[center][img]http://i.imgur.com/sbufiQm.jpg[/img][/center][center][h1][color=ed145b] Alexis [/color][/h1][/center]

Alexis felt Elias move next to her and heard a sharp intake of breath. She raised up and grabbed a wet cloth and whispered to him. [color=ed145b]"Shh, Elias. Don't move. You'll only hurt yourself more." [/color]She raised the cloth to his eyes and cleaned the gunk off of his eyelids so he could open them. [color=ed145b]"Please, shh."[/color] She wiped his face and she moved her hair that was pooling around her waist and felt his tears of pain on them. [color=ed145b]"I'm not supposed to be in here."[/color] Her own eyes teared up as he seemed to start to be able to see her. Relief that he was even alive was coming to the surface. She wiped the tears away and she reached over and lifted the bandage on his injured shoulder. It appeared to be healing well but that didn't mean that it didn't hurt like hell.

Reaching for the salve that Sophie had given her for her ankle she rubbed it on the outside of his shoulder, collarbone and arm. She figured it would help him the way it had helped her ankle. The swelling had gone down in under an hour and it felt better. Alexis washed down his forehead and face. She had to do something that would be helpful. She had to. She refused to leave him and she would fight to stay next to him. She knew if they were caught in the room together and he was conscious that it would look really bad for her and could cost her the future that she was sent her to find. None of that mattered to Alexis anymore. All she cared about was that Elias was okay.

Alexis reached over and kissed his forehead and made sure he was covered up completely. She was a bit like a protective mother bear in that she wasn't going to let anyone near him. 

[@December]