"My stomach still hurts," Jamie mumbled, sniffling as he drank his fake hot chocolate. He wasn't used to going to bed hungry; even if dinner had been boring the night before, at least he'd gone to sleep feeling OK.
Now, though, his stomach felt like it was trying to turn itself inside out, and it was all so new and a little bit scary, and he had no idea how to fix it, other than eating something. Which he knew wasn't really an option.