"Cherry?" Quaker kneeled down next to her. "Pixie, call 911!"
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Pixie took out her cell. "Yeah, we've got a girl passed out here. Send an ambulance, quick!"
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A couple hours later, Cherry woke up in the hospital.
"Cherry?" said Quaker.
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"Where am I?" asked Cherry.
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"You're in the hospital" said Quaker. "Have you been eating?"
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"Yeah, I ate a lot today" said Cherry.
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"And you threw it up" said Spanky. "I heard you yacking"
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"Yeah" said Aloha. "I heard you in the bathroom at school. And you didn't eat any lunch"
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"I did so" said Cherry.
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"No you didn't" said Speedo.
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"YES I DID!" Cherry shouted.
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"Cherry" said the doctor. "We're gonna take you to our psych floor until we get you better"
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"WHAT?" Cherry exclaimed. "No!"
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"I'm sorry" said the doctor. "But we have to"
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Cherry burst into tears.
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The next day at school, Doreen walked up to Quaker. "Where's your little sidekick?" she asked.
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"She's sick" Quaker walked over by Aruba.
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"How's Cherry doing?" Aruba asked.
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"I'm visiting her later" said Quaker. "Wanna come with me?"
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"Sure" said Aruba. "Can Leaf come, too?"
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"Of course" said Quaker.
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After school, Quaker, Aruba, and Leaf walked into the hospital.
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"Hey, Cherry" Aruba walked into her room.
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"They're making me eat" said Cherry.
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"Well if you wanna go home, you have to" said Aruba.
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"But it's not fair" said Cherry. "I need to see Gepetto. He doesn't know I'm here, does he?"
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"No" said Quaker.
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"Don't tell Gepetto" said Cherry.
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"We won't" said Quaker.
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"I wanna go home" said Cherry.
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"You gotta eat" said Leaf. "It's the only way they'll let you go home"
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"But all the people here are freaks" said Cherry. "Especially Lily, my roommate"
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"Where is she?" asked Aruba.
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"She should be coming back here shortly" said Cherry.
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"Let's go find her" said Leaf.
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"She's probably stuffing her face" said Cherry, just as a girl walked in the door.
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"Hi" the girl said. "I'm Lily"
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"I'm Quaker, and this is Leaf and Aruba" said Quaker.
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"Cherry" said Lily. "I talked to the doctor, and I might be able to go home next week!"
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"How long have you been here?" asked Aruba.
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"3 weeks" said Lily. "I was threatening to kill myself"
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Cherry rolled her eyes.
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"Cherry, wanna go watch TV?" Lily asked.
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"No" Cherry said flatly.
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"Cherry?" a doctor peeked his head in the door. "It's time for your appointment"
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"You guys can stay in here with me" said Lily. "Cherry's gotta talk to Dr. Edmond. We can play cards"
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"Come on, Cherry" Dr. Edmond said.
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Cherry groaned and walked with him into his office.
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"Okay, Cherry" he said. "Tell me what's wrong"
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"I wanna go home" Cherry pouted.
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"Well, why are you here?" asked Dr. Edmond.
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"Because Spanky pissed me off" Cherry lied.
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"And who's Spanky?" asked Dr. Edmond.
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"My ex" said Cherry. "He's a freak"
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"Are you sexually active, Cherry?" asked Dr. Edmond.
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"What?!?!?" said Cherry. "No!"
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"Well, what did this Spanky do?" asked Dr. Edmond.
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"Pissed me off" said Cherry. "I already told you"
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"How?" asked Dr. Edmond.
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"Trying to sell me drugs" Cherry lied.
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"And you didn't buy any?" Dr. Edmond asked.
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"No" Cherry faked a yawn.
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"Alright" said Dr. Edmond. "You can go home now"
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On Friday, Lemonade was at Pancake's talking to CJ.
"Okay, just PRETEND to be my boyfriend" she said. "I wanna crush Muffins' little heart"
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"Alright" said CJ.
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"He's picking me up here at 7" said Lemonade. "I'll mess up my hair like we were making out"
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"Lemonade, wait" said Pancake.
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"I've gotta go, Pan" said Lemonade. "Come on, CJ."
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At 7, Carlotta called Lemonade's cell.
"Lemonade, listen" she said. "Don't-"
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The doorbell rang.
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"Gotta go" Lemonade said, snapping her phone shut. She grabbed CJ's hand and messed up her hair.
"Hey, Muffins" she said, once she opened the door. "This is CJ, my boyfriend"
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Muffins dropped the roses he had bought for Lemonade, just as Carlotta and Montana ran up.
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"Lemonade, don't-" said Montana.
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"I think it's too late, Montana" said Carlotta.
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Muffins hung his head and walked slowly back to his car.
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