No, You Can't Be Sick! D: (Tanner)

[Juniper Birdsong]

Though Tanner hadn't seemed overly excited about going ice skating, he had agreed to maybe go with Juniper sometime, and so, hoping to make up for the near-disastrous hike the previous weekend, she decided to call him to see if he was feeling up for it. She knew he hadn't been a hundred percent for the last few days, but she was hoping he was over it by now.

She flopped down on her bed and dialed the number, before pressing the phone to her ear. It rang a couple times before his familiar voice greeted her.

"Hey Tanner!" she replied brightly, rolling over onto her stomach. "So, I know what happened last weekend wasn't exactly the most fun experience we've ever had, and I'm really really really really sorry about it, so I was hoping maybe we could go a little safer route and maybe try some indoor ice skating or something. Are you up for that?" She bit her lip, waiting for his response.

[Tanner Larson]

A hand poked out from under the covers, groping for the phone which was currently vibrating on the nightstand. Finally making contact, said hand grabbed onto it before plunging back into the covers once more.

"Hullo?" Tanner asked groggily; why he had even answered the phone was beyond his comprehension, since he had been resting and still wasn't feeling very well. After they had come down from their snowed-in cave, Tanner had went immediately home, buried himself in his bed, and had scarcely come out since. He had been more than willing to sacrifice his own comfort for the sake of keeping Juniper warm in that freezing cave, but he had no idea the sudden drop in his temperature - to just below normal human levels - would cause him to feel so sick for an entire week. And while he felt that the worst was over, he still had chills and was in no condition to go to class, work, or...

Ice skating? There was no way; he had been willing to feign interest while they were on their hike, but it just wasn't happening at this point. "Uh, I dun do about dat," he murmured, the congestion quite clear in his raspy voice. "I'b sdill feelig sorda sick," he added, sniffing deeply as he said so. He didn't want the poor girl to worry about him - hell, he hadn't even told her he was still sick - but he had to tell the truth now; he simply couldn't afford to get out of bed and go ice skating in his current condition. "Sobe oder tibe?"

((Just so you can respond accordingly: "I don't know about that; I'm still feeling sort of sick... some other time?" XD))

[Juniper Birdsong]

Juniper didn't notice when Tanner greeted her how stuffy his voice sounded; it wasn't until he started speaking again that she realized how awful he sounded, and it made her frown in worry. She struggled to comprehend what he was saying, but thought she got the gist of it after he was finished.

"Oh Tanner, I'm so sorry!" she said immediately, feeling personally responsible for his sickness. "Are... Are you doing okay?" Obviously he wasn't, otherwise he wouldn't sound the way he did. "Oh, sure, we can totally do it some other time, I didn't realize you were still ill." She sat up in bed, her fingers digging into her blanket as she clenched her fists worriedly. "Can I come over and give you some company, at least?" She still had some cans of soup left over from when she had been taking care of Amos and Lei, and she could easily boil another pot of tea. She wondered why it was that all of her friends were getting sick lately. "It's the least I could do after making you get sick." Already she was standing and going to get a brush to run through her tangled hair, trying to make herself look at least somewhat decent if she was going to go over there.

[Tanner Larson]

Tanner grimaced when he heard Juniper's response; he just knew she would start worrying, and that sounded like exactly what she was doing now. That had been why he had kept hidden from her how cold he was getting in the cave, and that was why he had been, well, avoiding her for the past few days. But the cat was out of the bag now. That having been said, he certainly didn't want the girl to come over and risk getting sick - though, now that he thought about it, he assumed this was a consequence of his using his abilities for too long, and thus was not something that was actually contagious. It was all sort of new and a bit strange to him. Still, he didn't want the girl to see him like this.

"Uh, I do't thig thad necessary," he mumbled, trying to sound as healthy as he could; he sat up in bed a little in the hopes that it would help clear his sinuses a bit. "I'b fine, rea- YA-CHOO." He put down the phone for a moment, groping for one of several tissue boxes Michael had brought for him before blowing his nose harshly. He quickly brought the phone back to his ear, wondering if perhaps the matter had been settled.

[Juniper Birdsong]

Juniper had been afraid that he had been avoiding her because he was mad or upset about the entire cave incident, which was why she was calling him now to try to make up for it. She realized, though, that it's because he was sick! While she was obviously upset that he was sick, she was also relieved that he didn't seem upset with her. Still, she thought it was entirely her own fault, and she had to do something to help.

"No, I don't mind at all!" she replied, finishing brushing out her hair and going to open a can of soup while getting some water to make tea with. "It's the least I could do after-" she winced as she head a loud sneeze on the other side of the phone, pausing in her actions. "Tan, I'm so sorry," she repeated, her voice quivering slightly. "I'm going to get some stuff for you and come over, okay? It'll just take me a few minutes." She pressed the phone between her ear and shoulder as she went out of her room to get the food prepared. "Hang tight, okay?" If it was contagious, at least she would be able to use her handy ability to be able to see disease in the air and keep it away from her. It was no wonder she hardly ever got sick; she just felt like all of her friends were getting ill at the same time, which made her quite upset. At least she could help out without worrying too much about catching anything.

[Tanner Larson]

Upon bringing the phone back up to his ear, Tanner heard that apparently no, things had not been settled - or rather, they had but not in the way that he had liked. Juniper made it clear she was coming, and while she was well-intentioned, Tanner knew not to disagree with her when she had her heart set on something. "Uh, okay..." he managed, deciding that he no longer saw a point in trying to dissuade her, and frankly not sure whether he had the energy to do so anyway. "Take your tibe."

He hung up the phone then, taking a moment to blow his nose before rolling like a log out of bed. He had a few quick things to do before the girl arrived, including throwing out the mountain of used tissues that had accumulated beside his bed, brushing his teeth, combing his hair, and making his bed look like a bit less of a war zone. He wasn't thrilled that she was coming over, just because he knew how bad she felt about all of this still, but he figured maybe some company would be good for him.