Late night surprise with dl_greenarrow.

[chloeas]

It was around four in the morning when she finally managed to stumble into her apartment. Her vision was blurry, her breathing shallow and pained and the front of her shirt was soaked in her own blood. She hoped it was only the front

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[chloeas]

Chloe inhaled, wincing as she did but shook her head, pushing herself up on her elbows, "she'll come in here when she wakes up, she can't see me like this."

[dl_greenarrow]

"I'll bring you another shirt, Chloe. Lie down." His voice was gentle, but firm.

[chloeas]

"I need a shower," she insisted, looking over at him, "I don't want her to know something is wrong."

[dl_greenarrow]

He met her eyes. "You can barely stand up right now," he reminded her, raising his eyebrows.

[chloeas]

Chloe stared at him for a moment then sighed. She'd rest for a little bit and then shower, hopefully before Maddie woke up, "I need water." Her mouth was dry and she knew she had lost a lot of blood.

She also needed drugs, a lot of them, but she didn't want to risk passing out and not showering and changing before Maddie saw her.

[dl_greenarrow]

"I'll get you a glass," he told her, watching her warily for a moment, then rising to his feet. He made his way down the hallway and toward the kitchen.

[chloeas]

She watched him go and sighed, looking down at herself and picking up the wet towel Oliver had left. She wiped her hands clean then ran it over her face, sighing softly. She was still in pain but the burning was being replaced with the numb once more.

[dl_greenarrow]

He returned a moment later with a glass of ice water, and a bottle of tylenol. "Here," he murmured, sitting down on the edge of the bed. "Aspirin's a blood thinner, so I don't think that's a good idea. Tylenol, on the other hand..." He sighed softly, shaking a couple out and holding them out to her.

[chloeas]

Chloe took the water and sipped on it then shook her head, "leave them over there, I don't want to knock myself out until I'm clean."

[dl_greenarrow]

"Chloe, it won't knock you out. It's just regular Tylenol," he said with a frown. "It won't do a lot either, unfortunately, which is why I still strongly believe I should take you to a hospital."

[chloeas]

She sighed and took another sip of water then took the tylenol from him, she knew the pain was only going to make her heal slower so she swallowed both of them and took another sip of water, "I'm not leaving her for days, Oliver. Even if you're here."

[dl_greenarrow]

"What if I got someone to come here?" he asked.

[chloeas]

"Like who?" She asked, "because I don't trust anyone to come into the building, let alone in here and risk seeing her."

[dl_greenarrow]

He rubbed his hand over his face, starting to grow annoyed. "Look, I get that you're scared about people finding out about her, Chloe. But what's going to happen if you die because of some infection that I can't treat because I'm not a doctor?"

[chloeas]

Chloe blew out a breath and placed her half empty water glass on the bedside table, laying back down, "if I'm not better in a couple of days, I'll let you call someone."

[dl_greenarrow]

His jaw tightened a little. "Great." He rose to his feet. "I'm gonna go check on Maddie." He headed toward the door.