A/N: So, let's see how this goes. Enjoy :)


Casey's heartbeat accelerated. She couldn't believe Chris was hitting on Taylor. When they were younger, he had a lot of girlfriends.. and even hook-ups who weren't his girlfriends. And he flirted with her girlfriends. He even got one of them to sleep with him. She had been really mad at him for doing that. Casey was really fond of the girl. She didn't like Chris when she was younger. He ruined pretty much every relationship of hers. She often didn't tell about her hook-ups and girlfriends, so he wouldn't take away hers. Eventually, when they grew up, they've grown to like each other more. Or maybe Chris already did, but he acted normal on her. But he had always been a playboy. He didn't believe in relationships and marriages. Casey believed his longest relationship had last a few weeks. He had never celebrated any anniversary.

Casey considered getting into Taylor's room, but she was afraid of what she was going to find. She didn't want to see her brother and Alex's sister naked and having sex, so she decided to listen. She didn't want them to hook-up, so if they weren't doing anything, she would put a stop to this. She listened, but she only could hear the muffled sounds of their voices. Casey thought they weren't doing anything embarrassing to encounter, so she decided to walk in.

"What are-" but she saw Taylor and Chris sitting on the edge of her bed, Chris handing some paper towels to Taylor.

"Shhh, don't talk so loud. You might wake up Alex." Chris said to Casey. "Taylor's got a nosebleed. And it's really brutal."

Casey saw the bed was covered in bloodstains and Taylor was bending over, squeezing her nose to stop the bleeding.

"For how long is she bleeding?" Casey asked.

"I think about half an hour right now? I was about to fall asleep, when she entered the living room, so I took some paper towels and I read something about bending over." Chris said, still whispering.

"How come?" Casey asked.

"Flights make my nose bleed." Taylor answered, her voice sounded a little muffled because of the paper towel. Chris stroked Taylor's back. It was actually adorable, but Casey didn't want Chris to be with Taylor. Taylor seemed like the kind of girl who liked guys who actually wanted to commit and as far as Casey knew, she had long relationships before, but all of them failed. But Casey figured that if they would have a fling, it could be very awkward between the two of them. They couldn't visit at the same time anymore. It wasn't the biggest deal, but this way it was really great and Casey didn't want to throw that away. Or let them throw it away.

Suddenly Taylor started to gag. She vomited blood on the floor.

"I think I.." she vomited again. ".. had a nosebleed.." she gagged. "when I was sleeping already. I must have swallowed some blood."

"Taylor. What do you mostly do when you have this major nosebleed?" Casey asked.

"Mostly it just stops after a few minutes, but now.." she seemed awfully pale.

"Do you think you can still walk?" Casey asked. She saw she lost a lot of blood, looking at the vomit and the paper towels. This can't be normal. She had to go to the ER.

"I don't know. I feel a little dizzy. And weak.." she tried to stand up, but she almost immediately collapsed. Chris caught her right on time. He seemed to be scared.

"I think we have to bring her to the hospital. She lost a lot of blood and the bleeding doesn't stop." Casey decided. "Stay with her, I'll go wake Alex and change into proper clothes."

Cased walked to Alex's bedroom and woke her. "Alex.. you have to wake up. Your sister's got a huge nosebleed. She's lost a lot of blood. We have to go to the hospital."

Alex woke with a start. "Okay, I'll get dressed and be there in a few seconds." she said. Casey had already changed her clothes and walked to Taylor's room again. Chris walked to her.

"I think it's getting worse. And she's not able to hold so much pressure on her own anymore."

"Go get some clothes. We'll take her to the hospital." Casey said.

Chris carried her to the car and Alex drove as fast as she good, and still would be legal, to the nearest hospital. In the meantime Taylor had passed out. When they entered the ER, everything happened so fast. Casey could only remember Chris laying her down on a gurney and a doctor was working on her. She heard something about a few units of blood.

Casey, Alex and Chris had to wait in the waiting room to wait for updates. In between there was a nurse who said it was gonna be okay with Taylor. She lost a lot of blood, but they gave her a few units, so she should be fine. They were fixing her nosebleed right now. She had to be there for the rest of the night, because she wanted to keep an eye on her, in case her blood levels weren't high enough.

"You can see her right now, Ms. Cabot." the same nurse told them ten minutes later. "Follow me. She can be groggy, because of her loss of blood."

They went to the room where Taylor was. Alex sat down next to the bed.

"Hey Tay. You really scared us." Alex said. Taylor smiled weakly.

"Yeah, I'm sorry. Normally it's not that bad, but this time." She was still dead pale. "I have to stay the rest of the night, because they want to be sure I've got enough blood and my BP has to go up a bit. You can go home if you want. You can sleep for a few hours. I will do the same in here." she smiled weakly. Casey could tell she didn't want them to leave. Casey looked at Alex and locked eyes.

"We stay?" Casey asked. Alex nodded. "I'm gonna get some coffee then."

"I'll go with you." Alex said. They went for a coffee to the cafeteria.


Taylor was still laying in bed. She didn't know what to say to Chris.

"Thank you for helping me." she smiled.

"No problem. We're going to be family, I think. Alex and Casey are nice together. They should stay that way." Chris gave an amazing smile. Taylor didn't have much blood, but she could flush.

"Yeah, I like Casey. She's great with Alex."

"I like you too." Chris said. "You're an amazing woman."

"You only say that to comfort me. I'm not that hurt. It was just a nosebleed." she waved her hand.

"Just a nosebleed." he grinned. "Yeah, right. But still, I mean it. You're amazing. Are you.."

"single? Yeah. I had a bad break-up a few months ago and I haven't been dating ever since. I actually liked the guy, but he cheated on me. And then it's over in my opinion. When I can't trust someone.." she shook her head. "You?"

"I'm single too. But I actually haven't committed to someone yet. Never. I never had the feeling I got to date a girl more than a few times. I just needed space or something. I haven't found the thing my parents have yet. It's sometimes frustrating, because I don't like to sleep around anymore. I want more. But don't tell Casey. She doesn't like the way I deal with girls." he grinned.


"I actually thought they were having sex or something. I can't imagine." Casey said to Alex while they walked back to Taylor's room with their coffee.

"Well, I don't know what you prefer, a major nosebleed or catching them having sex." Alex smirked.

"Yeah, you don't want both." Casey grinned. When they entered Taylor's room again, she saw Chris standing up really fast. He was flushing. Casey had never seen him flush. Not once. Not even when he did something wrong when they were young. Casey could think of a thing they were doing, but she thought that she was hallucinating. She hadn't been sleeping for a long time. Besides, it would be really inappropriate, wouldn't it?