"The patient in bed 6 has a minor stab wound from a deal gone bad. I didn't ask what kind of deal but I'm sure we can all guess," Mal said as she sat the iPad down on the nurses station. "I cleaned out the laceration and he is just waiting on the doctor to stitch him up," Mal told Sofia right as her phone started to ring. She reached into the pocket of her scrubs and grabbed the phone, hitting answer before bringing to her ear.

"What's up, Chlo?" Mal asked, grabbing the iPad again to make some notes on the patient.

"Evie and Macie seem to be doing just fine. They were at the park playing." Chloe told her. Mal felt some relief.

"Did Evie see you?" Mal asked.

"Nope, you're good." Chloe laughed.

"Okay, thank you. Keep me posted." Mal quickly hung up the phone and went back to her patient notes.

"You have Chloe spying on your girlfriend?" Sofia asked, raising her eyebrow.

"Shut up, Sof." Mal rolled her eyes and walked away, heading toward the cafeteria. She needed coffee.

"Well look who it is!" Mal heard a voice that made her drop her head in exhaustion.

"Hi, Uma. What's up?" Mal asked, continue her walk to the coffee stand.

"Well you know, I just wanted to see where my favorite dragon worked." Uma laughed, clearly amusing herself.

"Shrimpy, I so don't have time for this. Why are you here?" Mal handed the cashier the money and took her coffee.

"I'm just going to ignore that lovely greeting because when I tell you why I'm really here, your day is going to get so much worse." Uma smirked.

"Out with it, Uma." Mal demanded.

"Your sister is back." Uma told her.

Mal froze and her coffee fell to the floor. "Excuse me?"

"Well, on the Isle anyway. Not Auradon. That's still too close for comfort though."

"What the hell is Hadley doing here?" Mal asked grabbing a napkin to clean up her mess.

Uma grabbed one as well and started to help. "The usual. Mischief and mayhem."

"Of course. Why can't my life be easy for 5 minutes?" Mal took a deep breath. "Has she seen Hades yet?"

"I don't think so. Mostly she's just on a petty crime spree it seems." Uma stood up and threw away her coffee soaked napkin. She handed the coffee cart guy more money and took the coffee in exchange. "Here."

Mal took it, grateful at the gesture. "I'll deal with it." Mal told her. "Thanks," she lifted the coffee up a little to show appreciation for it. "I gotta get back. Keep me updated."

"I will. Maybe next time I'll send Harry to tell you." Uma winked.

"Glad to see you still enjoy torturing me, Shrimpy." Mal turned and walked away. She had no time or energy to deal with her sister but it looked like she had no choice.

—-

"Hey, Evie, I'm home," Mal yelled when she walked through the door.

No answer.

"Evie!?" Mal said louder.

Nothing.

Mal tore through the apartment, starting first in her daughter's room. Macie was fast asleep in her bed but no Evie in sight.

Mal raced into the bedroom. No sign of her girlfriend.

"EVI-" Mal yelled but stopped abruptly when she made it to the bathroom. "Evie!"

Mal ran and slid on the floor, making it to Evie in record time. She shook her girlfriend. "E, come on baby. Wake up!"

Evie was passed out on the floor, blood on her arms and blue hair causing a sharp contrast to bright white tile. She shifted and moaned a little when she was shaken but didn't wake up.

Mal picked up Evie's arm to examine the cuts. They definitely weren't deep enough to have caused Evie to pass out. Mal opened Evie's eyes and looked at the pupils. They weren't dilated. Mal breathed a sigh of relief, knowing it wasn't drugs either.

"Evie! Wake up!" Mal demanded, shaking her again.

Evie's eyes opened for a moment before shutting again.

"Evie! What did you take?" Mal demanded. She stood up and began looking around for any sign of what she took or what she did.

"Advil," Evie slurred.

"Advil?" Mal asked confused. "How much?"

"Mmmm four," Evie managed to get out.

"There's no way that's causing this, E," Mal told her. Mal grabbed Evie's wrist, careful of the cuts and took her pulse. It was racing. "Evie, I need you to stay awake for me."

Mal looked her girlfriend in the eyes. They were very unfocused. "Okay, we are going to go to the hospital." Mal helped Evie up and very carefully walked with her through the apartment and out to the car. Once she had Evie settled, she ran and grabbed Macie out of bed, much to Macie's dismay.

Before long, they had made it to the hospital. Mal had done everything she could to keep Evie awake during the ride. She ran inside and got one of the nurses and a gurney and ran back out to the car. While she got Macie out, the nurses got Evie.

"What's going on with her, Mal?" The nurse asked her as they made it down the hallway.

"I don't know. I came home and she was passed out in the bathroom. I saw the blood and figured she had cut herself too deep but that's not it. She said the only thing she took is Advil." Mal shifted Macie to her other hip and looked down. "Evie! Stay awake!"

"We've got her okay? You can't be in with her. You know that. Go get Macie settled in the daycare. They should be open. Hopefully we will know something when you get back."

Mal knew better than to argue so she headed in the opposite direction. She really wasn't a fan of the hospital daycare but she had no choice. She got Macie signed in and tucked into a bed before heading back down to the ER.

Evie was hooked up to an IV and asleep when she walked in. The nurse was typing on the iPad.

"Shouldn't she be awake?" Mal asked, sitting down next to her girlfriend.

"She's okay. We are monitoring her. We took her blood. It's down at the lab now. Her vitals actually look fairly good. Her pulse is a little fast but otherwise, she seems okay."

"What the hell is happening?" Mal asked, looking over at Evie.

"I'm guessing it's some sort of allergic reaction to the Advil. Do you know if she has ever taken it before?" The nurse asked.

"I honestly don't know if she takes a lot of painkillers. I don't think she does." Mal racked her brain to try and remember if she ever saw Evie take anything.

"I was just about to bandage her wrists up. Would you like to do it? Or do you want me to?" The nurse asked, holding up the box of bandages and medicine.

"You can. I'm too worked up." Mal told her.

"She will be okay, Mal. We are getting fluids in her. Whatever is in her system, whatever is causing this will get flushed out of her system." The nurse began working on Evie's wrists. The cuts were very minor now that they were cleaned and easier to see. They didn't require the gauze and big bandages they had anticipated.

"Hey guys," the doctor came in and looked over at Evie, who was still asleep.

"Do you have the results?" Mal asked, not even saying hi.

"I do. They came back clean. She has nothing in her system other than the Advil. So that's good." He said.

Mal let out a breath in relief.

"She's extremely dehydrated. So we are going to keep her here at least tonight to get that fixed. I believe she just had an allergic reaction to the Advil which mixed with her dehydration is causing this." The doctor walked over and did another exam of Evie.

"Evie," the doctor said quietly, causing her eyes to open for a moment. "How are you feeling?"

"Tired," Evie slurred.

"I'll bet. We are going to keep you here tonight and let you sleep, okay?" The doctor asked.

"Mmmmk," Evie said, closing her eyes again.

"She doesn't care," Mal chuckled a little.

"Mal, you can stay here tonight, of course. We can get them to bring a cot in for you."

"Thanks," Mal smiled a little at the doctor.

Mal looked over a Evie who was already passed out again.

"She's going to be okay, right?" Mal asked the doctor as her was walking out the door.

"She will be just fine." The doctor smiled before walking out the door.

"I'll go put in the notes for the bed for you okay? You know where to find me if you need me," the nurse told her, disappearing as well.

Mal looked over at Evie and broke down in tears. All the panic and adrineline that had rushed through her body had finally run out, causing the tears to flow. She was exhausted. Her emotions were out of control and she didn't know how to make it stop.

She just had repeating to her self that Evie was going to be okay.

"Mal?" Evie asked groggily. She looked around and realized she was in a hospital room. She started to panic a little when she saw a mess of blonde and purple hair in the bed next to her. "Mal?"

Mal shot up in response to Evie's voice, so happy to hear her speak again. "Hi, E. How are you feeling?"

"A little confused," Evie looked down at her arm and saw the IV. "What happened? Where's Macie? Is she okay?"

Mal nodded, "She's okay. Chloe has her. She came and got her about 5 this morning."

Evie nodded slowly, still trying to process what was going on. "Why am I in the hospital?"

"What's the last thing you remember?" Mal asked her.

"Umm...I put Macie to bed. Then I went into our bathroom and -," she stopped speaking and looked down at her wrists to survey the damage she had done. She hadn't thought it was bad enough to land her in a hospital. Sure enough, simple bandaids covered the marks.

"Yeah you and I are going to talk about that in a minute. What else do you remember?" Mal asked again.

"My head really hurt. It had been hurting all day. So I got some Advil out of your medicine cabinet. Everything is sort of hazy after that." Evie told her.

"Have you ever taken Advil before, E?" Mal asked her.

Evie shook her head, "no but I know it's what everyone takes for headaches."

Mal laughed a little, "well it looks like you're the unlucky one who is allergic to ibuprofen. It caused you to pass out. They aren't sure why it caused you to react the way you did but you were also very dehydrated."

"Oh," was all Evie said. She never imagined she would be in a hospital for taking safe drugs.

The women were quiet for a bit while Evie digested what was going on.

Mal finally broke the silence, "do you want to tell me why you cut before you passed out?"

Evie chewed on her lip and started picking at her nails.

"Evie?" Mal asked quietly.

"I don't want to talk about this, M," Evie told her, still not making eye contact.

"Seriously?" Mal asked, hurt by the words. "I'm your girlfriend. Your best friend. Talk to me."

Evie looked deep into those green eyes she loved, "I'm sorry, but I don't want to."

Mal sat in silence for a a while before speaking. "Okay."

"I'm sorry," Evie told her.

"Yeah. I'm sure." Mal answered back, her tone changing.

Evie quickly noticed that she had upset Mal, "please don't be mad at me."

"It's fine," Mal said, "I'm going to go get something to drink."

Mal stood up and walked out the door before Evie had a chance to speak again.