After a long and difficult trial Benny had gone to his office and just sprawled out on his couch. The blanket from back when he and Sage had started dating was on the top of it but now was over his body. His head found a pillow and his eyes closed a few minutes later. He hadn't felt great for the last day or two but had figured it was just the trial. He had recently gotten his flu shot as well. He didn't hear footsteps come into the room or know that Bull had walked in to check on him. There was a bottle of water on his small table and some ibuprofen for muscle aches nearby.

Jason's hand skimmed Benny's forehead and found it warm. He could also hear some congestion in his breathing and sighed. Then he walked out of the room to call Sage and tell her he would be bringing Benny and Lucy home. He knew their password was green frog downstairs at daycare when anyone asked to see Lucy or take her out of the building.

Jason dialed Sage's cell phone number then.

". Hi Sage, I'm going to be bringing Benny and Lucy home in a little while. I think we have a sick papa bear on our hands. I think he caught the flu even though he just had his shot." He said worriedly as he walked around his office stopping to feed his guinea pig some green grapes while he talked on the phone. The little brown mammal had quickly become the office pet and she was especially fond of Benny. Cocoa liked it when Benny fed her baby carrots and once in a while even held her for a while. It was a nice thing to watch.

" I thought he was coming down with something last night but he said he was just tired. He only read Lucy one story and usually she gets two of them from him."

" He's resting right now but as soon as he wakes up I'll bring them home. I'm sorry if I worried you my friend."

" Well now we just concentrate on getting him better. He may want Eve's mom here. But that can wait until he asks."

". All right. I'll let Eve know too. She'll want to make him soup and give him a hug."

" Thank you for calling me Jason . I was just grading papers but that is nothing that can't wait. My class can be handled by Rosie for a few days, I have my students reading some mysteries and then writing about what they like and don't like in that genre.. I do it once a semester and let them pick the ones they read,"

" Sounds interesting. Maybe I'll have to come to one of your classes sometime."

" I'd like that. Let me know when."

Then they hung up and Jason went to check on Benny again.

Benny was sitting up a little when Jason went back into his office again, He hadn't wanted a door because he hadn't liked that when he was at the DA's office with all of the knocking on it and then opening and closing it every few minutes.

" Bull." Benny said sounding drained.

" Hey ,do you need to go home?"

" I think I do, I feel exhausted and everything hurts."

" Sounds like the flu to me, we can stop and get Lucy downstairs and then go. Sage knows I'm bringing you home."

" Okay. So much for the fricking flu shot with that needle which I hated."

" Sometimes there are more than one strain out there."

Benny stood slowly. " I don't care I just know one grabbed on to my ass and took a bite."

" You'll feel a lot better when you're home in bed."

Benny saw Tamiflu in Jason's hand. " I hate medicine Bull." He muttered

" I know you do." Jason's voice was soft and also worried as well.

This is part one .