Part 35: The Definition Of Fine.

I am SO sorry that this update is late today! My internet has been messing around, we're with some cheap crappy provider now and it keeps dropping out :/ Anyway...I made this extra-long to make up for it!

Wetstar –Your Jealous!John fic will be uploaded next :) sorry about the wait :)

How are you feeling? Are you sitting down like I told you? You are not exerting yourself are you? Remember what I told you. -SH

Sherlock I'm fine, really. -JW

You haven't answered my questions. I did send them for a reason. -SH

Yes I'm sitting down, yes I'm taking it easy, and yes I remember what you said. Quit worrying I'm fine! -JW

I'm not worrying. I'm merely concerned, you have just been used as Moriarty's punch bag for a day, you really shouldn't be back at work so soon. -SH

Yes I really should, I was going stir crazy in the flat. I needed to do something, and sitting down all day diagnosing patients is hardly strenuous is it? -JW

What if you had to get up and reach for some medication on a high shelf? You would be exerting yourself as well as possibly damaging you ribs further. That hardly seems 'fine'. -SH

I'll ask Sarah to get it, or have the medication sent out by post. -JW

We both know you wouldn't do that. You'd rather stay in pain than ask for help, John. -SH

If it hurts too much I'll ask for the day off. Happy?-JW

I am far from it. Make sure you stick to your word, you can be very stubborn. -SH

Speaking of stubborn, Sarah keeps coming in every five minutes for something or other...half of which I know she has plenty stocked up in her cupboard because I put it there this morning. -SH

You stocked the cupboards!? I told you to take it easy! -SH

And I told you I don't need a baby sitter. -JW

She could just be checking on you out of her own concerns for you. -SH

Yeah, that and you've told her to keep an eye on me. -JW

Can you blame me? You've just started your work day with one of the most challenging tasks of someone with several broken ribs. -SH

I could hardly say no, could I? It wasn't that bad. -JW

Yes, you could in fact have said no, but you chose not to. -SH

It's my job Sherlock, I can hardly not do it, that's what I'm getting paid for! -JW

As I have stated many times before, we do not need the money. I have more than enough to cover both the costs of the rent as well as food shopping. -SH

Yeah, but I hate sponging off of you. -JW

Your not 'sponging' and I'd rather you lend some money than exert yourself at work and possibly damage yourself further. If you consider it to be that much of an imposition you can pay me back instalments, that coincide with your pay checks once you are in better health. -SH

Look, I'm fine at the moment, If I feel like I'm gonna pass out ill
stop okay? -JW

No. You should stop before it gets to that point. You could injure
yourself further if you were to fall near a table/chair/cupboard.
Anything around you could be hazardous. -SH

Yeah, but then I'd be stuck in my chair all day. -JW

Is it a moveable chair? Correct? The ones with wheels at the bottom. If
so you can move about in that. It will only need you to use your lower
half; mainly your legs, and that would not be a problem at all. -SH

I'm not wheeling around in a chair like a ten-year old! I'm at work,
I'm supposed to be a professional! Sides, it helps to get up and that,
these bandages are too tight, they're cutting in. -JW

They are not too tight. If anything they are loose. You may not be
able to slouch in them, but that is their purpose, it keeps your ribs
in place long enough to heal and not accidentally puncture a lung. -SH

I am a doctor, I do know. Jesus, I feel sorry for those girls who wear
corsets! -JW

They are not that bad. If you have a small waist and suitable sized
bust they are ideal, but if you are top-heavy and have exceedingly
bigger breasts, I do think it would be uncomfortable. Although they
wouldn't be in as much pain as you are in right now I can assure you.
-SH

And you'd know because...?-JW

I have worn a corset. Obviously. -SH

Yeah...cos a man having worn a corset should be the obvious answer. -JW

No, the obvious answer would have been that I would have had a past
relationship with someone who wore them, or that I worked in an
establishment selling lingerie amongst other recreational outfits such
as corsets. Whereas my answer is neither. -SH

When the bloody hell did you need to wear a corset!?-JW

Another story for another time I feel. It would take too long to
explain via text and I don't think I could stress particular points by
it either. Would it kill phone companies to makes phones with an
italiciser? -SH

That's not even a word, and I will get that story out of you! -JW

I know. Its coinage, on my part, but it should be classed as a word.
Good luck with your pursuit, I'm sure I could find occasions to sway
your mind to other subjects.-SH

Ill take that as a challenge then. -JW

When you are in better health, obviously. -SH

That goes without saying. All I can do now is picture you in a corset. -JW

Check what you have written. You have a knack for writing certain
words from your chain of thought. -SH

So I have...that would have caused Mrs. Perkins to have a higher blood
pressure than she already had! Prescribing corsets would have them
gossiping! All your fault I might add. -JW

They always gossip John. People do little else. -SH

Thank you for reading! :D xXx