AU: Yeah it's time for that whole yearly update thing. I think I will actually try to keep this story updated. I don't really know how much longer I am going to keep it going though. -'
Days had passed ever so slowly for Faye, she felt her hope fleeting away. Spike had not fully awaken yet, he still mumbled quite often but never actually making any sense. Faye sat in the hospital room beside Spike and just stared at him hoping maybe he could feel her presence there with him.
"Faye," Jet said from the doorway. Faye jumped a little and then turned around.
"Yes?" she asked in a tiring voice.
"I think you should go to the Bebop for awhile, just to like shower and maybe get some rest. I'll stay here with Spike and if anything happens I'll call you right away." Jet said.
Faye could tell he was concerned, Jet was like her father. He was like a father to all of them, he was there to cook and clean. He quite possibly the most caring out of all of them that lived on the Bebop.
"I don't know, I want to just stay here to make sure nothing happens..." Faye said and turned back around placing a hand ontop of Spike's.
"I know you do Faye but you look like hell and you just need to take care of yourself in this type of situation." Jet said and walked into the room, placing a comforting hand ontop of her shoulder, "You really need to just rest," Jet added and squeezed her shoulder a little.
Faye sighed in defeat and stood up from the chair. Her back was in so much pain for being hunched over so long. She leaned over Spike and kissed him on the forehead, she heard him groan and that made her want to sit right back down and wait to see if he would wake up. But now Jet was literally pushing her out of the room.
"Get some rest." was the last thing Jet said as he shut the door. Faye watched from the window as Jet took a seat next to Spike and sat hunched over just as she had. Jet did care for Spike, as friend/son type of manner. Faye began to walk away and took one more glance over her shoulder before getting into the elevator.
It was a long, lonely walk back to the ship, everything was moving in slow motion to Faye. She saw the Bebop in the distance and felt somewhat of a comfort come over her. To go back to her "home" and just rest and get cleaned up sounded very pleasing to Faye now that she thought about it.
As she walked through the Bebop's doors she could hear Ed typing on her computer and the low snores of Ein sleeping next to her.
"Faye-Faye!" Ed screamed as she jumped at Faye and wrapped her arms around her. Ein was now awake and barked.
"Hey Ed, Ein..." Faye said as she tapped Ed on the head. Ed looked up at her with her big eyes and asked, "How's he doing?"
'He' meaning Spike, Faye sighed and looked down at Ed and said, "There's really no progress..."
Faye noticed Ed's eyes become sad and distraught, "I know he'll get better! He has too!" Ed said as she ran back to her computer.
Faye whispered to herself, "I hope so..." as she walked into her room and gather her clothing and went to take a shower. The shower was nice but rushed, she wanted to be back at Spike's side. As she stepped out she almost slipped on the wash that had gotten out of the shower. Taking a deep breath she changed into a white tank top and a pair of gray shorts.
Collecting her other clothing she exited the bathroom and went to the laundry room where she began to wash her clothes. She poured the sollution and practically spilt it all over herself, rubbing temples she poured it into the washer and turned it on.
She began to walk toward her room and passed Spike's. She stopped infront of it for a moment and just stared at the shut door. Running a hand through her wet hair she walked away from his room and entered her own and sat on her own bed.
Feeling sleep overtake her she laid down and shut her eyes. But sleep did not come so easily as she expected. Her mind kept running, thinking about if Spike was going to make it or if he was going to... Faye shook her head and made herself clear her head of all her thoughts. But still the sleep didn't come.
"Maybe I'm over tired..." Faye said outloud to herself as she laid in darkness of her room. Sighing in frustration she flipped over onto her other side thinking maybe she'd be more comfortable. And as she shut her eyes again she passed out.
It wasn't even one of those pleasant sleeps, she kept waking up and it was just a restless sleep. She even woke up and went to put her clothes into the dryer.
As she began to fall back into her sleep she heard a quiet ringing. Opening her eyes she laid there for a moment thinking of what it was, then it clicked that it was Jet calling her. She jumped out of her bed and ran to the laundry room where she had left her communicator and sure enough it was Jet.
"Yes?" Faye asked frantically.
"He woke up and the doctors are currently looking at him to make sure he has not lost any sort of memory about anything," Jet told her.
"I'll be right there." Faye said as she hung up and pulled out her clothes which were still somewhat damp but she didn't care. She threw her other clothes onto the floor and got dressed. She ran out the Bebop's doors as fast as her legs could take her.