Spill The Sickness

Because I'm a master procrastinator but I'm trying

A/N: I'm so so so so so sorry that this update has taken so long! I don't even have a good excuse. Life happened, I finally got out a couple times. But you all don't care about that! Here is the next chapter (sorry for the delay!) I'm hoping to wrap this up in 1-2 chapters. Thanks so much for sticking with me!

Blockbuster. Rick couldn't remember the last time he had stepped inside one of these places. It was like an old part of ancient history. Ever since Netflix had come out, he rarely found the need to actually leave the house to find anything. Yet, his girlfriend had refused to use his account with him. Rick smiled as he thought about the mini fight he and Kate had had when Rick had first suggested Kate share his account. Despite his best efforts, she had ultimately refused, which is how Rick now found himself inside the old, decrepit store.

Even though it had been years, it still smelled exactly the same. The smell of the weird plastic on the front of movies, the faint smell of movie popcorn and ultimately the smell of a company who had given up.

Rick knew exactly where to go first. He still remembered where the section was for Science Fiction. When Alexis was younger, he would go and pick her up every Friday after school and take her straight to this Blockbuster. They would head right to the Sci-Fi section and spend far too long trying to pick which cheesy film they would watch that evening. It would always result in something with either zombies, or science projects gone wrong. As he walked past the counter on his way to the far back corner, he peered over to the kid working behind the desk. He was no older than Alexis, with an acne covered face and curly red hair. He had a dead expression on his face and appeared to be zoning out into space. Shaking his head slightly and sighing heavily, Rick headed over to the Sci-Fi section.

Letting his eyes wander over the movies, Rick began to think about how Kate was holding up. His mind instantly went to worst case scenario. What if she needs my help? What if she can't get out of bed but she needs something? What if she's hungry but doesn't have any food? Thirsty but doesn't have any water? His mind began to race a mile a minute. To calm his nerves, he pulled out his phone and pressed speed dial number 3.

"Hey there handsome" a raspy voice on the other line replied, "I was beginning to think that you had forgotten about me."

Rick simultaneously breathed a sigh of relief and felt his stomach flip in little circles at Kate's use of the word 'handsome'. "Hey you. You and I both know that I'll never forget about you." Kate's pause on the line and intake of breath indicated to Rick that she also heard the layers behind his simple statement. "I'm still on my valiant and noble quest to make you feel better. I just wanted to quickly check in and see how you were holding up."

Rick heard Kate's soft laughter through the phone. "Oh, you know. My nose is like a waterfall, and my body can't decide if I'm in Antarctica or the Sahara desert. But mostly, I'm just missing you." Kate replied.

At that quiet little admission, Rick's body and brain jumped into overdrive. "Okay, give me like, 20, maybe 30 minutes tops. I will be home before you know it. Try and get some sleep in the meantime, got it?"

"Mmm, yeah…okay…" Kate's voice began to trail off.

"I'll see you soon Kate" Rick replied.

"Yep… love you." Kate murmured before hanging up.

Rick froze and dropped his phone. She hadn't said those words to him yet. Sure, all of her actions and looks had indicated, but those words hadn't yet been said. Hell, Rick hadn't even said them since their argument all those months ago. She was half asleep and doped up on medicine but still, she loves him.

He scooped up the first 3 movies he could get his hands on, ran over to the comedy section to grab the first 2 seasons of Modern Family on DVD, and raced over to the counter. He barely gave the kid a chance to ask if he had found everything alright before he was thrusting a handful of cash into the kid's hand, telling him to keep the change and was running out the door with his multiple bags of goodies.

Rick had to resist the urge to skip down the streets and fist pump his hand into the air due to the large amounts of people walking down the streets in Manhattan today.

Hailing the first cab he could find, Rick quickly gave Kate's address and put on his seatbelt. He could feel himself practically bouncing up and down in his seat. Kate had said 'I love you' and he hadn't even been there to capture her lips in a kiss immediately after. Cursing the strange ways of the Universe, Rick thought of how to arrange the ridiculous amounts of things he had bought for Kate. Should it be food first? Or medicine, followed by food, followed by movies? Or should he just show her everything he bought and wait for her decide? His mind would not shut up.

In a futile attempt to calm his racing nerves, he pulled out his phone and opened up Words with Friends, he had two outstanding games, one with Ryan and one with Esposito. Kate had adamantly refused to download the game, despite Rick's incessant pleas that it was the best game ever. Okay, so he may have said that about every iPhone game fad ever, but this time it was true.

Of course, living in Manhattan, traffic was backed up. Rick was trying to drown out the cabbie yelling at all the other drivers but it was no use. "Here, this is close enough, here you go." Rick yelled at the cabbie as he grabbed his bags and jumped out the door.

"Hey buddy! You're still 10 blocks away! What are you doing?" The driver yelled after Rick.

But it was no use. Rick started running through the streets, bags in hand, and a elated yet determined expression on his face.

He needed to see his girlfriend and make her better.

Now.

A/N: Thanks again for sticking with me on this one!
As usual, let me know if you see any mistakes and let me know what you think!

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