"You guys did great!" Zach the chorographer told his group of dancers that were finishing up dancing. "Now take a rest, you have two minutes to chill before the other group comes back from the recording studio."

Kevin, Amber, Heather, Naya, Chord, and Harry all went rushing for water. They were out of breath and sweating. All of them took a seat on the floor and started chugging at the water from their water bottles.

"Well that was fun," Harry explained.

"Yeah, fun for you," Amber remarked while fanning herself with her hands.

"I guess it was alright," Naya shrugged.

Before they could say anything else, the other group came in from the recording studio and everyone joined together to share their happenings.

"Hey guys! How'd it go? Did ya miss me? Bet you did!" exclaimed Lea.

Amber rolled her eyes.

Lea came through the crowd smiling when she noticed that Chris was still missing.

"Hey is Chris still sleeping in Ryan's room or did he go home?"

Everyone looked around with worried glances shrugging their shoulders.

"Hmm that's a good question. I don't really know. Maybe we should ask Ryan," Amber spoke up.

"Yeah, I was just going to do that." Lea said.

With that, everyone followed Lea to where Ryan was sitting near the piano reviewing some scripts.

"Hey Ryan, I was just wondering, I mean we're all wondering and curious to see where Chris is and if he's ok."

"Oh, well, Chris is in my room, sound asleep. I told him I would wake him up in an hour to see if he would be able to film with us."

"Oh, is he still sick or is he just tired?"

"Well, last time I checked on him he did have a fever of 101.5 and he looked really pale. So I'm assuming he is sick. If he's not, he's certainly showing the symptoms for it. It's probably just a common cold he caught from someone or something like that. I did give him some Tylenol and he is resting right now so he should feel at least a little bit better when he wakes up. If he's strong enough he might even film the dance number today. I kind of hope he does, just so we can get it out of the way." Ryan said rechecking his papers.

Everyone looked horror struck, like someone just threw a ball right in their faces. No one knew if they should speak or not. It was Mark who first started talking.

"Ryan I don't think Chris should film the dance number with us today. I mean he won't be able to recover fast enough. I once had a fever of 102˚ and was sick with a cold just like him. It took me three days just to get out of bed, and after that I still got a few headaches. Chris's symptoms are just the beginning. He's probably going to get worse if we make him dance."

"Yeah, I kind of agree with Mark. We should schedule the filming for next week." Jenna said.

"Guys, I understand what you mean and I appreciate the fact that you care about your cast member but we have very limited time here and we have a booked schedule next week. Next week we are starting a brand new episode, and if we don't finish this episode this week, then our whole schedule is going to collapse. I wish we could film the dance number next week too but we are a bit behind and we can't afford to lose even more time."

"Can't we just take away days from our vacation? I mean we would all do it for Chris, right?" Jenna asked.

Everyone nodded in agreement.

"Look Jenna, the thing is that Fox wants our next episode, which is the one were filming right now, in as soon as possible. They also gave us a deadline for us to have it in by. I signed a contract with Fox saying that our episodes would be in by the deadlines that they gave us. If we were to give Fox in a late episode then that would be breaking the contract that I signed. Taking away vacation days wouldn't help at all because your vacation is in three weeks. I'm not happy about this either but rules are rules and we have to follow them. I'm sorry guys."

"So does that mean that Chris will be dancing with us today?" asked Dianna for the first time.

"Today, hopefully yes. And guys, just to let you know, this is a group dance. Chris might only be shown like once or twice. The dance won't be centered on him. And also he's had like two hours of sleep since he got here, plus he took two Tylenols. I mean I am worried about him and I do care that he is sick, but I think he'll be fine for the time it will take us to film the number. Hopefully he'll make it through with the Tylenol that I gave him."

"What if he can't do it today? Does that mean we would have to film it tomorrow?" asked Cory.

"Yes, you will have to film it tomorrow. I'm pretty sure you guys will get it done today though. I want to give Chris a day off tomorrow for him to see a doctor and catch up on his sleep. A day in bed would probably get him better. Chris is a strong guy. That's why I'm rooting for today and if all goes well, you will get it done today. I have confidence in you."

"Oh my, look at the time! We've wasted ten minutes talking! Well now that you all know everything, swap studios and begin working. Filming starts in an hour people!" Ryan said hurrying people off.