I'm throwing a little IPOV your way, I'm not sure yet of how often of an occurrence this will be, but tell me how it works!
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Wanda was tired, and sore, and I was completely to blame. I want to say I feel bad, but I don't. Every minute with Wanda lately is complete bliss; I wouldn't take any of it back. And although we have had our arguments recently, I can't say I mind those either. It's just built up tension, releasing, bringing us closer to one another in so many ways. And now carrying her, asleep in my arms, I feel my heart burning with love. She is so selfless, so beautiful, so caring – and she doesn't even know it.
She could barely even get herself dressed after our bath when she leaned into me and closed her eyes.
"Hey, what's wrong with Wanda?" Jamie asked while I walked to our room.
"Nothing. She's just tired," I smiled.
Jamie looked confused, but I just kept walking.
When we got to our room I gently laid Wanda on our mattress.
"I would do anything for you," I whispered tucking a strand of hair behind her ear. I heard someone running down the hall, so I got up to see who it was.
"Ian!" Kyle huffed; there was a worry line on his forehead.
"What's wrong, Kyle?" I asked.
"It's Doc," he panted, "He's getting worse. We have to tell Wanda."
"Not yet, Kyle. Just hold on, let me go see him."
We ran through the dark halls and made it to Doc's office without making a scene. Not very many people had found out yet. Doc's sick. It's different than any of the other illnesses, for some reason none of the medicines are working on him. Doc said to just wait it out for a while and see how things go, but he has tried everything and nothing is working; he's only getting worse.
I walked to his bed slowly.
"Doc. What's the matter?" I whispered.
"Ian…" Doc let out, "something's not right. Something in me is rejecting the medications."
"What do you mean 'rejection medication' they are supposed to work for everything." I was so confused, every time I watched someone use some of the alien's medication I was amazed even more at how quickly the patient healed. And now it's not like it was taking slower, it was altogether not working.
"We should talk to Wanda about it," Kyle pressed.
Doc got an apprehensive look on his face.
"I think that's a good idea too Doc. You won't last much longer like this. She'll know what to do, I know she will; just trust her." I leaned in and put my hand on his forehead, he had a fever.
"It's not that I don't trust her, Ian. It's just that…I don't want to put anyone in danger. I don't want her to go searching for anything special just for me," Doc explained, moving my hand off his head.
"What if something like this happens to someone else? What if whatever you have is contagious and Ian or I get it next? Then what?" Kyle was starting to get impatient.
Doc just closed his eyes and I knew he was giving me permission to talk to Wanda.
"I will talk to her first thing in the morning. She is currently passed out in our room, there would be no use trying to wake her." I smiled.
Doc laughed, but Kyle just snorted in disapproval.
"I know how much she means to you Ian. I can see it in your eyes every time you talk about her, every time you look at her; it's a beautiful thing," Doc smiled.
"Well, Doc, I'll see you in the morning. And Ian she better have an answer for it by the time I get in here," Kyle sneered.
"Stop being an ass, Kyle," I rolled my eyes and patted Doc's shoulder. "We'll be back in the morning."
Doc nodded and Kyle and I left his office.
"You know eventually you are going to have to get used to Wanda," I stated.
"I don't have to do anything. I don't bug her anymore so stop bugging me about it," Kyle retorted.
"You're just being very hypocritical, that's all," I accused and Kyle just laughed.
"Sunny?"
"Shut up about her. It's totally different, I never had a choice about her she just glued herself to me." I could tell Kyle was steaming right now.
"Yeah, well you never seemed to complain."
Kyle shoved me into the wall but I just brushed it off, I was too exhausted and only a couple yards away from my room where Wanda slept soundly, waiting for me.
"You're such a pussy," Kyle snarled.
"What the hell are you talking about?"
"You can't even fight back! Wanda's got you so soft now, and you don't even see it!" Kyle pushed me again, egging me on. It literally took everything in me to be the bigger person and keep walking.
"Come one, Ian! What are you afraid of?" Kyle pushed. "Yeah, well I suppose it's a good idea you just walk away since you know I'd beat you anyway!"
"Get lost!" I barked.
"Aww the alien lover is mad!" Kyle laughed.
"What are you, two?" If he didn't leave right now…
"Come on; give me your best shot!"
And that was it. I through my fist so hard at him he didn't even see it coming. I hit him right in his already crooked nose. He flew back a couple feet and I just kept walking, trying to get to my room.
I heard him grunt and run but I noticed too late, he jumped on my back and wrapped his right arm around my neck and pulled my hair with his other. I ran backwards and slammed him into the cave wall causing him to fall from my back. I turned around and threw another fist at him, hitting him right in the jaw. Kyle spit out blood and came charging right at me pinning me to the wall and slamming me to the floor.
"Ugh!" I let out, "You son of a-" he kicked me so hard in the ribs I thought they were broken but I still had enough strength to grab his ankles and sweep him right off his feet landing him square on his back.
"What is going on here?" Jeb yelled standing in between me and Kyle - both of us limp on the cave ground.
"Ian started it," Kyle whined.
I kicked my leg around and got him square in the shin, "You're such a fucking child!"
"I don't care who in the hell started this! All I know is the two of you are both too old to be acting this way!" Jeb hollered extending a hand out to the each of us. "Now the both of you girls better get this worked out and then get cleaned up. I don't want to have to get my gun!"
"Jeb, you would never use that gun on any of us," Kyle said as he was slowly making his way onto his feet. Jeb just raised his eyebrows at him. "Ok, ok, I'm outta here."
"What's going on?" Wanda moaned stepping out of our room from down the hall; she sounded worried but clearly still groggy from sleeping.
"Nothing, baby. Let's just go to bed," I whisper reaching out to take her hand.
"Oh my god, Ian! Why are you bleeding, and why are you holding your side like that?!" Wanda pushed my hair aside and grabbed the sides of my face analyzing me, a worry line on her forehead.
"Wanda, I'm fine, I just need some meds and I'll be better than ever. Please just come to bed with me." She sighed but helped me through the door.
Wanda laid me onto our mattress then started bustling around to find what I needed to get fixed up.
"Ian, tell me what happened," Wanda sighed as she sprayed Mend into my face. I breathed in the odorless fumes and could feel my bones repairing themselves.
"Kyle was just being a jackass."
Wanda looked down at me, her face frozen in its worry state. "What was it about?" She sprayed Clean over all the cuts on the front side of my body then started to trail the Heal liquid right behind it.
"Wanda, we're brothers. What do any of the things we fight over mean?" I looked into her eyes, feeling better.
"There is brotherly fighting then there is a full on brawl. And the way you looked a couple of minutes ago, that didn't look like just two brothers fighting," Wanda shook her head. "Flip over, this side is good."
I roll over onto my stomach without any pain from my ribs. Wanda lifts my shirt up and starts the same process on all the cuts on my back.
Once everything was healed I turned onto my side and pulled Wanda into me, spooning her and holding her tightly.
"I love you, and thank you for taking care of me," I whispered into her hair. Wanda turned around so her chest was flush with mine, grabbing my face in between her tiny hands and laid feather light kisses all over my face until she landed perfectly on my lips and kissed me long and soft for a couple minutes before breaking it to yawn.
"Go to sleep beautiful, I'll be right here when you wake up."