Shane was walking into his bedroom when he saw Claire's door open. He walked over to the door and pushed it further. Claire was laying on the bed eyes closed and sleeping soundly. Shane smiled as he walked in the room, and kneeled beside her bed. He couldn't help himself from moving a strand of hair that had fallen out of place. When he touched her he could feel her skin was hot and even a little clammy.
Claire stirred in her bed and opened her eyes just barely to find herself looking into Shane's luminous eyes. Shane could see the smile on her lips widen. She then began a coughing fit that lasted a long second or two. Shane began to frown "your looking pale, I think you've been working to hard on your studies, how much sleep have you had this week" Shane was now scowling at her. Claire used the palm of her hand to push herself into a sitting position on her bed. Her eyes closed realized that Shane wanted an answer so she opened her mouth to answer as truthfully as possible "some,". Claire could feel Shane stand and walk to the door "I'll be right back, don't get out of bed" he said. Honestly, she didn't want to and she didn't think she could even roll over much less get out of bed.
She could hear Shane down stairs opening and closing cabinets repeatedly. Then she started to hear heavy thumping, Shane rushing up the stairs probably, she thought. The door was still open and she noticed the window was up also. A breeze flew in sending a shiver down her spine and she felt goosebumps cover her arms and legs. She looked up to see Shane carting a tray with a can of coke, some toast, a rag, and a pill bottle in it into the room. He sat the tray on her bedside table and sat at the bottom of her bed. He reached his hand over to her and laid it flat on fore head. Shane could see the red in her face and her eyes slowly drifting closed every few seconds, of course, she was sick. He worried to much but he was aware how big sleep deprivation was in the world and knew it effected people differently. Shane removed his hand from her head and grabbed the wet rag pressing it against her head.
Shane had been planning on coming home, having a make out session with Claire, making a candle lit dinner for two and then going off to his room to have a little fun. Now, seeing as Claire had managed to get sick all he could do was make dinner, so he planned to make it memorable. He walked down stairs again and and saw Michael and Eve kissing on the couch, "guys, Claire is sick up stairs and you making out?" he paused "ridiculous". Eve stopped and looked up "just because you can't doesn't mean we can't" she said harshly, "besides, this give you the chance to play the white knight, think about how grateful she'll be later" Eve winked and continued snogging. He did began to come up with different sex scenario's and shook them away before it got out of control. "thanks"?
He went into the kitchen and began to make spaghetti, which he considered to most romantic food for two. He grabbed some fold out tables and went up to Claire's room. She was up taking a few of the pills he had left her and taking a nibble of the toast as well as a bit of the coke. He sat the tables next to east other on the side of her bed.
When he finished cooking he brought the food upstairs and placed them on the short tables. They ate talking of how she had tried to find some time to sleep but with the school and helping at Myrninn's she couldn't find time to sleep at night because of the homework. "MAKE, time too sleep," Shane said quietly. They finished the meal and Shane washed the dishes. He went up to Claire's room for the last time and found her at the door waiting.
"I'm sorry to make you do all this" she said weakly. He shook his head in disapproval "I did it because I wanted to," she smiled at his comment. She was leaning on to the door jam with her arms crossed and her eye's almost completely awake when she said "I'd like to kiss you but I don't wanna give you something" she said warily. "go ahead," Shane said happily. Shane leaned forward and rapped his arm around her waist and the other around her neck. She moved her lips to his and planted a soft and heated kiss upon them. Taking control Shane couldn't help but add a little more to it with his tongue. Twisting and thrusting his tongue he heard a "cha, ching, someone came to collect". He looked over his shoulder at Eve who was grinning. "thanks," he said innocently but with a mischievous smile.