Author's note: I'm sorry I haven't updated in a while it's just that I've been really busy lately seeing as I'm graduating next week. I'll try to update more often from now on.
Oh, and thanks for all the reviews!
After about 5 minutes Lee had fallen asleep, Ray then got up, kissed her forehead and went out the door to find some coffee.
Discovering that a fresh pot of coffee had just been made he poured himself a cup and sat down on the comfortable sofa in the lounge.
Taking a sip of the black liquid he closed his eyes, relishing the taste of it. Putting the cup on the coffee table before him he leaned back closing his eyes, intending to only close them for a few minutes.
He opened his eyes after what he thought to be about 15 minutes. Looking at his watch he noticed that was not the case, it had in fact been 1½ hours since he left Lee in her room.
Getting up he hurriedly walked over to her room only to find her sound asleep with Abby at her side.
"Oh, hey Ray" , Abby said looking up at him.
"Hey, has she been to radiology?" , he asked
"Yeah, she got back about 40 minutes ago and she's been sleeping ever since"
"Why didn't you come get me! And how the hell did they even manage to get her up there?" , he asked obviously upset.
"Because she told me not to. I told her you were asleep but that I could wake you for her. She told me not to bother because you needed to get some sleep." , Abby told him trying to calm him down.
"And it wasn't hard to get her up there 'cause I went with her" , she added.
"You did? …. thanks…" , he said scratching his neck looking slightly confused.
"Not a problem. I got to hear some juicy stories about you so it was definitely worth it" , she said standing up motioning for him to take her seat.
"Oh no. What did she tell you?" , he said covering his eyes and shaking his head.
"Nothing much, just something about you falling into a fountain last Halloween?" , she said with a laugh.
"She didn't!" , he said horrified.
"She did. By the way, the films indicated that it's pneumonia. It's very mild so with a round of antibiotics she'll be fine " , she informed him leaving the room.
Sitting down on the stool Abby had been occupying he gently took her hand and rested his head on a part of the bed that wasn't covered by Lee.
He must have fallen asleep cause the next thing he knew he was being shaken awake by his friend who was now up and about.
"Hey" , she quietly said when she saw him open his eyes.
"Hey" he said yawning.
"Been up long?" , he added
"Nah" , said noting he still looked very tired.
"How are you feeling? You look a bit better" , he said taking the thermometer and sticking it in her ear.
"I fell a bit better but I still feel like shit" , she said with a small smile.
Seeing that her fever had gone down he put the thermometer back in its rightful place.
"Well your fever has gone down some so that helps. I don't know if someone told you but the X-ray confirmed that it's pneumonia. It's, however, a very mild case so after a round of antibiotics you'll be pushing me into fountains in no time"
"That's it? Why am I throwing up like crazy then? I meanI thought pneumonia only had to do with the lungs" , she asked slightly confused.
"Well my guess is that you've got the stomach flu too. The two aren't related so getting them at the same time was just really bad luck" ,
"Go figure." , she said rolling her eyes.
" So I can go home now?" , she added hopefully.
"Soon, I just have to get you a prescription for penicillin and get someone to cover my shift. Then we can go."
"First of all I'm allergic to penicillin so think again. Second of all you don't have to get someone to cover our shift on my account. I'll be fine by myself, I promise." , she insisted.
"Fine, I'll get you a prescription for a macrolide called Zithromax then. And I know you'd be fine by yourself but I'd still rather not leave you alone." , he countered, scribbling down something on a prescription pad.
"Not that I know what that is, but okay. You're very sweet but I can't keep you from doing your job. There are other people who need you more. Plus, I'm getting kind of sick of you." , she grinned.
"Funny… Alright, I'll let you go by yourself on one condition?" , he said looking uncharacteristically serious.
"And what might that be?"
"That you go over to my place so I can keep an eye on you for a couple of days"
"Oh come on! I can't do that! Who's gonna feed Zorro if I'm gone that long?." , she said raising her voice but immediately regretting is seeing as her throat hurt quite a bit.
"Well that's my offer. Either you go to my place by yourself or I get someone to cover for me and we go to your place. Simple as that. And as for the cat, I bet Jenna could take care of him for you" , he told her with some power.
"Meah, have I told you that you suck? Fine, I'll get Jenna to watch Zorro. Get me a phone so I can call her." , she sighed in resignation.
"You have, several times as a matter of fact. Here you go." , he said handing her the phone and dialing Jenna's number with a small smile of triumph.
"I'll run over to the pharmacy and get you prescription. Be back in like 10 minutes." , he added leaving the room.
She only nodded and waited for Jenna to answer the phone.