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Symptoms

Alexandra's POV:
After Zach left i did my homework, ate dinner and took a shower. and i changed into this:

i was sitting in my room thinking about Zach. Wow he is so cute. i never noticed before. wait, this is not happening. i can not like zach. i smiled at the thought of his name. what is wrong with me? *buzz buzz* i ran over to my phone. it was Melissa. "Hey Mel!" "Alex where did you go today? there was talk after lunch that you and Zach were on a date and that you stood up to Jake for him?" "yeah um-" "ITS TRUE?" it felt as though Melissa jumped through the phone. "Mel it wasn't a date it was just two fri- well i don't know what we are, acquaintances? maybe?" "Alex, spill. the. tea. sister."
i explained the whole afternoon to her. but i left out the part when we cried on the bench. that was personal and i wanted it to stay between me and Zach. After i told her about Zach leaving she stopped me. "hold up. you never get bloody noses. Alex?" she asked concerned. "what?" "did he hit you?" "what? god Mel, how do you even come up with that?" i defended. "i'm sorry, i just wouldn't have been surprised." "well he didn't so goodnight, i'll see you tomorrow." i hung up the phone and went to the bathroom to brush my teeth. as i was rinsing my mouth from the sink, a drop of blood dripped from my nose and flowed down the drain with the running water. what the fuck? i looked into the mirror, grabbed a towel and tried stopping it.

"Alex, that's 2 in one day." Zach said walking next to me in the hallway. "are you sure you are ok? maybe we should go to the doctor?" i lover how concerned he was for me. "Zach. stop worrying. it was nothing." "Ok, maybe it was just a 2 time thing." he said putting his hands in his pockets. we walked to study hall together and sat with Mel. "wow, is this gonna be a real friendship?" Mel raised her eyebrows at me and winked. i rolled my eyes. "Yeah i guess so." Zach smiled at me and bit his lip. i tried to stop myself from blushing but it didn't work. Zach went to put his arm around me and i winced in pain. "Alex, are you ok?" Mel looked really worried. "um yeah no i'm fine. my muscles just feel a little weak today. and um i don't know. i'm fine don't worry." i wasn't fine though. i felt like i was getting the flu... again.
every bone in my body began to ache and walking with a back pack was really hard for me. After school Zach approached me at my locker and tapped my shoulder. ow. i tightly squeezed my eyes closed and he obviously noticed. "Alex. you do not look well. like seriously has anything happened over the summer like this?" it's weird he would ask that. all summer i had constant chills, fevers and felt weak. and losing weight was somehow easier than i ever expected it to be. what was even sadder is that it reminded me of another person in my life this happened to. i slammed my locker shut and tried to run towards the exit. Zach ran after me and when i got outside i started hyperventilating and trying to slow down my breathing. "breathe Alex, breathe." zach was holding my hand, i started crying and i hugged him as tight as my muscles would let me. Zach lived closer to the school than i did, so we went to his house