Calling anothr script component makes my 2d physics not work :/

Ok, so, I have an empty game object, that has my player collisions. On that, I have another empty game object (EatApplesTrigger) to detect the head of my worm. I have another empty game object, that groundCheck using the 2dplatform code to check for the ground, and finally, I have my sprite object, for doing the rendering of the player graphics, and animation (wormSprite). Well, I need a certain animation to play when the "EatApplesTrigger" collider, collides with the apples. These are my scripts

this is on my EatApplesTrigger game object
public class EatApple : MonoBehaviour {

Code (csharp):

1.  
2.     private wormAnimation WormAnimation;
3.     public int score = 0;
4.     private GameObject wormSprite1;
5.     // Use this for initialization
6.     void Start () {
7.         {
8.             // Setting up references.
9.             wormSprite1 = GameObject.Find("wormSprite");
10.             WormAnimation = wormSprite1.GetComponent<wormAnimation>();
11.         }
12.     }
13.  
14.     void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D other)
15.     {
16.         if(other.gameObject.tag=="Apple")
17.             //Debug.Log (WormAnimation.eatingApple);
18.             //WormAnimation.eatingApple = true;
19.             Destroy(other.gameObject);
20.         score += 10;
21.     }
22.  
23.     void OnGUI()
24.     {
25.         GUI.Box(new Rect(10,10,100,24), "Score: "+score);
26.     }
27.    
28.     // Update is called once per frame
29.     void Update () {
30.    
31.     }
32. }

and this is on my "wormSprite" object

Code (csharp):

1. public class wormAnimation : MonoBehaviour {
2.  
3.     private Animator anim;
4.     public string horAxis = "Horizontal";
5.     public bool eatingApple = false;
6.     public float eatAppleDelayTimer = 0.0f;
7.     public float eatAppleDelayAmount = 0.3f;
8.  
9.     // Use this for initialization
10.     void Start () {
11.         anim = GetComponent<Animator>();
12.     }
13.    
14.     // Update is called once per frame
15.     void Update ()
16.    
17.     {
18.         anim.SetFloat ("Speed",Mathf.Abs (Input.GetAxis (horAxis)));
19.         EatingAppleFunc();
20.  
21.     }
22.  
23. void  EatingAppleFunc()
24.     {
25.         if (eatingApple)
26.         {
27.             anim.SetBool("eatApple",true);
28.             eatAppleDelayTimer += Time.deltaTime;
29.             if (eatAppleDelayTimer > eatAppleDelayAmount)
30.             {
31.                 eatingApple = false;
32.                 eatAppleDelayTimer = 0;
33.             }
34.            
35.         }
36.         else
37.         {
38.             anim.SetBool("eatApple", false);
39.         }
40.        
41.         if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Q))
42.         {
43.             eatingApple = !eatingApple;
44.         }
45.     }
46.  
47. }

as you see in the first script in the "OnTriggerEnter2D" function, there are 2 lines i had to comment out.
If I comment these 2 lines out, everything else works perfectly fine, aside from the playing that eating animation i want to play. If i uncomment those 2 lines, heck, even just the Debug.Log line, all my objects that have 2d physics just fall... I am just kinda grasping the concept of using the GetComponent stuff, but, it appears that it's the cause of my problem. Anyone else experiencing this? Or does anyone have a better solution? Thanks!