A/N-I DO NOT OWN THE NAKED BROTHERS BAND!

Hey guys!

Sooo, I have a GREAT idea for this story!...but I have to get to that point first. This chapter is going to help me.

And I will update "Wipe Your Eyes" soon, I promise!

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A few days later, Nat was up around 5:30 a.m. But he didn't get up and get ready for school. He stared at the ceiling for a half an hour, thinking. The song he was writing was coming along slowly, but it was starting to take form. At 6 a.m. his alarm went off, and went he sat up to turn it off, his stomach felt sore.

Oh no. He thought. It's… He carefully lifted his shirt to look at the bruise. It was now fully there, and it hurt much more than it did yesterday. He sighed. Rosalina was right. The bruise got worse when he didn't put ice on it. He put his shirt back down, and carefully got out of his bed so that his stomach wouldn't hurt. He got dressed, woke up Alex and walked out of their bedroom.

Rosalina was already in the kitchen, sitting on the counter eating some cereal. "Morning Nat," She said, watching him get himself some cereal.

"Morning," He mumbled.

"Sleep well?" She asked.

Nat shrugged, and sat down at the table without thinking and his stomach began to hurt again. He held back a groan.

"Are you okay?"

He nodded. "Just slept funny last night. I'll be okay."

Rosalina dropped it as Alex walked into the kitchen for breakfast. They got ready, and made it to school, but Rosalina kept an eye on Nat all morning.

In between classes, no matter what he was doing, she made it a point to meet him at his locker and talk to him. Right before lunch, she was walking to his locker to meet him when she saw Nat slid down the lockers to the floor. She rushed over to him. "What happened? What's wrong?"

"Yeah, just…I slept funny last night and I just had gym…" He said, looking up at her.

She kneeled down next to him. "Nat, you said that this morning. You can't be sore all morning from something you did at night. Something's obviously wrong."

"You'll be mad."

"No, I won't," She said, gently brushing his hair out of his face. "Just tell me."

Nat sighed. "I…haven't been putting ice on my bruise."

"What? Nat! You said you were!"

"I thought you said you weren't going to get mad!"

"Nathaniel, you can't do this! I told you to do it because I care about you. This is what I wanted to avoid."

"I know, I know. But it doesn't matter now, because it hurts really badly."

Rosalina sighed, thinking fast. "They won't let me take you home again…"

"I don't need to go home," Nat said, pushing himself into a standing position, and accidentally let out a groan.

"You definitely need to go home," She said, picking up his books, shoving them in his locker and taking his arm. "Can you walk?"

"Yeah," He said, letting her guide him down the hallway.

"We need to get to the cafeteria…I need to find Cooper."

"What for?"

"So he can keep an eye on you while I call Jesse." They made it to the cafeteria doors and she turned to him. "Stay here, okay? I'll be right back."

He nodded as she walked inside the cafeteria. She scanned the room for the guys and walked over to them.

"Hey Rosalina, where's Nat?" Thomas asked.

"He's in the hallway, but Cooper I need you right now."

"Why? What's going on?" Cooper asked worriedly.

"You know how Nat got that bruise on his stomach?"

"Yeah," David said.

"Well, he hasn't been putting ice on it, so it got worse and he went to gym and…you probably can figure it out."

"Okay, let's go," Cooper said, standing up from the table. He followed Rosalina out into the hallway. "Are you okay?" He asked, looking at Nat.

Nat nodded.

"I'm going to call Jesse to come get us out of school, just keep an eye on Nat, okay?"

Cooper nodded. "What about Alex?"

"Can you walk him home after school?"

He nodded again as she walked away. He looked at his friend. "I thought you said that you were going to ice your bruise."

"I know…but I thought it was pointless."

"Nat, c'mon, you know about 'mom mode'," Cooper said.

"I know, I know."

Rosalina walked back over to them. "She's going to come and get us excused for the rest of the day. Thanks Cooper."

He nodded. "You're welcome. Feel better, Nat."

"Thanks, Coop," He mumbled.

Rosalina took his arm and led him to the front office. "Why didn't you tell me about this earlier?"

"I didn't want to worry you."

"Don't keep doing this to yourself, Nat. I hate to see you like this."

He only nodded as they reached the office. Instead of going inside, they waited for Jesse to come, and when she did they followed her inside the office.

She got them excused for the rest of the day, and walked them to Rosalina's car. "Feel better, Nat, okay? Listen to what Rosalina tells you to do. I remember she used to help me take care of you and Alex when you were sick when you were younger."

"Really?" Nat asked.

"Oh yeah, I remember that," Rosalina said grinning.

"Why don't I?" He asked.

"I don't know, but she knew how to make you feel better," Jesse said, giving them a knowing smile.

Nat smiled embarrassedly. "Thanks Jesse."

"I'll see you guys later. Remember what I said, Nat!" She said, as she walked to her car.

…

When they got to the apartment, Nat fell onto the couch and sighed. "Before you make me do anything, please, just let me lie here for a few minutes."

"Do you really feel that bad?" She asked, walking over to him.

"It feels like someone is constantly punching me in the stomach, over and over and over again," He said staring at the ceiling.

"This is why you should've listened to me," She said softly.

"I know. Trust me, I do."

"The sooner you put ice on it, the sooner it'll feel better."

"Okay, fine," Nat sighed.

Rosalina got up and walked into the kitchen to get him an ice pack.

"Rosie?"

"Yeah?" She replied as she walked back over to him.

"I'm sorry I didn't listen to you, and I'm sorry I lied."

She kneeled down next to the couch and gave him the ice pack. "I understand, but I still wish you wouldn't have."

"Me too." He carefully lifted his shirt as she put the ice pack on his bruise. He winced when it made contact with his skin, but didn't say anything.

"It'll feel better, I promise," She said.

"But that's later…right now I can't stand it."

"I'm sorry."

"For what?"

"Every time you get hurt it's because of Jake. And Jake wouldn't hurt you if it weren't for me."

"Rosie, I've told you before, it's not your fault."

"Yes it is. If I hadn't dated Jake, he would've never done this to you."

Nat didn't respond.

"What did you do instead of ice your stomach?"

"I…um…wrote a song."

"About what?"

"Nothing," He said firmly.

"You can't write a song about nothing," She said.

"Of course I can," He joked.

Rosalina shook her head at him. "Just get some sleep, okay? I can tell you didn't sleep that well this week."

"You know me so well," Nat said smiling weakly.

She kissed his forehead. "I'll be right here if you need me okay?"

He nodded.

Rosalina continued brushing his hair out of his face until he fell asleep. When he did, she got up and walked into his room. She was determined to find this song he was writing. She looked through his desk but didn't find anything. She looked all over the room and still couldn't find his notebook after another half an hour. She climbed up to his bunk and looked under his pillow and finally found his notebook. Rosalina knew Nat wouldn't like her looking through his notebook, but she wondered what kind of song is worth him not icing his stomach. She flipped through the notebook to the latest page and saw the song. She read the first few lines and smiled.

"Rosalina?" She heard him call for her.

She quickly put the notebook back under his pillow and ran out of the room.

The top of the notebook peeked out from beneath the pillow which read:

Greatest Prize

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