Disclaimer: It's not mine, though I put it on next years Christmas list.
Several hours later Nigel was awoken by a loud pounding on the door. He wanted nothing more then to ignore it and fall back into blissful nothingness, but it was not to be. Sighing he go up and moved to the door, deciding who ever was on the other side would die a horribly painful death for waking him. Swinging the door open he came face to face with Bug, who looked ready to kill the unfortunate brit. He opened his mouth to comment, or at least say hello but the little man beat him to it.
"Why didn't you answer the door? Or your phone for that matter? Jordan and Lily have been trying to get a hold of you all morning!" Bug yelled at the taller man, who just looked at him blankly. It took him a few seconds to register everything. Running a hand through his hair and prepared himself for the oncoming explosion.
"Did you ever think about anyone other than yourself?" Bug continued, his voice slowly gaining volume, unknowingly increasing Nigel's headache as well. "I mean Jordan and Lily were about to call the cops they were so worried. They would have to but Garret caught them."
"I was sleeping. I didn't hear my phone." Nigel said lamely, not really knowing what else to say. He knew the second he said it that he had said the wrong thing. The shorter man's face turned a darker shade of red before he exploded.
"You didn't hear your phone? There is no way you slept through all that. Plus I was knocking on the door a whole five minutes before you answered." He yelled, which has starting to get to the brit's nerves.
"Will you shut up for five minutes?" He finally snapped, as the pounding his head reached an all time high. Nigel closed his eyes and rubbed his temples in vain attempt to make some of the pain go away while Bug wisely kept his mouth shut, though anger still radiated off him. After recovering slightly, he walked over to the night stand and picked up his cell phone and flipped it open. It cheerfully displayed that he had twenty-three new messages, all of which were from Lily or Jordan.
Wordlessly he pulled on his boots and grabbed his jacket, not bothering to change out of his cloths from yesterday. He grabbed his bottle of pain pills and grabbed two out of it.
"You shouldn't take those on an empty stomach." Bug said from his spot at the door. Nigel ignored him and took the pills dry, his companion just shrugged and said. "Don't blame me when you keel over dead."
He walked passed him to where his bike was parked out front of his motel room. When he went to put on his helmet Bug once again went ballistic. He went on about how he shouldn't drive while he was on medications and all the possible bad situations that could happen, though the one about him single handedly wiping out hundreds of people seemed a little far fetched. To tired and annoyed to argue, he walked over and got into Bug's car wordlessly. The other seemed confused by the lack of argument that was so uncharacteristic of his friend, but he said nothing.
The drive was unnaturally quiet, especially considering the two in the car. Bug drove toward the morgue, frequently sneaking glances at the passenger with worry. Nigel was silently staring out the side window, slightly slumped in his seat. He was beginning to feel bad for yelling at Nigel. The tall man hadn't meant to worry anyone; in fact it was probably all the medication that made him sleep through the phone calls. Now he was begging to feel like a jerk and felt the need to apologize.
"Nigel-." But that was all he got out before he got cut off.
"It's ok Buggles." Nigel said, anticipating the apology. "No harm done, eh?"
Just like that the matter was dropped and neither spoke of it further. The morgue came into view and Bug pulled into the parking lot. Nigel noticed Bug had parked far from the place that he had been attacked and was grateful, he really didn't feel the need to be around there. The two got out of the car and made there way inside the building.
Authors note: Well there it is, and it took me ages to get it out. Bug made a appearance as his usual cranky self. There should be more drama and near death experiences in the next chapter or two. Please keep with the reviews, they really help.
