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"I don’t have anything left to throw up"

"Yet you’re still dry-heaving This isn’t normal, even for the flu You don’t have a fever"

My abs are starting to ache as I continue to heave over the toilet

"Nat, don’t make me call my mother"

"She’ll side with me," I reply

"Fine, I’ll call Luke"

"No, he can’t do anything fro left inwith me?

"Okay, Nat… get in the godda plastic bowl under my face and helpsis too much You’re probably dehydrated"

She helps ency rooh triage and into a rooive

the enough to fore into a hospital gown

"Natalie, I’ue

It’s called Zofran, and it’ll help the nausea" I gratefully accept the medicine froet another set of vitals" Mo smiles and takesis norn Dr Anderson will be here in a few moments"

"Thank you" Jules pulls a chair up next to

It’s Luke

"Hello?"

"Hey, baby, I’’s fine I’o round and she ?" atback out to ht, have a goodI love you"

"I love you too" I hear the ss up

"Natalie…"

"Stop He can’t do anything from LA There’s no need to worry him

He’ll be home toency roo with the puking They’ll probably just send me home"

"Knock, knock" A sh the door

"I’ well, Natalie"

"I’ve been throwing up for about the last hour and a half"

"Has it been steady, or does it coave me that anti-nausea pill"

"Any other sy down notes inI was a little nauseous early thisstarted"

"Okay, well, it sounds like we’ve got that stabilized" She pushes on the skin on my hands and looks in my mouth and nose "You’re pretty well dehydrated, so I want to start an IV and get so, we’ll take some blood and run your urine and see e see, okay?" She so hoet some test results and I’ll be back in a little while"

"See?" I say to Jules after the doctor leaves "I’ve probably just got the flu"