Brady woke up early and made an appointment for ten that morning. He tried to move from the couch without disturbing Chloe. Unfortunately she was draped over him, so there was no way to avoid it. Chloe woke up unaware of her surroundings then she saw Brady. She smiled up at him.
"What time is it?"
"About eight."
"It's still early, lets go back to sleep" Chloe said, groggily.
"No can do. Belle will be down any minute and Dad and Marlena could come home at any time. You know what my father said about overnight guests."
"Yeah. They are to be no more." She lazily rolled over.
Brady sighed kissing her temple. "I made an appointment with the doctor. I have to be there for ten."
This piece of information appeared to instantly wake up Chloe. "I'm up."
"You can have the shower first." Brady said, always being the gentleman.
"Hmm I thought maybe we could share one." Chloe said, kissing his neck.
"My, my aren't we frisky in the morning." He joked. She moved her lips and tongue over his collar bone.
"I can't help it if my boyfriend is so irresistible"
"Thank you. But I'll have to pass this time. I don't want my dad to come home and find me 'disrespecting' my family again."
Chloe stood up and stretched while he was declining. "Prude" She called as she made her way up the stairs and into his room.
Brady sighed. Left alone on the couch. He contemplated going up the stairs and joining her but voted against it. The last thing he needed was another sex talk from his father.
Chloe stood under the fairly cold shower.
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Once the couple was dressed, they got into Brady's car and drove to the doctor's office.
Seated in the tiny room Brady could not help but to fidget. He was extremely nervous. After telling the doctor his symptoms. The nurse had taken blood and the doctor had sent it to the lab. It was priority so they were told they would get the results back in an hour or so. Chloe, clasped onto Brady's hand to keep him from touching everything on the doctor's desk. He had already rearranged most of the pictures and then put them back. Then he started to do it again. Finally, Chloe could not stand it any longer.
"Sorry." Brady said, looking at her.
"It's okay. It's understandable"
Brady began to bite his nails on his other hand when the doctor came in. Brady found it strange that the doctor was not looking directly at him. It had to be bad news. People never look you in the eye when they have bad news.
"Brady, is there something you want to tell me?"
"No. About what?" He said, puzzled.
"Now, when you left the hospital did I not tell you to take things easy and not strain yourself with physical activity."
Brady looked down at the floor. Which suddenly seemed very interesting under the doctor's scrutiny.
"Yes, you did."
"And did you follow that advice?"
"I might have pushed myself a bit too hard."
Chloe snorted a little laugh. She covered her mouth and turned away from Brady.
"Okay, I pushed myself a lot. But I just wanted to feel normal again."
"Brady you have been through a lot. You can't just go back to your usual routine just because you feel like it. Now I told you to take it easy for a reason."
"I know."
"Now you were complaining of dizziness and headaches and a slight fever. This did concern me but after looking at your tests results and seeing that everything came back normal. I concluded that you were working yourself, too hard, too fast. Now I want you to lay off of the work outs and weights for a while. Start slowly and for only half an hour per day."
"Fine."
The doctor turned his attention to Chloe. She was breathing a sigh of relief.
"Now you my dear, I know are more sensible than this guy over here. Make sure he sticks to my instructions this time. Other wise we'll have to admit him for exhaustion."
"Will do." Chloe smiled back at the doctor.
The doctor got up and shook their hands.
"Thank you" Brady said, feeling foolish.
"Take care" the doctor said, before exiting the room. Leaving Chloe and Brady alone to talk.
"Brady, you scared me half to death just because you are too macho to know your own limitations."
"I'm sorry. I just wanted to feel normal again." He said, sincerely.
"I guess I can understand. Just don't ever do that to me again. I need you too much." Chloe hugged him, nuzzling her face into his chest.
Brady hugged her back, realizing how his decisions, not only affect himself but also affected her.
"I don't know what I'd do if I lost you." Chloe hugged him even harder at the thought of never being able to hold him again.
"I feel the same way. Let's get you home."
"Oh my god, I completely forgot to tell Nancy where I was going last night. I hope she's not worried."
"This is your mother we're talking about. She probably has people searching the streets for you."
The laughed at the thought, knowing Nancy was capable of doing such a thing.
To be continued...........
