The sergeant on the front desk turned when he heard the elevator ding to announce that someone was getting out. Out of habit he waited to see which person it was, when no one came by he got up from behind his desk and peered around the corner to where the elevators were. To his surprise he saw a young woman lying on the floor. Gasping he hurried over to see if she was all right.

"Miss?" he asked timidly. He didn't know how to react to this kind of situation. Maybe she didn't hear me he thought to himself. He cleared his throat and said louder, "Miss?" he frowned. Deciding to check for a pulse he pulled down the collar of her coat and frowned how many coats does this woman have on? He wondered to himself. Finally getting to her neck he quickly found her pulse to be thready. Deciding on a course of action he pulled the woman out of the elevator and hurried to his desk phone.

"Yes. I would like an ambulance to the crime lab building." He listened to the woman on the other end, "Yes. She has a pulse. I think she collapsed in the elevator." Again he listened, "She already has enough coats on to warm the Artic." A couple of seconds, "Ok. I will let her boss know. Thank you." He put the phone down and picked it up again. He quickly dialled Mac's office. It just rang, "Come on pick up. Pick up." He muttered under his breath. Suddenly the phone was picked up.

"Bonesera."

"Detective? I believe I have one of your employees lying on the floor in front of my desk."

"Excuse me? What are you on about?"

"Come down and see ma'am. An ambulance is on the way." He put the phone down and waited. He didn't have to wait long. Stella came bounding out of the elevator a couple of minutes later and hurried to Laura's side.

"Jesus Christ. What happened?" she asked the sergeant.

"I don't know ma'am. I heard the ding and when no one came out I went to investigate and saw her lying on the floor. I pulled her out here in case someone called for the elevator. I phoned for an ambulance it should be here in the next couple of minutes."

"Good." Stella noticed that Laura was holding her phone, pulling it out of her hand she read the message Text me when you get home safely. Blue xx Stella frowned and pulled out her own phone. It was picked up after the second ring.

"Flack."

"You'd better get down to the lobby. Laura never made it out of the building." Stella hung up the phone. Two minutes later the stair door opened and Flack came out.

"Damn that was quick. How did you do that?" Stella asked him amazed. Flack just shrugged and knelt down beside Laura. Holding her hand he tried to rub some heat into it. "She's really cold." Before Stella could say anything ambulance personnel came into the building and started tending to Laura. A young woman put a thermometer into Laura's mouth, waited a couple of seconds and pulled it out.

"She has a fever of a hundred and two. Lets get her to the hospital."

"How can she have a fever if she's freezing?" Flack asked dumbfounded. Puzzled the woman held Laura's hand and almost dropped it in shock.

"He's right. She feels like death warmed up. Lets get her out of here stat." The woman and her partner lifted Laura onto a stretcher and carried her out to the ambulance. Flack ran out after them.

At the hospital:

They had arrived at the hospital in record time when a tall doctor with dark hair and eyes stopped Flack from following the stretcher.

"She's in good hands sir. I'll let you know what's happening as soon as I know." He smiled and followed the stretcher down the hall. A couple of hours later the doctor came into the waiting room. Flack stood up and asked him, "How is she?"

"She's fine. Well she will be. I've put her on IV antibiotics. It would help if I knew how she got the fever or when she first started showing symptoms of a cold."

"It was a while ago. She jumped into the river to save a boy from drowning."

"Does she even know what's in that river?" the doctor rolled his eyes and then said, "That must be where she got it from then. Might have swallowed some water. Well thanks for letting me know. She should be awake in the next couple of hours. Your more than welcome to wait." Flack frowned. He hadn't even voiced his questions before the doctor answered them.

Two hours later:

The doctor that Laura had bumped into walked into her room.

"Hello Laura. Again." he smiled at her. Laura looked at him.

"I'm sorry. Do I know you?"

"Yes. I was the one you bumped into, literally, when you were looking for Dr Pullman."

"Ah. Now I remember. So what's wrong with me doc?"

"You've got a fever and the chills. I've put you on IV antibiotics. You'll be here for a couple of days. Yes you will be fine by the time you go to Maui." He smiled at her again as she frowned at him.

"What's your name?" she asked him.

"Peter."

"That's it? Just Peter?" she asked him sceptically.

"Yes. That's all you need to know."

"Ok. If you say so doc." Laura smiled at him as he left. Flack came in a couple of minutes later.

"Hey city boy." Laura greeted him.

"Hey yourself. Stella says she's sorry she's not here but she was called out to a scene."

"Not a problem. Listen I'm going to go stir crazy so I need a favour."

"What's that?" he asked her worriedly.

"Could you bring me something to do?"

"I'll see what I can do." He smiled at her and they chatted for a couple of more hours until Laura fell asleep. After a couple of days Laura was discharged from the hospital as her fever seemed to be abating and she was given some other antibiotics to take. Flack had picked her up and insisted that she stay at his place in case she needed anything. She had argued but soon gave up once she realised that he wasn't going to leave her alone. Laura had taken a couple of her antibiotics when she started to throw up.

"Blue!" she screamed from the bathroom. Flack came rushing into the little bathroom and took in her appearance. She was sweaty with her hair sticking to her forehead and she looked very pale.

"Laura? What is it?"

"I'm feeling really hot." She muttered and promptly threw up again. Flack rushed into the corridor and quickly dialled a number.

"Hello?" came a voice groggy with sleep.

"Ma?"

"Donnie? What is it?" enquired Anna Flack.

"Its Laura. She's not well and I don't know what to do. Could you come down here? Please?" he practically begged his mother.

"We'll be right there. What are her symptoms?"

"She's sweaty. She's been in hospital with a fever and shivers but she was getting over it. The doc gave her some antibiotics when she left she seemed fine. Now she's hot, shivering and throwing up."

"Ok. Put her head under a cold shower but keep the rest of her nice and warm until we get there. We'll let ourselves in." Anna Flack hung up the phone and ran into his bedroom and pulled the quilt off his bed and went into the bathroom. Once inside he wrapped Laura in the quilt and moved her next to the bath where she slumped against the side. Pulling the showerhead down he turned on the cold water and started to wet Laura's hair with it when she sighed in relief. Fifteen minutes later Flack heard his mother come through the door armed with what appeared to be a doctor's bag.

"Step away Donnie let me look at her. Your father is in the living room. Go on. I'll call you if I need anything." Flack walked out of the bathroom and into the living room where his father was standing with a cup of coffee already made. After five minutes his mother walked into the living room.

"She should be fine. I think she reacted badly to the antibiotics. I've got her back into bed but I want to call the doctor out to change her meds. Then I'm suggesting we take her back to Queens where I can keep an eye on her." She held up her hand, as her son was about to protest. "It would also mean you can go to work without worrying about her. Now I'm going to call the doctor and get him out here." She walked away before either of the pair could say anything. Flack walked into his room and just sat next to Laura. He must have fallen asleep as the next thing he knew his mother was waking him up.

"The doctor just left. He's prescribed some different antibiotics and some antinausea medication. Now we're going to stay here tonight and then take her home with us in the morning. You should get some sleep." She smiled kindly at her son and walked out of his bedroom. Sighing he climbed into the bed and pulled Laura closer to him so that he could give her some of his body heat and that was the way he woke up a couple of hours later.

A/N: Hey everyone. I should be able to update a couple of more chapters tomorrow, as I have no work to go to. Also thanks for all the reviews. Lovin' them so please keep em comin'. Anyways I hope you enjoy this chapter. I will get Laura up and running again I promise and then they're all off to Maui and a couple of surprises will be in store hehe.