Captured for Interrogation

[bindingeagle]

"Let's call it due to injury," he said.

 

[celestialdragon]

"Alright, sounds fair. We'll play again when we're sober," she said, smiling. She yawned, tired. "Should we head to bed?" she asked.

 

[bindingeagle]

"I'll take you," he said, doing the wedding carry and tucking her in safely.

 

[celestialdragon]

She smiled. "Come join me," she said sleepily, looking up at him.

 

[bindingeagle]

Nikolai climbed in and held her. "I brought your bucket," he said softly.

 

[celestialdragon]

"Hopefully I won't need it anymore," Alexis whispered back, her eyes fluttering.

 

[bindingeagle]

"Go to sleep, I'll be here for you and so will Mr. Bucket," he said.

 

[celestialdragon]

She giggled and fell asleep, snoring softly.

 

[bindingeagle]

Nikolai soon followed, snoring loudly alongside her.

 

[celestialdragon]

The next afternoon, when they finally awoke, it was to the sun pouring into their window. Alexis groaned as she rolled over and buried her head underneath the pillows.

 

[bindingeagle]

Nikolai saw her rise and got her a plate of greasy eggs and bacon. "Eat up, it's going to be a good day," he said,

 

[celestialdragon]

"No, it's not. I look hideous," she mumbled underneath the pillows.

 

[bindingeagle]

"The food will help your stomach, then it will look better," he said.

 

[celestialdragon]

"That's what they all say," she mumbled, reluctantly removing the pillow from her face. The lump on her head from the coffee table was a brilliant purple and blue, and nicely swollen.

 

[bindingeagle]

"Well, We'll just have to ice it some more then," he said, tossing her a fork.

 

[celestialdragon]

She groaned and began to eat after catching the fork.

 

[bindingeagle]

Nikolai got some breakfast of his own. He came back and ate with Alexis.

 

[celestialdragon]

After breakfast, Alexis flopped back on the bed. "So, within the space of 78 hours, I fall in the bathroom and banged my face off a coffee table," she groaned.

 

[bindingeagle]

"I guess so," he said. "I'll keep an eye on you and make sure we don't have to take you anywhere."

 

[celestialdragon]

"I feel like the world's biggest doofus," she moaned. She sat up and leaned against the headboard of the bed.

 

[bindingeagle]

"It could have happened to either of us, I was pretty drunk, too," he said,

 

[celestialdragon]

"You weren't the one who decided to line herself up right next to the coffee table, facing it," Alexis pointed out.

 

[bindingeagle]

"But I could have been," he said. "Don't beat yourself up about it. It was a drunken game."

 

[celestialdragon]

She sighed. "Okay," she said. She closed her eyes, trying to keep the world from spinning. "I think I may've given myself a concussion. And no, we're not going to go to Fort Andrews, or anywhere else for that matter. I really don't want to admit that I was playing Twister while drunk and ended up getting beaten by my coffee table."

 

[bindingeagle]

"OK, but tell me if you get worse," he said, concerned. He put on The Price is Right for her.