Distraction

SO my ex is visiting me at work again today. Now Since my work is generally slow, it is not a problem as far as the job itself goes, at least not yet. And since the owners haven't complained about him being here yet I figure that they are ok with it too.

The part about him being a distraction is that instead of writing I sit here chatting with him, and don't get as far in the story as I normally would have. So I have to do more writing at night, which often gets late and then I get into a nasty sleep deprivation state.

Anyway, here is the next part of the story. This section starts what I would call part 2, so when I update my web page again the previous chapters will be available under a part 1 link or a complete story link. This will make reading a little easier, but printing will still be easy as well.

Read on.

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21

Julius sat next to the bed. He had been watching over her for over an hour now, and still no sign that she was going to wake up anytime soon.

He wondered if this was Jack’s doing. He doubted it, this wasn’t Jack’s style, but he couldn’t rule it out either.

He leaned over and placed a hand on Kyra’s forehead. She was burning up. He dipped a cloth into some water and placed it atop her forehead.

Deciding that there was nothing else that he could do at the moment he went to he kitchen and cut open another bloodroot. Draining it he wondered if it was possible for it to regenerate the way that they did in his home.

He went into the garage to look for supplies. Eventually he found what he was looking for, some dirt and a pot to put it in. He grabbed the bloodroot that he had cut open and put it in the pot. Finally he added a little bit of water and left the pot in the garage where it was dark.

He returned to the bedroom hoping to see some improvement in Kyra’s condition, but was sorely disappointed. She appeared to even to have shifted position in her sleep. He checked the cloth on her forehead. It was still damp, but too warm to be effective.

Julius removed the cloth and then returned to his vigil at her side.

***

After five hours of unconsciousness Maureen finally started to wake up. Julius wasn’t sure how he could help if at all, so he did nothing.

When she was finally coherent Maureen turned to the vamp. “What happened?”

“I don’t know. I was hoping that you could tell me.”

“I knew that I was exhausted, but I figured that I could work around that. When I stood up I got dizzy. You helped me walk a bit, then I woke up here.”

“Nothing else?”

“No.”

“Close your eyes.”

“Why?”

“Same reason as when you had that nightmare. I need to know if it was outside influence or if it was natural.”

“I think I can tell you which.”

Julius raised his eyebrows. “Really? How do you know?”

“I don’t know, I just do.

This wasn’t outside influence. I think that I just overworked myself. I still don’t feel well at all, but nobody else caused it.”

“Are you sure?”

“Yes.”

“Ok. We’ll skip the whole testing to see where it came from part then.”

Silence filled the room. Maureen was ashamed with her own imagined weakness; Julius was having difficulty finding the words to apologize for pushing her too hard.

The phone rang. Both reached for the phone. Julius reached it first and handed it to her.

“Hello?”

“Maureen? Sweetie are you all right?”

“Hi Scott. I’m ok, a little under the weather is all”

“Are you sure? You don’t sound so good.”

“Well you sound great, and yes I’m fine. Or at least I will be after a little bit of rest.”

“Before you get to that rest then, say hello to your daughter. The phones have been down all day and are expected to go out again and she wants to say hi.”

“Hand it to her then.”

Maureen heard the phone changing hands, and even though Scott put his hand over the mouthpiece she could hear him telling Karen that mommy wasn’t feeling good. He told her to keep her excitement under control, and not to talk too long because grandma and grandpa still had to use the phone.

“Hi Mommy.”

“Hi Karen, are you behaving for Grandma and Grandpa?”

“Yeah, I’m being good. But I’m bored now, I can’t go outside even because it rainin.”

“You’ll be home soon enough, and then you’ll wish that you were back there.”

“Daddy says that I need to go. I miss you Mommy.”

“I miss you too. I’ll see you when you get home though. I love you.”

“I love you too mommy. Bye.”

“Bye.”

Maureen didn’t take the phone from her ear until she heard the line disconnect. Then she handed the handset to Julius to hang up.

Still not feeling well Maureen started to move as if to get out of bed.

“What are you doing?” Julius asked with a tinge of alarm in his voice.

“Getting out of bed. You still have a lot to teach me, and I’m not learning anything laying here in bed.”

“No!”

Maureen looked at Julius shocked. “What do you mean, ‘no’?”

“I mean stay put. You need to recover your strength. No training, nothing. Not until I feel confident that you are physically able again.”

“Then what are we to do until then.”

“What I should have been doing from the start. Telling you things that you will need to know.”

“But you have been.”

“No, I have been training you. I have given you no information as to why this is happening, or what will happen after your fight.

I should have been mixing histories and myths in with your training, spreading it out so that this didn’t happen.”

Maureen looked at him. “How much is there to know?”

“Enough.”