gym uniform. His unrealistically strong biceps seemed to suddenly gain muscle in the new set of clothes. But not even Zack one of the most athletic boys in the world looked as good as Jason did in that unifrom. The white of the shirt brought out his tan, and the cut seemed to be designed with his body shape in mind.

"Hey"

"I have to go talk to coach for a second before class starts. I'll catch up with you guys tonight. Later" he smiled, and then he quickly left.

"What's going on tonight"

"Nothing big, the usual. Lucas is thinking of throwing a party. We don't have to go." Jason said as he looked again into Peter's eyes and noticed that were still glazed with fever.

"Maybe we could. It sounds like fun"

"Yeah, I guess it does. Did you go and talk to the nur-"

"I'm not sick Jason. I think I would know-it's my body." Peter argued.

"Let's make a deal, we go to the nurse. If you're sick I win. My prize is just knowing you're going to get better. If you win, I will never bother or question you again when you say you're 'just tired' thing, okay?" Jason smiled at Peter, but he could see that there was no way Peter would accept the guidelines of this deal.

"Jason I'm fine. Please stop asking me about it." Peter looked away from Jason wishing that someone would come and intrude on their argument.

"Peter, why are you hiding? It's fine if you're ill. No one is going to judge you for it, everyone gets sick, and you're not invincible" Peter was about to fire something back when the PE teacher who doubled as he baseball coach blew his whistle and all the boys assembled around him.

"Today is the mile run" the entire group groaned "Failure to complete the mile in fifteen minutes or less will ultimately result in failure of this course. Any questions?" he asked as Jason suddenly began to worry about Peter, who had never been a very strong runner, let alone when he was only half conscious and probably very feverish.

The coach led everyone in stretches and then had them begin the run. Jason began to run next to Peter, looking over every few seconds to see if he was okay. As they finished their first lap Peter began to violently cough.

"Asthma" he explained before Jason could speak. "Look, why don't you run ahead, you're a much strong runner then me, I don't want to hold you back" Peter talked in between breathes. Knowing that Peter would eventually make him run at his own pace he reluctantly began to run at his full speed. But he continued to dart glances behind him at the struggling boy. They were now on opposite sides of the track. This time when Jason looked over Peter was on the ground.



"Shit!" he cried before he darted across the middle of the field. There was now a large crowd assembling around the boy lying sprawled out onto the graveled floor.

"What happened?" asked the coach as he quickly jogged up to the group of people gathering, which was now just about everyone in the entire class.

"Peter fainted." Zack said as he crouched down next to Peter seeing that the boy was just coming around and was slowly opening his eyes.

"It might be heat stroke" Jason interjected trying to think of something fast that would deflect the notion that Peter was actually sick. Jason knew how much this was going to bother Peter when he woke up. The least he could do was try to convince everyone that it was less of a deal then it was.

"McConnell, since I know you are very capable of running the mile, why don't you take Simons to the nurse" Jason nodded not taking his eyes off Peter whose eyes were now opening starring straight up into Jason's eyes. "As for the rest of you back to the run" again another bout of groans and then the class started to run again. Finally when everyone was gone Jason began to speak with Peter.

"You idiot! You could have died!" Jason said in a furious tone. As he helped Peter stand up and wrapped an arm around him so that he wouldn't fall over again. Peter smiled as Jason did this, he leaned into the athletiv arms that belonged to Jason.

"I'm not going to argue with you anymore. It's not like I can hide it. Jason, I think I'm more then 'just tired'…a lot more" Peter began to slowly walk with Jason enjoying this un-taboo moment between the two of them. To everyone watching Jason was just helping his roommate not keel over, but to Peter it was a simple interaction that he loved. One that he so rarely had, and this one was in the public, for everyone to see!

"I'm not taking you to the nurse" Jason said breaking the silence between the two of them.

"Why?" Peter stopped in the middle of his step and looked over at Jason, who had also stopped walking.

"I know you'd never forgive me for making you go see her. But I am taking you to our room where you will finally be able to rest up. I can take care of you with that medicine/first-aid set that your mom made you bring this year"

"Sounds like a plan" Peter said smiling because he knew that Jason was going to be taking great care of him.

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