239/240 - Saturday lunchtime onwards

[notcalledlizzie]

After her trip to the clinic, Elizabeth slowly returned to the room, limping.

"Borrowing" pillows off some of the other beds in the room, she placed them on her bed and rested her leg on them, leaning back against her headboard.

Grabbing a bottle of water, she took the recommended dosage of painkillers and settled back with the latest issue of Time


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Sam knocked on the door. She'd had enough of herself and wormholes for the time being.

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"Hello?" Elizabeth called, turning over the next page.

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"It's Sam," she called back.

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"Come on in," Elizabeth replied, closing her magazine, and placing it down on the bed.

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Sam opened the door and noticed Liz on the bed. "What happened to you?"

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Elizabeth shrugged, and looked slightly embarrassed. "Strained my calf running last night. Nothing too major, thankfully," she replied.

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"Good." She looked around for a place to sit that wouldn't disturb Liz and chose Janet's bed. "I was worried that something had happened during Jaye's freak out. What was that about, anyway? Any idea?"

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"No, that left me unharmed," she said grinning, before her face turned serious again. "I have absolutely no idea. A gremlin bite, perhaps? That's pretty common in this place."

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"Probably. At least she wasn't Anakin, right? Need anything?"

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Elizabeth snickered. "Something I'm sure Jaye is very relieved about," she said. "I think I'm good at the moment, thanks. Have drugged myself up and everything. The Doctor sugggested heat, so I'll probably take a bath later. Personally, I think the school needs a hot tub or something." She laughed.

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"So what's wrong with you? It doesn't seem to involve a cold or anything upper respiratory."

"And I can't imagine what would happen to or in a hot tub at this school."

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"I just didn't warm up properly when I went running with Cam last night, and my calf muscle paid the price," she said, shrugging. "Should hopefully just be a couple of days taking it really lightly, and then making sure I stretch better."

Elizabeth laughed. "That's a very good point," she agreed. "But if you managed to get hold of it, it'd be fun at least."

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"Ah. Yeah, been there, done that." Sam made a face. "Not with Cameron, obviously. Um, I hate to bring this up, but should you be running alone at night?"

"That's true. I'd love a good soak in hot water." She smiled. "I don't know about you, but I miss my tub."

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"I do know better. Really," she nodded. "I had a wolf puppy with me, and it was early evening," Elizabeth said in defense. "We went through the town and around the park, staying in open, lit and busy spaces."

Elizabeth sighed. "Oh, god, yes. One thing the Ancients got spot on? Plumbing."

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"Well, it sounds like you took precautions, then," Sam shrugged. "I'm sorry, I just worry, and I'm not convinced that it's safe yet. Too much weird stuff goes on here."

"Ancient plumbing?" She leaned forward, eagerly. "Tell me all about it."

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"It's fine to worry. If I'd have been thinking ahead then I'd have called you or one of the guys to go with," she said. "Once I'm up and about again, I try to remember to do so."

Elizabeth closed her eyes and sighed. "Every room had these huge baths, and you just had to wave your hand over the controls for bubbles and jets and the water never cooled down."

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"Yeah, I forget sometimes, too," Sam acknowledged. "I'm not used to being this small anymore."

"Oooh. It would be bad if we borrowed the Prometheus just to use the tub, right?"

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Elizabeth nodded. "I'm just waiting for that one last growth spurt," she said. "Sometimes it feels that the only thing of me that's growing at the moment is my hair!"

She thought. "Yes. Probably.

We could hitch a ride on the Dedaleus instead?"

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Aeryn comes back to the room proving that omg she does still live here, takes one look at Elizabeth and asks, "What happened to you?"

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"I never thought I'd say it," Sam grinned, "but I actually need to gain some weight. All this gawky skinniness is great if you're a runway model, but it's not much if you actually want to accomplish anything."

"Ooh, the Daedelus. That would be nice."

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Elizabeth smiled up at her. "I strained my calf muscle last night, running with Cam," she said. "How are you?"

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"In one piece," she says. "Spent some time with Cam this morning. I'm a little afraid I won't recognize him as a human when this is over."

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Elizabeth laughed. "I know I won't be gaining any more weight," she said, looking down at herself and sighing.

"It would... I wonder if I can bribe Colonel Skinner Caldwell..." she said thoughtfully.

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Elizabeth nodded. "I know what you mean. Hopefully it'll wear off soon. I miss my favorite boy."

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She raises an eyebrow. "He's your favorite?"