Chapter 36

Anna washed up the dishes and watched the snow fall for a little bit. She grabbed her charts off the table and was headed upstairs when she glanced into the living room, "oh my!" She gasped out loud when she caught a glimpse of Doug sitting on the couch with out his shirt on.

"Ahh!" Doug shouted back sarcastically. "Bulls lost...got to hate those three point shots."

"Doug you are staring at a fuzzy TV." She said not able to take her eyes off him, "the highlights ended hours ago." She paused, the accident in the shower her head, her hair, oh god she looked like a freak still and she didn't scare him. "Oh god do I really look that bad." She brought her hands charts and all up over her head about ready to die of embarrassment, "Sorry sorry."

Doug smiled. She was right about her hair but he wouldn't let her know it. "Oh come on look at mine!" he said putting a hand on his parted hair. "you know i put some gel in it and it dried all..." Doug moved his hand around looking for words and trying to act as flustered as she was. "what are you doing?"

"I'm turning red," She said not coming out from behind her charts. "I kind of screwed up in the shower and now I look like some freak of nature. God probably as bad as something a fluffy would throw up."

Doug rolled his eyes. "Well i never had a cat growing up but. what are you doing with charts at...?" Doug looked at his watch. "four in the morning? oh man, how long did it take you to take a shower?"

"I've been out of the shower for awhile now and I couldn't get to sleep so I did the dishes and worked on some charts, I was heading upstairs to finish these trying not to wake you up. But when I came thru and...well...uh...I...you...oh god."

Doug smiled and nodded. she was so goofy. "didn't we work out all this nervousness? i think you've seen more than me with my shirt off..." Doug moved his head to turn around and it gave off a loud pop. "Ohhh i felt that one." he said grabbing his neck and falling back behind the couch so Anna could no longer see him.

She dropped her charts down when she heard the pop. He wasn't on the couch and she couldn't see him. "Doug," she ran towards the couch panic filled her, "Doug, where did you go?"

Doug was laughing when he saw how worried she was. "Wow i should win an academy award for that one..." he joked sitting up."but my neck really does hurt. maybe i should see a chiropractor huh?" he turned and looked at her. "why are you always so worried about me? I'm not going to break."

"With your body making that kind of sound I don't know about that." She said. "Why do you worry about me?" She ran her hands through he tangle and matted hair.

Doug stood up to be face to face with her. "Not another serious conversation please...i don't think i can take much more. besides you know why i worry about you."

She looked at him, her hands on her hips "I don't want to have a serious conversation with you. There are plenty of other things that I would rather be doing than that."

Doug sighed. "Then don't look at me like you do..." he let his head drop down and snap back up as soon as the second half of what she said registered. "What other things?"

She smiled, "what other things, well let's see Doug, I'd rather finish my charts than have another serious conversation with you. But what I'd rather be going more is this I'd rather been snuggled in your arms, I'd rather be feeling the way your kisses make my head spin, and how your touch takes me breath away. I'd rather been curled up exhausted next to your sweaty naked body...do I need to go on?"

Doug tried his hardest to keep a straight face, but a huge grin crept on anyway. "Well...if charts were the first things to come to your mind then you should do them..." oh joked."personally, i am going to get some bourbon...go upstairs...and sit in my bed all alone because my girlfriend is hard at work." he put a fake pout on his face and shuffled away. "all alone...all by myself..." he grabbed a drink and walked past her up the stairs."But maybe she'll find me when she's bored." Doug smiled because he knew he had gotten her. He headed up the stairs and into his room.

She bent down and picked the charts up off the floor. Her headache was starting to come back as she set them on the coffee table. His words sinking in. His girlfriend hard at work. She stood there for a minute waiting for the room to come back into focus. It was the second time today that she felt like she was about to black out. She walked up the stairs and stood in his doorway leaning against the doorframe. "My charts can wait. I think something much more important has come up." She smiled at him playfully as she slowly staggered across the room until she was standing in front of him; she took the bourbon glass from his hand and set it on the nightstand, "besides I don't think that my boyfriend is going to let me work anyway." She gently pushed him back on the bed and attempted to ignore her headache and the dizziness that was setting in. She pushed the fact that she was recovering from a head injury out of her mind. "You see He is this really incredibly sexy ER doc that I know." Anna moved over him so that he was pinned down on the bed, "who's touch," she ran her hands down his chest, "and who's kisses," she kissed the top of his forehead. The dull pounding that had been in her head all day was getting worse. It felt now like someone was hitting her with a hammer over and over again. She gently shook her head trying to shake it off, hoping that he wouldn't notice that he would be to wrapped up in her sitting there trying to be seductive. He worried about her more than she wanted to let anyone worry about her." I can't get enough of."

Doug smiled as she got on top of him. He thought something was slightly off with her...as cute as she was. But he knew that he must have asked her if she was ok about a thousand times. he trusted that if she wasn't she would let him know. he freed his hand and pulled her down to give her a kiss. quickly he pushed her over and switched places, pinning both of her arms above her head. he could barely see her face. she was smiling but something just seemed off. instead of asking her he just hesitated before he did anything else.

The room spun a little faster when Doug flipped her over. She felt the bed under her back and her hands above her head. She glanced up at him thru her hair," Could you hold still please."

Doug stopped moving. he let her hands go but stayed where he was. "yeah sure" he said looking down at her. he brushed the hair away from her face and fought back his concern for her. after a moment he decided he had to ask. "is something wrong?"

"You're still moving." She said looking at him. She tried to focus in on him, but rather closed her eyes. She knew that she couldn't hide it from him anymore, not if she wanted to. It was as if someone had set off an explosion inside her brain. She brought her hands up to her head. "Oh god my head."

Doug jumped to his feet and turned on the lights. he rushed back over to her skidding on his knees. "Anna come sit on the ground." he said picking her up and laying her on the floor. "just close your eyes" he said calmly, trying to mask his fear. he ran his fingers through her hair and sat on the floor next to her. "you take your medicine...when did you start feeling bad...i wish you would have told me." he winced as he heard himself talk. he must sound more frightened then she was. he took a breath and composed himself. in a much softer and soothing voice he finally spoke again. "you want me to take you to the hospital?"

She didn't bring her hands down from her head, "earlier today. It hurts." She was fighting back the urge to cry from the pain. "meds took them, I almost passed out twice. Oh god make it stop make it stop."

"Alright" Doug said getting up at a run. She was worse off then he had though. "I cant believe i missed the signs" he said to himself as he looked for her medication. "god Doug what's wrong with you?" he finally found her script in her room and grabbed a glass of water she must have used the night before. he came back and sat her up so she could lean against him. "here take this." he said putting the pills in her mouth and pressing the glass to her teeth. with her in front on him he took the opportunity to look at her head. there was a little bleeding since she had taken off her bandage early. he put his hand on her forehead to keep her still. "I got ya."

Anna struggled to swallow them, she opened her eyes to see what she was doing, and her head was still pounding. "There, there are two of you." She stammered, as she let her eyes flutter shut to sleep.

Doug shook her shoulder after she stopped talking. "Anna...Anna come on wake up!" when she didn't he laid her down and grabbed the phone. "Hello, 9-1-1. i need an ambulance right away."