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Spotting me, he jogged towards me, dropping Monty onto the floor, but thankfully still keeping hold of his lead. We didn't want to repeat that mistake again.

"What the hell are you doing out here, Alexis?" He was a few metres away now. I tried to answer him, but I couldn't- my lips were chattering too much. "Do you know how worried I've been? I've called at your flat, I've rang your phone- I even knocked on your neighbour's door, but they didn't know." He was now right next to me.

"Why are you sat on the floor?" Then he noticed I was convulsing violently. "Jesus, Alexis! What happened? Are you okay?" I shook my head in answer, and he dropped to his knees beside me. "What's wrong, Lexie? Talk to me!" His eyes showed his concern, and he pressed his hands to my cheeks, framing my face. "God, you're freezing! Why are you sat here? Are you hurt?" I tried to speak.

"I..I…" I swallowed. I couldn't get the words out. He took off his coat and wrapped it around me. I shook my head to tell him not to, but he continued.

"Mind- link me if you can, Alexis. I need to know what's wrong." Oh yeah, why didn't I think of that? D'uh! God, he looked gorgeous in the rain- the droplets streaking down his face.

I've twisted my ankle I think. Monty ran off chasing sheep, and I tripped and fell. I can't put any weight on it, and my phone's out of battery.

"Okay." He nodded. "Which one?" I indicated to my right ankle. He lifted it in his hand gently, inspecting it. "You can't walk on that. I'll carry you. How long have you been sat here? I mean, Jesus, your lip's going blue! Thank God I found you when I did- you need to be more careful! Who goes out into the mountains with a dead phone?!" He peeled off his coat, and wrapped it around me. Strapping my rucksack to his back he put one arm under my knees and another behind my back and stood up, cradling me to his chest. We began to walk down the hill, Monty trotting alongside us- his lead still wrapped around Will's wrist.

Half an hour to an hour ish. I thought I was going to die.

"You're not going to die- I won't let you. Look, put your hands under my shirt- it'll warm them up." I did as he suggested, sliding my hands under his jumper, and pressing them against his abs. He shivered from the contact. "Jeez- you're colder than I thought!"

Sorry. I said, resting my chin against his shoulder, and turning my lips to his chest. The only benefit to the cold was that now I couldn't feel my ankle. He was so warm, and so strong- he'd be cold and soaked by the time we got down- he was only wearing a jumper now he'd given me my coat. I could feel myself starting to doze off in his arms- he was so comfortable.

"Alexis! Alexis, no- don't you dare fall asleep on me! Stay awake, baby, keep talking. Did you drive here, where's your car?"

I'm in the car park at the bottom- the white fiat. It's about a twenty five minute walk from here down this path.

"Right, okay. Honestly, why on earth did you come out here on a day like today?"

I wanted to come out here to think- I like it up here. I didn't realise I didn't have any phone battery until I was up here- I'm not normally this stupid. I'm sorry to have made you come up here. How did you find me?

"Don't you dare apologise for making me come out here! I don't want to imagine what would have happened if I hadn't. I'd come and get you wherever you were, but we will have a chat about you being safer when you've recovered."

I nodded into his chest, still shivering; I was expecting as much. I was beginning to get some sense back into my fingers, but I couldn't feel my toes. My ankle pain had now come back with a vengeance, and a few tears escaped. He kissed them away.

"How did you think I found you Alexis?" I didn't answer, I didn't know. "Our bond was strong enough for me to find you- I followed it when I couldn't find you, and then I could feel you were in distress, so I jumped in a taxi and directed him to where I thought you were. Then I just had to get out and run. I did try to mind link you, but it wasn't going through. I thought you were ignoring me, but I guess it was because you were too weak."

Thank you, Will. I promise I wasn't ignoring you- I didn't feel anything on my end.

"Don't thank me, just promise me that you'll take better care of yourself. Thank God I decided to come back to visit you when I did."

I promise.

"Just don't think that's the end of it. We are going to have a serious chat about this- I just don't want to do it when you're like this. The next time I get off a plane to visit you I could do without being worried sick that something's happened to you." I nodded. Now that chat was not something I was looking forward to.

We rounded the corner, and the car park was in sight. I had never been so happy to see pot-hole ridden tarmac in all my life.

"This fiat, yeah?" Will asked jokingly- there were no other cars in the car park.

Yeah

"Keys?"

In the top of my rucksack. He nodded, gently letting me rest against the car while he fished them out, and unlocked the car.

"Where does the dog go?" He asked.

Just open the boot, and put him in.

He did as I suggested, dropping the rucksack in there as well, before picking me up and moving to the passenger seat.

Hey, what are you doing? I'm driving!

"As if you could drive like this, Alexis! Don't even think about arguing about this- we need to focus on getting you home and warmed up! I'm gonna ring Xav- I swear you're close to the onset of hypothermia."

But you're not insured on my car!

He ignored me, and started taking his top off.

What are you doing?!

"We need to get you out of your wet clothes- they'll make you colder. Take off your shirt and put mine on instead." I didn't want to make him strip for me, but there was logic in his idea.

I can't move my arms.

He nodded, and helped me to squirm out of my coat and layers- all of which were soaked through, before pulling his top over my head, being a complete gentlemen about the whole affair. Shutting my door carefully, he then moved to the driver's side, adjusting the seat, and then pulling off. He put the heater on full volume, and I warmed my hands on it happily. My shivering had yet to subside, but I was warming up. He dwarfed my car- his huge frame spilling over the seat. I would have laughed, were I not in such pain.

"Okay baby?" He asked pulling onto the main road. I nodded. "We'll have you warmed up soon, okay. Now you're gonna have to direct me." I nodded again.

It's not far. You've just got to follow the main road until we hit the town, and I'll direct you from there.

"Okay. I'm gonna ring my brother- he's a doctor. He'll know how to warm you up before we go to the hospital."

No. No hospitals- it's just a sprain, I'm positive.

"We are going to the hospital, Alexis- that's something I'm not compromising on."

We'll see. I replied. I was not going to a hospital on Easter Sunday for something I knew was nothing more than a bad sprain. I'd call in and see mum at her surgery tomorrow instead. Will shook his head at me, pulling out his phone and dialling his brother anyway. The handset rested on his lap as he set it to 'speaker mode'. His brother picked up almost immediately.

"Hey Will, what's up?"

"It's Alexis- she's been out walking in the rain, has hurt her ankle, and is absolutely freezing. I'm heading back to hers to warm her up, but I just wanted some medical advice from you now, as I want to warm her up before I take her to the hospital- I swear she was on the brink of hypothermia."

I am not going to the hospital! I screamed at him. My teeth were still chattering so much that talking was impossible.

"Yeah, definitely take her to the hospital, bro- I can't say if it's hypothermia or not without being able to examine her myself. Take off any wet clothes, and wrap her up, letting her warm up slowly- don't warm her up really quickly. Does she still have feeling in her extremities?"

I managed to wiggle my toes and fingers, so nodded in response to his question. Will vocalised my answer to Xav.

"Okay, she should be fine. Give her something hot to drink- a hot chocolate or something. What does she think's wrong with her ankle."

"She says she's twisted it."

"Okay, you'll have to go to the hospital to have someone check it out properly, but if that is what she's got then she'll have to stay off it for a few days. Give her some ibuprofen tablets to help with the pain and bring down the swelling, and then ice it once she's warmed up."

"Thanks Xav, I will do."

"Keep my informed, bro. I'll ring you later to see how she's getting on. You know I'll be on the next plane over there if need be."

"Thanks." Will ended the call. I directed him through town to my flat- the rain was torrential. The windscreen wipers were on full tilt, but even then they didn't seem to be able to clear the water off the screen fast enough. Pulling up outside my flat Will leapt out of the car, grabbed Monty out of the boot, and then came round to pick me up. Needless to say, I got plenty of stares from all the neighbours when they saw me being carried up the stairs by a topless Adonis, whilst I was still in my hiking gear and Will's shirt. It was almost like the hiker's version of the walk of shame. Embarrassed, I turned my head into his chest away from all the stares, and he kissed the top of my head.

"Nearly here, baby. I've got you; you're gonna be okay." He let me down gently on my good leg when we reached my front door so he could open it. Once the door was opened he let Monty run in before picking me up once more. He placed me gently on the sofa.

"Right, where are your towels?"

In the airing cupboard next to the bathroom. I sent him a picture of what it looked like. He nodded, re-appearing with towels a few moments later. He wrapped them around me, bundling me up into a cocoon. He rubbed his palms up and down my arms in an attempt to warm me further. I watched his muscles flex, mesmerised.

"Okay, I think you need a hot bath. I'll have to put you in the shower first, but I think a bath would be good once you've warmed up. I'll run that now, and then we can have a look at your ankle. Sound okay?"

That sounds perfect. Thank you. He nodded, turning to go to the bathroom once more, whilst I snuggled deeper into my towel cocoon. I was still shivering, but I was definitely slowly starting to warm up.

"Lex, where do you keep your tea bags?" I heard Will shout from the kitchen.

Leftmost cupboard next to the fridge. They're in the box with a monkey picture on. I sent him an image of it too.

"Got it, thanks. I'll be in in a sec." I heard him moving around in the kitchen, before he came back into the lounge carrying a mug of tea. "Can you hold it?" He asked. I nodded, holding out my hands to take it from him. He handed it over- the mug felt scaldingly hot compared to my skin. I took a few sips quickly- the heat trickling its way through my body. It was delightful. I handed it back to him moments later.

Could you hold that please, Will? I need to unlace my boots.

"Alexis, you are in no state to unlace them yourself. Let me do it." His tone left no room for argument. I sat back against the sofa, allowing him to do as he wished. He put the mug on the coffee table, and began to unlace my walking boots. He did my good foot first, sliding it and my sock off quickly. He wrapped his hand around my foot to warm it. It felt glorious. Pulling it away, I brought my good leg underneath me to warm it whilst he began to unlace my bad ankle. Gently, he began to prise it off my foot when I let out a large yelp, tears springing to my eyes.

"Sorry! Sorry!" He said, taking his hands off immediately.

No, it's okay. Sorry- it just hurt.

"I'll be more careful this time, okay. Just tell me if it hurts and I'll stop. We can cut it off you at worst." I nodded, and he continued. Eventually he managed to pull my boot loose, before gently taking off my sock too. "Jesus, Alexis! That looks nasty." I looked down. Sure enough, my ankle had swollen to the size of a cricket ball. It made my queasy just to look at. "You got any ibuprofen?" I nodded, still shivering.

In the cupboard above the microwave in the red box.

"Right. I'll get you a couple of them, and then I think we should get you in the shower- you're still too cold." He came back moments later with two pills which I swallowed down with my tea. Picking me up again, Will carried me to the bathroom, letting me rest on the toilet seat, whilst he stopped the bath running.

"Now Alexis, I'm not trying to pull something on here, but we need to get you out of these wet clothes." He indicated to my sodden leggings, and his top which was now also wet. "I don't want to let you get in the shower on your own, so I'm thinking that I could come in with you, but we'd be both be in our underwear. I won't look, I promise. As much as I want to see you in your underwear, I'm not going to take advantage of you now, do you understand? I just don't want you to slip and hurt yourself further. Does that seem alright." Honesty shone in his eyes. I trusted him implicitly- and understood his reasoning, so I nodded.

That sounds okay. Can you help me get out of these? I asked, motioning to my t-shirt and leggings.

"Sure." Carefully, he removed the towels I was draped in, putting them on the heated rack to dry out, and turning the shower on to a low heat. The idea was that I'd gradually start to warm up in the shower, before he let me sit in the scalding hot bath to properly warm up. Once he'd done that he eased me out of my leggings, taking extra care with my bad ankle. Tugging off my t-shirt, and his trousers and socks, he picked me up once more and stood me under the shower in his arms, allowing me to rest my body weight on him, which took any pressure off my ankle. I could feel my throat muscles loosening up again, and my shivering began to subside as I stood under the hot steam. Gradually, he began to increase the temperature. I was beginning to get feeling back into all of my limbs, which was good, but meant that my ankle was starting to hurt again; the ibuprofen obviously hadn't kicked in yet.

"You okay?" He asked.

"Yeah." I looked up at him, meeting his eyes. "Thank you, Will. Honestly, thank you. If you hadn't come, I-" My eyes started to water.

"Hey, hey. You're safe now. That's all that matters, okay." I nodded.

"You think you're ready to get in the bath now?" I nodded. I'd stopped shivering, but I still felt cold.

"Yeah, the bath sounds good."

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