Between Them - David & Jason

"Claire? where are you?" he sounded urgent as he demanded my answer from the other line.

"My...room..." my voice was small, I was struggling with my fever, I was shivering to the bones.

He hangs up and moments later, I could hear my door was knocked. I tried to get up and finally managed to get to the door after a couple of tries. I was wearing my thickest pajamas, socks, and winter jacket but I was still shivering.

"Shit Claire, what happened? Jason said he talked to you. He didn't mention that you were sick."

I was turning away, wanting to crawl back under my blanket. I should've called Jason, but even my fingers were too sick to scroll down to his name.

"No...no...we're going to the ER. Wait here, I'll get my car keys."

He was back minutes later, I was sitting down on my couch, holding on to my knees trying to make myself warm. He picked me up easily and carried my fluffy self out the door. He was holding me up when we reached the other side, he locked my door and cursed when