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He's Gone Away…

Chapter 22

Frog Guts and Formaldehyde

Annabeth's POV

There was no drama on Tuesday. But on Wednesday, they started to dissect their frogs.

Annabeth was fine until she and Thalia, her lab partner, cut open into the frog, revealing its internal organs. "Ooooh! This is so cool! Look at its organs. Hay, I think that's fat. It looks like noodles!" Annabeth, who had been turning greener and greener as Thalia kept talking, ran to the trashcan as soon as Thalia said "noodles". The sound of retching could be heard from that corner.

"Uhgh!" "Is she sick?" "So totally gross!" "Yuck." "I don't feel so good myself." Mrs. Carter hurried over to Annabeth. "Are you okay?" "Ya, I'm fine. I think the smell of formaldehyde made me sick." "Do you want to head to the nurse's office?" "No, I'm pretty sure I'm alright." "Okay."

"Miss Chase, please head back to your lab table. Now, class, let's continue on with the dissection." Thalia followed the teacher's instructions, all the while glancing nervously at Annabeth.

Annabeth held up rather well, until they started removing the intestines and liver. Ricardo, who wasn't being particularly careful was sitting at the next table, accidently knocked his frog's organs onto Annabeth's arm.

Formaldehyde hit her nose, like a cannon hitting a ship. She dashed towards the trash again and barley made it in.

"Miss Grace," Mrs. Carter said, "Please take your lab partner to the nurse's office."

"I told you, I'm fine." Mrs. Carter felt her forehead. "No, no temperature. You had better go. Miss Grace, please bring the nurse's report back to me." "Yes Mrs. Carter." "Let's go Annabeth." "No! Thalia! We're going to finish this lab and get an A!" "Annabeth, I'll give both of you an automatic A if you leave." "That would be cheating. I would not have earned it." "I'll have you answer questions instead. How about that?" "FINE!"

They left. Annabeth and Thalia walked in silence down the hall to the nurse's office. Thalia pushed open the door and dragged Annabeth in to see the nurse. "Hi, I'm Thalia and I'm here, by orders of Mrs. Carter, to bring Annabeth to see you. She got sick when dissecting frogs and Mrs. Carter wants to know if she's alright."

"Okay then, Annabeth, what's your last name?" She glared at the nurse, "Chase." Answered Thalia for her. "Chase… Chase… Ah ha! Here are your records. Let's see. You've never been absent from school until January this year, am I correct?" "Yes" she replied coldly. "You've also never gotten sick at school, although you twisted your ankle once." "Yes, that is correct." "You obviously don't want to be here. Let's give you a quick check up and send you back to class." "Good." "Miss… Thalia… Please wait in the hallway."

She took Annabeth's temperature and listened to her heart. "You seem fine. Let me ask you a few questions about yourself and you'll be on your way." "Okay." "Are you prone to throwing up?" "No." "Do you get sick often?" "No." "Have you been under stress lately?" "Ya. Kinda." "Care to elaborate?" "No." "Okay, we'll come back to that question later. Do you fell like your being pressured by your classmates?" "No, that sounds like a question the guidance councilor would ask." "He gave me some questions to ask to all my patients. Moving on, who are you living with? Your parents, a guardian?" "My temporary guardian." "Elaborate please." "Do I have a choice?" "No." "I'm living with Thalia Grace and Sally Jackson" "Thalia, the one in the hallway?" "Yes" "Are you friends?" "Yes, best friends." "And who is Sally Jackson?" "Percy's mom." "Who is Percy?" "I'd rather not talk about it." "Why isn't Percy living with his mom?" "I'll maybe tell you later." "So Sally is your temporary guardian?" "Yes."

"Okay, are you happy living with Sally?" "Oh, yes! She's like a mother to me." "Where are your parents?" "In California, well, my dad and step-mother." "Do you miss your father?" "Not that much." "Oh. Not the usual response." "We aren't that close… Well… kinda… I just don't see him that often and he wasn't big in my life until I was 12ish." "Okay. Where's your birth mother?" "Well, she's very busy. But we talk sometimes." "That's good. Do you have a boyfriend?" "Yes, why?" "Have you to had sex?" "Uhhh… Are you sure you should be asking me this question?" "Yes." "It's personal, and don't you have rules about asking students personal questions?" "Never mind. So, back to the stress question; have you been stressed out lately?" "Kinda, have you talked to principle Freedman?" "Yes?" "I'm the student that just came back to school." "Oh, so why were you gone?" "Because Percy was kidnapped." "So now I find out who Percy is." "Ya, he's… my boyfriend." "Ohh… Now everything makes sense. So you are living with your boyfriend's mother, the boyfriend being kidnapped, and you feel sad about it." "That's the jist of it."

"One last question, did you and your boyfriend have sex, before he was taken?" "… … Yes… …" "Okay. I would like you to go to the bathroom and take a pregnancy test." Annabeth flushed scarlet. "Don't worry I won't tell anyone the results." "I don't need to." "I'm asking you to, and then you can go." "I don't need to because… I've already taken one." "And?" "And." "And the result?" Annabeth looked at the nurse and she said "Oh" putting two and two together.

"How long have you known?" "For a couple of weeks." "Have you gone to the doctor? Does your family know? Does Percy's mother know?" "Yes, yes and yes." "How long have you been taking pre-natal vitamins?" "A couple days." "Who else knows?" "Nobody, but my family, Thalia, my doctor and now you. Are you going to tell anyone?" "Not unless you want me to." "I don't."

"Who's your doctor?" "Dr. Megan Nicholas" "I know her, she's one of my good friends." "Really, that's cool." "I can work something out with her and maybe you should claim [sorry, I don't know if that's spelled right! My dyslexia is really bad right now]you have depression and can come a get a regular check up with me and take pre-natal vitamins without someone questioning you further."

"You're really into this." "Well, it gives me an excuse to see Megan more often and I love helping people. That's why I became a nurse." "Well, I like your plan. Should I go home now? Or can I go back to class?" "Go home, have the day off. And go have fun! And you can't go back to class, because you vomited earlier." "Thank you Ms. … I don't know you name." "Ophelia Duncan" "Thanks Ms. Duncan" "Call me Ophelia, I'll be seeing a lot of you!"

Annabeth left the office, with a discharge papers for her and Thalia and the report for Mrs. Carter. "I already called Sally and she's going to be here soon." "Here take these papers to Mrs. Carter, they're from the nurse." "Be right back."

Sally pulled up, right as Thalia got back to Annabeth. "All set girls, climb in!" They headed home.

Sorry, it's a very random, short chapter! I keep telling you this, but I have the ending written and all I have to do is put the middle in!

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