Duncan watched as Andrea tossed and turned on the bed. She'd been like that for the last four hours. Her temperature had reached a level at 103 and seemed to be dropping and he didn't want to take her to the hospital unless he really needed to.  He knew that having been worked up didn't help and the fact she'd missed her last pill.  He understood that she didn't want to have to choose between two guys that meant the world to her.  

            The phone rang and it was Richie wanting to talk to Andrea.  Duncan didn't want to have to tell Richie that Andrea passed out after he'd left because he knew that Richie would be going out of his mind with blame.  He just told him that she was tired and needed to rest and he would have her call him tomorrow.  He told him that he was sorry and Mac told him that he wasn't the one that needed to hear it.

            "Hey Mac," said Methos walking through the door.

            "Do you ever go away?  You were here what no even six hours ago?" said Duncan frustrated and angry

            "Well I just came by to see Andrea."

            "Andrea is sick."

            "Sick?  How bad is it?"

            "She's running a fever and she got in a fight with Richie and Eric before she passed out downstairs," said Duncan taking a glass of water over to the bed

            "Mac she's burning up!  What medication is she on?" said Methos

            "She is on a pain pill and something else.  I think that she missed a pill." said Duncan

            "Mac missing a pill doesn't make her pass out and run a fever like this!  More like she took too many of one of those pills." said Methos wiping the sweat from her forehead.

            "Is there anything we can do?"

            "Wait it out til it passes and if it gets worse take her in.  You want to take the first shift or me?"

            "You're staying?"

            "Mac you can't take care of her by yourself. You aren't going to be much good to her if you can't take care of her.  Go get some sleep," said Methos taking the wet rag and wiping her down.

            Duncan got some sleep and when he woke up Andrea had dropped a couple more degrees. Methos looked tired so he took over.  He told Duncan that they need to take her to the hospital anyways to make sure that she was really alright.  Duncan agreed.  He wanted Andrea to be alright.

            The next morning Andrea woke up confused and scared.  Duncan grabbed her and held her arms down to prevent her from hurting herself or him.  Methos woke up when he heard her scream at her father to stop.  Duncan had let go of her and she looked like a frightened child.

            "Andrea, sweetheart, how are you feeling?" said Methos

            "I'm alright, what is going on?"

            "You passed out yesterday?  Do you remember yelling at Richie and Eric?" asked Duncan

            "Sort of, how long have I been out?"

            "About a day." said Duncan

            "A day?"

            "Yeah and do you know you kick in you sleep?" said Methos

            "Yeah I knew that.  Dad never let me sleep in the bed with mom and him because I caused bodily harm," smiled Andrea

            "You think that you could eat something?"

            "Yea I can.  Dad?" said Andrea noticing the look on his face like he couldn't figure something out

            "Methos why don't you go make her some toast and a glass of water." said Duncan moving over onto the bed

            "Yeah I can handle that."

            "Dad?"

            "Andrea I want an honest answer to this question," said Duncan

            "Alright what is it?"

            "You want butter on your toast?" yelled Methos loudly

            "Um…yes," said Andrea shocked and still looking at her father

            "Andrea I want to know if you…"

            "Want ice in the water?" yelled Methos hoping that Duncan would pick up on the hint.

            "Yeah, ice," said Andrea slowly

            "Andrea did you take…" said Duncan once again getting cut off by Adam

            "Aspirin?" yelled Methos

            "Um yeah considering you giving me a damn headache." yelled Andrea

            "Mac, we need to talk." said Methos giving Andrea the tray of food and pulling Duncan into the small kitchen area

            "Methos I need to…" said Duncan getting the hint finally with a much annoyed look from the older immoral

            "Are you out of your mind?  Do you really think asking her if she meant to over dose on pain killers and then taking her to the hospital is going to work?  By the way you suck badly at taking a hint," said Methos angry and annoyed.

            "How else do I ask her?" said Duncan

            "Well, for one thing you don't flat out tell her the second she wakes up that you think she purposely tried to kill herself."

            "I never said that!" defended Duncan

            "You could have fooled me."

            "What do you suggest Dr. Adam?"

            "I suggest that you let it go." said Duncan

            "Let it go?"

            "Yeah because accusing her of killing herself after everything that she's been through isn't going to make you exactly the good guy," Methos said with a stiff voice

            "Alright."

            "Hey guys want to um fill me in here?"

            "Right how much you want to know?"

            "Well what the hell happened to me that made me pass out?"

            "Stress." said Adam

            "Yeah you guys suck at lying you know that?  Fine I won't ask because obviously you aren't going to tell me," said Andrea eating the food.