When Megan arrives at Med, she walks up to Dr Charles' office and hesitantly knocks.

'Come in.' She hears. She walks in and closes the door behind her. 'Megan, what can I do for you?' Dr Charles asks.

'Whatever I say is confidential, right?' Megan asks.

'Unless you're planning to harm yourself or someone else or you're in danger, yes.' Dr Charles nods.

'I need to ask you a few questions.' Megan states.

'Okay.' Dr Charles nods, motioning to one of the chairs.

'I'll stand.' Megan shakes her head. 'Otherwise, I won't be able to stop moving.' She adds. 'Hypothetically, what would happen if a student and a teacher were in a "relationship"?'

'Going by those air quotes, I'm going to need more context.' Dr Charles replies.

'Like the teacher was threatening to fail to the student and do stuff to them if they didn't do what they were told.' Megan says.

'If you're talking about what I think you're talking about,' Dr Charles states. 'It's statutory rape. The teacher would lose their job and most likely be arrested. Nothing would really happen with the student.'

'What if the student was willing a couple of time? Not to sex but to kissing, touching. Like they didn't push the teacher away?' Megan paces around the room.

'It's still statutory rape.' Dr Charles responds. 'Regardless of whether the student gave consent. What are the ins and outs of this hypothetical relationship?'

'Hypothetically?' Megan makes sure and Dr Charles nods. 'When this student first met the teacher, the teacher - he started making lustful looks towards the student. After a few weeks, he approached her and threatened to fail her if she didn't have sex with him. The student was already getting A's in everything and if she had a fail on her record, she'd need to go through tutoring as per school policy. That tutoring cost extra money and her parents couldn't afford it so she went through with it, thinking it was only one time but it wasn't.' She walks over to the window and looks out of it. 'When the student left the school for a new school she thought it was all over but it wasn't all over. He followed suit and got a job at her new school.'

'Oh, Megan.' Dr Charles sighs, confirming his suspicions that she was talking about herself.

'Final question,' Megan begins, turning back to face Dr Charles, 'hypothetically, what if said student was pregnant?' She finishes. 

'Megan,' Dr Charles sighs sympathetically, 'does anyone else know?' Megan walks over to the desk and sits down in the chair.

'He may have made some threats to kill me if I told anyone.' Megan tells him. 'You're the first person I've told.' She sees the look on Dr Charles' face. 'You're going to have to bring in PD aren't you?' 

'That's up to you.' Dr Charles states. 'However, I will have to put this in your file and speak to the school governor.'

'No.' Megan shakes her head standing up. 'I shouldn't have done this. I should go.' Before Dr Charles can stop her or say anything else, she's out the door. 

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When Megan arrives home, she finds Antonio waiting at the door. Antonio and Sylvie have been seeing each other again for a little over a week. 

'Hey,' Megan smiles slightly, 'have you been waiting long?' 

'Just got here.' Antonio smiles back. Megan opens the door and they both walk in, Megan closing the door behind them. 'I just wanted to come and check on you. You looked really upset when you left the district.'

'I thought the case had gone cold.' Megan states. 'Talking about it dragged up something that I really didn't want to remember. I want to remember Grayson as the cute guy who always made me laugh. I don't want to remember him as the cute guy who was killed right in front of me.' Antonio goes to say something but Megan stops him. 'I'd rather not talk about right now. It's just too much.'

'That's fine.' Antonio nods. 'Just know that if you ever want to talk you know where I am.' 

'Thanks.' Megan smiles slightly. They both sit down at the island and Megan gets her laptop out of her bag and sets it down. 

'What homework do you have to do?' Antonio asks her.

'I have an English paper due in a couple of days on The Kite Runner,' She replies, 'but I'm really struggling with it. Some of the themes are just intense so I'm finding it hard writing about them.'  

'Can you ask your teacher if you can skip this paper?' Antonio queries.

'It makes up part of my final grade.' Megan shakes her head. 'I'm nearly finished anyways. It won't be my best paper but-'

'You tried.' Antonio finishes for her. 'That's what counts.' 

'Yeah.' Megan smiles slightly. Antonio stands up from the island. 

'I'm going to make a start on dinner,' he states, 'what do you fancy?' 

'I grabbed something on my way home from the district.' Megan lies. 'If I knew you were coming over tonight, I wouldn't have.' 

'It's fine.' Antonio responds. 'Do you know when Sylvie and Cruz should be back?' Megan looks at the time on her laptop.

'About two hours.' She replies looking back at him. 

'Are you sure you won't want anything to eat?' Antonio makes sure.

'I'm sure.' Megan nods. 

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It's the next morning. When Megan wakes up, she doesn't feel very well. She gets out of bed, puts her cardigan and sliders on and starts to walk out of her room. As she walks past her mirror, she catches a glimpse of what she looks like. Her skin is extremely pale and strands of her hair stick to her forehead as if she's been sweating all night. She carries on walking out of her room and to the kitchen where Antonio, Sylvie and Cruz are. As soon as Sylvie sees Megan, concern descends onto her face. 

'Meg, are you okay?' Sylvie asks. 'You don't look very well.'

'I'm fine.' Megan shrugs. 'It's probably just me coming off my period.' She lies.

'I don't think it's that.' Sylvie shakes her head. 'Why don't you sit on the couch, I'll bring you a bowl in case you're sick.' The mention of being sick causes bile to rise in Megan's throat.

'Too late.' Megan croaks before quickly rushing to the bathroom. Sylvie looks at Cruz. 

'Is our thermometer still in the bathroom cabinet?' She asks him.

'Should be.' Cruz nods. Sylvie walks through the bathroom and sees Megan sat on the floor with her back against the tub and her hand on her forehead. 

'Hey, you okay?' She asks once more.

'I think I'm sick.' Megan half smiles.

'I gathered that.' Sylvie laughs. She looks through the kitchen cabinet and finds the thermometer. Since it's one that goes into the ear, she also takes out the caps. She attaches the cap to the thermometer probe and places it into Megan's ear before pressing the button to start the reading. Once the thermometer beeps, Sylvie takes it out and looks at the screen. 'You have a fever. Your temp is 103. I'll call the school and let them know you won't be in for a few days.' She helps Megan stand up. 'You should probably get changed into some lighter pyjamas - maybe a vest and some shorts. It might help bring your fever down a little bit.' Megan nods in agreement. 'Come on, let's get you back into bed.' 

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It's been a few hours, Antonio is at work but since Sylvie and Cruz have the next couple of days off, they have stayed at home. They've been checking on Megan every half an hour. They're about to check on her again and ask if she wants anything to eat when they are a crash coming from her room. They run to her bedroom and see Megan on the floor having a seizure. 

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