A/N Ahh, sorry for taking such a long time to update! School is starting next week and I've been super busy!
Columbia had not left her bed in two days. The only way she had of knowing what the rest of the castle was doing was watching the monitors, and that was incredibly boring. She was visited by Magenta and Riff Raff at least three times a day, but she hardly ever saw Frank, for he was too scared to see her in case he got sick. Today, it was noon and Columbia was expecting a visit from Magenta any moment now.
"Columbia?" a soft voice called as the door creaked open. Columbia's face lit up when she realized that it was not Magenta, but Frank.
"Frankie!" she exclaimed, smiling and sitting up. She then coughed a bit and blew her nose on a tissue beside her bed. "What're you *cough cough* doing here *cough cough*?"
Frank smiled and walked over to her. He sat down beside her on her bed and watched the television. At the moment, the monitor was on the laboratory, where Riff Raff and Magenta were struggling to clean up some unidentifiable blue liquid.
"So… how are you feeling, honey?" asked the prince, patting his groupie on the head. Columbia growled.
"I'm *cough cough* fine… I *cough cough* guess…" Columbia murmured. She looked back at the screen. For some reason, she was rather angry at Frank. Maybe it was because he had been working so hard to avoid her. Frank seemed to feel Columbia's anger, for he very cautiously hugged her.
"Oh, come on, Columbia! Lighten up! You can't stay sick for too much longer… I'm sure you'll be better faster than you can say 'hoopla'!"
"Hoopla," muttered Columbia angrily. She then sneezed and blew her nose again. Frank chuckled awkwardly. Magenta suddenly walked in with a bowl of soup in her hands. Columbia sighed with frustration.
"Hey, Collie, how're you feeling?" asked Magenta in a mock-motherly tone. She walked over to the groupie and handed her the bowl of soup. She then turned to Frank and her expression immediately changed from cheerful to angry. "What're you doing here? I thought you were too scared of getting sick to visit your poor little defenseless groupie!" She patted Columbia on the head. Columbia practically shook with anger.
Frank clicked his tongue. "Well pardon me for wanting to take care of her!" snapped the prince. He then stomped out of the bedroom. Magenta rolled her emerald eyes.
"Ignore him. He's just being… er… Frank…" Magenta told Columbia. She then sighed and began walking towards the door. "I better go make lunch before Frank gets angry." She sighed again and left the room. "Riff should come visit you in about twenty minutes, 'kay?" Columbia shrugged and turned back to the screen, bored once more.
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Magenta had been too lazy to make an extravagant lunch, so she just threw together some sandwiches for everyone. Frank had a very concerned look on his face. Riff Raff, knowing that Frank would get mad if he did not say something, spoke up. "What is the matter, Master?" he asked. Frank sighed dramatically.
"I can't risk getting sick! What if… what if I get the flu? Do you know how awful earth flues are? Ugh!" Frank shook his head with disgust. "Or… what if I get pneumonia? Oh, it would be terrible! Or… or what if I end up getting some rare disease that makes your flesh rot on the bone or your brain melt or something?" Frank looked like he was ready to faint. Magenta rolled her eyes.
"Calm down, Master. Stop being so childish." she told him. He chewed on his lip, looking very unconvinced.
"Speaking of childish, I better go check on Columbia," Riff Raff suddenly stated. With these words, he nodded at Frank, waved to his sister, and left the room, leaving Magenta and Frank alone.
Frank looked at the ground. "I don't want to get sick, Magenta. Do you have any idea how awful it is to get sick?"
Magenta nodded. "Yes, actually, I do." There was a short pause. Frank raised an eyebrow. Magenta sighed and continued. "Do you remember how Riff Raff knew immediately that Columbia was sick? Well… it's because when we were younger, I got sick. Like… really sick. And Riff took care of me. I know what it's like to be sick… and it's why I want to take care of Columbia…"
Frank was silent for a long time. He seemed to be thinking through all of this. Finally, he shrugged. "Whatever,"
Magenta growled. "You are the most insensitive, uncaring idiot I've ever met!" she spat. She then stomped out of the room, leaving Frank alone. He rolled his eyes, not really caring what his domestic had to say about him.
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Riff Raff walked into Columbia's room. When the groupie saw him, she immediately groaned. "What do *cough cough* you want *cough cough*, Riff?" she snapped. Riff Raff growled.
"Don't call me 'Riff'," he commanded. Columbia nodded. Riff Raff then continued to speak. "I just came to see how you were doing." he told her. Columbia sighed.
"And how are *cough cough* Magenta and *cough cough* Frankie?"
"Arguing." replied Riff Raff, rolling his eyes.
"Of course."
Riff Raff could not help but smile a bit. However, he was immediately serious again. "Look, get some rest, okay? We want you to get better as quickly as possible." Riff then left without the groupie being able to reply. She sighed and rolled her eyes.
"Okay, then," she muttered.
A/N Yeah... I reread my last chapter and thought it was a bit OOC... so I tried to fix that here! I hope I did a good job! Also, I want to submit this to the RHPS fan fic recommendations on TVtropes, so if someone could write a review that I could use for it that'd be awesome! See, the way it works is you write the name of the story (which I can do), the plot (which I can do!), and a COMMENT... and I just feel awkward writing a comment about my own story, so if someone could write a review that would be usable* that'd be great!
This chapter was super short! I've just finished working on a long fan fic of mine, Insanity for Today, so I've been kind of concentrating harder on that. Now that it's done, though, I should have more time to focus on this! Yay!
Also, thanks sooooo much for the reviews! I absolutely love seeing people enjoy my stories! I love you all! :D
*is usable a word? LOL