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25 Argument
"What's wrong with her!?"
"Nothing. Nothing that I can tell anyway."
Danny woke up slowly to very annoyed voices, obviously having an argument over her well-being. She groaned slightly as she sat up.
"Danny!" she felt arms thrown around her shoulders and grunted from the sudden pressure. Tucker pulled back and put her forehead against Danny's. "What'd the bitch do to you?"
"Do?" Danny asked groggily.
"Yeah, you collapsed—remember?"
Danny blinked slowly. "Oh...Right."
"Again, I didn't do anything," came the annoyed reply. Danny looked over Tucker's shoulder to see a perfectly unruffled-looking Vlad.
Danny finally registered that they were in Tucker's room, making Danny frown. "Why're you here, Vlad?"
"Your friend had the sense to call me rather than the paramedics when you collapsed. They don't know how to deal with ectoplasmic entities such as you and myself." Vlad shrugged. "I can find nothing wrong with you. I did tell you to take it easy, and instead you go and exert yourself in high temperatures." There was a dry 'you should know better' in her voice that made Danny twitch.
"Yeah, well, why should I have listened to you anyway?"
Vlad smirked faintly. "Why indeed? Let me take a look at you now that you're awake," Vlad said and walked over to Danny, slipping her fingers beneath Danny's chin, forcing her to look up.
Their eyes locked and Danny felt the oddest sensation wash over her, like cool water trickling down her spine. She was about to ask Vlad what had happened when the older half-ghost stepped back.
"Rest some more. Drink some fruit juice and eat something. You've more or less recovered."
"How long was I out for?"
"It's Wednesday morning."
Danny yelped. "I was out for that long?"
"You do nothing by halves," Vlad said dryly. "I expect you in the office once you are well enough." She gave Danny and Tucker a nod before vanishing, sending Tucker into a tirade about rich bitches who thought nothing about the health of their employees.
Danny found herself smiling wryly—she was getting to know Vlad enough that she knew the woman was concerned but couldn't be bothered to admit it.
Ah, well.