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Dec. 25th, 2005 11:46 pm"Oh bloody hell Abs."
Nina kneels beside him and shakes him hard.
"We can't all be hung over tomorrow."
"Mmm."
Nina stands up and stares at him in disgust.
"I need you Abs." She breaks down. "And you're not here for me. This is the worst Christmas ever. He was my friend too, my colleague, and he's never coming back. And you think getting drunk is going to make things better?"
She crouches back down next to him, sobbing. A gentle hand on her shoulder makes her jump. She turns around.
"Guppy?"
Guppy crouches next to her, putting his arm around her.
"Woody was a hero Nina." he says quietly. "He gave his life to save others. We have to be strong and be proud of him. It's what he would have wanted."
He hugs her gently.
"Come on, I'll help you get Abs upstairs."
Between them they lift the barely conscious nurse onto the bed. Guppy discreetly pushes the bottle of ras'lak out of sight. Nina seeing alien drink would be Bad.
Nina turns back to him, wiping her eyes. "Thanks Guppy... you look awful, are you okay?"
Guppy shakes his head, then wishes he hadn't. She puts her cool hand to his hot, aching forehead, tutting to herself.
"You feel hot. I'll be surprised if you don't have a temperature. Honestly, I keep telling you to eat properly. When did you get up?"
"Eight am yesterday."
Nina gives him a look. "Bed, now. No arguments. I'll get you a hot drink. You're not on tomorrow so you can relax a bit. Have you eaten?"
Guppy nods, making his head feel most peculiar. Nina grabs his arm lightly and shoves him into his own room and onto the bed.
By the time she returns with the hot drink, he is collapsed with exhaustion on the bed, still fully dressed. Nina takes his tie off, pulls the duvet over him gently and turns out the light.
Nina kneels beside him and shakes him hard.
"We can't all be hung over tomorrow."
"Mmm."
Nina stands up and stares at him in disgust.
"I need you Abs." She breaks down. "And you're not here for me. This is the worst Christmas ever. He was my friend too, my colleague, and he's never coming back. And you think getting drunk is going to make things better?"
She crouches back down next to him, sobbing. A gentle hand on her shoulder makes her jump. She turns around.
"Guppy?"
Guppy crouches next to her, putting his arm around her.
"Woody was a hero Nina." he says quietly. "He gave his life to save others. We have to be strong and be proud of him. It's what he would have wanted."
He hugs her gently.
"Come on, I'll help you get Abs upstairs."
Between them they lift the barely conscious nurse onto the bed. Guppy discreetly pushes the bottle of ras'lak out of sight. Nina seeing alien drink would be Bad.
Nina turns back to him, wiping her eyes. "Thanks Guppy... you look awful, are you okay?"
Guppy shakes his head, then wishes he hadn't. She puts her cool hand to his hot, aching forehead, tutting to herself.
"You feel hot. I'll be surprised if you don't have a temperature. Honestly, I keep telling you to eat properly. When did you get up?"
"Eight am yesterday."
Nina gives him a look. "Bed, now. No arguments. I'll get you a hot drink. You're not on tomorrow so you can relax a bit. Have you eaten?"
Guppy nods, making his head feel most peculiar. Nina grabs his arm lightly and shoves him into his own room and onto the bed.
By the time she returns with the hot drink, he is collapsed with exhaustion on the bed, still fully dressed. Nina takes his tie off, pulls the duvet over him gently and turns out the light.
