I DO NOT OWN BIG TIME RUSH.

Another One Down and Bad News

"You might have to stay longer, Kendall, but just think—you'll feel a whole lot better. I hope."

"Don't worry, Mom. I'm sure after I'm out of here, I will feel better."

"That's my boy. Thinking positive. Now, after you're better, we can–"

The only ones in his room with him were his mom, James, and Katie since Carlos and Logan went down to the cafeteria. James was spacing out. "James? You okay, buddy? You kind of look out of it."

"Huh? Oh yeah. I'm good." Kendall wasn't so sure about that. James, like Kendall, rarely got sick, but he did look really pale.

"You sure? You don't look too good."

"I said I'm–" Suddenly, James got really dizzy, staggered on his feet a bit, and his knees gave out. Mrs. Knight caught him, though.

"James! James, honey. Can you hear me? Kendall, call Logan's dad."

"Got it!" He quickly did what he was told.

At the front desk, Logan's dad was filling out some papers when the light by room 132 flashed red. "That's Kendall. I gotta go." He quickly ran to his destination. When he got there, he expected Kendall to need help. What he didn't expect was to see James passed out in Mrs. Knight's arms. "What happened to James?"

"I don't know," said Mrs. Knight. "He was fine a minute ago and then he suddenly passed out."

"Let's get him in the other bed." Both of them helped James into the other bed.

"Oh, honey." She just stroked James' hair, hoping he would wake up.

"Mom, is James gonna be okay?" asked Katie.

"I hope so."

Carlos and Logan came into the room laughing. "Carlos, you're hilarious! I'm so glad that..." Logan lost his train of thought when he noticed that James was in the other bed. "Whoa. What happened to him?"

"We don't know," replied Kendall. "His knees buckled, and he just passed out."

"Whoa, this isn't good. When James gets sick, he can be a real pain."

"Don't worry, Logie. I'm sure he'll be cool this time."

"Uh, Kendall. This is James. He'll be complaining the whole time that he's sick. We all know that you, James, and Carlos complain when you get sick."

"Not true!"

"So true!"

"Not true!"

"So–"

"Boys!"

"Sorry, Mrs. Knight."

"Yeah. Sorry, Mom."

"I forgive you. I think we should focus on James right now. Now, Lucas, why did James even collapse in the first place?"

"Well, it could be a number of reasons: not eating, not enough sleep, or that it all became too much to handle."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, since Kendall's been really sick, that might've taken a toll on him."

Kendall then felt guilty. "James is getting sick because of me."

Mrs. Knight said, "You did nothing wrong, sweetie."

"There is one thing that I forgot to tell you."

"What is it, Dad?"

"That Tirexia could be contagious."

"What?" everyone asked.