Fever by Selina Brinkmann (readict TXT) 📕

“That is not true!” shouted a voice from next door. “I am old and can have a day or two of laziness. And if it means that lovely Roxanne is looking after me I can’t help that!” Hannan chuckled too his medical bag with him and handed Evy the tray with food.

“And my name is Anthony!” he looked annoyed at Hannan and put on a charming smile when he saw that he had company.

“And who are you young lady? I think I would have noticed you earlier so you must be new!” he scratched his white hair and let his finger trail through his beard.

“I am Evy and you are right. I am new here. Just arrived two days ago!”

“Well I am Anthony. And I am glad that you accompanied this ogre. If Roxanne was here she would tell you what gentleman I am. But he”, he pointed at Hannan who tried to hear if his chest was free, “always tries to annoy me!”

“I won’t annoy you. At least I hope so. Personally I think that this food is delicious and I hope you enjoy it more than the medical treatment then.” Evy placed the tray on the table next to his bed and filled up the cup with fresh water.

“Darling even if you would annoy me I’d suffer through your presence due to your looks.” He sent her a wink and started to eat.

“Glad to hear that!”

“And now we can stop the flirting and move on.” Hannan got up and laughed when Anthony was protesting.

“You could leave her here. I need some company. Your remarks are not really making my day.”

Upon which Han just replied: “Tough old man. But Evy is not here to entertain you but to learn something!”

Having left Anthony who sent daggers into Han’s direction the two left his room and made their way to Karla’s. She was placed a two doors down the floor and was sitting up in her bed when the two entered. Her face lit up when she saw Hannan but felt when she saw Evy following behind.

“Lovely to see you and”, with a short pause for Evy, “you.” But she didn’t hold it against the other woman. Evy was sure that if she saw her crush with another female it wouldn’t be quite pleasant.

“Nice to meet you Karla, I am Evy. I was meant to work with Roxanne today but as she had an emergency I got paired up with Hannan. I hope you don’t mind and enjoy your food!” smiling she put the tray onto the table next to Karla and pushed it a bit closer.

The other woman’s face glowed when Evy mentioned at Hannan behind his back and shook her head. It seemed that making friendships wouldn’t be too hard if she didn’t approach their men.

Karla was quite young probably a couple of years younger than the healer and had nice light brown hair. It was put into a pig tail and went down to her chest. Her eyes were an unusual aquamarine colour and seemed to shine.

The cast on her leg was coloured and Evy could make out a cute drawing of a mermaid with the signature ‘Samantha’.

“So you can do something with water!” she blurred out and clasped her hands over her mouth when Karla looked at her.

“Don’t be frightened. And yes I can do stuff with water. Samantha likes it when I make small globes of water.” And with a snap a small ball of water arose from her cup. The light was breaking in its surface and it looked like a small captured rainbow.

“That is so cool.” Evy moved closer and poked the water which immediately burst into her face as Karla snapped her finger. Laughing Evy dried her face and pointed her finger at the other woman.

“Ups slip!” Karla poked out her tongue and giggled. “Couldn’t resist.”

“Ok enough ladies. I don’t want to change your cast again just because you poured water all over it.” Hannan put the cup to the other side of the room and leaned against the door frame.

“So how are you feeling? I hope a bit better!”

“So you want to get rid of me. Thank you so much Han!”

He slightly blushed and stuttered, “No I didn’t mean that. It would just be nice to see you walking around with your usual energy instead of being strapped down onto a bed.”

Evy felt the tension rise in the room and made a hastily retreat.

“I am very sorry guys. I hope that you have a pleasant evening but I still feel quite tired so I will just go back to my room and catch up on sleep.”

Hannan sent her a questioned look but Karla gave Evy a thumbs up just before she left the room and closed the door. She doubted that they would fall madly in laugh right now but at least it gave those two a chance to talk alone. Walking past Anthony’s door she picked up the tray and agreed that she had left the two alone for now.

“I don’t understand how he can be so dumb and not realize that she head over heels for him.” He shook his head disbelieving and wished her a good night before getting a book out and starting to read. “And if you see Roxanne on her way just tell her that I am waiting.” He added and traced the page of the book with his thumb.

Evy just shook her head put the tray into its holder and left the healer’s wing. On the way back to her room she met Roxanne and told her that she was really tired but that her lover boy in room 302 was waiting for her.

Roxanne just rolled her eyes gave her a hug and was on her way but promised that somebody would give her a tour tomorrow as she was too busy to do so.

She wouldn’t tell Evy who but that it would definitely be a fun day and that she might want to dress for outdoor wear because her guide would probably take her out to show her the landscape.

Having fallen dead tired into her bed Evy’s night wasn’t disrupted by any strange dreams and she was fresh and ready when a knock was at her door. Opening it she glanced into an unknown face.

“Hey, I am Evy!” she gave him her hand. “And I am positive that you are my guide today. I am very sorry to say so but I have no clue who you are because Roxanne thought it funny if I had a set up with you.”

The guy grinned at her and showed perfect white teeth. His brown eyes gleamed jaunty and he gave her a hand kiss.

“Keith at your service madam!” getting up he added, “I think you know my grandfather Aaron.”

“Ah you are the green thumb guy.”

He gestured down his body. He was wearing boots and thick trousers both covered in mud and his shirt was loose and had one or two places where it was torn. “Outdoor guy!”

“At least I won’t get lost with you in the woods. The last time I was in one I was running to escape so a nice walk should redeem those memories.”

Keith gave her his arm to rest her arm upon and walked with her down the corridor. “I am sure that my tour will redeem everything bad that happened to you out in the woods and I might even get you interested in plants again.” Evy laughed as he sounded so sure about himself but asked him to stop at the cafeteria so she could get some food before starting the day.

“Of course and if we are lucky enough Milla might even has some coffee left and a roll or two.”

Arriving in the cafeteria they both loaded their plates and decided to eat at the counter to have a chat with Milla while shovelling the food down.

“So what are you up to?” Milla inquired and stirred in her coffee.

“Keith is going to show me some of the landscape today. And he is hopeful enough to get me interested in plants. But I doubt that he will be lucky my last contact with a plant was not pleasant and before that I quite recall not being able to look after plants.”

The cook laughed at Evy’s honesty and gave her cheek a pat. “That girl is a star. But yeah I also doubt that you will fall in love with the plants outside. I can see that your future is not with our handsome gardener here! But,” she grinned and bit into her muffin, “a flirt has never harmed someone.”

And with that she turned around and served the next customers. Keith and Evy just turned to look at each other and broke out into laughter. “Well she is really great in ruining a good chase after a nice girl.”

“Yeah it was weird when she told us that we will not find our everlasting love in each other arms.”

“I guess her foresight can creep people out who are not used to it but I can tell you she ruined almost every date I had with a girl so far by announcing that we would never end up together.” And with a glance over his shoulder he whispered, “I am quite sure that she sometimes makes it up just to annoy me.”

He flipped his wavy blond hair back and pushed some strands out of his eyes.

“And I know that if you don’t respect the elder young boy,” Milla hit him with a spoon on the hand, “your hair is getting a haircut sooner than you wished for it!” And with a glance at Evy she added, “And I spoke the truth when I said that she ain’t for you. Trust me.”

However Keith just poked his tongue at Milla, grabbed two more muffins and took Evy’s hand. Rushing out of the cafeteria to escape the cook’s shouts they ran down the corridor and used the staircase to get to the exit.

Letting go of her hand when they reached the gate Keith handed her one of the muffins and both of them left for the day.

Up in the office Roan was busy going over the new plan with Liam and Taylor. He hadn’t gone to his bed this night but decided to spend the night outside the hill. Sleep hadn’t come too easy but it was free of dreams and he felt full of energy when he woke up. The pack of cougars that lived in the borders of their land had accepted him as their leader and every time he needed to get away for some time and didn’t had the desire to fly up in the air he stayed with them.

“Taylor and four of our constructors will leave tomorrow morning to assist Refug and Libertat. You” he pointed at Liam “Will have control over the tests and decide who will work with you. Taylor, I hope that you arrive safe. In case of problems don’t hesitate and contact me immediately. As soon as you are sure that they have all information they need come back and assist Liam here.”

Both of his friends nodded their heads and grabbed their stuff. “O and Liam did you manage to get back at Evy for the interview?”
Shaking his head Liam told him that there hadn’t been time and he might try himself.

Roan leaned back into the chair when the two of them had left and contacted Roxanne via his On-Screen. Her face filled his screen and she asked impatiently.

“What’s up? I had an emergency yesterday and I have a lot to do. So please come straight to the point.”

“Ok, where is Evy!” Her face vanished