The Case of the Flu (Transcript)

It is time to go to school and Zoe ran down for breakfast already in her uniform but without Josh. Her mum was confused cuz Zoe and Josh would usually go down for breakfast together.

Zoe: Morning, mum.

Mrs. Besson: Zoe, where's your brother?

Zoe: Sleeping.

Mrs. Besson: Why can't you wake him up?

Zoe: He's not a morning person.

Mrs. Besson: But you have school. Can't you just get him downstairs please.

Zoe: Okay.

Zoe went upstairs to her room to wake up her brother.

Zoe: Josh, Josh, wake up.

Josh: (groans) Go back to sleep, Zoe.

Zoe: C'mon mate, time to go to school.

While Zoe was trying to shake her brother awake, she noticed heat radiating off her brother.

Zoe: Josh, you're warm. You alright?

Josh: I'm fine.

Zoe: Josh, you're not Kayla.

Josh: Okay fine, I'm sick. I won't be able to walk you to school today.

Zoe: Oh c'mon. Can you go get mum?

Josh: Okay.

Zoe went back downstairs and continued eating her cereal.

Mrs. Besson: Zoe, did you get Josh downstairs?

Zoe: No, he's sick.

Mrs. Besson: Really? He's just making excuses just because he's dyslexic so that he could play games.

Zoe: Mum, he really is sick. Go upstairs and see for yourself.

Mrs. Besson: Fine.

The mum went upstairs to Josh and Zoe's room to see her son lying on his bed. She then felt his forehead.

Mrs. Besson: Josh, you okay? Zoe said you're sick.

Josh: I don't feel good.

Mrs. Besson: (sighs) I'll stay here and look after you while Zoe goes to school by herself. Your fever seems really high, I don't think you could go to school.

Josh: I know.

Zoe went back to her room to grab her things.

Zoe: Mum, Josh, I'll go to school.

Mrs. Besson: Alright, take care, honey.

Josh: Bye Zoe.

Zoe: Bye.

The girl walked to school but she starts missing Josh. That's when a girl, a few years younger than her, caught her eye.

Zoe: Woah.

Sofia: Hey, you must be Zoe, right?

Zoe: Yup, that's me.

Sofia: Oh my gosh, you must be the top student. I'm Sofia by the way but you can call me Sofi. My parents and I moved here from Portugal a few years ago and this is my first time here in a secondary school.

Zoe: Really? You're from Portugal?

Sofia: Yup. Where are you from? Because of your accent, it's a lot different from everyone else's.

Zoe: Oh, I was adopted from the Philippines. My parents, my older sister and my older brother are Australian.

Sofia: Oh. Your brother is Josh right?

Zoe: Yup.

Sofia: Where is he?

Zoe: He's sick.

Sofia: Hope he gets better.

Zoe: Same. Hey, I gotta head to class. Can we meet at lunch?

Sofia: Sure.

After meeting up with Sofia, Zoe ran to her classroom and sat next to her friend, Kandace.

Kandace: So who was that girl you were talking to?

Zoe: That's Sofi, she's a Year 7 student from Portugal. She's pretty.

Kandace: Yeah, but since when did you crush on girls?

Zoe: Ever since Year 6.

Kandace: What are you?

Zoe: I'm bisexual, like my brother.

Naomi: Zoe, you're bisexual?

Zoe: Yup.

Katie: Awesome.

Meanwhile in the Besson house, Mrs. Besson is looking after her son who is really sick.

Mrs. Besson: Josh, I dunno how you could get so sick. Also, I know you miss your sister but-

Josh: Mum, I really miss her but it's okay for her to at least be independant.

Mrs. Besson: I know, you guys have been growing up ever since Addison went to Sydney.

Josh: Yeah. Ever since we adopted Zoe, she didn't have the attitude like Addison. Addison doesn't help me deal with my dyslexia but Zoe does. Whenever she helps me, it's like an angel came down to help me with things while I try to look after her and protect her from any danger.

Song: Heaven's Light from The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Josh: #So many times out there #I've watched a happy pair #Of lovers walking in the night #They had a kind of glow around them #It almost looked like Heaven's light #I knew I'd never know #That warm and loving glow #Though I might wish with all my might #No face as hideous as my face #Was ever meant for Heaven's light #But suddenly an angel has smiled at me #And touched my face without a trace of fright #I dare to dream that she #Might even care for me #And as I ring the bells tonight #My cold dark tower seems so bright #I swear it must be Heaven's Light#

It is now lunch time in Perth Secondary School and Zoe grabbed her lunch and sat with her friends. That's where she called Sofia to come over.

Zoe: Sofi! Come here, there's plenty of room for you.

Sofia: Sure.

Kandace: You must be Zoe's new friend, right?

Sofia: More like girlfriend.

Syuz: Girlfriend?

Zoe: Sofi, you mean it?

Sofia: Yup.

Naomi: Oh my god. Zoe has a new girlfriend?

Kandace: She's bisexual.

Zoe: Yeah.

As time flies by, it is time for the students to join their extra-curricular classes. However, Zoe decided to go home early to see her brother which confuses her friends because she would usually join in for extra-curricular classes and never misses any of them.

Sofia: Hey, I signed up for the programming club.

Zoe: Yeah, but I have a feeling that I should head home early.

Sofia: Why?

Zoe: Because I need to check on my older brother.

Sofia: Oh.

Zoe: Hey, I promise I'll join you next time or maybe tomorrow. If my brother feels better.

Sofia: Okay. See you tomorrow then.