Amity's Day Off

"Mittens, you look horrible..."

"Thanks," Amity shot back, but her voice was too weak for it to actually sound sassy. She looked like she was on the verge of tears. "I overslept. I'm going to be late..."
Amity looked so unbearably guilty.

"You're not seriously considering going to school today!" Emira protested. It wasn't as surprising as she wished it had been. This was just what Mittens was like, courtesy of the massive amount of pressure their parents put on all of them. Emira felt like her heart was being ripped out of her chest as she watched her little sister struggle to stand, still insisting on going to school because she didn't want to disappoint their parents. "Mittens, please go back to bed."

"'M fine," Amity insisted, slowly removing her hand from the bed and taking a couple unsteady steps forward as if to prove her point.

Then, just like that, she collapsed in the middle of the bedroom.

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Or: Amity comes down with a bad case of bone flu. Luckily(?) Ed and Em are there to help.