Sick
She was exhausted the next night. She groaned stretching as she stood behind the bar. "Hey I didn't know you worked here" Sara smiled at her, Alex smiled at her as she mixed some drinks. "Yep, have to earn a living some how." Alex smiled at her, Sara raised a confused eyebrow at her. "Yeah but I don't remember you having this many jobs before." Sara told her, Alex just shrugged. Reid raised an eyebrow at that.
"Got more expenses now" Alex said off handedly not really wanting to talk about it. She nodded, "So where's everyone else?" Sara asked her, "Oh they'll be here in like an hour or two." Ali said smiling at a guy handing him his drink. She took the tip and slid into the tip jar, moving onto the next paying customer. Six hours later she collapsed into a chair, her head falling on her arm as she leaned onto the table. Sara just laughed and rubbed her back as Alex soon was doozing off on the table. "Why is she so tired?" Reid asked seeing Alex was already passed out. James smiled and took off his jacket and wrapped it around her. "It's a long story" He said brushing some hair out of her face as she lightly snored.
Ten minutes later she was wide awake again drinking a rather large cup of coffee. She shivered and handed James his jacket back. "See you later guys, I'm leaving" She raised her hand up saying dueces and left. She groaned when she got outside and saw her bike was gone. "Mother fucker" She muttered groaning she took another gulp from her coffee and started walking down the sidewalk to the poor side of Ipswich. Twenty minutes later it was pouring ass rain, she shivered as she was soon soaked to the bone. She held her arms tightly around her as she walked. "Hey! Alex do you want a ride?" Reid shouted from the drivers side of his black truck. She looked over, "No I'm good" She told him and kept walking. He laughed, "I'm not going to rape you or anything just get in!" He shouted at her. She glared at him but sighed and ran into the road.
Climbing up into the passenger seat, she coughed into her hands as Reid turned the heat on. "See now you have a cold from walking in the rain!" He told her as they continued down the road. She glared at him and shivered rubbing her hands together. "Where do you live?" He asked her, "the other side of town." She told him and he nodded knowing what she meant. She shivered again and went into a huge coughing fit and sneezed into her knees. "Damn" Reid said slipping out of his jacket as he drove and tossed it to her. "No thanks" She said laying it on the seat between them. He rolled his eyes, "Quite being so difficult! Put the damn jacket on!" He told her, tossing it at her again. She glared at him but wrapped it over her like a blanket and snuggled into it as she shivered again.
Reaching the other side of town Alex gave him directions. He parked his truck and looked at the building she let him too. She groaned seeing the expression on his face. Apparently rich boy has never been to this part of town. "You live here?" He asked not hiding the disdain in his voice. "Yep" She said opening his door tossing his jacket to him. She groaned as she got light headed and fell into a puddle. Reid sighed and got out of the car and lifted her up. She was pushing on his chest insisting she could do it on her own. He rolled his eyes and held her close as he walked towards the building. He made sure to lock his truck up good and tight. "Just park it in there," She said pointing to a garage. Reid did so finding some stairs he set Alex down on them and pulled his truck in then closed the gate behind him and locked it at her directions.
He walked back over to her and lifted her up bridal style. He felt her burning forehead against his skin. "Shit" Reid muttered, she was getting really sick as she coughed again into her hands. "Which floor is it?" He asked her, "Fifth" She told him, he pushed the button on the elevator. He sighed as he saw the cracks going up the dirty walls. He did not like this place and couldn't believe Alex lived here. The elevator stopped and he walked out. "That one" She said pointing to a door. Reid walked up to the door and Alex just opened it. "You don't lock it?" He asked her shocked, "Why? I don't have anything worth stealing" She said as he stepped inside. He set her down on her feet and she wobbled turning the light on.
His eyes scanned the small apartment, if you could even call it that. It had a small kitchen, and it was basically just one large room. There was only one door in the room and it led to a bathroom. He closed the door watching as Alex slip out of her skirt and shirt. She kicked her shoes off into a corner. He saw a TV in one corner of the room and a twin sized bed on the other. He saw it only had one pillow and one blanket on it. He dropped his jacket and walked to the cabinets trying to find some medicine for her cold.
He growled slightly at seeing all the cabinets empty really, he opened the fridge to find it had a couple take out boxes and a box of baking soda in it. All he could find was a coffee pot, to go cups, and lots of coffee beans. "Do you have any medicine in here at all?" Reid asked her, "Nope. I'll be fine in the morning" She told him, he looked over and saw her bare back towards him. She bent down and picked up HIS jacket, slipped it on and collapsed onto the bed her eyes closed as she instantly hit the pillow.
He groaned, he walked over and threw the blanket over her to help cover her bare legs. His jacket was so big on her it fell to her mid thighs but still. He groaned at seeing her passed out. The back of his hand rested against her forehead like his mother used to do to him when he was sick. It was burning red hot. He sighed, he couldn't leave her like this. He would feel to guilty if she got really sick and needed to go to the hospital and she couldn't because he had left her. Sighing he sat down on the bare floor with his back up against the wall. He closed his eyes and tried to sleep.
He woke up that morning starving. Looking over Alex was still sleeping. His jacket had ridden up to her stomach, the blanket was wrapped around her hips as both of her legs stuck out of the blanket, one leg was hanging off the bed, her foot resting on the cold floor as she slept. He leaned over and checked her temperature again. It wasn't as bad but it was still burning. Groaning he sat up, he was starving. Making up his mind he grabbed his car keys, locked the door and got in his truck. He called his mom once he was on the road. "Hey mom, what should a person with a cold eat?" Reid asked her, "Are you sick honey?" She asked him in a motherly voice.
"No mom, a friend is." Reid told her, she sighed and started naming everything off that Alex would need to eat, lots of water, soup, medicine and then some cold compresses for her forehead. Half an hour later he was back at her apartment, his hands full of groceries and such. He used to open the door and started cooking. He hoped chicken noodle soup would do. He figured everyone liked chicken noodle soup. He paused at hearing Alex mumbling. Looking over Alex had her head up as she looked around blindly before groaning and falling back into the pillow back into a deep sleep.