"Sorry," I said as I knew she wanted to go out on the town. Tonight was supposed to be a night out for all of us."On the other hand," Kathy said as sh...e still felt a little sick. "I can get some rest, finally." Absolutely," Brittany said as she turned to what they had lovingly started to call each other sisters. Kathy being the oldest by a few months over Brittany, and Sandy bringing up the rear by just under a full year from Brittany."Go ahead," I nodded.Kathy nodded as she took off her jacket. My whole body tried to run but I felt like I had a ton of rocks in my shoes, "But it's still lunch and I need to make a call". She stretched her hand out, "That can wait, we need to get going, I have a lot of other students to see - now". I got up and grabbed my book bag. We walked through the halls and every step I took seemed to take me to the end of what could have been a terrific first day. We arrived at the nurses station and she let me in to the exam room, I sat down on the table, "Please. “Oh you know,” she laughed dismissively. “Some days good, some days bad, others extremely hard. You know what it’s like.” I did, having had to do the same for my mother only the previous year. She looked on the verge of tears so I quickly tried to change the subject. “Oh, before I forget, I have some magazines for you.” I quickly stepped up onto the veranda and picked up the bundle of glossy magazines I had set aside during the previous weekends clean-up. “They are a bit on the heavy side being. Helen and I knowbecause I'm too observant and guessed certain things. I was reluctant totell Helen because I knew she was close to her family but Rachel told meabout sharing and it worked out for the best."Helen and I suddenly heard a "ting" from our PDA's. There was an urgentmessage to all students': "Six months ago Jill's mother was killed whena drunk driver crashed into her car. Jill was with her mother when shedied. Jill has bottled up her emotions and not discussed her feelingswith.