* Lora Croffard's POV *

"Chloe Evens?"  a woman in a white gown called, with a file in her hand.

"Come, monkey." With one hand I pulled her up and we followed the doctor to her office in a corner.

Angy was asleep against my shoulder, thank goodness. She almost made me go crazy. She never stopped yelling. And when Chloe kicked over her bottle by accident, it just became worst.

"Please, take a seat," the doctor directed us and we did as she said. Her office was quite neat. Every document and book was perfectly in the bookshelf and every pencil in place. The chairs were covered by leather and in the corner there's a white bed with tools next to it. "How can I help today?"

"Um, I think Chloe over here has some kind of stomach bug."

"Any symptoms?" She kept writing down and didn't once look up from her paper.

"Yes, she's nauseous.  She brought up a few times this morning."

"Fever?" she asked, still not making eyecontact.

"I think so."

"Okay, can you please come have a seat over here," she told Chloe and she climbed up the little step onto the bed. The doctor listened to her heartbeat, looked down her throat, ears and nose.

After a while she spoke again. "Yap, definitely a bug. We'll give her some meds to take away the nausea and to recover her stomach acke. I recommend that she doesn't go to school for another two or three days. Get some rest and get lots of water into her system." She handed over the prescription. "Goodluck, sweetheart." she said and escorted us back to the reception area.

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I closed Chloe's door behind me and let out a sigh of relief. What a morning! That was just the thing to make sure that I still have my nanny skills.

Although I had everything under control, I missed my first class of my course here. I'll just catch up tomorrow. Liam probably hated me now, but I had no choice and he needed to understand that.

Where the hell is River?

I walked to my old room, where River was staying. I knocked on the door and there was no answer. I knocked again only to be welcomed by nothing. Again.

I walked across to Nash's room. After the knock I can hear a shuffle inside. "Nash?"

"Just a minute."  She answered.

A few seconds later her door opens, revealing a Nash with messy hair. "Aren't you suppose to be working?"

"Um, yes. But I'm starting a little later today."

"Have you overslept?"

"Uh, yes, you can say that." She looked very awkward in some way. I just couldn't put my finger on it yet.

"What's wrong with you? You're acting strange."

"No. Nothing is wrong or strange. Um, what do you want?"

"Do you perhaps know where River is? His phone's off and his room's locked."

"River? Um, uh, no. I- I haven't seen him around or, eh, anything." I raised my eyebrow.

Oh. My. Freaken. Gosh. On. The. Planet. Earth. And. Mars!

"Can I come in for a sec?" I asked calmly.

"Aren't you supposed to be at class or something?"

"I had children drama, so I skipped it. I thought I could come and drink coffee with my best friend. And it looks like you can do with some to."

"Um, I'm not really feeling coffee right now. Maybe you can come back later."

"Nash. Who's in there?"

"What?!" her face went blank. "N-nobody."

"Nash, I'm not stupid. Let me in."

"No."

"Let me in."

"No."

"Let me-"

"Fine. Come in then." She stepped aside and I walked in.

There wasno sign of anybody. I looked around and then something caught my attention.

"See, nobody's here."

"Oh, yeah?"

"Yes."

I walk over to the other side of the bed and stopped to look at her. "I see you've got a new phone." I say while picking it up. Nash froze. "You know this looks exactly like River's phone. Wow, what a coincidence."

"Yes,  coincidence."

"Oh and look," I unlocked the phone in my hands, smirking at it. "The wallpaper's also the same. A girl in a bikini?"

"Um, yes. That's my- my cousin, from...  Australia.  Um, yes. She's a swimwear model."

"Seriously?"

"Yes, Nina. Nina's her name."

"Okay, cut off  the bullshit, will you. Come out, River. I know you're in here." Nothing happend, except for Nash's eyes growing wider. "Where is he?" she sighed and walked over to her closet. She opened it and there he was.

I burst out into laughter. "Oh my gosh. Seriously! You slept with my best friend?"

"Uh, maybe."

"Okay, this is just to weird."

"Sorry, Lora. It wasn't -"

"It's okay, Nash. Spare your explanations. I don't mind really. You mister, don't mess with her. And same goes to you."

"So you're not mad?"

"No, of course not. Except for the fact that I would've appreciate your help this morning. Next time answer your phone if I call you. I missed my first class today, because I had to take care of a sick child, a screaming one and the other one I had to get to school in time."

"Oh, I'm sorry, sis. Won't happen again. Promise."

"Okay, well. You two enjoy your weirdness. I'll just go and do my job."

* Liam Lockwood's POV *

I parked my car under the tree and walked over to the front door. I rang the bell and Alex is the one who opened the door.

"Hi, Liam. Come in."

"Thanks, Alex. How are you doing?"

"You know me, I never complain."

"That's good to hear. Is Lora home?"

"Yes, she's in here somewhere. She had a crazy day, she's all over the place. Poor kid."

"Thank you, Alex." I walked up to the lounge. Nobody's there.

Next I walked upstairs only to find all of the rooms empty. The whole upper level is deadly quite.

"Chloe! No! Not on the floor!" I heard it coming from downstairs. "Come." I recognised Lora's voice. I went back down and found Lora pulling Chloe into the bathroom. By the sound of it I guess that Chloe's sick.

I leaned against the doorway, just watching them. Lora's holding back Chloe's hair, where she's hanging over the toilet seat. "It's okay, monkey. Get it out." Lora's voice was so soft it was almost not hearable.

"I think I'm done." Chloe sobbed softly.

"Come, let's put a movie on and then you can lay on the couch." she turned around and spotted me. "Liam? What are you doing here?"

"Can't a guy visit his girlfriend these days?"

"Of course he can." She placed a kiss on my cheek.

"Monkey, what on earth happened to you?" I bent down and she threw her arms around my neck and I picked her up.

"She has a stomach bug. Can you bring her to the lounge please."  I follow Lora and put Chloe on the couch. I threw a blanket over her little body while Lora turned on the television.

Lora and I silently exited and walked over to the kitchen. Daniel and Angy were busy with their dinner.

"Sorry about this morning, Liam. This morning was just to crazy. Chloe got sick and I had to get Daniel to school and Angy was on a yelling spree."

"It's okay, I get it. Don't worry about it." She gave me her one-million-dollar-worthy-smile.

"Thank you."

"For what?"

"Understanding."

"There no reason for me not to understand, Lora. You also have a life and I'm going to respect that for as long as I'm alive."

"Oh, please."  Daniel speaks. "Can you to just kiss already?" In the corner of my eye I see colour filling her cheeks and I placed a kiss on it.

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