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"I'm sorry." the Italian says with guilt while the blonde firefighter sneezes again.


"It's fine. Just a cold. I'll be fine tomorrow." Maya says and takes another tissue to blow her nose.


"I should have insisted you sleeping in the guest room."

Carina says and takes out a new pair of pajamas for Maya. "Go take a shower and changes into clean clothes. I'll heat up some soup for you."


"Thank you." Maya says and sneezes again.


When the Italian comes back with a bowl of soup, she doesn't see Maya changed into new pajamas but talking on the phone.


"Yeah, see you on Thursday." the blonde firefighter quickly ends the call when she sees Carina enter the room.


"Who was that?" Carina asks, slightly unhappy that the blonde firefighter hasn't showered.


"Diane. I called her to reschedule my therapy session." Maya says, "I was supposed to meet her later, but..." she shrugs.


"Go shower now, please. You need to get rid of that germ-covered tank top." Carina says and gives the blonde firefighter a knowing look.


Maya immediately gets off the bed, taking the pajamas with her.


While Maya is showering, Carina changes the sheets and grabs a new box of tissues for her blonde firefighter who has running nose.





Buzz. Buzz. Buzz.

The vibration from Maya's phone catches Carina's attention while waiting.

She takes a glance of it and sees Andy is calling Maya.


"Maya! Andy calls you." Carina takes Maya's phone and shouts outside of the bathroom.


"I'll be out in 30 seconds." Maya shouts back, "You can answer it."


So the Italian answers it. "Hey, Andy."


"Carina?" Andy is surprised to hear Carina's voice. "Where is Maya? She called me earlier, but I missed it. Do you know why she called?"


"I don't know why she called you. She's in shower and she'll be out soon." Carina says.


"Oh, OK. How are you by the way? You sounds good." Andy asks.


"I'm feeling much better. Thanks, Andy." Carina sits on the edge of the bed, "But Maya caught it from me."


"Is it Andy?" Maya steps out of the bathroom and points at the phone Carina's holding.


"Maya's out of the shower. I'm giving the phone back to her." Carina says and hands the phone back to Maya.


"Hi, sorry. I was showering." Maya says and sits down next to her wife. "I had to take another day off. I caught the cold."


"Wow..." Andy teases, "Am I talking to Maya Bishop right now?"

"Cause the Maya Bishop I know never take sick day. The last time you taking sick day was mandatory by your wife. Carina had to drag you home, and you reluctantly went home after she threatened to set all of the paperwork on fire. What did Carina do this time?"


"Nothing!" Maya rolls her eyes and glances the Italian next to her, "And Carina heard you by the way."


"We were at a house with a bunches of firefighters. That fire would be put out in 5 seconds." Carina says and shrugs.


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