Posted by Ensign Rand Farquharson (Yeoman First Class) in side - sim: Head Case

Posted by Commander Roman Alden (First Officer & Chief Science Officer) in side - sim: Head Case

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He nodded, taking the water bottle. “I do remember…” He hadn’t realized she wasn’t drinking enough and he felt bad for it. As if it was his fault she had a migraine. He lifted the edge of the blanket to look in at her. “Sounds like you’re going to feel better faster if you drink a little,” he said to her, loosening the lid of the water for her. He leaned back against the bed’s head board. “Randy turned the lights down. That should help, too.”

~ Roman

Rand didn’t move at first, everything just hurt, but once the anti-nausea kicked in it was easier to move. The core of her body wasn’t stabbing painfully and she didn’t think she’d be sick if she moved. She squinted her eyes open, testing the light and sighed a little with relief when it didn’t make her head throb. With Roman’s help she sat up and leaned against him. She took the water and sipped at it, sure she couldn’t drink it. Instead after the first few sips, she found she was really thirsty, and almost guzzled the bottle down.

“Drink slowly, even with anti-nausea meds you don’t want to make yourself throw up.” Roman warned, putting his arm around her.

Rand lowered the bottle and hummed her understanding. Part of her just didn’t want to talk, the other was that she didn’t want to worry him speaking Gaelic rather than English. But just the thought of the effort to speak English made her head pound more.

Randy returned a few minutes later. He sat down next to her. He couldn’t put the infusion unit on her forearm because of the burns and still healing skin. So instead he was going to put it on the inside of her upper arm. “This is going to pinch, but stay still for me okay.” Rand nodded. Randy worked as quickly as possible, but she squeezed her eyes shut and winced as he got the line started. Once it was in she relaxed though. “I’m setting this up for a 3 hour run. You’ll feel better soon. Keep drinking the water too.” Randy turned to Roman, “And what about you?”

Rand

Roman held her other hand while Randy put the line in her arm. He squeezed her hand gently when she winced. “There. That’ll help. And Gorshin said you can go and help out whenever you want, so if you’re feeling better tomorrow you can do that.” Roman checked the time, about to say he needed to go back to the lab, when Randy turned to him. He wasn’t feeling much better, but he was feeling a little better and he’d been about to use that as an excuse to himself to not tell Randy. In fact, he hadn’t said anything to Randy, not yet. “Me?”

~ Roman

“I think it’s a good idea, Rand, to help Gorshin out. As long as you feel up to it.” He looked at Roman, “We’ll make sure to tell him to make sure she drinks plenty.” Randy nodded with that knowing look, “Yes you. While I’m here, how are you feeling?” It had not missed Randy’s notice that Roman was not in the lab but had most likely been sleeping. It could be because of Rand, but better to check, and his respiration was a little off, but that was going to happen. Now the question was, would he be honest or try and hide it. Rand was listening. She didn’t know Roman had left and come back, or how shallowly his breathing had been while she was asleep, but he had said he would tell Randy if it wasn’t better. She didn’t know if it was or not.

Rand | Randy

Roman nodded. “I’ll make sure he knows.” Then Randy gave him that knowing look, and Roman tried to look innocent. The look Randy was giving him then was one Roman was familiar with from their therapy sessions, his we both know it, so just say it look. If Roman tried to hide it, he’d get the Are you REALLY not gonna tell me? look. He gave a sigh, he was worried enough about it himself he didn’t want to lie about it. “I’ve been feeling lightheaded on and off… for the last two days. I was a little nauseous myself too,” That would explain why he hadn’t eaten at lunch, either. And a check of his work logs would show he wasn’t getting as much done as usual today - lack of focus.

~ Roman