Two long days later he found out she was moved to the ICU because she no longer had the virus. He went down to check on her and see how she was doing. He walked in and she was staring out the window. She turned her head and smiled when she saw him. "Hey." She said her voice husky. "Hi Aud. How are you doing?" "Been better." "When are you getting out of here?" "Soon I hope." "When you get out we can go out and drink bourbon again." "I don't think I'll be drinking any bourbon with anyone any time soon." "I'll wait."
She smiled and he pulled a stuffed bear out from behind his back that had sunglasses on and a motorcycle helmet on and said I hope you feel better beary soon. It had a balloon attached to it and he also brought her some flowers.
Attached to the bottom of the bear was a card. She pulled it off and opened it up. Inside was a cheesy get well soon card that he had gotten from the hospital gift shop, but what he wrote inside was the sweetest thing. "I love you Aud. You're like a sister to me. Get well soon so we can go out and drink bourbon together again. Love, Neil" She looked up at him with a huge grin. "You're the sweetest! Thank you. I love it."
She leaned over and wrapped her arms around him. "When do you get out of this maximum security prison?" "Haha very funny. I get moved to a regular room tomorrow. Should get out of the hospital, as a patient any way, two days from tomorrow if my bloodwork and everything else looks good."
"I'll be there tomorrow to help move you to your new room and two days after to take you home." "Thanks. I really appreciate it." "No problem Aud." "Well I gotta get back to work before Andrews finds out I've been visiting you during my shift." "Alright, I'll see you tomorrow." He walked out of the room and she rolled over and went to sleep.