"I'm back!!" Jay called loudly as he came into the cabin again almost an hour later. He wasn't taking any chances on walking into a scene like that again. "Is everyone decent in here?!"
"I think we need to have another little talk, Slick," Kay said as he came out of the bedroom. Elle was fast asleep again so he could leave for a few minutes.
"If this is the birds and the bees talk, there's no need. My Aunt Rose gave me that one years ago!" Jay said with a chuckle.
"We weren't doing anything!" Why did he think that he was going to end up needing to use the neuralyzer before this entire mess was over with? "I was just checking her burns and changing the bandages for her. That's all!"
"And why was her gown off if that's all you were doing?" Jay asked.
"She was uncomfortable in it. She was changing clothes when she accidentally touched one of the burns and it started hurting her. I'm worried that it's going to get infected," Kay said as he started back towards the bedroom. He didn't want to leave Elle alone for too long.
"Wait a minute. Infected?" Jay asked as he hurried after his partner, all thoughts of what he had seen slipping from his mind. "Can we do anything about that? An infection would be bad with how sick she still is, right?"
"Really bad," Kay said as he moved to Elle's side and carefully felt her forehead. He skin was slightly warmer than it should have been but he hoped that was from where he had been holding her. He got the thermometer out again and pressed it against her skin. 99.4. A little high but maybe nothing to worry about. He frowned anyway. She didn't have the energy she would need to fight off an infection right now.
"Should I call Zed?" Jay asked. "Not yet. Let's let her sleep for a little while and then I'll check her again. Hopefully it's nothing to worry about."