Chapter 34

Getting Sick

Miley got up with the alarm. Then she remembered that she was going to throw-up today in school. Joy. This also met she needed to dress down a little and she could do her make-up to make her look sick. And on the bright side, she could cough on Amber and Ashley. Then when she 'lost it' they would be freaking out. That made her smile.

Miley looked at herself in the mirror and decided not to wash her hair. Next she pulled her hair back with her hands only and just once and put it in a ponytail. Miley looked at her hair. It was messy. Perfect. Next, she used her make-up to put just a hint of circles around her eyes. She looked… …horrible. Then she had an idea to put just a little bit of blush just on the bottom of her nose to make it look red. WOW! I'll have to remember this on a day I want to get out of school. :::cough:::cough::: Sounds good.

Miley went down for breakfast. Her daddy was already making breakfast and she decided to test her act out.

":::cough:::cough::: Morning, Daddy." Miley said in a slight moan.

"You okay, Miley?" Robbie asked as he turned around.

"Wooo…You look horrible!"

"Thanks, Daddy." Miley said in a chipper voice.

"Wow!! You had me fooled. Which reminds me. Here don't forget this." Robbie hand the small bottle to her. Miley frowned at the bottle her dad gave her. She set it on the table and looked at it. Then thinking better of that, she took the bottle and put it in her backpack.

"Give me a big stack today, Daddy. If I have to lose lunch, I want a BIG breakfast."

"You got it, bud." Robbie said as he handed over a big stack of pancakes.

"How come Miles gets more than me? I'm in training, you know." Jackson whined.

"And I'm throwing up today."

"Sounds like an eating disorder, Dad."

"Stop it, Jackson."

"Why, Miles?"

"Because you ain't funny."

"This from the girl that will be doing slap stick today."

"Daddy!"

"Alright, Jackson, that's enough. Or maybe I should have Frank bring a bottle over for you."

"Gotta go," Jackson left in a hurry.

"Sara still asleep I take it, Daddy?"

"Dr. Ryan gave her a sleeping pill last night. I don't expect her for a while, bud."

"Will you be picking me up from school, Daddy?"

"Who else is there to pick you up?"

"Do you want the short list or the long one?"

"Very funny. Now go throw-up."

Miley got up and left for school.

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She waited for Lilly and Oliver at the corner. Once they were together, the set off for school.

"Boy, Miley, you look awful," Lilly laughed.

Miley coughed on Lilly.

"Sorry, I hope I don't give you anything," Miley giggled.

"Well, I think you may have giving me something."

"What's that?"

"A bad case of lovin' blues." Oliver sang.

"Don't quite your day job, Oliver," Miley told him sarcastically.

"I have a day job?"

"Well, you can't sing. And that is a professional opinion," Miley told Oliver.

The rest of the way to school was filled with corny jokes about Miley being sick. Oliver won with the corniest joke. As they came into school, Mr. Aaron was standing in his usual place watching the students come to school. When Miley came in, she looked awful. If he didn't know what was going on, he would have sent her straight to the nurse's office.

"Miley, you feeling okay? You don't look so good." Mr. Aaron spoke loudly.

"My tummy is just a little upset is all. I'll be alright."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, Mr. Aaron."

"Okay," Mr. Aaron said sounding unsure.

And so another day of acting for Miley started.

Other kids were giving her strange looks as she walked to her locker to get ready for homeroom. When she closed the door, Jake walked up.

"Hey, Miley."

"Oh hi, Jake."

"You feeling okay?"

"My tummy is just a little upset. Something I must have eaten last night. I'll be alright. Why? What's up?"

"I was hoping to introduce you to Hannah tonight."

"Is that tonight? I totally forgot!"

"Yeah, it is. Uh Miley, I have a little secret to tell you."

"Oh, what would that be?"

"Well, when we weren't friends, we are friends? (Miley nodded) I talked to Hannah about us and she gave me some good advice on getting to know you better."

"So now I know who to hunt down to get even with." Miley giggled and then faked a couple of coughs.

"Are you sure your okay? You really don't look too well."

"I'm okay, Jake." Miley told him as they entered homeroom.

Amber and Ashley were already in their seats. Miley smiled in her head and walked over by them. When she was even with them, Miley had a coughing fit on Amber and Ashley.

"Ewww…."

"Gross…."

"Try being sick over there by the losers."

"Ooooo……Tssss…."

Miley's reply to this was another coughing fit. Then she went and sat down as Amber and Ashley tried to de-germ themselves. Lilly and Oliver had seen half of what had happened but were still laughing quietly to themselves at the scene.

"You know if you really play this up Miley, no one will every believe that you're Hannah Montana," Lilly whispered to Miley.

"Good point, Lilly."

"……and for the final announcement for today, the winners of the fundraising contest from last week will be picked up and driven home by Hannah Montana in her limo. This would be Jake Ryan, Lilly Truscott, Miley Stewart and Oliver Oken. I also expect everyone to be well behaved tomorrow, as Hannah will be spending the day with us. Have a good day, everyone."

Miley took Lilly's idea to heart and was just horrible in all of her classes and in the hallways. By the time lunch got here, no one wanted to be around her for fear of catching something.

"Are you going to eat anything, Miley?" Oliver asked.

"Guess I have to if I'm going to be sick." A small knot of dread started to form inside of Miley. She decided to eat just a few things that were soft and that she wasn't too fond of.

"Are you sure your okay, Miley?" Jake asked as he sat down with them.

"I don't know."

"Well, you sure you should be eating anything then?"

"Well, maybe a little something will help settle my tummy down."

"Just take it easy on the food."

"Yeah. Guess I'll stop here." Miley took her tray to the return belt and came back to join the others. Once back at the table, Miley rested her head on her arms and tried to look as sick as possible.

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Miley took her time in going to class. This was it. You can do this. For Maggie.

"Have you done it yet?" Lilly made Miley jump.

"Am I throwing up yet?"

"Well, no."

"Go in and make sure the path to the trash can is clear. I'll count to ten and then 'take my medicine'." Miley used air quotes. Lilly nodded and went into the classroom to make sure Miley had a clear path. One…two…three…four…five…six…seven…eight…nine…nine and half…nine and three quarters…nine and seven eighths…sigh…ten. Miley took the cap off and downed it all in one bitter swallow. She quickly put the bottle into her pocket and started to walk into class not knowing what to expect.

Miley had gone five steps into the classroom when she felt the medicine start to work. The first thing she noticed was the muscles in her throat change direction. The next thing was the squeezing of her stomach muscles. At that feeling, Miley quicken her pace to the trashcan. Amber and Ashley noticed Miley quicken her pace from when she came into the room and they both stood up to block her path. The intelligence of their choice was soon evident. At this moment, the medicine took its full affect. The whole class broke into laughter as the results of Amber and Ashley's action came into full affect.

"Amber. Ashley. Both of you go to the nurse's office and get cleaned up." Their teacher told them while trying to keep a straight face. Meanwhile, Miley had dropped to all fours as the medicine finished doing what it was designed to do. Miley wanted to laugh along with the class at what had just happened to Amber and Ashley, but that's hard to do when one is throwing up.

"Are you okay, Miley?" Mrs. Cutter asked.

"NO," Miley whined.

"Lilly, would you help Miley to the nurse's office, please?"

"Glad too." Lilly got up and moved to help Miley.

"How are you feeling?"

"Like I just had my insides turned inside out. What do you think?"

"Well, it was funny how Amber and Ashley got what they asked for."

"Yeah. That was funny. Wished I could have laughed too." Miley smiled.

"Do you want to rinse your mouth out?"

"Good idea."

They walked to the nearest drinking fountain and Miley rinsed out her mouth.

"That is so much better."

"What was it like?"

"Like I was throwing up."

"What was the medicine like?"

"Can we talk about this later. I did just throw up!"

"My bad."

They reached the nurse's office and Amber and Ashley were in there with spare clothes on.

"Oh, Miley. I'm glad you made it here. How are you doing?"

"I want to go home."

"Okay. Just lay down on the bed there and I'll call your dad."

"Now. Do you two want to call your parents and get some clothes brought here?"

"YES!" They both said at the same time.

"You can call them after I call Miley's dad."

Miley just laid back on the bed with a very small smile tugging at her lips over the results of the day. She planned on pumping Lilly for info as soon as Lilly got home from school.