Vin spent a very restless night, waking frequently to check on Ezra, who seemed to sleep very peacefully the entire night. In the early morning hours, Vin finally succumbed to deep sleep. He woke with a start when he felt Ezra leaving the bed.
"Where you going?" he asked as he caught a wrist to keep his lover from leaving the bed.
"Call of nature. I promise I won't be long," Ezra said with a grin. His good mood seemed intact at least.
True to his word, he was back in a few minutes and snuggled up next to Vin.
"How you feeling this morning?" Vin couldn't help asking.
"Fine. Shouldn't I be?" was said teasingly.
"You remember going to the grocery store yesterday?" Vin asked, knowing the statement was cryptic, but not really knowing how to ask what he really wanted to know.
"The grocery store? No, I don't think I did. Was I supposed to pick something up?"
Vin took a deep breath. This was the big test.
"Yesterday, we stopped at the grocery store. You fell and hit your head in the parking lot. After we got home, you couldn't remember anything I said. I called Nate, and we took you to the Emergency Room."
Ezra looked at him blankly. "Excuse me?"
"Yesterday," Vin started again, worried that the doctor was wrong, "We went to the store…"
"And I fell?" Ezra cut in.
"Yeah."
"And I hit my head?"
Vin just nodded. This sounded promising.
"And you took me to the Emergency Room?"
"Well, not straight away. Not until after dinner, when I realized you couldn't remember anything I said. Come to think of it, I can't believe I let you drive us home from the store."
"This is a joke, right?"
"Nope. God's honest truth." Vin couldn't keep the sheepish little grin from forming, but didn't really care.
"I do not remember any of this. I can not believe I was at the hospital yesterday. It isn't possible."
Vin snagged his wallet off the nightstand and handed Ezra the form that the doctor had given him.
"You signed it yourself Ez."
"How in creation did you get me to the hospital? I can not believe I allowed it!"
"Well, I didn't tell you where we were going. You didn't seem to care. Nate and Rain drove us, cause I was real worried about you and called Nate. He said it was a good idea to go to the hospital, and volunteered to take us."
"We really went to the store?"
"Yeah. Met the French baker guy at the King Soopers."
"And I fell and you took me to the Emergency room?" Ezra just seemed to need confirmation, so Vin just nodded.
"Why don't I remember any of this?"
"Doc said it was probably going to happen. Said it was real common to forget what happened."
"And Nathan knows about all of this? That I went to the hospital without protest?"
"Yep."
"Oh God, the whole team will know. I'll never live this down!"
Knowing the team, Vin thought he was probably right, but there was no point ruining the rest of the weekend worrying about it.
Gathering his lover in his arms and snuggling back in under the covers he said, "Don't worry Ez. We'll come up with a plan over the weekend to keep their minds off it on Monday."
As Vin suspected, Ezra got a thoughtful look. That meant that the others better watch out. Ezra was plotting. Everything was back to normal.
The end