Middle School (Book #1 of the school series)

Chapter 7:Sugar and Spice and everything not so nice.

 Derek opened his eyes,he woke up in a hospital room,he looked to his left and was greeted by his mother."Good morning." His mother said,  she kissed him on his forehead."Mama,were am i?" Derek asked a little worried."You're in the hospital,honey." Derek's mother explained, "You passed out and threw up in the nurse's, James and Andrew were here,James was getting hungry and Andrew and him went down to get something to eat." Derek sat up in the hospital bed."How long were they here?" Derek asked,putting his glasses on."They were here last night and today.' His mother said, 'Are you sure they are straight?"Derek giggled at his mother's joke. "Yes,Ma,they are."  Andrew and James came back into the room."Hey,sleeping beauty." Andrew said, "The good news you have color in your face again."Derek lied back on the pillow and looked over at Andy."Thanks,nice to see you too.' They both laughed.James sat down a plate on Derek's little table."Here,i got you a blue berry muffin." James said, Derek looked at him.'I can't eat that." Derek crocked, his mouth was dry."Oh..I'm such an idiot." James signed,running his fingers throughout his hair."No you're not." Andrew declare,brushing his bangs out of his face."Honey,just try to eat the muffin." Derek's mother insisted."No,I wouldn't eat it." Derek said,"But thank you for bringing it." James looked at him."No problem,I though maybe you would be hungry." James blabbed, Andy put an arm around James' waist. "It's not your fault." Andrew said"Thanks Andrew,you always know how to make me feel better."

 Derek's mother whispered to Derek."Are you sure they are straight?" Derek looked at his mother. "Yes." Derek whispered back.James and Andrew both looked at the door and saw Sarah standing there in the entrance."Sarah," Andrew said sweetly,"What a nice surprise?"Andrew walked up to Sarah,and was shocked over how her face looked;She had mascara running down her face with tears,her eyes were beet red."Where is Derek?" Sarah stuttered."In here." Andrew said pointing.;Sarah walked into the room."Derek." Sarah said,  she walked up to his bedside and hugged him."How are you?" Derek asked hugging her back."Well,James texted me early and said you were in the E.R,"Sarah said, "I got really worried about you.""Sarah,it's okay,but i don't want no one to worry about me." Derek mumbled, The doctor came in the room. She had a white dress on with her doctor coat on,her dark raven hair was up in a bun and her red high heels made her an inch taller."Hello,Derek." She said in a deep German accent.'Dr.Quinn." Derek's mother said, she had a small smile."Derek, we need a height and weight." Dr.Quinn continued, Derek nodded. He struggled to get out of bed, after finally getting out of the bed, he stood there, waiting for the scale to go to 0.0. "Okay,just wait until it's 0.0." Dr.Quinn said ,  "Now,it's at 0.0" Derek stepped on."Let's see now."  Dr.Quinn looked at the scale.".70 lbs." Dr.Quinn read off the scale. The words that came out of Dr.Quinn's mouth,made Sarah,James and Andrew all feel teary eye. Why were they all not understanding Derek's illness?James and Andrew both started to cry;Sarah did the same."You were 119 lds last time." Dr.Quinn declared, "You have lose 18 lds."

  Derek looked at his doctor in shock. He looked at his mother who was bawling her eyes out and his friends who worried about him all this time,doing the same. "Derek,i know this is going to hurt your feelings but you need to eat something."

 "No,i can't;I'll gain weight." Derek snapped, his mood was horrible, he doesn't snap at his friends at all, this is just from his eating disorder. "Derek,you're sick,your eating disorder is messing with you,eat something." Andrew sodded."Yeah,do it for us." James cried, "We don't want to lose you.'' Derek took his glasses off. "I would love to make you guys happy but i can't." Derek said, he began to cry. "Derek,please do it for us." Sarah mumbled.Derek dried his eyes,put his glasses back on and  walked back to the bed and sat down."I'll let you guys alone for a few minutes." Dr.Quinn said, walking out."Derek,you are so much more then this illness,please just try and eat something." Andrew said with a sign. James coughed a little with a awkward look on his face.;Knowing just knowing that his friend is dying in front of him about now.Derek felt like crying, he's getting worst,he knew he was but he felt like he let everyone of his friends down, Cory walked in. "Hey,Derek." Cory said with a small smile."Hey." Derek signed, Cory looked at Andrew,James and Sarah;all three's eyes were beet red."Were you guys crying?" Cory asked,kinda worried about his friends but mostly worried about Derek."Yes." Sarah said,drying her eyes."I wasn't," Andrew declared"James made me cry."James looked over at Cory. "Yes,I did,when I cry,Andrew cries." James said he drying his eyes."Why?" "Derek is .70 lds." Sarah signed.

Cory felt his eyes burn from tears that wanted to fall."W-what?" Cory stuttered. "He has to eat something." Andrew signed. "Yes and he wouldn't." James said, Cory chocked back tears."Derek...how could you let yourself go this far...you're going to die." Cory mumbled, Derek looked at his friend,he knew Cory wanted to cry but didn't."Cory,go ahead,you can cry." Derek murmured,taking his glasses off and running his hand throughout his hair."I don't want to cry at all;I don't want you to see me cry." Cory mumbled,trying to be strong but failing, Cory knew he was always there for Derek, when his parents broke up and his eating disorder struggles.  Cory could count the times he ever saw Derek cry on two hands over all the drama he's has been through.Cory felt a hand on his wrist,he looked up to see Derek holding his wrist. "Cory,I promise,I will get better, I will beat this." Derek comforted, he knew that he needed help but he felt like he was perfectly healthy but he wasn't,cause he never saw Cory cry before. That was a wake up call for Derek....or was it?

That night...

James covered his ears,as he heard his parents argued and fight down stairs;James felt tears stream down his face.With shaking hands,James grabbed his phone and called Andrew."Hello?" Andrew said.   "Hey,are you sleeping?"James asked. "Yeah,i'm not feeling well." Andy replied. "I'm sorry,i needed someone to talk to."James signed. "Oh,I'm free."Andrew said, he coughed a little. "Thanks,Andrew." James replied. "What's up?"

"Nothing,my parents are fighting again."James replied. "Oh,I'm here for you."

"I know,you are always there." James replied. "James,you can come over anytime,my mother doesn't care." Andrew yawned. "I know,but my dad doesn't like me hanging out with you that much." Andrew coughed."I don't really care."James laughed at Andrew's joke."No,my mom got on my dad about the bills and how they are going to pay all of them,My mom works a lot and so does my dad;they argued so dang much anymore,i'm really ready to pick up the ole friend." James said."James,No,you were self  harm free for almost two years." Andrew said."What's the point Andrew." James mumbled,"I need to,i will go crazy."

"James,you were doing great." Andrew replied, coughing like he was hacking up a lung."Andy,listen,i am so sorry,but my depression is coming back over this drama of my parents' arguing,i can't do with out."Andrew chocked back tears,"You..just can't...James don't."James started to cry. "Andrew,i gotta get off of here." James said  as he ended the call."James,Don't...James....JAMES!" Andrew shouted as he through his phone at the wall and began to cry.James looked through his sock drawer and found a small razor. he pulled up his sleeve and placed the razor to his pale skin and.....cut himself with it.James cried as the cut on his wrist began to bleed.;He hated how he treated Andrew just now about ended the call on him and just being depressed, Andrew was the main reason,James stopped cutting himself. James was just mad at himself for what he put Andrew through.James put another cut into his skin,he cried and blood ran down his arm and onto the floor.
He just needed help.....and he doesn't know how to get it....

What will happen to Derek?  What will Andrew do about James? Will James stop cutting? Read on! Team Sarah or Team Leah?