[Follows THIS]It was a few hours later before the dust actually settled and Bella made her way back to see Rick. What she had hoped to be a quiet day turned into anything but. She was tired, and although she actually planned on sticking around until Dave's family arrived, right now, she just needed to sit down and stop for the moment. She needed to ( Read more... )

[Follows THIS]Bella had been so tied up that by the time it hit lunch time, she had to call through to her second-in-charge to get the other doctor to at least start Rick's chemo. The longer they waited, the more anxious he would get. She had tried everything in her power to get away, but when the patient she had been operating on ended up having ( Read more... )

Chris was maybe all of 30% awake as he sat in the recliner chair beside Rick in the chemo clinic. He had sweet-talked one of the nurses into moving it from the next bay over and pushing it up against Rick's. He had managed to get dressed in some at least presentable clothing of black track pants and a Marlins football jersey with a hoodie over the ( Read more... )

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Chris knew he really shouldn't be that surprised when he woke up and found himself on the floor. He was though. It was a rude shock, and really not part of his evil escape plan. All he remembered was making it to his front door, seeing Rick... and then two Ricks, and now waking up doing a good imitation of a welcome mat. ( Read more... )

Rick didn’t really know what it was. One minute he’d woken up thinking about maybe trying to talk his mom into making him bacon and eggs for breakfast, the next he was staring at his bald head in the mirror and wondering who the fuck he was ( Read more... )

[Follows THIS]Bella kept her promise and drove Dave home to his apartment. She kept her promise and gave him sleeping pills in an effort to help him rest after the devastating news. She kept her promise of making sure he was okay by walking him up to his door when he could hardly remain on his feet. She kept her promise of staying with him until he ( Read more... )

[Backdated to a couple days ago before THIS, THIS & THIS

Bella was back from her few days off in the wake of her lino face-dive in front of her students. She couldn't profess to actually be feeling better, but she wasn't feeling as exhausted or stressed as she had been. In the meantime, she had finally bitten the bullet to go to a highly- ( Read more... )

Chris couldn't believe it was time for another meal again. He still felt full from the last time, and now there was more food in front of him. He had woken up to a kitchen staff member sliding the tray onto his bed table and now he was looking at the cover of the tray suspiciously. If there was porridge under there, he would pitch a fit. Someone ( Read more... )

[Follows THIS]It took all of Bella's effort to save face and appear in the doorway of Rick's hospital room, her cheeks tinged red from embarrassment. Fuck, of all the times to choose to faint, it had to be on a student round in front of Rick. Of course, as soon as her colleagues were alerted to the fact something was wrong, she soon found herself ( Read more... )

36.4. "I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it."
- Groucho Marx

Co-written with geniuscowboyStrangely, for the first time since he woke up after the coma, Chris found himself alone in his ICU room with just the sounds of the medical equipment to keep him company. It felt... weird, and for a moment, he even felt like he was dreaming and this ( Read more... )