Borrowed Time Part 2

Chapter 248

There was no ruder awakening than someone pulling curtains open when they were expected to be closed, at least not in Juliette's opinion.  She felt hot sun on her face, frowning as she tried to block it out as best she could, the smell of Shelby's perfume filling the room.

Shelby... No.  That had to be part of a dream, right?  Shelby was at school.

"Good morning sunshine!" Juliette grimaced at the chipper tone of Shelby's voice, trying to cover her eyes as the sunlight came in.

Not at school... Okay...

"Jesus, Shelbs... Has no one taught you the concept of restful sleep?" She burrowed deeper under the blankets, only to have them fully yanked away by Shelby.  Torture.  This is torture. "It's only-."

"Noon.  It's noon - not to say that you can't rest for as long as you want to, but I worry about you laying there for too long and getting blood clots from a lack of movement." Huh?  She'd never heard that.

"Can that happen?" She asked, opening one of her eyes to look at Shelby, who nodded at her distractedly, typing something out on her phone.

"Uh huh.  Especially if there has been trauma to the area, and I hate to break it to you but the area where the clot would form is very close to your heart." Oh.

She sat up, swinging her legs over the edge of the bed as anxiety mounted din her chest.

That was one way to get the blood pumping.

"Well, thank you so much for this brand-new medical fear, you dickhead." She grumbled, sliding on her discarded sweatpants as Shelby looked away from her, clearly noticing the long shirt she had on was her pajamas.

It was funny that she still did that, they changed in front of each other all the time... But at least she valued privacy, right?  That was a trait that people appreciated. 

"Anytime." She clapped her hands together, far too much energy coming off of her... This was too early. "Now come on, we're going for a walk." She frowned.

She didn't want to go on a walk; she was quite enjoying her extra sleep.

"Why?" Her tone was not appreciated by Shelby, who lightly kicked her shin.

Dick.

"Because you need to stretch your legs... Then I'm gonna make you shower." Shelby said, looking at her with a grimace as she picked up a strand of Juliette's hair from her head, inspecting it before Juliette smacked her hand away.

It was greasy, she could've just said that.

"Can I shower with stiches?" She asked, knowing it was a dumb question the second that Shelby looked down at her with a bizarre look on her face... It wasn't like she was dirty, she'd been washing her body as best she could she just wasn't sure and she didn't know where she'd put her after visit summary.

"Yeah, bitch.  It's not a cast." She said that like Juliette knew what to do with a cast either... She wasn't well versed on how to handle herself medically, she kinda just hoped her issues would go away before she had to go in and do anything major about them. "You can also take the bandages off today if you want to.  They're not doing much anyway." Juliette frowned... Penny had said sepsis as a fear, and now that was in her head.

"Mmm...  I don't know, Penny said-." Shelby cut her off, giving her a reassuring look as she nodded.

"Penny and I talked; this isn't something I'm coming up with all on my own." Right... Now, that brought something else up.  She'd talked to people this morning, she'd clearly communicated things... But she wasn't at school where she needed to be.