Spencer cradled the textbooks in her hands and gently set them on the desk. Brushing a curly brown fringe of hair behind her ear, she flipped open to section three and dug in. I impatiently tapped my pencil on the table next to her, hoping she'd turn her attention to me.

"Hanna," she whispered, "Please, stop, we have a test tomorrow and I can't-"

"Spence, we all know you'll get the top grade, I don't think you have anything to worry about," I answered silently, putting the pencil down and slumping back in my seat. I crossed my arms and narrowed my eyes at the ground, realizing a button was misisng from my brand new jacket. Great.

"Hanna, what's bugging you?" She asked.

"Nothing," I answered, "I'm fine."

"I wouldn't be so sure," she studied me with her large brown eyes, "you're not yourself. Not lately."

She was right. My emotions were all over the place. I mean, just a second ago I was hoping to pour out all my problems to her, and all of a sudden I'm bottled up. And let me tell you this, Spencer is a terrible person to be around if your faking happy. It's like the girl knows all.

The bell rung then and everybody sat up just a little bit. My eyes bounced around the back of the room, scanning the place for Emily. She wasn't there.

"Wasn't Em in your last class?" I asked Spencer.

"Yeah," she said, "I'm not sure where she went though." She looked a little concerned, but just a little. I, on the other hand, grew even more overwhelmed than I had already been. I began to feel lightheaded and for a second I thought I was going to throw up.

"May I go to the nurse," I shouted out to the teacher.

"Hanna, class just started-"

"Please," I whined, "it's an emergency." She rolled her eyes but signed me a pass, and before I knew it I was heading home with a fever.

Emilys POV

A rush of anxiety ran over my head when I saw Mrs. Marin park her car out front. The anxiety grew even greater when Hanna got out of the passenger seat, wobbling a little. She looked horrible. I threw my phone in my beige over-the-shoulder bag and ran to the closet, shoving myself inside. Hanna's mom guided her daughter upstairs and set her in bed.

"If you need anything, I'm right downstairs." Hanna nodded and rested her head on the pillow. I waited until I was sure Mrs. Marin was downstairs before I revealed myself. I could tell I scared Hanna when I came out of the closet, but she quickly got over it.

"Emily!" Hanna's eyes lit up when she saw my face, "Emily-what are you doing here?"

"I uh-I skipped class," my voice shook just a tiny bit as I spoke.

"Oh my goodness," she cracked a wide smile, "Emily Fields. Skipping class. What has gotton into you? Are you, like, a bad girl now-cause if you are.."

My eyes narrowed to the ground and I couldn't help but blush. I played with the leather bracelet around my wrist, the same one Hanna had gotton me last month.

"No," I awkwardly giggled, "I'm not a bad girl. I just, I'm so overwhelmed right now."

"Yeah," she sighed, "me too." I walked across the room and sat down on the quilts next to her. Her face was a sheet of white and her eyes were teary. I placed my hand on her forehead.

"Hanna," I cried, "you're burning up!"

"Tell me about it," she sighed. I ran out of the room and tip-toed down the hall, cautious not to get caught by Mrs. Marin. Unraveling a small square of a wash cloth, I damped it with room temperature water and quickly went back to Hanna's side.

"Em, you don't have to take care of me," she said once I got back. I could tell by how she lyed down, she had little to no energy in her body. Her arms hung over the bed and she looked incredibly uncomfortable.

"Oh, yes I do," I set the cloth on her forehead and pulled the covers over her shivering body, "now please, go to sleep. I'll be here okay? If you need me."

Hanna didn't answer, but nodded her head, and in less than a minute she was out like a light.

School would be over in 25 minutes anyway, and then Mrs. Marin would think I'd just gotton home. For now I'll just lye on my bed, waiting for Hanna to need me.

Review/Comment/Advice is all GREATLY appreciated! I whipped this chapter up VERY quickly, and it is not as well-written, so sorry about that. I'll try to make sure the next one is better quality!