"Oh no, no more glorious Thomas hair." She sat down and crossed her arms. "As the one neither related nor seeing you I am allowed to give you grief over this. Had you said something sooner, you wouldn't be so sick. They could have gotten to it sooner."
She sighed, "honestly Tom, the trip could have been postponed. And yes Jamie would have been sad but considering current circumstances I'm sure he'd have been fine with it." She gave him an even look. "You're sick. And it sucks so much balls and it's terrible and we're all going to have to see that. One of my dearest friends is going through something I can never, ever understand. But only saying something when it gets really bad is clearly not an option. And I know you don't like worrying us, but truth is we're always worried. And that isn't your fault. We all love you, even if you're an idiot sometimes."
She picked up the soup and opened the container, "so I said my piece as the one neither related to you or dating you. And I'm going to have soup because all my breakfast is feeding the sewer alligators."