To Every Guy That Gives Her Flowers And A Card When She's Sick Or Down
"A-choo! A-choo! A-a-choo!"
Kel sunk further into her bed. She had a cold and she felt so miserable. She should go see Neal; he'd fix her in an instant. She was Commander and needed to be alert but Neal was so over worked these days. It seemed like the whole of New Hope was sick. The worst off were the children and so Kel dared not to annoyed him. She just had a cold; she'd be fine in a couple of days. It wasn't like she'd never had a cold before.
She closed her eyes, hoping to get some rest to catch up from the night before. She hadn't been able to get any sleep the night before because of this cold. Her nose was runny and stuffed up so she couldn't breathe; her chest was tight and hurt from all the coughing she done through the night; and her throat was raw and red. She knew she looked like a mess but she wasn't getting out of bed.
She was almost asleep when some twit decided to pound on her door. She didn't want to talk or command so she ignore it and prayed the idiot would go away. She had told Tobe that no one was to disturb her and if anyone asked, he would say she's doing paperwork. He would also tell them if she was disturb, they would face her in the jousting ring. It had worked yesterday and most of the morning today.
"Kel? Ex-Squire of mine? What is this I hear about paperwork?" Lord Raoul asked, opening her door.
She groaned to herself. He would definitely take her over to the Healers now and Neal would be furious at her.
"Kel, what are you doing in bed at this hour?"
"Sick," she managed to get out clearly though it hurt her throat like hell.
Raoul took two steps back.
"Why don't you go to a Healer then? They'd fix you up in no time,"
"Overworked,"
Raoul frowned.
"I sure Neal wouldn't mind doing a little extra work,"
Kel shook her head and her pounding headache came back that she had only just got rid of. She then had a coughing fit which sent Raoul straight back to the door.
"Kel, you need to see a Healer,"
"I'll be fine in a couple of days," she answered him. "Don't worry,"
"Kel, that wasn't a suggestion it was an order,"
"Sir, I can't get out of bed so please, just let me rest and when I'm feeling a little better I'll go see Neal,"
Raoul frowned but nodded knowing full well that she wouldn't see Neal at all. Stubborn Girl. After asking if she needed anything, Raoul left to find his favourite sergeant…
KELDOM
Kel had just woken up feeling worse then she did when she went to sleep. She took a large gulp of water from her bedside table, noticing Tobe had refilled the jug for her. She sighed and snuggled back under her covers. She just got as comfortable as she could when someone knocked on her door. She guessed knocking was better then pounding.
"Kel? It's me, Dom. Raoul told me what's happen. Can I come in?"
She wanted to say no, that she was sick and he would get sick and then he'd be miserable as well but she couldn't bring herself to. She needed to see him and she was being selfish.
"Yes," she croaked out but didn't move.
Dom came in and was surprised to find, she looked a lot worse then what Raoul had said. He had felt kinda silly for holding flowers and a card out the front of her door but now looking at her, he knew he had down the right thing.
"Hey, how you feeling?"
"Terrible,"
Kel opened her eyes and was surprised to find him very close to the bed with flowers. She looked from the pretty flowers to the pretty guy and smiled to him.
"I know these don't do much but I thought you might like them," he told her.
Kel noticed that the way they were cut, he had cut them himself.
"They're beautiful," she whispered.
He placed them on her bedside table and handed her the card. He ran his fingers through his hair, embarrassed.
"I didn't know if you'd be asleep or not,"
She smiled and opened the card.
Kel,
Just a bunch of flowers to make you feel better.
Dom
"Oh Dom,"
He kissed her forehead but she moved away.
"You'll get sick," she protested.
"So? And you should really get Neal to give you a check over,"
She shrugged and Dom sat down on the bed. He rubbed her hand softly.
"He's overworked and it's just a cold,"
"But it'd make you feel better even so and a little work never killed anyone,"
She laughed but it turned into a coughing fit.
"You should go or you will get sick,"
"No, I'm going to look after you,"
"I can be pretty whiny," she warned.
"What's new?"
Even though she was sick, she still had a pretty good slapping arm and slapped him hard. Dom chuckled as he rubbed his arm. Kel moved and Dom hopped in with her. Soon she was asleep and Dom curled around her. He knew he wouldn't get sick – Neal and Uncle Baird had forced so much of their gift down his throat that he would hardly ever get sick.
Kel sneezed in her asleep and Dom smiled. He didn't care that she was sick if it meant he got to spend time with her.