Childhood Flames (Ashlyn/You)

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Mal
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"I hate preseason." Y/N whines as we get home and I raise a brow at her.

"Literally the only thing you don't hate is Ashlyn." I say and Y/N shrugs.

"Right you are, little Mallory."

"I'm almost as tall as you."

"But you're the baby of the team. I wanna just wrap you up in a blanket and swaddle you."

"Please don't."

"I won't. I might throw a blanket at you though."

"You're so weird."

"Why thank you." She says, bowing.

-

"No, stay away from me." Y/N says as I walk over to her.

"Uh? Y/N? You alright?"

"No. I feel like shit. Run. Run like the wind. Stay healthy." Y/N says and I sigh, leaving her room as she falls into a coughing fit.

"I'm calling Ashlyn." I say and Y/N groans.

"Yes, please." She says and I pull out my phone, dialing Ashlyn's number.

"Don't tell me Y/N snapped at Jim again." Ashlyn answers and I chuckle.

"No, she's sick."

"I knew she sounded weird on the phone earlier." Ashlyn sighs out. "I'll be right there."

"Ashlyn-" I start to protest, but she had already hung up. "Okay, you." I say, poking my head into Y/N's room.

"I didn't do it." Y/N mumbles into her pillow, not moving.

"Ashlyn is on her way."

"That's a 12 hour drive though."

"I tried to tell her not to come, but she hung up." I say and Y/N slowly sits up.

"Thank you, Mal." She says and I grin.

"Any time. Lay down and rest. You look like shit."

"Thanks, I try." She says as she gently lays back down, so I turn her light off and go out to the living room.

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Later, as I'm deciding what I want to eat, Y/N comes out of her room, walking like she was stiff.

"Ugh, shit." She groans out and I look at her.

"Hey, how you feeling?"

"Dizzy as fuck." She says and I catch her as she sways, walking her over to the couch, where she falls right back asleep. A few hours later, at 7, there's a knock at the door, so I go open it to see Ashlyn standing outside the apartment, so I move to the side, letting her in, pointing to Y/N who was still asleep on the couch.

"How'd you get here so fast?" I ask, since I had called her at 9 this morning.

"Uh, I may, or may not, have gone over the speed limit, like, the entire way?" Ashlyn says and I raise a brow. "But no matter. I'll take the sicky and take her to her doctor in Orlando. That alright?" Ashlyn asks and I nod.

"Yeah. Please, I want her to get better." I say and Ashlyn nods, going to Y/N's room to get some things. Y/N's phone, her wallet, her headphones, her laptop, and a jacket for her, when she comes out, Ashlyn had everything in Y/N's travel backpack.

"I'll carry her if you help me get her to the car." She says and I nod, going and opening the front door as Ashlyn picks Y/N up off the couch, carrying her out, and down to her Jeep, I open the passenger door and watch Ash gently set Y/N in the seat. "Thank you, Mal." Ash says after closing the door and I nod. "Come here." She says before hugging me, so I just return the hug. "She's gonna be alright." Ash says and I nod. "Now get back inside." She says, so I head back in.