Asthma

A month or two ago, Riza had made sure that Havoc didn't smoke in the office at all. No matter how much he pleaded, she wouldn't give in.

On this day it was Breda's, Falman's, and Furey's day off, so only Riza and Havoc where in the office... well at least Havoc was, Riza had just left to file some of the completed paperwork.

Okay, she left, I bet she wouldn't notice if I had just one... Havoc thought as he took a cigarette from his pocket. Riza returned, and surprisingly enough, didn't notice. She started coughing.

"What's wrong?" he said worriedly while putting out his cigarette. She fell to the floor, still coughing. Havoc ran to her, and knelled next to her.

"What's wrong?" He repeated. She pointed to her desk and said, while coughing, "Top drawer."

He ran to her desk and opened the drawer, and found a bottle and a spoon in it, and ran back. He gave her a spoon of it. She drank it, and started coughing, which was starting to turn into wheezing. He ran back to the drawer, and pulled it all the way out, spilling it's contents onto the ground. He looked threw the stuff on the ground, and found a needle, I don't know what this does, but I hope it works... he thought, and ran back to her.

He looked at her for a sign of what to do with the needle, and saw that she wasn't breathing any more. He stuck the needle in her arm, and she took a big breath, and opened her eyes. He breathed a sigh of relief.

"I thought I said no smoking in the office." She sat up and hugged him around the neck, and started crying.

"I was so scared..." Havoc was stunned into silence. He never thought Riza would be scared of anything. He wrapped his arms around her.

"I. . .I'm sorry. . .I didn't know. Why didn't you tell me smoking did that to you?"
She pulled away from him.

"Because it would. . ."

"Make you seem weak?" he finished.

She nodded and he smiled.

"It's alright to be weak sometimes," he said. "I am surprised that Roy didn't tell us."

"He...um..."

"He doesn't know?"

"No, could you not. . ."
"You're secret is safe with me," he said.