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[friggin_gift]

He's lying in bed. Still.

He's been in bed (occasionally getting up to use the restroom or not go insane) for the past few days. He still feels a bit weak, but, he's feeling much better than before.

Ya know. When he was dead.

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[a_lioness]

*Alanna is restless. After a few hours of sitting in a back booth and watching the smaller than normal crowd, she decides to stretch her legs. Thinking back to her conversation with Sawyer, she starts to wonder if anyone has been by to check on Boone recently. She asks Bar for his room number and whistles her way up the stairs and to his door. Her knock is firm and loud.*

Boone? It's Alanna.

[friggin_gift]

He sits up to answer the door, but his whole body is sore and he winces slightly at the pain.

He calls out. "Come in."

[a_lioness]

*The door sticks a little bit, and Alanna frowns at it as she enters. Once inside, she rocks back on her heels and smiles, a little at a loss as to how she should explain her presence. She looks at him with the eyes of a Healer and sighs.*

Hullo, Boone. Are you still in pain?

[friggin_gift]

"Yeah. Side effect of dying, I suppose." He grins at her and invites her to come all the way in with a wave of his hand.

[a_lioness]

*She gives him a crooked smile and nods, pulling a chair over by his bed.*

Sawyer told me last night. Gods, Boone. I wish I'd been there to help. How long ago was it?

[friggin_gift]

"I'm not exactly sure. Time on the island is really weird. But I've been here for a few days now. Just kinda recuperating."

[a_lioness]

As well you should be. *Smiling, she props her feet on the chair rungs and leans forward, resting her chin in her hands.* I hope people have been checking on you. I can send a wait rat up a few times a day if that would help any.

[friggin_gift]

"I've got Shannon and Claire pretty much monitoring me twenty-four seven. But thank you." He gives her a soft smile. "So how have you been? Shovel any owl shit lately?"

[a_lioness]

*Alanna snickers, shaking her head.*

I'm quite pleased to say that no, I have not. Nor do I ever intend to again. What a mess. Not that I'm against hard work, but that? *She shudders.*

You know, I told Sawyer that we shoveled owl shit together, and I don't think he really believed me.

[friggin_gift]

"Well, Sawyer's an idiot." He pauses and his tone is softer and his voice is lower when he speaks again. "I still owe him one though."

[a_lioness]

An idiot and a jackass with an overactive libido. *She smiles, not unkindly, but there's an edge to it.* That said, he's not nearly as dim witted or horrible as I thought he was the day we met. Even after he was writhing on the ground in agony.

*Head tilted, her eyes narrow at the memory.*

He helped get you back here, right?

[friggin_gift]

"Yeah, Claire said he carried me back." The whole idea that he was actually dead is still a bit weird to think about.

"Writhing on the ground in agony?" He raises an eyebrow,

[a_lioness]

And Garion helped bring you back around. Has he been by?

*Alanna nods, her smile slowly spreading.*

He kissed me without any indication on my part that it was welcome. I punched him, he continued to be an ass and... let's just say he didn't walk away from that. I don't think he had any idea what he was getting into when he decided to plant one on me. Nor did he expect my friends.

*Whistling softly, she looks around the room and tries not to look smug.*

He needed it. That man is entirely too sure of himself around women.

[friggin_gift]

"I haven't seen him since that night, but I imagine he's resting. He looked pretty exhausted afterward."

His eyes are wide and he's not even trying to contain the enormous grin that threatens to split his face in half. "You beat up Sawyer? You're my new hero."

[a_lioness]

*Chuckling, Alanna nods.* He caught me on a bad day. I had unexpected help and felt rather awful about it later. However, every time he throws one of those crude, sarcastic Sawyer comments my way, I cherish the memory of his face as my knee connected with a rather sensitive portion of his anatomy.

It was beautiful.

[friggin_gift]

If that grin could get wider, it would, but alas it cannot.

"When I am better, I am definitely buying you a drink."