Hospitalized

Dani's POV
I ran to the hospital with a bag of chocolate and flew inside to Chase's room only to find that he was still asleep at 9 in the morning. I rolled my eyes and brought over a comfortable chair, sitting down in it and watching Chase as he slept. Donald was snoring lightly as he was still sleeping, he probably stayed up all night before drifting off to sleep. Chase shifted and turned in his sleep, turning on his side and facing me. He grumbled something and then sat up, still not opening his eyes.

"Well good morning to you too, sleepy head," I said and smiled at him.

He rubbed his eyes, "Morning. Why are you here so early?"

"I told you I would be here right when they opened the door for visitors."

He smiled at me and looked at my hands. "What's in the bag?"

"You'll see later."

"Dani!" Chase exclaimed and I smirked at him.

"No, not yet. They're for later. We wouldn't want to ruin the surprise now would we?" I asked and he shook his head. "Alright then. I'm going to get you breakfast and then I'll be right back." He nodded and I got up, grabbed Donald's wallet and then headed for the Tim Horton's in the lobby. I brought him back a breakfast sandwich and gave it to him before sitting back down in the chair.

Donald jolted awake and I raised my eyebrow at him. "What's got you all jumpy?" I asked.

He looked at me, "I had a horrible nightmare that Leo had sent you, Bree and Adam on a mission to rescue a whale!"

I laughed nervously. "Yeah, how crazy would that be? ha...ha ha."Donald gave me a weird look and then sat in the chair properly.

"Chase, I wouldn't advise eating that sandwich right now, because we have to give you your flu shot." The doctor said, walking in.

Now, let me remind you, Chase has never seen a needle in his life, much less one that has a splashy green liquid in it. So when he saw it, he wasn't too fond of what was going to happen.

"A-A-A a sh-shot?" He stuttered and looked over at the doctor.

"Are you sure?" Donald asked and I rolled my eyes.

"I assure you, Mr. Davenport, Chase will be fine. It'll only feel like a pinch and then it's all over." The doctor said and Chase looked over and me.

I nodded, "Just close your eyes and squeeze my hand if you have to."

He nodded and took my hand, squeezing it a bit as the doctor used an alcohol wipe on his arm and then gave Chase the shot. It was over in under a minute and Chase let out a sigh of relief.

"See, it wasn't that bad." The doctor said and I thanked him since Donald had fainted.

"Haha, wimp." Adam said, walking in after the doctor left. "We saw the whole thing!" Adam said and Chase gave him a 'really?!' look.

"And how many shots have you been given Adam?" I asked and he tried counting on his fingers.
"None."

"So then why are you making fun of Chase when he's the only one out of the three of you who's been brave enough to be given one?" Adam looked like he was contemplating it.

"Whatever, it doesn't matter. At least now we can try to get some sleep." Bree said and Leo nodded. "Yeah, I'm starting to get bags under my eyes!" Leo said, pointing to his face. I looked over at Chase who laughed. My eyes narrowed and realization struck him. "Oh, sorry guys." "It's okay, you're sick, we get that. Just don't spread it to the rest of us." Bree said and stood beside me. Chase groaned and rolled on to his side.

"Then you guys might wanna leave, I feel last night's dinner coming up." he said and I handed him the bucket, as Adam, Bree and Leo left the room, standing outside. Donald woke up and saw Chase throwing up and he sprinted out of the room. I got out of the chair I was in and walked around to the other side of the bed and rubbed Chase's back. He stopped hurling and set the bucket down before rolling on to his back and looking at me.

I brushed his hair off of his forehead and looked worriedly down at him. "You okay?" I asked and he nodded.

"Just parched." I nodded and grabbed the water bottle I bought for him.
"Here ya go."

He thanked me and I nodded as he sipped the water. "Are you ever going to eat your breakfast?" I asked and held up the breakfast sandwich.

"Yeah, later though. I'm not eating it only to throw it up again," he said snarky-like and I laughed.
"Yeah, okay."

"Hey guys?" Donald said, walking into the room. "I'm going to take the three of them to school and then go home. Will you two be alright here by yourselves?" he asked and I nodded as did Chase.

"We'll be fine, Mr. Davenport." Chase said and I waved as he left.

"So are you going to tease me too about being scared of a shot?" Chase asked, avoiding my eyes and looking at the ceiling.

"Why would I do that? I actually thought it was pretty brave of you."

He looked over and smiled at me, "Glad you think so."

I smirked at him and once again moved his hair out of his face.

"Here, sit down," Chase said, folding his legs criss-cross-applesauce style and I sat down facing him on the bed. "Well, we're here all day, what do you want to do?"

"Wanna play Go Fish?" I asked. H

e shrugged, "Sure, why not. But I'm going to beat you!"

"In your dreams!" I exclaimed and grabbed the deck of cards, shuffled and dealt before we dove into the game.

"Hey Chase, how's it going?" A nurse asked, interrupting our 5th game of Go Fish.

I shuffled as Chase answered, "Good. I'm feeling a lot better."

She smiled at him. "Well that's good. Let me just take your temperature and I'll let you two get back to your game." She said and took Chase's temperature and jotted it down. "You're at 101. Not too shabby but it's still a fever. I'll come back in a couple of hours and check again." Chase thanked her and she left and I dealt the cards.

"Alright, your go." I said, and he looked down at his cards.

"Got an 8?"

I shook my head. "No, go fish."

"You're lying..." He said.

"Chase! No fair! No using your scanner! You little cheat!" I exclaimed with a smile on my face.

He laughed. "Alright, alright. But seriously, give me your 8."

I pouted but gave it to him. "Do you got a 3?" I asked and he shook his head,
"Go fish."

"Liar!" I exclaimed and grabbed his three.

"Hey! If I can't use my scanner neither can you."

"Yeah, okay. But now we're even."

"No bionics for the rest of the games, got it?" He said and I nodded, shaking his hand.
"Got it." We went back to playing normal games of Go Fish while laughing and giggling and having a good time.

After about 14 more rounds I decided to switch the game. "Okay, how about we play Garbage instead?" I said and he gave me a confused look.
"What's that?"

"It's a game where each player starts off with 10 cards facing down like this," I said, showing him. "And then we have to try to get all the cards, Ace through 10 before the other player. Kings and Queens are a no-go and Jacks can replace a card until further notice. Wanna play?" I asked and he nodded so I set it up for him.

"Okay, now you start. Just pick up a card from the pile and then if it's garbage, put it in the garbage pile. If you can use it, then replace the card that's in it's spot and then turn the removed card and flip it over to see if you can use that one and if you can, use it." He nodded and removed the 6 and then flipped over the previous card to reveal a king. "Good job. Now I go."

And so we played until we got to the final round. Chase only had one card and I had two. "Okay, if you get this, you win. If I get this, then we have to play another round." I said and he nodded.

"But first, let's make a bet. If I win, you have to...do whatever I want and if you win..." He said and I jumped in,
"If I win, then you have to do what I want."

"Alright, it's fair then," he said and flipped over the first card in the pile, finding a queen. I flipped over a 2 and then removed a face-down card to find a king.

"Darn," I mumbled and Chase smirked.

Chase flipped the next card over, revealing an ace. "Ha, I win!" He exclaimed and I laughed at his excitement.

"Good job." I said and kissed his cheek. He blushed and I smirked and then reached beside the bed and grabbed the bag of chocolate from earlier.
"Here, I brought you these." I said and handed him the bag.

He looked into it. "Chocolate?"

"It makes the Dementors go away so I thought you might feel better after having some." He smiled at me. He turned on the TV and I looked at it, and the news came on.

"And here, last night there was footage of a whale beached but when rescuers came to help, the whale had already returned with it's pod. What do you think happened Jan?" said the reporter, turning to a volunteer.
"Well, I think that the waves came in close enough that the whale was somehow able to get pulled back out to sea but from where the whale was, I don't think it would have been able to do that by itself so somebody had to have helped it."
"Well there you go folks, another mystery waiting to be answered."

The reporter said and Chase switched the channel. I looked down and started cleaning up the cards worriedly. "Come here," Chase said and I scooted over to him. He pulled me closer to him and I sat in between his legs.
"I really messed up, Chase." I mumbled and leaned against him.

"No, you did something for the greater good. You helped that whale out. The news should really just drop it." He said and I nodded.
"Okay, I'll take your word for it." We dropped the matter and ate some chocolate, enjoying each other's company.

"How are you feeling?" I asked him after a long, comfortable silence.

"My head is pounding, I'm achy and I'm really cold but otherwise I'm okay." He said and I turned around to face him.
"Chase! why didn't you tell me?!" I put my hand to his forehead. "You're burning up again," I mumbled and he groaned.
"I don't feel so well."

I handed him the bucket and he hurled up all the chocolate he ate. Plus the breakfast sandwich. I grimaced and took the bucket from him when he was done. He wiped his mouth. "Do you want me to get you anything? Like a Popsicle or something?" I asked and he shook his head.

"Just . . . stay." He mumbled and I nodded, sitting behind him.

I rubbed his back and then wrapped my arms around his torso, resting my head on his shoulder. "You still feel like you got hit by a bus?" He nodded and sighed. He laid down and rested his head in my lap and I played with his hair, messing it up and styling it over again and then braiding itsy bitsy pieces of his hair as he rested.

The nurse walked in again. "Oh, is he asleep?" She asked and I shook my head,
"No, just resting."

She nodded and took his temperature. "103."

I frowned. "Is there anything I can do to help him?" I asked and she shook her head.
"For now he just needs to drink water and put something in his stomach." I nodded and she left.

Chase slowly opened his eyes.
"How are you feeling cupcake?" I asked and he groaned.
"Achy and tense and warm yet really really cold."

I reached for the covers and pulled them over him. "That better?" I asked and he nodded. He sighed again and closed his eyes. "Wait, before you go back to sleep, how about drinking some water?" He nodded and sat up, taking a couple sips. I rolled my eyes as he set the water bottle down. "Chase, you should really drink more than that."

"I'm not thirsty, though."

"Alright, whatever."

I got off the bed and headed for the door. "Wait, where are you going?" He asked and I smiled when I looked back at him.

"Well I gotta eat something, don't I? I'll be right back," I said and left the room, going to the Tim Horton's in the lobby. I got myself a bagel and then walked back to Chase's room, sitting in a chair. I ate slowly, trying not to get crumbs all over the place.

"You know, for a slow eater, you make a lot of noise." Chase said, sitting up and looking at me.

I rolled my eyes. "Chase, your hearing is on." He groaned and pressed his finger to his temple. "That better?" I asked and he nodded. "I think you're sarting to glitch..." I said and he looked over at me.
"Well how do I stop glitching?"

"Your capsule. But you can't go home yet..."

"Well I wasn't glitching before, how come I'm glitching now?"

"Your fever was lower earlier than it is now. Maybe now that it's going up again and you haven't been in your capsule a few days, you're glitching."

"But when I was with you, I wasn't glitching. Especially when I had a 105 fever..."

Our eyes widened as we looked at each other. "Do you think..."

"I'm not sure..."

"This can't be happening!" I mumbled to myself and Chase looked over at me, looking hurt.
"Ouch!" he exclaimed.

"Sorry, I mean, I just thought... Ugh, why is life so complicated?!" I said and put my head in my hands.

"Well I don't know, why don't you ask him?!" Chase said sassily and I shot him a glare. "I think it's because our bionics are so alike, you stop the glitching." Chase said and I nodded.

"You mean like how you relaxed a lot when my hand was on your cheek?" I asked and he answered,
"No, your hand was just really cold against my skin. Plus I knew it was you."

I smiled at him. "Would you like to sit with me?" he asked in a gentleman-like way and I smiled, setting my bagel down and kissing his cheek before sitting in between his legs. He wrapped his arms around my waist and I relaxed into him, looking into his eyes.

"You know, I've never been more comfortable around anybody else before," I said and he smiled, looking down at me.

"I've never had anybody be so interested in me before who actually cared." He said and I smiled but rolled my eyes.
"Your siblings care. They may not show it 24/7, but they do care. I've seen it in their faces."

"Yeah, sure," he mumbled and I looked up at Chase.

"I just hope you feel better soon." I said and he nodded as I played with the loose string on his shirt.

It was around midnight when Chase woke up again. He mumbled my name and his eyes opened ever so slightly. "Dani..."

I got up out of the chair I was in and stood beside the bed. "Hey, how you feeling cupcake?" I asked.

He groaned, sitting up. "Still achy and tense but now I feel really stuffy with a pounding headache."

"Alright well try not to sneeze on me, I don't need to be hosed off by the medical staff in the middle of the night."

He glared at me and I gave him a cheeky grin. "Not funny," he said and I kept grinning.
"Oh come on. It was just a little teasing." He scoffed and crossed his arms over his chest, not looking at me.

"Chaaaaassse, we both know you can't stay mad at me." I stretched his name out and he still didn't didn't look at me. I pouted and turned my back to him, crossing my arms over my chest. I heard Chase chuckle and his arms wrapped around my waist, pulling me down into his lap.

I laughed and he kissed my cheek after laughing with me. With my head tilted backwards a little bit, I looked at him and he looked at me. I let out a little sigh and rested my head on his chest and he adjusted his arms around me after pulling up the covers which were covering both of us. He kissed the top of my head and I smiled. I fell asleep in his arms and he fell asleep soon after I did.

I heard a squeal of frustration come from somebody which woke me up. I sat up quickly and looked around, opening my eyes to find Mr. Davenport jumping around looking really mad. I poked Chase quite a few times until he woke up just a little bit.

"Dani... stop poking me and lie down. I'm cold." He mumbled and I smiled and then frowned.
"Not really the time, Chase. Your dad is here." He sat up immediately and opened his eyes a little more to see Tasha come in.

I sunk underneath the covers and hid. "Dani... We know you're underneath there." Tasha said, throwing the covers back.

"Hiii, Tasha." I said nervously and laughed nervously as well.

"Want to tell us what's going on?" Tasha asked and I shook my head and then nodded.

"Okay, well I was teasing Chase about his super sneezes and he got mad so I was pouting and then he pulled me down on to the bed and we were laughing and kind of fell asleep like that. I mean, that's all that happened, nothing more, nothing less. Well, except the fact that now we're here and Chase is shivering." I spoke really fast and then rolled off the bed, landing on the floor and then pulled the covers back over Chase who nodded to thank me.

Tasha gave me a light smile, "Well it's time to go home now so come on." She handed Chase a sweatshirt and he got out of the bed and zipped it up quickly, still shivering. I took his hand and he smiled down at me as we walked out to the car with Donald still fuming. We got into the house and Chase and I immediately headed for the elevator.

"Hold it you two," Donald said and I mumbled, "Oh, so close!" We spun around and faced him. "You two obviously can't follow the rules so I'm putting you under room arrest, Dani. And you can't go anywhere near her room, Chase."

"But Mr. Davenport, that's not fair!" Chase exclaimed and I nodded.

"No buts. The conversation is over. Dani, to your room."

"But Mr. Davenport-" I started but he cut me off.

"No buts, Dani." I stomped away and to my room, locking the door behind me.

-in the living room-

"Chase, why don't you go downstairs and step into your capsule, you're bound to glitch sometime." Donald said and Chase was about to object but then thought better of it and walked to the elevator before taking it down to the lab.

"Donald, that wasn't very fair of you," Tasha said, agreeing with the two teenagers.

"But at some point they're going to let their feelings get in the way of their missions. It's better if they lose the feeling of liking each other overall than let it get in the way."

"Is it Donald, is it really? When are you going to learn that they aren't robots? They aren't just labeled 'MFM', Made For Missions. They're teenagers and human beings too." Tasha left the living room leaving Donald exasperated and confused.

Chase's POV
I stood in my capsule for five minutes, just thinking. "This isn't fair! She shouldn't be under room arrest! This shouldn't be happening!" I told myself and Bree, Adam and Leo looked over at me.

"What are you talking to yourself about?" Leo asked and I pushed open my capsule door.

"Dani's under room arrest-"

"Oh no! Wait, what's room arrest?" Adam asked, cutting me off.

I rolled my eyes and explained, "Room arrest is when someone can't leave their room for absolutely anything. And Dani was put under room arrest just because we spent time together." I walked over to the cyber desk and took a seat, facing my siblings.

"Well, that's not fair," Bree said.

"That's what I said!" I exclaimed and she looked over at me.

"No, I mean that's not fair for me! Dani and I were supposed to go shopping on Saturday! No fair!" she said and I rolled my eyes.

"Well why don't you just sneak in through the vents?" Adam asked and I gave him a crazed look.

"Because..." I paused, "I don't know!" I said snarky-like and Leo nodded.

"Yeah, you could totally do that! Just use the vents and climb in!" Leo exclaimed and I smiled.

"I can't believe I didn't think of that! Thanks guys!" I exclaimed and left the lab, going to find a vent and following it to Dani's room. I pulled up a diagram of the vent system on the second floor of the house that went from the bathroom to Dani's room. The dust in the vents were not helping my allergies or stuffy nose at all, either.

I finally made it to Dani's room when I sneezed and I flew out of the vent and on to the ground in her room. "Oh my god, Chase, are you okay!?" she exclaimed and I groaned, opening my eyes to find her kneeling beside me, a worried look on her face.

"I am now," I said cheekily and she laughed.

"Here," she said as I pushed myself off the ground and she handed me a tissue. I blew my nose and threw the tissue into the garbage can. "That better?" she asked and I nodded.
"Way better."

"I heard you sneeze," she laughed and I grimaced.

"It was that loud?" She nodded and I fell back on to the ground. "I don't feel like sitting up anymore," I complained and she laughed, running her hand through my hair.

"You know if Mr Davenport comes in here, we're both dead," she said and I nodded and then smirked,
"But what's life without a little risk?" I said and she smirked.

"You're right. I shouldn't be so worried." She pressed her finger to her temple and turned on her super hearing. "Quick! Get back into that mucus-filled vent! Someone's coming! Ooh, with food!" I scrambled back into the vent and she put the cover back on.

"You'll pay for the snot joke later," I said and she smiled,
"What, through kisses?" she asked and my cheeks heated up.

"Actually I was thinking of a nice little game of Tickling Dani 'til she screams." Her smirk dropped and I smiled.

"You wouldn't dare."

"Yes I would."

She jumped back when the door opened only to find Bree in the doorway. "Hey, I heard about your room arrest. How's it going so far?" Dani shrugged and turned to Bree.

"It could be better. But whatever, not much I can do. I don't think I'm gonna get out of this by Saturday so maybe we can move our mall trip to next year?"

Dani cracked a smile and Bree laughed. "I don't think that'll be necessary. We're gonna bust you out. Even if it means driving the monster truck to your window."

Dani smiled. "Alright, Saturday it is then."

Even to me, they sounded like they were breaking somebody out of prison and I guess they were. "Oh here, I brought you pizza." Bree said, handing over the plate she had. "So has Chase come to visit you yet?" Bree questioned and my eyes widened and shook my head.

Dani looked over at me and shook her head. "No, I think he's waiting until things are a bit clearer. Why did you want to know?" Dani asked and Bree shrugged.

"I wanted to talk with you about it. Nobody's ever really liked one of my brothers the same way or as much as you like Chase and so I thought we could talk about it." Bree said and I took a more comfortable seat.

"What do you mean?" Dani asked and sat down on her bed.

Bree took the swively chair from the desk and sat down. "I mean like how do you feel towards him? Like, do you honestly and truly like him? Maybe even love him?" I bit my lip, watching as Dani thought it over for what seemed like ages.

"Well, I'm not sure what love is. But I get butterflies in my stomach every time I see him or I'm near him, my heart starts beating a million times a minute when he starts walking towards me. When he's holding my hand or hugging me or he's even got his arm around me, I can't see straight or walk straight and I feel all gushy inside, like somebody tore down all of my walls and left me open to the public. He reads me like an open book and... I love that he can. So if that's love, then I am madly in love with Chase Davenport and I don't think there's any way of stopping it."

My heart started beating a million times a minute and my hands started getting clammy. She felt that way about me? Bree interrupted my thoughts when she spoke, "Wow. I never thought I would ever hear that sentence." And that's when I gave Bree a dirty look from inside the vent. "Alright, well, good to know that. I'll see you later, Dani. Oh, and bye Chase." Dani nodded and stood up as Bree left the room so I came out of the vent. Neither of us really paying attention to Bree's last comment.

"That's really how you feel?" I asked quietly and Dani nodded, looking down at her feet and blushing. I smiled and tilted her head up, "I feel the exact same way."

She smiled at me widely and wrapped her arms around me, giving me a hug. I hugged her back for a really long time, not wanting to let go. "Chase, can I eat my pizza now?"

I laughed and let go of her and we sat on her bed. "So how is Saturday going down?"

"Well, I was thinking of leaving and maybe leaving a dummy in my bed, in case anybody came in to check on me and then go shopping with Bree." I nodded as she bit into her pizza.

Dani's POV
I can't believe I just said all of that in front of him and Bree. Wow! That really lifted something off my chest. I bit into my pizza as we talked about Saturday.

"I should probably get back down to the lab, is that okay with you?" he asked me and I nodded.

"Yeah, sure." I wiped my mouth on a napkin and he kissed my forehead. I gave him a quick hug and kissed his cheek.

"See you tomorrow," I said and he smiled at me before going back through the vents. I sighed and fell back on my bed, pushing my pizza aside, not feeling very hungry when the door opened.

"I heard you talking to Bree about Chase..." I heard a voice say and I look up to see...Tasha.