Author's Note: I'm back, and I have the newest one out! I hope your having a happy New Year, and that 2011 will bring happiness to everyone. I probably would have updated this morning, but I was crying -not because I was sad, but I was really happy. My entire class signed a giant posterboard, wishing me to get better soon. And I only knew a few of the people, but my best guy friend- scratch that, best friend- Cameron wrote something so nice that I was crying about it, thinking about him and the rest of my class. It was such a sweet thing, and I loved it. :)

-I've never had the flu -shocking, I know- so I don't know the symptoms. Sorry if I got them wrong, I just googled it and went by what it told me. Feel free to point out mistakes.

Requested by: Miyu101

Disclaimer: I eat dinosour chicken nuggets, so I own BTR... yeah, no. But me and my brother act like James and Carlos and fight with them

Worldwide: Kella One-Shots

Flu and Fears

Bella walked out of bed, she could feel her musscles aching in pain. She coughed, but it was raspy and hurt her throat. She went to get a drink of water, thinking that it was only from singing yesterday. And the muscles aches were from dancing... yep, that's it.

She felt so tired, that was probably from the dancing too. She felt like she'd been up for three days, running around, never going to sleep. All she wanted to do was go to sleep, and dream about her alone time with Kendall, like she always does. The time where they just get their moment together without any camera's or pictures taken. Just them two, no James, no one else.

Curling up on the sofa, she slowly fell into a sleep again.

Kendall was in the lobby, like he usually did when Bella didn't come to their appartment before breakfast. He looked at his watch, and mentally slapped himself, "Great, 8:00! Gustavo is going to kill me! We're both late, and Bella's not down yet." He hung his head.

Katie, who was reading a magazine near him, said over her shoulder, "Did you check her room?" He brightened up, heading for the elevator as he heard her say, "Idiot."

"I heard that!" He yelled before the elevator doors closed, and it slowly rose to the second level. Walking down the hall, he reached 2K, putting the spare key into the lock, and then opening the door.

He walked inside, and called, "Bella!" but there was no responce. Looking around, he spotted her lying on the couch, fast asleep. But she didn't look quite right, she looked very pale, unlike her tan self, and she was holding her head as she slept.

Kendall sat down on the end of the couch, waiting for her to wake up, when a low cough filled the room. Another one, and then another one followed that.

Only then did he realise that Bella was the one coughing. He saw her eyes were partly open, looking like she wanted to go back to bed. She had dark circles under her eyes, and her lips looked almost white. "Bella, you alright. You look terrible." He commented.

She coughed once more, and then answered back in a raspy voice, "I feel terrible. My throat is killing me, and I keep-" She was inturrupted by herself coughing, and then finished saying, "coughing."

Kendall had learned enough from health class that the first thing to do when someone was sick was to take their tempature. Seeing as there wasn't a themomiter around, he placed his palm over her forehead, and nearly pulled back. Her skin was burning hot.

Getting an idea, he called Logan, once it rang, Logan picked up, "Kendall! Where are you and Bella? Gustavo is flipping a lid over here." He scolded.

Kendall rolled his eyes, "Hey, you're training to be a doctor right?" He asked.

Logan said, "Yeah, you've known that for forever dude."

He just continued, "Bella's sick. She's got a fever, dry throat, her voice is raspy, she's really tired and her head is burning hot..." He paused, "Any of those point to a disease?" He asked.

Kendall could hear Logan gulp, even over the phone, "Kendall, you got your flu shot right?"

"No, I've never gotten one, and I've never caught the flu."

Logan sighed on the other side of the line, "Well, I think Bella's got the flu. And since she probably contaminated you too, you have to stay in the appartment until it blows over."

Kendall then yelled back, "I dont have the flu!"

"Not yet, but if Bella already has that many symptoms, the more likely that people around her will get contaminated. Once it passes through her system -and yours, since you'll catch it too I bet- then we can let you guy out. None of us got the flu shot, because the pharmacy was closed, and the only primary doctor was Dr. Hollywood, and I don't trust him with a needle." Logan rambled. "Just keep her in bed, give her things like chicken soup, something easy to go down -clear liquids only that means. No real substance food."

Kendall nodded, jotting it down on paper, "Alright, not real food, anything else?"

"Make sure she drinks lots of water to keep her hydrated."

He wrote that down too, and then said, "Thanks Logan -and I'm not going to catch the flu!" He added loudly on the end.

Walking back into the other room where Bella was lying, he sat down, putting her feet onto his lap, "So, I just talked to Logan about your symtoms..."

Bella looked up, and then sneezed loudly, "Sorry," She said weakly, "What did he say I have -strep throat?"

Kendall grimanced, and then said, "Well, I've got good news and bad news, which do you want first?"

"Good." She croaked.

He smiled, "You've got the flu, and we're stuck in the appartment until it's cured!" He said happily.

Bella sat up a little too quickly, groaning in pain, "I've got the flu? That takes a week to go away." She groggily whispered, her voice cracking. "How's that good news?"

Kendall's face dropped, "Oh, right, that was the bad news. Good news is that I'm playing Dr. Kendall and taking care of you, since none of us got a flu shot, Logan can't come to help."

She looked him in the eyes, her elbow wobbling from her leaning on it, "By none of us, I'm guess that includes you?" He nodded, "Kendall, I'm going to give you the flu, if you dont get the vaccine and are around people with the flu, you tend to catch it." She said, trying to state common sense.

He merely scoffed, "I've never had the flu in my life, and never got the shot for it. I'll be fine." He paused to smile at her, "How about I get you some chicken soup after I help you to bed, and we can watch whatever you want."

Bella got a glint in her eye, "Whatever I want, being sick may not be too bad." Just as she said that, she coughed again, nearly making both of them fall into a glass table.

A few days later, Kendall started to feel his nose get kind of runny. He grabbed a tissue, and blew his nose, before looking back at Bella. She still looked terrible, her hair was a mess, she had started to get shivvers, and he had about four blankets wrapped around her, her face was pale, her eyes dialated.

Both of them focussed on the Harry Potter movie that Bella had picked. She had loved the books, and Logan had gotten her the box set of DVD's for her last birthday, so now Kendall was stuck watching Harry Potter. It wasn't bad, it's just that it isn't realistic at all.

He blew out his nose again, taking the arm that was wrapped around Bella's shoulders to hold the tissue. Bella noticed, and throatily asked, "Are you alright?"

Tossing the tissue into the waste basket, he pulled her back into his arms, "I'm fine, just had to blow my nose."

Bella squirmed in his grip, and looked at his face, "Kendall, your all conjested, and your nose is really puffy." She frowned, "I think you might have caught-" She sneezed again, "-the flu from me." She finished, coughing again.

Kendall tried to laugh, but the mucus in his nose made it sound funny. "I don't have the flu, it's just... allergies." He finally said.

She narrowed her eyes, "So you don't have a really sore throat, like someone cut it with knives, or a pounding headache?" She asked, and Kendall silently checked them in his head.

He whiped his nose, "It's fine Bella. It's just some stupid virus. I can take care of you still. How about some of that soup now?"

Bella hesitated, "Alright -but only if your up for it. When I get up I feel like I can' walk, I don't want you to hurt yourself."

He laughed, "Bella, I'm not going to hurt myself walking." He stood up, walking, and then tripped, grabbing the door frame for support, "Stupid carpet." He mumbled, and then started to limp towards the kitchen. Even if both of them were sick, he was determined to take care of Bella.

Taking out two cans of Campbell's soup, he put them into two bowls. Placing them in the microwave, he leaned against the counter for support, his legs felt like jelly and he needed to lay down again soon. He used some of the paper towels to blow his nose into while waiting, seeing as they seemed to just ooze snot.

He didn't even flinch when he touched the hot bowls. He may not know it, but he was running a high fever, and that was the reason the soup seemed to be at room tempurature. Grabbing two spoons with his fingers, he slowly made his way back to Bella's room, trying not to knock over anything. God his muscles really hurt!

Finally, he reached there, and handed her the soup, placing his on the bedside table, and then crawling back into bed next to her. And suddenly he coughed, a low throaty sound. Bella looked at him, "No flu right?" She asked sarcastically, her voice still weak and cracking.

Bringing the soup up to her lips, she took a small sip. The warm liquid going down her throat felt good, and when she coughed again, it didn't sound quite as bad as before. "This is really good."

Kendall smiled, though it was hard to with how much pain he was in, "It's the Knight secret recipy." He teased, turning away and coughing into the back of his hand.

Bella looked at him, and saw that his eyes were darker than usual, his lips more white, his skin very pale. Most of all, that glint that he ha in his eyes was gone -that never goes away, never! She whispered, "Kendall, I know you think you don't have the flu, but you do." She said, lightly kissing his temple. "You don't have to wait on my hand and foot, I'll be fine. It'll be over in 3 to 7 days."

He scrunched his face together, "Well, I don't like being sick, I never have."

Bella raised an eyebrow, "Why?"

Kendall slowly said, "I was six years old, I had strep throat and had to stay home from school. Katie was only just born. My mom and my dad... they were fighting. I remembering him calling her all these bad names, and saying that I was his son, and he could take me if he wanted to. And then she yelled back about how I needed love and care, and he couldnt give that." A tear slipped from his eyes, "There was alot of sounds of things breaking, and the last thing I heard before he left was him saying that I was still his son, and I always would be." Kendall lowly said, burying his face into a pillow.

He was trying to hide the tears that slipped from his eyes, the puffy nose, everything that this stupid flu had caused. He'd never been sick after that day, and now he remembered it clearly, his dad yelling, the breaking, the slamming. It was almost the exact same thing he had witnessed ten years ago.

Bella saw the one tear go from his eye before he stuffed his face into the pillow. She pulled him away, using her weak strength to try and get him to face her. After a few minutes, she gave up, and stroked the back of his head in comfort, "Kendall, it's alright to cry in front of me."

He said something that sounded like, "Guys don't cry."

She laughed, and coughed at the same time, and gasped for air, "Kendall, we all have bad memories, and we're all afraid of things." She coaxed. "Logan doesn't like to dance because at the fifth grade dance somone spilled punch on him and people said he peed himself. Carlos is afraid of the dark, because of that time we pranked him with the hanging doll. James is afraid that if he's not pretty, he's nothing, because of the first time he got rejected, he didn't use his lucky comb." She said, and he slowly revealed his face.

It was tear streaked, and puffy from crying. She sneezed, and Kendall coughed before he asked, "What are you afraid of?"

Her head snapped up, "What?"

He repeated, "What are you afraid of? Spiders, snakes?"

Bella's expression softened, "I'll tell you, but it's just between us two, promise?" She asked.

Kendall nodded, "Promise."

She took a deep breath, "Heights, any kind, a hill, a tower, a cliff. If it's higher than usual I don't like it." She said, shivvering.

He looked at her, "A hill?"

Bella smiled weakly, "Yeah, that's why I was always reluctant to go sledding with you guys, and after that accident, I was even more scared." She said, "It's really lame, I know."

Kendall shook his head, "We're all afraid of something, and it's not bad to be afraid of heights."

Bella looked over his shoulder, "You should probably drink that soup before it's cold." She chidded.

Kendall rolled his eyes at her, "Yes mom."

Author's Note: Well, that only took like an hour to write, so it's probably not too great. Usually I spend more time, but to prove that I do the requests that you send in, I did this one very quickly! Sufergal23 your request I'm starting right now, because I LOVE the idea for it, just wanted to say that, as I promised it would be up soon.

-I kinda wanted to do a hurt/comfort one for a while, and somehow Miyu101's request (have Bella and Kendall be quarantined because their sick) made me think of that. Since we have no idea what happened to Kendall's dad, I made it into that. And since he was sick then, and couldn't stop his dad from leaving, he doesn't like being sick. A little weird, but I thought it was fun to show Kendall without his normal confident self and let his walls down.

I promise to update Count on You either tonight, or VERY early in the morning tomorrow -well, it depends on the time zone. But It'll be up within 24 hours, promise!

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